Its not painful to me. Unlike most shows, which run at 45 minutes per episode, Wire in the Blood runs at 90 minutes per episode. Given the immense detail used in the stories, the show simply wouldn't work with shorter episodes. The series was cancelled in 2009 due to ITV's financial troubles. Ha! Its a great show! Now youve got the full attention of the media. And to get teachers talking, even on background, about their anger and frustration at this flummery? I agree with the message of Season 5, just not the execution. The fact that my appreciation for every single season changed over time due to rewatching the show over and over, proves how good this series as a whole really is. A great newspaper does this routinely on a multitude of issues, across its entire region. Brilliant! No television series has ever lived with me the way The Wire has. It would be better if he was slick like the Will Grayham character in red dragon. Gruesome scenes, Very dark and depressing at times. Even if you're not a Robson Green fan, this will surely garner him new followers. It was a great work of art. Really? In The Hunger Games films, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) coughs up blood for a specific reason. No worries. Throughout 1923, Alexandras wealth has come into play (or the wealth of her family, rather). David, I just wanted to take a brief moment (6 years later) to thank you for both an amazing show and this write up of your thoughts and insights into S5. Watching each character grow into a previous one is riveting, and the guessing game made me click the next episode each time. Gus opining that there was a time when no perp walk would take place with a call first being made to the broadsheets to make sure it was covered. Perhaps one on the books it is based on might warm me up to it. The acting is excellent, but I find this show way too unsubtle, lurid, and melodramatic. Producer Chris Miller explains why. Not because I missed the point about your critique of the journalist world, I got that, but because you sacrificed some of your best characters to get your point across. Maybe I prefer more violent things. The writing was a train wreck, the characterization limp, the acting and plotting, shameful and shameless both. but what the hell happened with the last season? The show and books are dark and twisted. Okay, you probably hate me by now so Ill shut up. Its like the artist was told by everyone hes a genius, so he gets an inflated ego and starts throwing out abstract garbage and lording over it with the ultimate smugness. Criminal Psychologist Tony Hill assists The Police with all manner of complex and disturbing crimes. You dont need to justify anything, its a masterpiece. If you have not watched any of these, please go for it and watch them in order. Prayer of the Bone. Thank you for your ridiculously worthwhile contributions to humanity. To have the city editor saying such things would have been, well, arch. The crime drama, which is made No-one looked at him twice.". And yes, in real life, there wasnt much written about such in my city. Of course, its all still out there, and I can find it and watch it and still enjoy it all, but I feel like Im a decade late to the party. Or maybe anywhere. The serial killer story was just too silly. Melvin Wiliams passed today RIP! Polygon Court hears the case for James Camerons alternate ending. The clues about The Sun missing important stories are there in plain sight. The ending was perfect, the way Omar died was perfect, the serial killer thing was perfect, but then whenever it cut back to that newsroom it dragged. Im proud to be from Home of the Wire I do honestly feel that way about the ending but telling you that personally (digitally, whatever) was completely asinine and unnecessary. All in all, this series is great fun. Africa was not at all logical to their 'can't do without you' relationship). Brilliant! If season five didnt work for you, then it didnt work for you. And I thanks you for that, because you gave us a piece of truth storytelling. Reprinted with Permission. You made an impact on me David. Can you give any specific insight into why Marlo was let to walk away unscathed. Damn I needed that lad to have a happy ending! It is for this reason that I think Season 5 is so brilliant. I couldnt believe the level of writing and literary presence of this show. Key investigations and prosecutions are undercut or abandoned by the political machinations of police officials, prosecutors and political figures. When the big bust happen since the wire to wasnt legal I figured Marlo was going free. I would not recommend this show for anyone under the age of 16. But having left the topic at hand to engage in ad hominem characterization, you cant very well expect anything less in return. But it was still damn above all the other things (books, series, movies). Departmental priorities make high-level drug investigation prohibitive. Couldnt resist, sorry. Adding to this, the fact that her mother still celebrates the missing daughters birthday bothers her. Cocaine Bear is based on a true story but the events especially the ending are very different. So it makes you wonder what actually gets reported and what we all miss day in and day out. I started watching this show in series 1. But no, show dont tell is the rule. I worked at a small, local tabloid, before entering J-school, and rapidly became frustrated as I was lectured on hooks and handles. Missing a storyIm still writingstill kills me. Not as cavalier as his "Touching Evil" series; his "Wire in the Blood" character of Tony Hill is much more reserved, quirky, and, being a criminal profiler, is more internalized with his processing of information. I feel as if I understand it better and see more with each viewing. While he is cold and calculating, from the moment we met him Omar has a big heart and made decisions based on his emotional reaction. Carcetti seemed to both indirectly affirm the beliefs of the more racist/prejudiced white politicians that a white mayor who could possibly whiten up the administration, would weed out the corruption, and at the same time did his best to work with the black members of the citys congress, businesses, police force and school systems, etc. The creative and honest mind of the writers is put on the screen with a quality job of directing. The man in black tracked Jenna down at the right house, but he knocked on the wrong door he's tangled up in a deadly Book of Blood story that ends when Ellie and Sam kill him. Omars death/Omar returning to Baltimore: We all wanted to see Omars last stand be in a bloody shootout with a high body count, but anyone paying attention to the story being told knew it wouldnt go down like that. He's quirky, he's a little odd, but he helps to provide a different, and intellectual insight into the killer's mind. Okay. Interesting article. But all the endings mean something and other endings would have been the wrong ones. I dunno. However, of the many detective series that my wife and I have watched, British, French, Scandinavian, Icelantic, this series has the sickest, most graphic murders in every episode. Ok, maybe I can believe that McNulty would come up with a silly story to get the wire going, maybe, but Lester? The final season of True Blood ended Sunday with a three-year time jump, bringing many of its characters to a Thanksgiving hosted by a pregnant Sookie ( Anna I got my invitation late in the mail and I may as well just see all the videos and photos and banter about it on peoples social media profiles. One last thing though .Duquan. That being said, I think what was really being pointed out here, is that the sorts who were under the feeling that the blacks were ruining the city, more or less knew quite well that such levels of corruption in the legal bodies was not limited by race, as Season 5 shows, and that just like w/ many of the black characters, many of the white characters benefit professionally for their lies, cover-ups and stat-jukings. The biggest pisser-offers for me in the series were the assclowns in the police department who clearly dont give a shit about what actually happens to actual people. I'm a big fan of good,clever mystery. The pictures of his cleaned up corners and happy citizens as a result of Hamsterdam would suggest that the drop was much larger than that 14%. His rogue decision to stage serial killings was believable but Bunks toothless response and using Lester and his involvement to give credence to Jimmys scheme went beyond the pale. Its a subjective matter that isnt worth a good argument, especially if, like me, you dont see the seasons as distinct but cumulative. Thats when Pulengs world completely changes. ITV has axed Robson Green drama Wire in the Blood after six years in what is seen as the latest cost cutting move by the network. What is most unfortunate is that your scathing and accurate critique of Washington D.Cs left armpit (with PG County being its right) and really the entire D.C. area will always be written off as great entertainment and remembered as one of the best shows ever on television. I found the season 2 a bit less interesting the first time, but I really dont know why, maybe because I was focused on characters like Avon etc, and the guys on the docks were less cool at first sight. It ran for six seasons and I believe had some specials along the way. You wanna explain where the argument is inconsistent? It was edgy and gritty, with strong performances from everyone. It was amazing television. Ill rant a bit about journalism, or the drug war or any other issue that I rub up against. I have been seeing quite a lot of this show on TV lately and i find it surprisingly entertaining. You seem angry. Having worked (briefly) with troubled inner city kids, I thought my heart would breakand it didduring season 4. I didnt get hooked by Treme or the mini serie with a mayor though. It had been on my entertainment backlog since 2002 Id got hold of the first season before it had been shown in the UK at all being a quality TV (and I apologize for using this sensitive word considering the context of various storylines) junkie, but for various reasonsI was deferring gratification if you will. All in all, the last season ofThe Wirewasnt that cruel a portrayal, was it? 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