The Wire Series 4 - SPOILERS GALORE, Stay out if you're not aware how the season ends

The resurgence of McNutty! It's all set up for a big finish next season...

I want somebody to make a list of all the things called out on the street as drug names - I think the stand outs for me are WMD'S and this season "Brokebacks, got those brokebacks!"

Michael being turned by the darkside into the spectre of death in a hoodie was some painful shit to watch and the windup of Dookie slinging on a corner for Marlo was equally unpleasant.

And Weebay's son... he's the only one doing alright at this point.

What of Omar?

It's hard to believe, though, that Carcetti is as golden as he seems.

Weebay's son is one lucky fuck.

The stuff with the kids - in both classrooms - was in another league to everything else. Marlo was great, Bodie was great, Omar was great, all the cop stuff was great, but the stuff with the kids was just amazing.

interesting all four kids had people in positions to save them but only namond's worked out. prezbo and carver weren't willing to make the commitment (carver could've just taken randy - it would've been fine). cutty made a valiant attempt w/michael but just didn't have the right stuff to get through to him. nemond by having a little more flexibility and charm and a lot of luck to run into bunny, managed to find a sane situation.

the only references to sanity these kids had were randy w/his foster mother and bunny and prezbo's classes - besides that their environments were pure confusion. and they were so scarred already - randy wanted to be good so bad, but he showed over and over that he just didn't know how - all heart, no clue.

carcitti's betraying his principles in his first week in office shocker!

daniels and pearlman on the rise! seems like daniels is gonna get reintroduced to reality real quick. as to weather it happens when he's commissioner or major is up in the air.

i hope they lay off the mcnulty next year - i get it already. although it was nice of them to show that good mcnulty was just a short break from gross mcnulty.

bubbles masterminding herc's demise was too sweet - get that meathead off the street and into a security guard uniform asap.

i was shocked at rawls misplaying his power grab so badly, kinda think it was out of character - that one's on the writers. they tried to explain it by having burrell tell rawls that he should stick to operations cause he's no good at politics - but all rawls has ever done is play politics. which is not to say he couldn't fuck up - but the show seemed to be saying he hit the peter principle. which just seems ludicrous to me, he's been the smoothest guy all along.

he always was a cut above, i'll miss that guy, eye all rolling incredulously.

Oh HERC! I love that the Carver/Herc divide just got bigger and bigger and we see how somebody like Herc can actually get ahead (a little) in the police. Making the same dumb mistakes now as he did then, and Carve's just moved on (so nice to see that speech Bunny gave him in season 3 actually sunk in).

Also the bit with Herc gives some insight as to how somebody like Valchek gets to where he is. Although hopefully Bubs put a stop to that, even if his arc took a nasty downturn near the end there.

he was a true believer in the game, thinking it would support him, believing wholeheartedly in its regulations (always talking about why you want to leave baltimore, why you wanna go to school, it's all right here). despite all the bitching he comported himself with an undeniable enthusiasm, while depression was the mode for everyone around him. he really loved that shit, thinking it loved him back - which of course was the hight of cluelessness.

both assholes, but one's a player and the other a playee - valchek's game is tight.

oh so u didn't catch how he robs basically everyone he comes across and breaks a little kid's fingers. i see

milo i think u missed an episode

Azureus sux.

Fin.

Marlo sees ring around Michael's neck, asks where he got it.

AGh I missed that completely! The crucial link.

good read.

I have just finished watching S4! <late to party>

Took a while to grab me but the last 3 episodes were amazing. Great to see the Greek back. I know y'all finished talking about this a year ago but I couldn't keep it to myself...

6 years pass...

Just wrapped up Season 4. Gotta say, I still miss Stringer & Co.

The Bubbles Depo storyline just annoys the hell out of me. And the final card dealt to his hand to cap off the season was telegraphed a mile away as soon as he got the idea from the stable guys.

The big question everyone asked about Breaking Bad's ricin was What's going to happen to it? Is Walt Jr or the baby going to eat it? And without spoiling anything for anyone who might not wrap up Season 4 of Breaking Bad untll 2018, I think those writers did an acceptable job of answering that question instead of this tragic sitcom device.

I love this show, but maybe it was too hyped up for me. I don't get how talk can go around about BB or Sopranos, and it's fine for someone to walk into the room, simply say "The Wire" and drop the mic. I'll check out Season 5 to hear the new theme song, but I'm not looking forward to it since I hear it's the weakest season.

Positive notes, there are some fucking VOICES on this show. Slim, Frank... hell, even Andre.... I don't know much about Baltimore politics beyond what I've read on Wikipedia, but I did have a good a-ha moment when the Generation X African-American woman showed up as Council President.... Man, I can't stand Herc. "Where's my camera? Where's my camera?" Fuzzy Dunlop, get the fuck outta here.... Couldn't see Marlo as the future king in Season 3, but now I can. Dude does have some cat eyes... And Chris looks like a Jim Jaramusch character come to life. I'd watch a whole show of just him looking at shit.