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It's the end of an era. Pay tribute to the personalities, city and show that changed the way America views "The Game."
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 11:38 PM
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how long is the last show gonna be?
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 11:08 PM
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y yall had the do the last episode like that. a whole bunch of gabage. the worst episode of the season. The writers strike must have had an impact. Boring, Boring, Boring.Can mike chris, cheese and my dudes have more than one seen. I feel so cheated, raped. Worst ending tn sopranos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We demand a do-over!!!!!!!!
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 9:43 PM
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Episode 60 is some bullshit. how could yal;l end it like that. Yall paid no mind to the ghetto. Yall coulda fit 3 more episodes. Mike da new omar!!!!! Yall really skimmed through Marlow and his gang.!!!!!!!! Last episode straight garbage.
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 9:43 PM
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Episode 60 is some bullshit. how could yal;l end it like that. Yall paid no mind to the ghetto. Yall coulda fit 3 more episodes. Mike da new omar!!!!! Yall really skimmed through Marlow and his gang.!!!!!!!! Last episode straight garbage.
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 9:22 PM
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Good bye to this prolific, captivating, mind-blowing, and realistic depiction of all involved in "THE GAME." You may be gone but will never be forgotten. You have been a series that delivered exquisite writing and superb actors and actresses. Thank you for opening my mind and allowing me to go along on the journey that is The Wire.
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 4:28 PM
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"- innate caution of the introvert, high intelligence, and extreme physical courage (he never flinches) combined with training in the skill set of a top soldier in a ruthless, ultra-disciplined drug gang"
michael was plenty shook when omar came up behind him with that gun - talking bout he the one who laid savino out the night before. but i completely agree that his profile completely matches what was in the book i just mentioned, which lists the stick-up artists like ferdinand, anthony, etc.
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 4:18 PM
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"Reading this book is dimming my sadness at the closure of this series."
there is a straight up wire book though, also. it is "the wire: truth be told" or something like that. rafael alvarez (another writer for the show) wrote it. they may do another one, cause it only has the first two seasons...
i hope if they do -- it will be a paperback!!! hardcover is just too expensive nowadays.
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Edited by randum at 03/08/2008 1:19 PM
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 4:05 PM
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Finale Spoiler
> What I find out in the final episode seems far
> r fetched given what we know about mike and his
> personality.
Only if you weren't paying attention.
- classic introvert ("always apart," as Snoop put it)
- highly intelligent
- distrustful of authorities, institutions, indebtedness, or any other form of "owning" people
- no interest in power
- concerned with "deserved" (e.g., Junebug) and takes pleasure in punking the "bad" guy (e.g., Officer Walker)
- innate caution of the introvert, high intelligence, and extreme physical courage (he never flinches) combined with training in the skill set of a top soldier in a ruthless, ultra-disciplined drug gang
- freed from any ties to that gang
- personal familial responsibility reduced to providing money for younger brother safely ensconced in the suburban "paradise" of Howard County MD
- no evident options for a life outside of the game ("A man gotta live what he know, right." -- Omar to Bunk)
Add it all up and what do you get? A loner playing the game for himself, preying on drug dealers and enjoying it. It was at least a very real possibility and one that was being set up from Michael's first scene in season 4 standing apart from his other friends, thinking.
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 3:27 PM
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the wire has provided an incredibly true, and disturbing, look at urban america. there are just a couple of things that don't ring true for me....
- hasn't michael been paying dukie to watch bug? why doesn't he have any money? if michael can give bug a shoebox full of cash with a promise of more to come, why doesn't he give dukie a couple of hundred to get situated?
- season 4: prez, the school principal, and the rest of the school teachers are "mandated reporters." they are required by law to report child abuse and neglect to children's services. i can see some reluctance to report if it's unclear whether the child will be better off in state care. but to not even have a discussion about it? and in dukie's case it's hard to argue that state care would have been worse for him than living without water, clothing, or food. even michael's situation, under reporting law requirements, would have needed reporting. to not even show a single conversation about whether or not to report doesn't ring true.
anyway, haven't seen episode 60 yet. its a shame the series has to end...
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 2:58 PM
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We are all entiled to our opinions.
Omar was absolutely NOT a punk. He feared no one. He took on the Barksdale crew, Bro. Mouzone, and Marlo Stanfield. A punk wouldn't do that. Now perhaps you're thinking because he was a homosexual this makes him a punk. Could that be it?
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 2:25 PM
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This is a end of an era The tightest show ever is gone. But not for gotten. This show was part of my life every sunday.I
took this personally. From stringer too omar love them.
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 2:13 PM
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> > I've got to say I'm disappointed. There's a
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> > significant plothole here.
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> > Cheese is now Marlow's muscle. Marlow is
> inside.
> > Cheese knows he's getting out of the game and
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> > s buying in. So how, magically, is Marlow going
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> > convince cheese to take the years when Cheese
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> > he's not in the game. Marlow's hands are tied.
> Do
> > you seriously think that Cheese would go like
> that?
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> BIG TIME SPOILER - do not read after this
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Thinking about it more. It is also possible, at the time, that Cheese thinks Levy will get him off the hook. The case is based on bad evidence after all.
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 2:01 PM
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> I've got to say I'm disappointed. There's a pretty
> significant plothole here.
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> Cheese is now Marlow's muscle. Marlow is inside.
> Cheese knows he's getting out of the game and is
> s buying in. So how, magically, is Marlow going to
> convince cheese to take the years when Cheese knows
> he's not in the game. Marlow's hands are tied. Do
> you seriously think that Cheese would go like that?
BIG TIME SPOILER - do not read after this
You know, you bring up a good point. Only thing I can think of - and we didn't see this in the show - Is that Marlow knew Cheese would get poped once he wasnt protecting him so he wasnt worried about Cheese giving him up. Or maybe Marlow talked with Slim got him to hit Cheese. Thoughts?
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 1:43 PM
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I thought this season was just as great as all the others. With Episode 59 being exceptional.
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Edited by donj0987 at 03/08/2008 10:44 AM
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Re: Episode 60: RIP - THE WIRE
Mar 8, 2008 1:41 PM
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this last episode was the best directed episode of the entire season. its unfortunate that we had to wait ten episodes to get that wire feel back. Clark Johnson should of just directed the whole damn series but i guess having the first and last is not so bad, what a talent. but i have to say this season has been pretty bad and a bit of a let down but after watching ep 60 im about to break out the dvds and do it all over again.
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