jem88
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Yeah I know there was another thread about this show, but I'm too lazy to find it.
Anyways, just finished all 5 seasons and I have to say that this show is right up there with The Sopranos. In other words, one of the best ever. While it perhaps doesn't scale the emotional heights of The Sopranos, I'd say it's more consistently excellent. No throwaway plots like the Bennie/Artie fight or the Vito arc that diminished the last season of Sopranos. Instead, each season of The Wire approaches the city's problems from a different angle. And while I feel the 5th season came just a little shy of the flawless standards of the previous 4, I still can't think of a bad episode.
If you haven't watched it, do so. It's art at its finest (to call it a TV show somehow seems inadequate.) It's a graphic novel in the truest sense and the acting is uniformly excellent.
A few of the more poignant moments, and this includes spoilers, so stop reading now if you haven't seen the show - I'll leave a big space:
- Sobotka walking into his death in the last moments of the penultimate episode of season 2. Cutting to the credits before anything happens was a stroke of genius.
- The look of panic, which turns to defiant resignation as Stringer faces up to Omar and the Brother in season 3.
- Seeing Duquan on the corner at the end of season 4, and seeing him inject at the end of season 5. Truly heartbreaking.
- Snoop betraying just the slightest emotion and fear, and dare I say it, a feminine side that hadn't been seen before, as she asks Michael how her hair looks as he prepares to shoot her.
- McNulty's grief when he realizes that Kima may die in season 1.
Obviously not a feel good show, but a masterpiece nonetheless.
Anyways, just finished all 5 seasons and I have to say that this show is right up there with The Sopranos. In other words, one of the best ever. While it perhaps doesn't scale the emotional heights of The Sopranos, I'd say it's more consistently excellent. No throwaway plots like the Bennie/Artie fight or the Vito arc that diminished the last season of Sopranos. Instead, each season of The Wire approaches the city's problems from a different angle. And while I feel the 5th season came just a little shy of the flawless standards of the previous 4, I still can't think of a bad episode.
If you haven't watched it, do so. It's art at its finest (to call it a TV show somehow seems inadequate.) It's a graphic novel in the truest sense and the acting is uniformly excellent.
A few of the more poignant moments, and this includes spoilers, so stop reading now if you haven't seen the show - I'll leave a big space:
- Sobotka walking into his death in the last moments of the penultimate episode of season 2. Cutting to the credits before anything happens was a stroke of genius.
- The look of panic, which turns to defiant resignation as Stringer faces up to Omar and the Brother in season 3.
- Seeing Duquan on the corner at the end of season 4, and seeing him inject at the end of season 5. Truly heartbreaking.
- Snoop betraying just the slightest emotion and fear, and dare I say it, a feminine side that hadn't been seen before, as she asks Michael how her hair looks as he prepares to shoot her.
- McNulty's grief when he realizes that Kima may die in season 1.
Obviously not a feel good show, but a masterpiece nonetheless.
