The Wire Season 5 Discussion - **Spoilers**

[Vintage Paw]

ep4 for will do!

process of elimination!

Marlo's crew sat on a street corner - cops watching - come after them - grab the package - hilarity ensues.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Starts off in the Mayors office, with the Mayor, Commissioner whathisname and Rawls, talking about stats.

Oh - maybe this was how it started.

Maybe what I posted was after the credits?

I forget as fast as I watch

 

[Dan U]

right now i really am confused

i'll go with dillinger for now, ta

 

[Dillinger4]

There are a few scenes...

 

[Dillinger4]

DID YOU KNOW:

The actress who plays Alma Gutierrez is married to the actor who plays D'Angelo Barksdale?

 

[poului]

PS I have more than a little crush on Alma Gutierrez.

D'Angelo's spouse in real life.

 

[poului]

DID YOU KNOW:

The actress who plays Alma Gutierrez is married to the actor who plays D'Angelo Barksdale?

FUCK U!!!!

 

[Dillinger4]

See post #35!

 

[Dillinger4]

She is a shorty.

 

[Vintage Paw]

DID YOU KNOW:

The actress who plays Alma Gutierrez is married to the actor who plays D'Angelo Barksdale?

No way dude.

That's just aces

 

[Vintage Paw]

Oh lookie, it's my dead thread again lulz.

Watched ep 5 last night.

Very good, very good.

Another Clay Davis Shiiiiiiiiiiiiit special I love and hate that man.

Things are snowballing for Jimmy now. It's going to end in tears, tears I tell ye. (I'm sure I've written exactly the same before.)

But OMG - Omar!! Fucks sake!

Covering my eyes again last night I was!

 

[g force]

Jesus lord almighty....how is this all gonna end I've got a feeling someone's gonna be in some serious shhhhiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttt very soon

 

[Vintage Paw]

Jesus lord almighty....how is this all gonna end I've got a feeling someone's gonna be in some serious shhhhiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttt very soon

Yeah, namely McNulty and Freamon. I'm applauding Bunk's attitude to this, I didn't think he had it in him. I hope he doesn't end up getting dragged down with it, but judging by the initial ads for the season it looks like they're all going down.

Did you see ep 5? WTF? Where'd Omar go????

 

[Dillinger4]

spoilers please!

 

[Vintage Paw]

spoilers please!

Really?

Spoiler: Dillingernoseybugger4

Omar and friend sat outside for days watching Marlo et al, waiting for a chance to strike. When they thought there were only 2 left in the apartment they struck, but it was a trap and Snoop and others were there waiting. His friend took one in the head and Omar ended up stuck behind the couch, out of ammo, with Snoop and the others emptying clip after clip into the couch. It looked like curtains for Omar, but, and this is the WTF moment, he jumped out the window to escape. He was about 6 floors up. Snoop and them lot ran over to see where he fell, and he wasn't there! He had completely disappeared. It seemed so unlikely he'd survive that huge fall.

As for Jimmy. Well well well. Herc got Marlo's mobile number from Levy and gave it to Carver. Carver gave it to Freamon. Daniels wouldn't authorise a wire tap, so Freamon and Jimmy hatched a plan to get an illegal one. Jimmy went to the Sun to get his serial killer in the news. The young reporter dude who wants to move to the Post, he made up a call from the serial killer. Obviously the Sun didn't know it was made up. They called Jimmy in to tell him. Jimmy said it's interesting because he received a call too. Lol - so now the reporter knows Jimmy is lying. Anyway, this enabled Jimmy to get a wire tap on the phone it came from, which Freamon rigged up to go nowhere, so he could use the tap on Marlo instead.

Clay Davis said Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.

 

[Dillinger4]

Cheers VP.

Spoilers only enhance it for me.



I will download this weekend.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Just watched ep 6. Motherfucker.

I thought for a minute McNulty was actually going to propose to kill Larry

And Omar, omg

Cheese deserves a motherfucking cap in his ass, that's fo sho.

I think the leak is Rawls. That's why he goes down.

Bunk might actually be getting somewhere by doing real po-lice work, and can't get anywhere because of McNulty and his faux serial killer. I'm loving Bunk now.

Top episode.

I can't believe there are only 4 episodes left

 

[CalmerChameleon]

When's episode 8 going to be out then eh?

 

[Vintage Paw]

When's episode 8 going to be out then eh?

2 weeks I reckon. 6 aired this past weekend. 7 next weekend. 8 the one after. I don't believe there have been any other advance copies leaked.

 

[butchersapron]

It's all gone shit i'm afraid. Ridiculous situations, people acting out of character, driven not by their own authenticity but the plot needs of a big-bang ending.

Or is it?
Yes, it is.

 

[DotCommunist]

It's all gone shit i'm afraid. Ridiculous situations, people acting out of character, driven not by their own authenticity but the plot needs of a big-bang ending.

Or is it?
Yes, it is.

I'm pretty sure thats how tragedy works. Events conspire to drive characters to extreme acts. It feels authentic to me so far

 

[butchersapron]

I'm pretty sure thats how tragedy works. Events conspire to drive characters to extreme acts. It feels authentic to me so far

Yep that's how grand tragedy works. The strength of the wire was always its distance from that grand tragedy though. Sure there were little tragedies. But there was no singular closure, there was no single plot that lead to a good/bad ending. If it's just turned into tragedy then i think that's out of character with the realism of the last 4 series and to me does not fit.

 

[butchersapron]

Also, if tragedy it is, the more realistic it is the closer to home i think. And it lost realism few episodes back.

 

[Dillinger4]

It's all gone shit i'm afraid. Ridiculous situations, people acting out of character, driven not by their own authenticity but the plot needs of a big-bang ending.

Or is it?
Yes, it is.

Thats what I am thinking, a bit, as well.

;///

 

[DotCommunist]

The jury is still out imo. I'll not make a call untill the prog finishes

 

[butchersapron]

Best way to do it, but they're goning to have to work to turn it around. And even if they don't we've still got 1-4, the best tv ever made. Anywhere.

 

[butchersapron]

Sharks are massing. Some sort of air borne event is expected.

 

[poului]

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But what about the newsroom sequences? Some of the best depictions of the media industry I've seen.

 

[Dillinger4]

I am just hoping it comes together in the way series 2 did.

 

[butchersapron]

But what about the newsroom sequences? Some of the best depictions of the media industry I've seen.

Yeah? full of people running stuff with no checks? and a newsroom boss going ok i believe you?

And i have no way to judge if they're accurate - the fact they feel exactly the same as any other media based segments...they're almost cliched media scenes