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OMFG FURRY posted:herc grows, he's just a moron I haven't seen the show in a long time but I felt like he never made any meaningful growth. His incompetence eventually gets him fired and he lands on his feet making more money working for a scumbag defense attorney. He has no problem passing around information from his employer to the police and vice versa not because of his moral convictions, but because doing it would make him look good I could be remembering wrong though.
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All you people recommending the Leftovers are nuts. That show was loving awful.
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Vampire Panties posted:I mean, outside of the shows listed by Costco Meatballs, are there any that have absolute banger seasons all the way through? Desperate Housewives honestly. 3 and 4 are the "bad seasons" imo, but still have lots of fun stuff. When most people watch it and are like "wow I'm loving it I'm like halfway through season 4" its fun to let them know that they are actually almost done with the "bad seasons"
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Jul 1, 2023 18:50
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he ends up doing a lot less harm than he had the potential to, i count that as growth. pruned, but growth.
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he agrees stealing the camera was a good play and thats about his only growth imo hes otherwise a COP through and through
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Jul 1, 2023 19:53
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fuzzy dunlop is the best character in the wire
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Oldstench posted:All you people recommending the Leftovers are nuts. That show was loving awful. What part did you hate? The insanely good acting? The tense storylines? The awesome mysticism? The completely relatable post-Covid loss cults and depression? Herc has character growth, growth into a worse and worse person.
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yeah, herc just spirals down, but in some ways, it's a reminder that most people who go into policing aren't good people anyway.
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can any gun nut please tell me if a walther ppk is a good gun or if its just extremely james bond
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bossy lady posted:I haven't seen the show in a long time but I felt like he never made any meaningful growth. His incompetence eventually gets him fired and he lands on his feet making more money working for a scumbag defense attorney. He has no problem passing around information from his employer to the police and vice versa not because of his moral convictions, but because doing it would make him look good I could be remembering wrong though. His low points also include getting Bubbles badly beaten after trusting Herc, and ruining Randy’s life through not following procedures. One of his only bright spots is when internal affairs comes for him he takes the blame without dragging other detectives down with him like Burrell was threatening to do. NoiseAnnoys posted:yeah, herc just spirals down, but in some ways, it's a reminder that most people who go into policing aren't good people anyway. Yeah and at the end he’s thriving at the law firm making bank at a time when the police dept can’t even cover their own bar tabs, and it looks like he has a bright future as Levy loves him. At least Carver is also doing well and has matured a lot.
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honestly, one of the things that remains really fresh about the wire is just showing how badly broken most cops are, even when they're trying to do the right thing.
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Jul 1, 2023 20:25
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gently caress it, just watch Hannibal
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GolfHole posted:can any gun nut please tell me if a walther ppk is a good gun or if its just extremely james bond It's a pretty bad gun all around. It's low caliber so it's fairly weak, has a small mag size, isn't a great concealed carry, and isn't the most reliable. It's mainly used by James Bond because it's British. That's basically exactly why Omar calls it a showpiece.
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NoiseAnnoys posted:honestly, one of the things that remains really fresh about the wire is just showing how badly broken most cops are, even when they're trying to do the right thing. Yeah, also how when the two useless detectives are dumped in the unit there’s no talk of them being fired for being openly drunk all day, and other members of the unit instinctively cover for them on the time sheets. Just how badly broken the dept culture had become.
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Toxic Mental posted:What part did you hate? The insanely good acting? The tense storylines? The awesome mysticism? The completely relatable post-Covid loss cults and depression?
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:The Shield is fascinating to me because more than any show I can imagine (ending spoilers) its ultimate resolution is completely recontextualized by subsequent real life events. the Armenian money train plotline ranks among some of my favourite TV ever. that and Glenn Close just running poo poo for a whole season, Jesus.
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unrelated to absolutely nothing but I’ve seen some red dwarf, it’s not bad but it’s an “ok finish you later” show. It’s on my list!!! the eternal list!!
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teen witch posted:It’s on my list!!! the eternal list!!
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Have you seen Friends?
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dervival posted:oh hey someone else has one of those "might eventually do/watch before the heat death of the universe" lists! I think mine and my partner's is long enough to bridge the Bering Strait at this point My letterboxd is an eternal scroll, let alone tv shows to watch
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Nooner posted:Have you seen Friends? pal,
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Which season of The Wire has the best version of "Way Down in the Hole"? I like 3 or maybe 4.
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bossy lady posted:Which season of The Wire has the best version of "Way Down in the Hole"? 4 has that dark mid-90's feel to it
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TW please keep posting your reactions to The Wire in this thread, I have a surprisingly large amount of friends that had never watched it so I've watched it a bunch of times with people seeing it for the first time, and I always loved seeing their thoughts and reactions and how their views of characters changed over time. E: also agreeing with the posters that said there are no bad seasons, some are just better than others. But all the pieces matter 
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Red dwarf falls off a cliff on fire once Rimmer leaves, it’s so painfully unfunny afterwards that the cast should all be killed. Also don’t watch the Sarah Conner chronicles. Bonus RD trivia! The song “true” by Spandau Ballet is about the chick that plays kochanski.
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Thoughts on The Wire Season 1 good Season 2 better Season 3 huh okay not awful Season 4 okay I'm bored and going to watch something else now Season 5 ???
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:speaking of falling off a cliff has any show every done so as hard as westworld? spouse and I had that exact response to westworld, what a disappointment actually I think we eventually squeaked it through season 2, wasn't worth it
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Extra row of tits posted:
This is a pretty good Spandau Ballet deep dive by the guy from the Mountain Goats. https://youtu.be/_9htmKyu89s
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:speaking of falling off a cliff has any show every done so as hard as westworld? Why yes I would like to connect Westworld to the Wire. Wire creator David Simon was far along in planning production for an HBO series on the three book epic “America in the King Years” about Civil Rights, and had even met with hero Harry Belafonte who was advising the production. Then Westworld came out and was so popular that his plans were cancelled & the money diverted to make Westworld season 2, dang it. Here’s his telling of the story, worth reading: https://davidsimon.com/mr-belafonte-sir/
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I must be the only person in the world who enjoyed all of westworld.
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According to the HBO Max thumbnail, it appears that Omar….is comin - Avon Barksdale is such a WASPy name. - A gateaway laptop. My god. - I too have enjoyed an inebriated Ikea shopping trip, McNulty, but Christ dude - “Leggett” - that scene in the hospital was fantastic and of course I only paid attention to the Badtz Maru plush in the background - oh no Omar knows of bubbles  - my sister and I had the same Ikea bunkbed growing up! I don’t believe my mother was drunk when putting it together…but I can’t confirm Apologies for the short notes, I’m dealing with this odd loving stomach bug
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I like that McNulty stealing newspapers to get plot information happens more than once.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Why yes I would like to connect Westworld to the Wire. Wire creator David Simon was far along in planning production for an HBO series on the three book epic “America in the King Years” about Civil Rights, and had even met with hero Harry Belafonte who was advising the production. Then Westworld came out and was so popular that his plans were cancelled & the money diverted to make Westworld season 2, dang it. drat, that was a good read. Another reason to be disappointed by the subsequent seasons of Westworld.
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The Name of This Episode is The Wire - well that man is very dead - oh JESUS that’s Omar’s partner - that pager chime sends me back - the “it’s fine, don’t worry about it. Just don’t think about it! Nbd! That’s life” with Brandon’s murder has some boomer mental health energy. “Don’t want to be haunted by the murder you participated in don’t think about it, bing bong” - the copper heist! the loving ANTICS. Delightful! - Saint James McNulty, patron saint of the Very Divorced Dads. - Jesus, that scene of Omar in the morgue. gently caress. The ball rolling away with the scream. Fuuuuuuck. - absolutely invested in seeing Omar the rest of the season
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Just wait until you go back after you finish the 5th season and understand how that "alllllll the pieces matter." quote comes back again and again. It's so insanely genius and poetic and basically is the John 3:16 of the show.
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Toxic Mental posted:Just wait until you go back after you finish the 5th season and understand how that "alllllll the pieces matter." quote comes back again and again. this
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how do the pigeons matter
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GolfHole posted:how do the pigeons matter water fresh, keeping them cool. and squeakers nesting squabs. taking care of the youngns.
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