"He does find him though, Bubbles does not McNulty" Or rather Omar does find him. :-)
"(gotta love the fact that Omar has henchwomen!)." Love it too.
"How D came out of that family with an actual conscience - I've no clue." In fact the more you discover the universe in which the criminals of the Wire have been living and have grown up, the more you marvel at the decence and humanity some of them are still able to display in various circomstances. That's really what a great strength of this series.
Each one of these subplots is set-up beautifully. No lengthy exposition. They just tell you the story. The difference between telling and showing in a nutshell. Yes totally. On rewatch I adored how Mac Nulty and Greggs were shown chasing Omar in season 1 and the same in season 2. It's very modest but it rings so true.
"Russell states that it's no good getting the checkers and dock workers to talk, they are all union guys and won't talk to the police. (They are actually worse than the project guys. )" Here I disagree, because solidarity is pretty much what's left to them.But you have more episodes to find out about their situation: the picture is far from complete. It's also part of a tradition of the working classes, a tradition that finds in History more than sufficient reasons for. Of course it doesn't mean that systematically distrusting the authorities or their representants is a good thing and I agree that what they're doing is not right by any means and has had criminal consequences but it doesn't make them worse than the people who sling drugs.
"You sick of me posting about The Wire yet? ". Nah, not at all! I'm really happy to be able to discuss that with you.
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Date: 2011-07-01 06:00 pm (UTC)"(gotta love the fact that Omar has henchwomen!)." Love it too.
"How D came out of that family with an actual conscience - I've no clue." In fact the more you discover the universe in which the criminals of the Wire have been living and have grown up, the more you marvel at the decence and humanity some of them are still able to display in various circomstances. That's really what a great strength of this series.
Each one of these subplots is set-up beautifully. No lengthy exposition. They just tell you the story. The difference between telling and showing in a nutshell. Yes totally. On rewatch I adored how Mac Nulty and Greggs were shown chasing Omar in season 1 and the same in season 2. It's very modest but it rings so true.
")" Here I disagree, because solidarity is pretty much what's left to them.But you have more episodes to find out about their situation: the picture is far from complete. It's also part of a tradition of the working classes, a tradition that finds in History more than sufficient reasons for. Of course it doesn't mean that systematically distrusting the authorities or their representants is a good thing and I agree that what they're doing is not right by any means and has had criminal consequences but it doesn't make them worse than the people who sling drugs.
"". Nah, not at all! I'm really happy to be able to discuss that with you.