the wire series 2

[mightyroar]

I dont dare look on the other thread for fear of spoilers. I just finished season 2.

Anyone else at the same stage as me?

[david_carnell]

Watching season 3 as we speak, I mean type.

Brilliant. Best yet.

[SeanMacGabhann]

presumably you want talk about it, rather than compile a list of names mightyroar?

Series 2 is the bovril series. It was such a shift away from series one, some people never got it. It took me longer. But it might be one of the best on reflection.

The Greek scared me

Frank was a great character

McNulty annoyed the hell out of Rawls was genius

[david_carnell]

And it features the world's greatest breakfast:

Beer with a egg(raw). Ugh.

[SeanMacGabhann]

but no-one actually likes Ziggy. Do they?

[Keef]

Ziggy was a prick, but a misunderstood one I think. Greek wasn't scary, his number 1 is!

I thought it was a great series, looking at a different group in society, but keeping up with the "street".

Series 3 is fab, and I know a couple of people who have said they'd stop at the end of 3 because they felt they had enough closure. I'm very glad I watched series 4, as it is my favourite, and I can't wait to wrap it all up with series 5!!!

[Horsebox]

What I find really bizarre about season 2 is that when it aired on BET (Black Entertainment Television), the network felt it necessary to edit out most of the waterside / dockers / Valchek / white people storylines, apparently because their core audience (black viewers) would not be interested in it enough to watch. How patronising to their viewers is that?

Article here:

http://www.dailybruin.com/news/2007/apr/16/ibets_editing_butchers_wire_story_linei/

[mockney piers]

That doesn't leave an awful lot does it?! About 3 episodes worth max.

Still plan on trying that breakfast at some point.

Revisiting series 2 at the moment and it is very good.

[mightyroar]

I love it, of course. ziggy a fool but he had his moments. quite gloriously tragic at the end. also liked his cock on screen moment early on in the series.

i think the greek looks like he's wearing a disguise of some sort. it's a combination or his nose and moustache.

i kept thinking it would go all sci fi or something and he'd have a face off moment and underneath it would be stringer bell being even more evil.

also, the greek's sidekick, man who acts with his hat and his fags, kind of looks like he's about to break into modern dance....like in the kids from fame when suddenly someone does a pirouette aross the street. whenever he sits on a park bench- which is quite often, i imagine he's going to leap up and use it as some sort of dance accessory (the bench) and kind of flip his fat cap down his arm in dancer stylee.

Loved it when Mcnulty put on his fake (ho ho) british accent to go to the brothel. in stitches. Also loved his crap sailing knots.

O and bunk being so drunk in the morning he was dry retching into the bin. Fab

Also loved the episode when both the police had to tell their partners they were back on the job and it was kind of like they were having dinner as a foursome, but actually they were just both in trouble with their ladeez.

cant wait for the next season, should be on it's way to me as I speak.

[bon3yard]

I've been busy watching series 3 of Deadwood while The Wire 5 has been downloading, they're just both so immensely satisfying. HBO genius.

[Keef]

Never watched any Deadwood, but series 1 is on it's way via Lovefilm, so will probably plough through all of that before Wire 5 arrives.

Going back to Horsebox's comment, how did what they did show make any sense, it's all tied in! It's as if they think their target audience only want to see black people popping caps in each other's asses! :-S I disservice to their own audience methinks.

[bon3yard]

The crime scene 'Fuck me!' sequence is one of the funniest tv moments ever, 10 mins of differnetly voiced 'fuck mes!' as they ascertain what transpired during the shooting. Sheer quality and totally original.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Isn't that series 1?

I'm in two minds wether to post the link to that scene or not

[Keef]

Yes it's series 1 when they visit the window tapping place isn't it? (trying not to give things away)

[bon3yard]

Well, excuse me all over the place...I've obviously failed my 'Wire Nerds Degree' ;-)

[SeanMacGabhann]

not an easy thing to forgive bon3yard, not an easy thing... ;-)

[mightyroar]

true, it's series one.

it is a great great scene though.

do you know what i mean about the Greek though- he really does look like he's wearing a false nose.

[RosieH]

how many times have you guys all watched it? I love the Wire. I love it love it love it (although I'm not sure how much more I can take after series 4: I'm emotionally battered). but I don't think I can quote scenes in this way. is this like the way boys know the entire script to Withnail and I and the producers of rare 60s b-sides and, you know, the offside rule?

[mightyroar]

alert! I have not watched past series 2 hence the name of the thread! no spoilers, not even any hints! you can talk about later episodes on the other wire thread!

(i dont think it's just a boy thing- the episode quoting)

[RosieH]

no no spoilers I promise - just saying as programmes go, it's probably the most relentless I've ever watched. utterly brilliant but it's no romcom.

think I must have a brain like a sieve - can't remember all the scenes at all

[Keef]

Have only watched it (series 1 - 4) once. Waiting for series 5, and then may revisit after giving it a bit of time (I watched it all back to back, in quite a short space of time, so it's all pretty fresh in the memory).

[lozzyloz]

Amazon is taking series 5 pre-orders for Sept release.

Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: How did we do, Charlie?

Charlie: I almost got one to swear that the docks are actually near the water.