Comments on: Crack and Fissures

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:03:05 +0000

Just thought I’d mention that I love bdgavin’s thought of Randy and Prop Joe meeting up, that is perfect and I can’t believe it never occurred to me!

By: Stumbleweed

Stumbleweed — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:09:27 +0000

Also, I wanted to point out (since I haven’t seen it mentioned here really) that the kid who made the phone call drawing the police car away from Randy’s place before the fire (and ended up starting the fire) was one of the kids who was involved in the fight at school — the one that says, “This ain’t over, Snitchin’ Randy” or something similar as he was walking away. It took me a few viewings to see that, but it leads me to believe that the fire was an act perpetrated by the kids as opposed to Marlo. It certainly helped Marlo’s cause (sending a message to/eliminating Randy), but from the way that fight scene went, it seems to me that it was more of a result of the kid’s free will rather than something that Marlo ordered that they do.

Also, the messy and uncertain nature of fires (nobody died) isn’t really Marlo’s style, as he makes sure the job gets done rather than leaving survivors to tell tales. Someone in the comments section here suggested that Marlo put the hit out, and I really don’t think that’s the case. Some clarification from Eric or David would be great, but I doubt they’d be checking this blog during the downtime…

Haha, I’m a late arrival to the show and this blog for sure (made my way over from FreeDarko like many others), but I’ve watched all 4 seasons through twice already and like most people here, it’s definitely my favorite show. January is so close and I’m incredibly excited to see how they’ll wrap up this masterpiece.

By: cmonks

cmonks — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:28:50 +0000

Article about production wrapping up for the show’s 5th and final season:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/02/AR2007090201454.html?hpid=topnews

By: mibtp

mibtp — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:21:40 +0000

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By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:18:52 +0000

Small bit of info on Season 5:

http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/2007/02/just-to-tease-you-fans-of-wire.html

By: Steve Z.

Steve Z. — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:10:40 +0000

http://palmsout.blogspot.com/

Palms Out Music does a breakdown of Wire characters if they were figures in today’s hip hop scene. Jay-Z as Stringer Bell, Dame Dash as Avon, Lupe Fiasco as Lester Freamon….very cool.

By: Steve Z.

Steve Z. — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:39:50 +0000

http://www.allhiphop.com/features/?ID=1675

This week is The Wire Week at AllHipHop.com. The link is for an interview with Wood Harris. Very dope

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By: Gukbe

Gukbe — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:01:32 +0000

Not sure where to put this, so the most recent entry will do.

Two interesting, somewhat Wire-related bits on the ABC Nightly news this evening:

1.) Baltimore is experiencing record high temperatures for this time of year. A bit tenuous, but still…world going one way, people going the other.

2.) A piece on merit-pay for teachers, which seems to be working in Texas, and the government is considering a $99 million dollar investment to exand the program. However, detractors worry that the teachers will only be teaching the standardized test. I suppose the Wire has really opened my eyes to how difficult education funding can be. I had always felt that teachers, as they are one of the most important parts of society, should get much more money, thus increasing the level of interest in teaching and also the calibre it might not normally get. However, the problem seems to be the way the government can actually gague progress. So from just doing enough for an entire school system to scrape by year by year (which is atrocious), to the more fortunate areas across the country, the reliance on standardized test scores really seems to complicate the issue.

By: bdgavin

bdgavin — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:51:05 +0000

Tim, thank you so much for writing the recaps every week. It’s nice coming to a forum like this to see how other people saw each episode and what they thought. How many shows would you actually want to do that for? This was the best season in my opinion. Looks like Bodie turned into D’Angelo Barksdale, tried to change the game, and he definitely paid the price the way D did. My favorite parts about the show are the winks to previous seasons that constantly occur. Bodie mentioning the pawns was classic. I am so grateful there’s another season. I’m holding out hope that there will be more after that. David Simon mentioned that if he did Season 6 he’d do it about the influx of Latin Americans in Baltimore. He said it would take him years to research, so maybe, maybe they can get the crew back together in a few years for Season 6 if HBO is down with it and Simon and Co. want to continue. I’m pleasantly surprised that HBO has kept the Wire on this long. Bill Simmons wrote an interesting reply on Page 2 that said he refuses to watch shows on Network TV with low ratings because what’s the point when they’ll get cancelled in a few weeks anyway. Thank you HBO! People get those DVDs to everyone you know so more people watch and HBO can beg Simon for more The Wire! Season 5–I think they’ll keep all the current storylines going plus the media storyline, so it should be interesante. Bet on Omar not making it, not with the Greeks after him. Bet on Mouzone coming back for an episode. Bet on Randy and Cheese/Prop Joe getting acquainted. Bet on Special Agent Fittzhugh making a couple of appearances. Bet on Jimmy getting re-acquainted with Jamey, and Jamey getting the best of him–at least once. Bet on Poot facing a dilemma about whether or not to follow in D’Angelo and Bodie’s footsteps. Bet on Spike Lee filming at least one episode of Season 5. Bet on The Wire never winning a mainstream award in its lifetime. Bet that.