The Wire - Final Season - Episode 3
Luke warm episode this week. Not that it was bad, but it wasn’t the most memorable of episodes, with the exception of one scene that was actually kind of a sad moment. The breakdown:
This episode focused mostly on McNulty’s insane but for some reason logical attempt to force city hall’s hand and divert funds to the police department by fabricating a serial killer, a tactic guaranteed to grab headlines and make Carcetti look bad unless he does something about it. Bunk is totally against it, even going as far as to threaten McNulty with turning him in to the top brass, although he can’t really be taken seriously when he makes such a threat because, come on… it’s Bunk. McNulty does find an unlikely ally in Freeman, who sees the scheme as a way to resurrect the Marlo detail long enough to catch him slipping.
On the political side of everything, the grand jury investigation on Clay Davis has begun and everyone connected to him in any way is running and hiding, and Clay is less than thrilled about it. Pressure has begun to mount on Commissioner Burrell, with media attention revealing that he is most likely on the way out and that Daniels is the heir apparent.
The rest of the episode focuses on Marlo’s continuing quest to have to the Greek connection all to himself, and to draw Omar out of hiding. He finally gets his meeting with Stavros, but learns a lesson in humility when Stavros points out a lack of polish and professionalism in Marlo’s game, forcing Marlo to turn to the very man he is trying to move out to learn how clean his business up, Proposition Joe. It was interesting seeing Marlo come down to Earth a bit, as up to this point he has been cold hearted, cocky, and infallible. That goes out of the window though when he turns his attention on the Omar situation, attempting to drawn him out by going after his confidant and Baltimore’s resident wise old man, Butchie.
At the Baltimore Sun, the proprietors of the newspaper (the Chicago Tribune) have decided that a round of cutbacks and layoffs are in order, so veterans are being phased out in favor of new blood (translated: cheaper writers). Also, Scott reveals for certain that he is capable of being shady and cutting corners.
Like I said above, nothing spectacular occurs but the setups were put into place for some crazy outcomes to potentially occur. I am really curious where they are going to go with these stories, but I am going to have to wait a week apparently. Until then…
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It’s all about The Shield, the only 1up you got here is The Wire is on HBO, Vic Mackey is the man.
The only 1 up huh? Let me break it down:
The Wire has:
1)Deeper, more statisfying, informative, topical, interesting, and above all realistic stories that are based on true events.
2)Better, more diverse, and larger cast (although I’ll give you that Michael Chiklas is fucking incredible as Vic Mackey)
3)Better, more established, and critically acclaimed writing.
4)Higher production values
5)Is thought provoking
6)Doesn’t force you to side with any one group by actually humanizing the street side of things, because at last check drug dealers were human beings. Everyone is flawed, no one is infallible.
7)Omar:
“You come at the king, you best not miss.”
1) Omar sucks.
2) Over the top action, and police brutality.
3) You can’t help but get emotionally involved with the situations and characters.
4)More fast paced and a lot more addicting.
5) Also has nudity and adult language, pushes the envelope just as much on the wire without being on HBO, thus you don’t have to pay extra a month to watch.
6) L.A. not Baltimore, big plus.
7) Vic Mackey is the edited for television John McClain.
8)The first season gained the most Emmy nominations for a basic cable drama
9) Common themes are the citizens’ distrust of police, the social impact of drugs and gang warfare, and the conflict between ethics and political expediency.
10)The Shield has a video game.
wendell i gots to roll with winny on this one and 2 names for u on this show SNOOP and CHRIS YA DIG. OMAR dat dude to NO HOMO.
FUCK SNOOP