Thanks for the response, even if it got the best of me! Great. Brilliant! Another Silence Of The Lambs/Cracker knock-off, without the storylines, I'm afraid. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Well now, its been a week sinceThe Wires final episode and a certain calm has descended, leaving a little less agita and a little more reflection. A moment for one last question: In response to a few specific complaints Ive come across rather frequently in regards to the season: How is it remotely plausible that Marlo walked free? Too short. I absolutely love this program so so much! Enter DI Alex Fielding, Simone Lahbib. Cmon, its okay to smile. In one of the best scenes of the series, Cocaine Bear is based on a true story but the events especially the ending are very different. In the finale, she tells Spencer he needs not waste money on a suit/tuxedo as she has credit aboard their British liner. When one actor leaves a show and is replaced. What is the Japanese language plot outline for Wire in the Blood (2002)? Yes, that IS the truth for kids all over the DMV (D.C., Maryland, Virginia) but I really wish, David, you could have shown him some compassion as the most innocent among them really deserved some kind of redemption. In the end, Carcetti, despite being white, was not able to avoid the same trappings of stat-juking number games and political favoritism as his predecessor, Royce, or the mayor before that. In fact, when I was delivering newspapers as a kid back in the 90s I became incredibly skeptical of the news I was delivering. Its disappointing to read the entire comment thread and see that no one picked up on those journalistic themes either, but I saw every single one of them- which is why I watched season 5 in total frustration as every cut back to the Baltimore Sun went straight into the same mire of bullshit all journalists everywhere in America now live in. And being a refuge from a newsroom, I thought I was over my grief at the death of real journalism. Ive re-watched this entire series again recently with the HD release (probably my 4th or 5th time watching the entire series) and in many ways it gets better the more I watch it. watch again the final 5-6 minutes of season 3; episode 4). Adding to this, the fact that her mother still celebrates the missing daughters birthday bothers her. It worked, I thought it fell short of the seasons 3, and 4. There's something to be said for being able to binge an entire show from episode one to final episode when cancelled. 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. Thank you. Its tremendously unfortunate a potentially amazing show was turned into a cute little art project. WebRobson Green (Grantchester, Touching Evil) plays a clinical psychologist called in by the police to help investigate serial killers in this acclaimed mystery series based on the books by Val McDermid. It was pretty much written on the wall for us when that one kid didnt run away from Omar. I found it as an interesting way to dispel the notion that one given group of people is more inclined or indoctrinated to corruption and lies than the other, but also that in any given sector of a society, you will usually find it is those who know that very truth full and well, who perpetuate that lie, in order to make themselves feel better about their shortcomings. But having left the topic at hand to engage in ad hominem characterization, you cant very well expect anything less in return. Caught the wire over a year ago & Ive watched it 3 times through since then. I was born with scoop mentality and its never left me. I have to say I loved the Wire the first time I saw it. This show mattered and it still does. Such a newspaper was not chronicled onThe Wire. There were three full-length movies: "The Mermaid's Singing", "Shadows Rising", and "Justice Painted Blind". To have the city editor saying such things would have been, well, arch. I came late to The Wire, having heard many great things about it from others over the years. Beautiful. I am your new lord sovereign of buried, latent, subtextual argument. Sorry. If you like your murder mysteries uncensored this is the best one. Cocaine Bear, the new action-comedy now in theaters, is based on a true story, but only barely. The school system has been teaching test questions to improve No Child Left Behind scores, and to protect the mayor politically and to validate a system that is failing to properly educate city children. 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. I understand the story and the tie-ins that you wrote about in this very blog, but I feel like you could have highlighted the bullshit of the media without compromising the core of The Wire, unrelenting, brutal, realism. Then when people point out the garbage it becomes oh-so esoteric. Throughout 1923, Alexandras wealth has come into play (or the wealth of her family, rather). I wonder whats happening in this city that we dont know about. The shows all involve murder and this is the focus of the plots. Why did stupid fucking hbo talk over the last episode when you re watch it on demand. Even more awesome is how you actually continued that same thread from one season to the next, taking one subject matter and examining it from all the angles that make up the context of the entire problem. There are many crime/mystery books and shows out there but few are done this well with excellent character development, believable plots and story lines that are on one hand complex, terrifying, fully engrossing and on the other hand funny, thoughtful and informative. Not that your intention with this blog was to do that. I just marathoned the entire series in less than 2 weeks (okay, so Im unemployed & have the time on my hands) and now I see why The Wire got so much acclaim in its day. Its about the media and powers that manipulating the masses to support a war in Iraq fought on false pretenses. To me, The Wire was told as an epic novel. Stars Robson Green Mark David-I just finished the entire series in about a week. With no consequences for either, even Herc the Assclown who monumentally fucked up every single case he was put on? But if I dont play how can I and everyone else fix the rules? With the exception of the good journalism that bookended the story arc which is, of course, representative of the fact that there are still newspaper folk in Baltimore and elsewhere struggling mightily to do the job the season amounted to ten hours of a newspaper that is no longer intimately aware of its city. Omar and Prop Joe were the last good guys among the bad guys and both of them had to go down, while Snoop the Psycho Bitch who deserved at least a few weeks of good torture gets off easy with a single shot to the head. 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. I dunno. Interesting article. Prayer of the Bone. As it is, I argued, any good journalist will if he or she loves the business follow this story and wince at the stories systematically missed, the undiscovered and unreported tales of the city known to viewers for four seasons. "Wire in the Blood" is the story of Dr.Tony Hill (Robson Green), a slightly eccentric clinical psychologist who works part time with the police force of Bradford, England. He has a reputation of taking small seemingly unconnected facts puzzling them together and providing a profile for the police to follow. Web"Wire in the Blood" is the story of Dr.Tony Hill (Robson Green), a slightly eccentric clinical psychologist who works part time with the police force of Bradford, England. Gruesome scenes, Very dark and depressing at times. The chemistry between Hill and D.I. I just watched all 5 seasons in short order. What Rough Beast. Painfully honest? WebPart of the Wire in the Blood series As this hit British detective drama concludes, clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill (Robson Green, Grantchester) and DI Alex Fielding For so many reasons. And then Season 5 happens. Thanks for this. In series 4, Ms Norris has left the show and Simone Lahbib as Inspecter Alex Fielding has the dubious job of reining in Hill. I cant bring myself to use words like the worst, or the weakest, when duscussing a series that is so well written. Watch with Acorn TV. I just graduated and | Watching each character grow into a previous one is riveting, and the guessing game made me click the next episode each time. Lasher follows Keith to a random shack in the Departmental priorities make high-level drug investigation prohibitive. The original essay doesnt do anything to counter anyones opinions as to whether The Wire was good, bad, or indifferent. The more honest assessment is that it doesnt matter where I stand, or where Ed Burn stands, or what I think. I dragged it past sarcasm, past cynicism, and all the way to balls-out snide. Over a television drama. Summary: Tony is put under police protection when the area mental health commissioner is brutally murdered. I just want to watch it over and over again without stopping. The acting is first rate but a few of the episodes really have huge gaping holes in the plot. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Not everything can have a happy ending, I understand. Im interested. You let Bubbles live. Watch Wire In The Blood: Prayer Of The Bone, The plastic "blue bag" that Tony Hill is often seen with was gleaned from Robson Green's research for Wire in the Blood, which involved spending time with revered criminal psychologist Julian Boon, who Green describes in part as an "extraordinary, intelligent, nice guy who carried his life in a blue bag and travelled on a double-decker bus. Explain your displeasure in detail, no problem. I feel as if I understand it better and see more with each viewing. Brought up to believe in hard case police work, her world was turned upside down by Tony's presence. But the rest of you blessed, scribbling souls? But wait Marlo had to head back to those corners to be himselfthe individual. My favorite character was bubs, I knew someone like him. In The Hunger Games films, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) coughs up blood for a specific reason. Fiction makes everyone comfortable and talkative; journalism good, probing journalism is a much harder, much more rigorous task. Ha! I confess I thought that journalism was still self-aware enough to get it, that enough collective consciousness of the crafts highest calling remained, that reporters still worried about what their newspapers were missing. Fucking worthless, fuck hbo! And yes, in real life, there wasnt much written about such in my city. Having grown up on the southeast side of PG County inside the Beltway, I can tell you that The Wire was a hit right between the eyes. But life isnt like that. But absent that kind of reporting, we will all soon enough live in cities and towns where politicians and bureaucrats gambol freely without worry, where it is never a risk to shine shit and call it gold. But he was sincere in his grief. And yes, as many reviewers commented, the transition from Norris to Lahbib could have, and should have been handled with much greater care (CJ abruptly abandoning him without an explanation to addicted viewers, and heading off to So. TheSunbegan doing so in the 1990s before the internet, before the Tribune Company did its worst when beat reporting and any serious, systemic examination of issues was eschewed in favor of impact journalism, special projects and Pulitzer sniffing. Maybe the guys just kind of being a dickhead here. Well now, its been a week since The Wire s final episode and a certain calm has descended, leaving a little less agita and a little more reflection. First off, really fantastic article. Copyright 2018 David Simon. Now its so hard to even rank the seasons because they are all so important to the overall story. 2008. . But if you didnt enjoyThe Wirethis season, then lets concede for purposes of this little note that you are correct. If season five didnt work for you, then it didnt work for you. -- if you're a Robson Green fan, it's a fantastic showcase for his acting. Brilliant! The character development is quite entertaining. Whenever I watch it is like the whole world stops I am just focused on the TV. I think it is, but Id like to hear your opinion on this. To argue about whether the drama had become arch or unsubtle? I know you were trying to show the 5 different aspects of what goes down in a city David Simon but one more season that just wraps everything up in a nice little bow would have been perfect. The criminals are deeply psychologically twisted, far more so than any person you have ever encountered, even in the newspapers. The political corruption, the cronyism, the back-asswards views on racism which prevent all minorities from getting a real say in anything lest they be deemed racist- and most agonizingly, the completely screwball insanity that is the PG County school system is exactly like the way you depicted life in Baltimore. It is a heart trending, visceral, honest portrayal of a modern city. But most of all, that poor child Duquan who did nothing but suffer from beginning to end. 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. Jack and Liz. Im literally addicted to this show, and watch it through at least 3-4 times a year. The dramas final season, depicting a Baltimore newspaper, concluded last week. If you didnt dig it, then you didnt dig it. Hopefully there is some point in time when the majority of people become a little smarter and catch up w/ the intelligence this show possesses. Uncovered. Liz (Michelle Randolph) suffered a miscarriage in the finale, and it now seems she may be unable to have children again. Much respect, and I hope you still read these. The only story that I noticed that the newspaper missed was when they mentioned Prop Joe. 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. Its so damn realistic. All 24 episodes are great! Thanks for making a great series. He has a reputation of taking small seemingly unconnected facts puzzling them together and providing a profile for the police to follow. 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. I mean its obvious all three of them enjoyed it way too much for a normal gangster who just wanted someone out of their way- and Marlos final shot licking the blood off his sleeve just about proves that that guy was about to go on a black Manson killing spree had the story logically continued from its stopping point. And remember the part where you saw the lady outside selling snowballs, the postal carrier was able to deliver mail, people were outside hanging laundry so you could tell that the 14% drop was substantial in that district. I just finished watching the entire run of the series a couple of nights ago. The case was based on a wealth of curruption and illegal detective work and the need for self-preservation could easily allow for a deal to be made. Many found it hard to relate to or invest in. Another topic for another time, but dont wait on our news media to report it. Robson Green is a favourite of mine which is why I really wanted to love this show. The crime thriller was being eyed for adaptation by Its not likely to change our reasons for telling the stories we do, but neither is the criticism necessarily invalid or unwarranted. This series is generally well-scripted and acted. Maybe you were too close? The Lester wed come to know was indeed a maverick, but not a moron. The major American cities are in woeful shape and for various reasons we can not or will not stop this slow-moving train. Couldnt resist, sorry. Im proud to be from Home of the Wire The systemic problems of the DMV are way too deep and the people in charge are way too invested in their petty self-interests to ever have it another way. Wish there was more, or at least a book. The amount of quotables in this show is amazing. you could give me! It ran for six seasons and I believe had some specials along the way. The reason I loved the Wire was because it felt REAL. I do honestly feel that way about the ending but telling you that personally (digitally, whatever) was completely asinine and unnecessary. No television series has ever lived with me the way The Wire has. I wanted to like this show, really, and Robson Green is an interesting actor, but it just doesn't cut the mustard for me. I did enjoy everything else about Season 5. I hated Marlo for his ruthlessness but I respect that you gave him a realistic ending-they could not realistically build a case against him bc of police corruption. David SImon, I dont understand why you wrote this. or something, but instead he was just another man shot, and his name fittingly echoed into the folklore of the streets, Im a latecomer to The Wire and I think its the best thing Ive ever seen on television. Done very tastefully. Im watching Treme now. I just binge-watched the last 3 seasons after slowly going through 1 & 2 and I feel regret that I almost missed out on this amazing thing that started basically a decade ago when I was just starting high school. 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. Not always do we get a "wrap up" episode and we didn't get one here either. Even though I dont like those gay fags fuckin each other but thats the world we live in so no problems. Almost everything in the show from the dialogue to the outcomes felt refreshingly believable. I guess I understood it was there in some sense but initially the theme I was focused on were the institutional problems in the newsroom that are so similar to the problems in other institutions featured in the series. If you have not watched any of these, please go for it and watch them in order. Sometimes the jumps in logic can seem a bit far fetched, but that is what makes it interesting and fun, without having to be a series of mindless chase scenes and explosions. ps I too felt really indecisive about season 2 on my first watch and have grown to love it more and more over time, just like you. The great irony (relative to the final season) is that the criticism being leveled against NCLB and the war on drugs was lost on the real-life media in the very same way that The Wires Baltimore Sun missed those very same things in the show. Thank you for telling these stories. Is McNulty still clean etc. It was a great work of art. He seems so confident that each person is the perpetrator then half way through the interview says 'no it's not him' very annoying. I worked at a small, local tabloid, before entering J-school, and rapidly became frustrated as I was lectured on hooks and handles. I fucking love this show. In this case, our lead character is Dr. Tony Hill. She sends him to chase down Keith and kill him. Note: This article contains spoilers for the entire first series of Blood. Did you always have in mind from the start to have the fake news/fake crime stories play in tandem? It is important to give the newcomer a distinctive identity. Would still give Breaking Bad the nod over The Wire as a better show though. Favorite scene is Avon visiting The Pit. If you like Touching Evil or Monk, this series may be for you. Meanwhile our federal government has wholesaled our highway systems, infrastructure, and debt to any country that was buying while dropping trillions of dollars into the pockets of Halliburton and the rest of the 1% in the name of fighting a war on terror. Please. I was watching for the Barksdale arc and didnt know how important season two was in the overall visual novel. The cutbacks, management of local papers by big out of town conglomerates and lack of attention on complex issues is something we see in the UK too. | What the hell, man? Anyway, remember that Colvins 14% were clean numbers (he didnt juke the stats) so 14% is a large increase if you look at it that way. Or the way alma glossed over Omars deathI had a feeling like if she woulda mentioned his name, gus wouldve immediately recognized it and said no-heart anthonys brother? You want to suggest that the creator of the project has his nose in the air for being interested in the matter at all, and that you have some insight into his temperament? This statement is meant to include: Mark Letheren(DI Kevin Jeffries); Emma Handy (DC Paula McIntyre) and Peter Sullivan (ACC Paul Eden). Robson Green is incredibly impressive (and maybe a little bit scary) as eccentric psychological profiler Dr. Tony Hill, and Hermione Morris does a great job as tough DI Carol Jordan, a woman in what is still very much a man's world. 1 Jun 2015. But inflated ego, ultimate smugness, etc? I even tried going back and watching homicide life on the street but without Bunk and McNulty just couldnt get into it. Wire in the blood is now one of my favorite crime/Mystery/Drama shows for T.V. Dr. Hill comes up with detail after detail about the perpetrator, without any more explanation of how he did it than Sylvia Browne, psychic, ever gives. They are gradually won over. My husband watched this series on HBO, I must of been working. Grim. He has a 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. Thats right. The acting is exceptional. Thank you so much for making The Wire, it ruined every other tv show. Awards But the fifth-season story arc began with a wonderful bit of adversarial reporting on deadline good, clean newspapering it was. I'm a big fan of good,clever mystery. Crown me up and kneel, ya bitches. This show is so brilliant, so uniquely American, such a mind-altering and contemplative rumination on the powerful pull of the system FUCK, I LOVE THE WIRE!!!!!!!!!!! Both shows only went 5 seasons but BB tied up the loose ends and made the ending much easier to swallow than TW did. To debate whether Gus Haynes is more of a hero than Bunny Colvin? I guess I will have to reflect on why I could easily accept Hamsterdam and not the phony killer. Season 5 was tremendous, I can only assume the criticism comes from those who still believe that high standards of journalistic integrity are still the goal of the modern news room. A moment for one last question: Sure there was a fabulist and, yeah, he snatched the big prize. Really, someone should have put it to Herc, you have to admit. A psychologist gets inside of the minds of both killers and victims to aid the police in solving gruesome serial killings in Northern England. A moment for one It's like watching a big budget film on TV. Anyway, thats all. The writing was a train wreck, the characterization limp, the acting and plotting, shameful and shameless both. But no, show dont tell is the rule. (And yes, I got the theme. Theres a reason people say youre a genius and why your show is perhaps the best in history. My comment amounts to little more than unwanted negative feedback for a show that ended 5 years ago. Learn how your comment data is processed. I would want us to argue subjectively about public policy and social issues. And again, great work on this terrific series; dont let the naysayers get to you on Season 5, I found it every bit as good as the previous 4. User Ratings I still rewatch twice a year and its my all-time favourite series. Producer Chris Miller explains why. Simone Lahbib is a favorite UK actor, but if forced to choose in this series, I'd have to go with Green/ Norris. Write a television story arc about the betrayal of the working class, the fraud of the drug war or the lie of No Child Left Behind and you cant get off the entertainment pages. What he suddenly turns stupid? I've enjoyed his first rate performances in two other series I've seen, and can't wait to see how his character's flirtation with D.I. 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. It was edgy and gritty, with strong performances from everyone. You dont like the last season of a television drama, feel free to venture an opinion. But thanks for creating some of the best characters in TV history. The "Jordan" character was specific to the McDiarmid book "Torment of Others", of which the episode was derived. I binged watch all 5 seasons, The Wire is the best tv series in tv history. The finale was weak/unsatisfying: I feel that the people who express this opinion dont quite understand the type of storytelling that you were going for. That said, I thank you for the bitter pill. 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