On my 3000th (might be hyperbole) rewatch and thereās something in season 2 that annoys the shit out of me. Itās Nick Sobotkaās room in his parents basement. In particular, the posters in. There are posters for Disturbed, Static X, The Used, Seether. All very nu metal. And then thereās a Guided By Voices poster. Why? Out of all the bands posters they could, why is a GBVs poster with those ones?? I know itās stupid and shouldnāt bug me, but it does 
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Started watching We Own This City
Shows I have watched The Wire way too much that I am pretty convinced where the initial raid by the police takes place in episode one is where Snoop & Chris are pulled over by Herc and he puts the nail into the ground
Shit Marloās a cop and Poot I forsee this being a problem going along going off the trailer as well.
Slim Charles!
Itās the worst Season of The Wire but itās better than the best season of the loads of other shows.
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god i love season 2 so much
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Now Dukieās turned up as a cop with a beard
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Iāve only watched 1 episode so far.
Thought the monologue at the start was a little too āon the noseā but I guess thatās to be expected with David Simon at this point.
Was gradually enjoying it more and more as the episode went along and when you had the scene near the end when it transpired the cops were the guys who had ripped off Anderson I was fully in!
first ep is quite confusing (definitely on purpose) - having watched 4 eps now iām gonna rewatch episode one cos the structure makes way more sense after a few more episodes
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Finished this yesterday. What @fitzcarraldo says about things being too on the nose is true and carries on for the whole thing. Itās too much imo.
Spoilers
The investigation from the department of justice doesnāt seem necessary to me. Itās purpose I guess is to comment on how bad everything is and the shortcomings of policing (though you can see all this from everything thatās happening everywhere else?) In the wire youāve got Hamsterdam and Dennisā boxing gym so yiu get to see alternative approaches with stories and characters and motivations and stuff that highlight things that could work. But in this itās the department of justice lady talking to somebody and then moving on to someone else and talking to another person who also says that the policing isnāt working. So itās just people being interviewed and explaining things. 
I think itās a bad approach.
Josh Charles character doesnāt get enough time. Same with those two drug police who turn up every now and then but donāt feel very connected to the rest of the show.
A lot of scenes of fbi interviews. But Iād rather loads of them were cut out.
Thereās still loads of good stuff but it needs more time to cover things in a satisfying way.
Could probably have made a season for josh charles and the gun task force and another for the two guys chasing drugs and how thatās connected to the corruption. Or maybe a full season would work but 6 episodes isnāt enough.
Will rewatch at some point though in case Iām wrong
Anyone listening to The Wire At 20 podcast? Hosted by Method Man and has brief little interview clips from a load of people who worked on the show. Really good listen so far.
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Thanks for the heads up
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Yeah cheers @paulo Iāve really been enjoying it. Quite sad to see itās only 8 episodes. I was hoping for 5 times as many.
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I agree with this - iāve been really enjoying it since episode 3 but the first couple were hard to keep up with. Now itās like, if they had said that at the beginning then i wouldnāt be confused (and my other half would probably still be watching!)
Only skim read your spolier @LilWoodyToodelly but isnāt the DoJ investigation actually what happened after the Freddie Gray killing?
Sounds like next weeks episode of The Wire At 20 is a tribute to Michael K Williams. Sure to be an emotional one.
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Going through a watch through for the billionth time. Think season 2 might be my favourite
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Onto season 3 Iāve only just noticed after 15 ish years Clarence Clemons is in it.
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Yeah itās a sneaky but great cameo
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2 > 4 > 1 > 3 > 5
And thatās a fucking factamundo.
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Iād argue swap 3 and 1 round.
No you wouldnāt.