Comments on: The Wire Season 5 Episode 4 Review http://thewire-hbo.com/2008/01/29/the-wire-season-5-episode-4-review/ All things The Wire Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:40:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chris http://thewire-hbo.com/2008/01/29/the-wire-season-5-episode-4-review/#comment-1340 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:03:07 +0000 http://mcnulty.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-1340 Just watched this episode.

Marlo is one cold motherfucker

]]> By: ashley http://thewire-hbo.com/2008/01/29/the-wire-season-5-episode-4-review/#comment-1115 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:27:36 +0000 http://mcnulty.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-1115 MY NAME IS ASHLEY I’M 21 YEARS OLD WHEN DOES THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON OF THE WIRE COMING OUT BECAUSE I REALLY WANT IT. BUT I SEEN ALL 60 OF THEM. I THINK YOU ALL ARE SOME GOOD ACTORS. P.S I LOVE TRISTAN WILDS, FELICIA SNOOP PEARSON, JULITO MCCULLUM, JD WILLIAMS, AND THE REST OF YOU GUYS BUT I CANT REMEMBER YOU GUYS NAMES . GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL.LOVE YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN ASHLEY.

]]> By: Rizzle http://thewire-hbo.com/2008/01/29/the-wire-season-5-episode-4-review/#comment-965 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:12:41 +0000 http://mcnulty.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-965 lmao! If a person knows where to go you can watch all seven episodes back to back Ive seen all seven episodes and loved every one. I wont spoil it for those who havent seen them all but all I can say is surprise surprise…. You’ll be pulling your hair out for the last 3 episodes to come out….

]]> By: JD http://thewire-hbo.com/2008/01/29/the-wire-season-5-episode-4-review/#comment-960 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:33:39 +0000 http://mcnulty.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-960 Just saw this episode and am still in shock. Damn Marlo is pure evil, I hope Omar takes him out hard. I love the way they depict the newsroom. This show shouldn’t just win TV awards, it should win a fricken Pulitzer and even a Nobel!

]]> By: mcnulty http://thewire-hbo.com/2008/01/29/the-wire-season-5-episode-4-review/#comment-956 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:36:13 +0000 http://mcnulty.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-956 yepp. this week’s been crazy. have planned for a double bill tomorrow though :-)

]]> By: *THE BEAR* http://thewire-hbo.com/2008/01/29/the-wire-season-5-episode-4-review/#comment-955 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:44:16 +0000 http://mcnulty.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-955 The webmaster is pretty late to post an article about the new episode.

]]> By: Nicole http://thewire-hbo.com/2008/01/29/the-wire-season-5-episode-4-review/#comment-948 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:40:19 +0000 http://mcnulty.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-948 Hey, cfeeler—-

Thanks for rubbing it in to those of us who dont have HBO on Demand. ;)

]]> By: nhoop59 http://thewire-hbo.com/2008/01/29/the-wire-season-5-episode-4-review/#comment-941 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:45:09 +0000 http://mcnulty.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-941 yup ^

]]> By: cfeeler http://thewire-hbo.com/2008/01/29/the-wire-season-5-episode-4-review/#comment-939 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:02:16 +0000 http://mcnulty.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-939 Hey did anyone know that if you have hbo on demand, you can actually watch the new episode on monday or tuesday for some reason. you just go to series and select the wire and you will see the new episode almost a week before it shows on hbo.

]]> By: Nicole http://thewire-hbo.com/2008/01/29/the-wire-season-5-episode-4-review/#comment-936 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:38:00 +0000 http://mcnulty.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-936 I have to force myself to agree that Simon is doing the right thing by ending The Wire after this season. I admire the consciousness of it. There is nothing more depressing than a series that has extended past its original story.

Steve–I am going to pick up the book this week. Thanks for the recommendation.

]]> By: Nicole http://thewire-hbo.com/2008/01/29/the-wire-season-5-episode-4-review/#comment-935 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:20:46 +0000 http://mcnulty.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-935 B-More:

You have me blushing. My husband is the one who turned me onto The Wire. I missed the first season and had to buy it on dvd after watching the 2nd season.

]]> By: nehooper59 http://thewire-hbo.com/2008/01/29/the-wire-season-5-episode-4-review/#comment-934 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:24:52 +0000 http://mcnulty.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-934 Even if the use of the newspaper story line is cliche and the Mcnutty serial killer line is a stretch I still believe people should give it a chance to play out. The bar for the Wire’s writing has been set so high by the previous fantastic seasons that people are ripping apart every scene that might seem off. The supposed “dip in quality” is a prime example of why David Simon cannot continue the Wire past the fifth season. He planned for a 5 part story arch and anything more would be clearly (to some people) dilluting the quality of work. I also believe that this “dip in quality” is directly correlated to the brass at HBO forcing Simon’s hand with only providing 10 episodes for the final season. It may be true that Simon is out of touch with the current state of the news room. Yet i think one has to ask if with more episodes would it have been possible to bring in more writers, who were more familiar with the modern aspects of reporting?. Another question is would Simon even want this?
I don’t feel that the news room storyline is out of place, infact I think it is just fine so far. Simon stated that a reason for portraying the media, was that it was the last familliar avenue they could explore in The Wire. Simon also has stated over and over that The Wire is really a story of Americas failure of a great city. Part of the reason the city has crumbled is that instead of reporting the facts of what is occuring, people in positions of power such as the media were too busy chasing unimportant matters like the feel good story (templeton) or chasing a serial killer that doesn’t exist (McNulty).
Give it a chance, it will all play out, and most importantly, enjoy the amazing work of visual literature we are witnessing.

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