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Opinion: The Wire Season 5 Episode 3: McNulty and Marlo
McNulty has picked up the pro-active make-things-happen and damn-the-consequences approach he played so well in the very first season of The Wire. It's good to see McNulty really on top of his game again. This time, he's trying to make his colleagues and bosses think there's a serial killer loose in Baltimore - the only way McNulty can think of to keep the cops focused on Marlo and the drug business. The only person wise to what McNulty is doing - because he was there when McNulty started ...   [read the full post]

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Rate Ivy League Wire Taps

Original at acidsquid.com external link    9 hours ago

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By acidsquid Now young rich whites can learn the ins-and-outs of how to truly run a proper business with proper direction from the boys on the block.  It’s only a matter of time before the narcos start to find “bodies” in those vacant dorms.  Word on the street is that Mr. Omar will be running the school’s fin...

Rate The Wire at Harvard

Original at infomavensdesktop (WordPress) external link    Thu, Nov 5

By dataduchess A new course being developed by a sociology professor at Harvard will use the HBO show “The Wire” as “a case study for poverty in America.” via OpenCulture) A new course being developed by a sociology professor at Harvard will use the HBO show “The Wi

Rate True fiction

Original at jenniferlipman (WordPress) external link    Mon, Nov 2

By jenlipman Outcry across the web because Harvard students are to study the TV show ‘The Wire’ http://m.nymag.com/vulture/2009/11/harvard_students_to_study_the.html Well, apart from the fact that as I have previously commented, watching The Wire is more like work than play, I can’t see what all...

Past Two Weeks

 

Rate The Wire Troll: Latch onto Blatche

Original at RotoRob external link    Sat, Oct 31

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By Buck Davidson Shelden Williams, Boston Celtics: Those same deep league owners should keep an eye on Williams; the Celts figure to be on the good end of a lot of blowouts this season, and Williams looks to be in line to rack up plenty of garbage time minutes. It may not be quality time, but Fantasy owners won’...

Rate MDM 10-26-09: Maryland by the Numbers II

Original at mdmorn (WordPress) external link    Mon, Oct 26

By mdmorn Estimated economic impact on Maryland of the filming of The Wire: $196 million From Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts and the Maryland Film Office Number of seasons The Wire actually had: 5 http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/

Rate The Wire Troll: Striking it Rich

Original at RotoRob external link    Mon, Oct 26

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By Chris Wassel Right Wing Justin Williams, Los Angeles Kings: Say it with m: When is the injury going to come? That is perpetually the question with Mr. Williams. Nine points in nine games is great, but let us have a little fun with the following list of injuries. Yes, we go next level here. Thank you TSN.

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Rate The Office – “The Lover”

Original at memles (WordPress) external link    Thu, Oct 22

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By Myles What makes this episode work, in the end, is that it’s more about Michael Scott’s quest for happiness than it is about Pam’s reaction to the news of Michael and her mother dating, but what keeps it from really working is that we’re really only given Pam’s side of the story. Ultimately, I felt f...

Rate Opinion: Trenton, The Wire, and Jasper Howard

Original at jefflail.com external link    Mon, Oct 19

By jeffnearlife Sadly, Jasper Howard will never get that chance but maybe this tragedy, no matter what the circumstances, will help us all to pause and remember that while shows like The Wire are not real, there are literally millions of kids trying to make the best of themselves and their families.  The re...

Rate The Wire, Season 1, Episode 6, "The Wire"

Original at jcont (WordPress) external link    Tue, Oct 13

By jcont If Rawls could just stop being so jealous of McNulty, because that’s what it is, pure jealousy, then maybe the citizens of Baltimore can get their justice. Rawls knows he’ll ruin the case for McNulty if he gets his way. That’s why Daniels better step in. Good, Daniels is stepping in. It’s so diff...

September of 2009

 

Rate Notes on Brick City: Part 1 and 2.Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at postbourgie (WordPress) external link    Thu, Sep 24

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By Guest Contributor The spirit of Newark is rough but Brick City wins because it doesn’t romanticize or demonize Newark and its people. Comparisons to The Wire are inevitable but I think Brick City will appeal to the people who thought The Wire was too raw. The irony of that is laughable since The Wire was a drama a...

Rate Opinion: Guardian Fail: Big-upping their Re-upping of the Wire

Original at iainmhepburn.com external link    Mon, Sep 21

By Iain Steve If you’re that desperate to write about Burns and Simon, why not start previewing Generation Kill – equally as good as The Wire, arguably as relevant and, crucially, due to be aired in the UK soon. Now, let’s get one thing straight before we start. I don’t actually hate The Wire, despi

Rate Opinion: Alluring CommunityVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at exigencies (WordPress) external link    Sun, Sep 20

By Lincoln In one of the best scenes in The Wire, from the middle of season three, Bunk confronts Omar, reminding him that they grew up together: “Rough as that neighborhood could be, we had us a community. Wasn’t nobody, no victim, who didn’t matter.” It hits home to Omar, too: just watch the last shot an...

Rate The Wire re-up: season three, episode three – drug use and dead ...

Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk external link    Mon, Aug 31

Tosha's death, catching a stray one smack in the head from Dante after Omar orders his crew to "bang out" yet another Barksdale stash-house, is the second ...

August of 2009

 

Rate Using subtitles to watch The Wire turns it into 'comedy'

Original at Telegraph.co.uk external link    Sun, Aug 16

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As well as viewers, cast members of the show have previously said they found it difficult to understand the dialogue used in the HBO series. ... Using subtitles to watch The Wire? The writer says that's criminalBelfast Telegraph all 5 news articles »

Rate The Wire, Season 2, Episode 10: "Storm Warnings" (Veterans edition) - The Star-Ledger

Original at NJ.com external link    Fri, Aug 14

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com The Wire, Season 2, Episode 10: "Storm Warnings" (Veterans edition) The Star-Ledger - NJ.com But as with most seasons of the show, you get the sense that David Simon and Ed Burns are more interested in setting up the plot than in actually showing ... and more »

Rate Denise van Outen: 'I wanted to be Cilla!'

Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk external link    Tue, Aug 11

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Not having ever seen The Wire, in which Peters plays Lester Freamon(the detective who makes doll's house furniture on the side), Van Outen has some good ... Denise Van Outen's “hidden shallows” belie her depthsEdinburgh Festivals all 10 news articles »

Year 2009

 

Rate Opinion: The Wire, Season 2, Episode 8: "Duck and Cover" (Newbies edition)

Original at sepinwall (Blogspot) external link    Tue, Jul 21

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By asepinwall@starledger.com (Alan Sepinwall) I've been accused in past "Wire" reviews of being too hard on McNulty, so I should say upfront that I don't dislike the guy. As impeccably played by Dominic West -- one of those actors with a gift for becoming more appealing, not less, the worse his behavior gets -- how could you not find Jimmy l...

Rate The Wire, Season 2, Episode 6: "All Prologue" (Newbies edition)

Original at sepinwall (Blogspot) external link    Fri, Jul 3

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By asepinwall@starledger.com (Alan Sepinwall) • Dominic West has a lot of fun in the scene where McNulty is undressing the mannequin to distract Elena. • The ceremonial eyef--k that McNulty and Omar give Bird is a detail from David Simon's "Homicide" book, and was mentioned once on the "Homicide" series, though there it was referred to a...

Rate Book Review: Clockers

Original at timm84 (WordPress) external link    Mon, Jun 15

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By Tim Weaver Nay, this is about the book that served as the inspiration for The Wire; which affords it an immediate hollowed status in contemporary literature. Clockers by Richard Price is quite frankly one of the best books I have ever read in my life.

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Rate Opinion: The Shield in Perspective (No Spoilers)

Original at Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress external link    Mon, Jun 15

By Paul Levinson(levinson.paul@gmail.com) First, though, let me offer the ever-relevant apples and oranges proviso - television series, like all works of fiction, are never completely comparable. The Wire is in a superb now classic class of its own, not as police drama, but in its vivid, scalding, anthropologically rich presentation of life in the drug drenched hood. The Shield, in contrast, is more about police. And neither show has much in common with Lost, which inhabits a unique position in story telling that transcends even the science fiction of which it partakes. But television series can nonetheless be compared on some levels. See also ... The Sopranos Anti-Ending and The Sopranos Conference at Fordham University May 2008   [read the full post]

Rate The Wire re-up: season two, episode three

Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk external link    Mon, Jun 8

 UK Freamon's xenophobic outburst after the montage of clueless, non-Anglophonic ship workers chief among them. "English, motherfuckers!" Also loved Landsman's description of Freamon as displaying "tweedy impertinence". Definitely missed that one first ...

Rate "The Wire" - A DVD Experience

Original at BlogHer external link    Mon, Jan 5

By astrosandy This tough show, created by David Simon and mostly written by him and former policeman Ed Burns, first aired in June 2002. I depended on Netflix for my "Wire fix". It took 15 months or so for a season to get to DVD, so I was always behind. Now its 5 seasons available - 23 disks.

Rate The Wire: Season 4

Original at The Wertzone external link    Sun, Dec 28

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By noreply@blogger.com (Adam Whitehead) The fourth and penultimate season of The Wire sees the show moving into new territory. At the end of Season 3 the Barksdale organisation was finally destroyed for good, McNulty found himself some happiness and Daniels got a promotion. The goals set out in Season 1 had been achieved. So, where...

Rate Opinion: The Wire, Season 1, Episode 9: "Game Day" (Veterans edition)

Original at sepinwall (Blogspot) external link    Fri, Aug 1

By Alan Sepinwall(noreply@blogger.com) Spoilers for episode 9, "Game Day," coming up just as soon as I put on my sun visor... I just don't wanna play. Don't wanna play no more." -Wallace Coming up next Friday: "The Cost," in which the detail tries to find the stash, Stringer reaches out to Omar and Kima has a night out.

Rate Opinion: The Wire, Season 1, Episode 6, "The Wire" (Veterans edition)

Original at sepinwall (Blogspot) external link    Sun, Jul 6

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By noreply@blogger.com (Alan Sepinwall) There's an episode coming up called "The Cost," but in some ways, that title applies better to this one, as the murder of Brandon illustrates the emotional cost of living in this police/drug world. The episode opens and closes with the image of Brandon, no longer beautiful after being tort...

Rate Opinion: The Wire, season 1, episode 1: "The Target" (Veterans edition)

Original at sepinwall (Blogspot) external link    Fri, May 30

By Alan Sepinwall(noreply@blogger.com) David Simon likes to say that the first scene of each season of "The Wire" encapsulates the themes of that season. In the case of Detective Jimmy McNulty investigating the murder of one Omar Isiah Betts, known to friends and family as Snot Boogie, Simon gets to explain what the entire series...

Rate 3/20/08 The Wire Podcasts: Nina K. Noble

Original at marcsteinerblog (WordPress) external link    Thu, Mar 20

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By marcsteinerblog External Links David Simon: The Wire Exit Interview from Baltimore City Paper Bittersweet Work of Wrapping 'Wire' from The New York Times What Does a Producer Do?by Marshall Persinger Nina Noble from Internet Movie Database Nina Noble and friends accepting the Emmy for Outstanding Mi...

Rate Opinion: ● The end of The Wire

Original at kottke.org external link    Tue, Mar 11

By jason@kottke.org Yanksfan vs. Soxfan views The Wire through the lens of Baltimore sports. Assorted other articles that I'll leave unexcerpted: AV Club interview with Simon, final episode recap from Thoughts on Stuff, and a letter on HBO's site from David Simon to the fans of the show.

Rate "Someone Has To Start Wondering What the F Is Going On."

Original at Reason Online external link    Fri, Mar 7

By rbalko@reason.com (Radley Balko) reason: This season of The Wire focuses pretty heavily on the media. What do you think the media does well when it comes to covering criminal justice issues, and what do you think it does poorly? reason: Slate’s media critic Jack Shafer has said that the media is at its absolute worst when cov...

Rate 3/6/08 The Wire podcasts: Viva House

Original at marcsteinerblog (WordPress) external link    Wed, Mar 5

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By marcsteinerblog This is a selection of images taken at Viva House in West Baltimore.  Move your cursor over the pictures for captions. Baltimore's Viva House from America, The National Catholic Weekly Mildred and Me , from Laura Lippman.com-Laura writes about her experience volunteering at Viva House. Di...

Rate 3/5/08 The Wire Podcasts: Robert Chew, aka Proposition Joe

Original at marcsteinerblog (WordPress) external link    Tue, Mar 4

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By marcsteinerblog We're back again today with another fantastic interview for you.  Last week Marc sat down with Robert Chew, the Baltimore native who has portrayed the east Baltimore drug lord Proposition Joe for the past several years on the hit HBO series The Wire.  Prop Joe, as he came to be known, was an ic...

Rate 3/4/08 The Wire podcasts: David Simon

Original at marcsteinerblog (WordPress) external link    Mon, Mar 3

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By marcsteinerblog Here are just a few of the thousands of interviews with and articles about David Simon. Stealing Life: The Crusader behind The Wire in the New Yorker, October 22nd, 2008.Interview: Talking With the Creator of One of T.V.'s Best and Smartest Shows in Rolling Stone, September 25th, 2005.Under t...

Rate 3/3/08 The Wire podcasts: Ed Burns

Original at marcsteinerblog (WordPress) external link    Sun, Mar 2

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By marcsteinerblog HBO: The Wire: Interview: Ed Burns Ed Burns on Fresh Air in November 2006 The Ethical Scumbag (blog) interviews Ed Burns Edutopia: Edward Burns: Bringing Education Reality to TV The Wire Links (blog) Links to articles and info on THE WIRE   Ed Burns on the set of The Wire As we promised last w...

Rate The Wire Episode 58 Review: Omar Bagged Up

Original at Dork Nation external link    Sun, Feb 24

By Mark Freamon and Leander crack Marlo's code. Marlo is going down, and so is Chris, thanks to Bunk. Now, we know Micheal didn't sell out Chris but he's sure to be blamed - probably not by Chris, though. Marlo may go down due to the cell phone number that Herc stole from Levy's office. Levy is sure to figur...

Rate 131. Blogging The Wire Episode 7 w/ Post Bourgie!Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at GAK CITY external link    Sun, Feb 24

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— Kenard, on seeing Omar: “Gimpy-ass motherfucker.” Clay Davis: “I don’t know how they do it out in Roland Park? Maybe Prosecutor Obonda can enlighten me on that. But my world is strictly cash and carry, and I am Clay Davis. My people need something, they know where to find me.”

Rate The Wire Season 5 Episode 7 ReviewVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at mcnulty (WordPress) external link    Thu, Feb 21

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By mcnulty Bunk seem to be about to crack soon, don’t think he’ll rat on McNulty or Freamon, but he’s pretty pissed off. Also liked the scene when he’s interrogating Michael. Hope he gets to Chris and Snoop soon. btw, did you notice that Dominic West (playing McNulty) directed this episode? How cool is th...

Rate Why David Simon Should Shut Down The Wire [Backlash]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at gawker.com external link    Wed, Feb 20

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By Nick Denton Devotees of The Wire, myself among them, should be delighted by this hint given by one of the HBO drama's actors. Dominic West, who plays the increasingly manic police detective, Jimmy McNulty, tells the Los Angeles Times some of his colleagues are lobbying David Simon for a movie spinoff...

Rate ● Some thoughts on The Wire, season 5

Original at kottke.org external link    Thu, Feb 7

By jason@kottke.org How are they going to wrap this up? I don't care what happens to Carcetti or McNulty or Freamon or Daniels and we're obviously going to get some sort of closure on either Omar or Marlo, but if they leave the Dukie, Bubs, and Michael threads significantly hanging, I'm gonna be pissed. (Predict...

Rate Omar For President

Original at OpEdNews external link    Thu, Jan 31

By Rick Monaco In a mildly radical departure from traditional political values, I've decided to endorse Omar Little from "The Wire" as my choice for presidential candidate. Let me be clear about this: I'm not endorsing Michael Kenneth Williams, the actor who portrays Omar on the show, but rather the ch...

Rate The Wire’s ‘Snoop’ is a witness in Baltimore City murder trial - Examiner.com

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sat, Jan 26

The Wire’s ‘Snoop’ is a witness in Baltimore City murder trial  - Felicia Pearson, who stars as 'Snoop' on HBO's The Wire, is a witness is a murder trial in Baltimore. BALTIMORE (Map, News) - On HBO’s The Wire, ...

Rate The Wire - Season 5 - Episode 6 [Part 2 of 2]

Original at WorldStar Media Player external link    Tue, Jan 22

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Rate Opinion: The Wire Season 5 Episode 3: McNulty and MarloVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress external link    Sat, Jan 19

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By Paul Levinson McNulty has picked up the pro-active make-things-happen and damn-the-consequences approach he played so well in the very first season of The Wire. It's good to see McNulty really on top of his game again. This time, he's trying to make his colleagues and bosses think there's a serial killer loose in Baltimore - the only way McNulty can think of to keep the cops focused on Marlo and the drug business. The only person wise to what McNulty is doing - because he was there when McNulty started hatching this plan - is Bunk, who is none too happy about it. See also The Wire's Back! Review of Season 5 Episode 1 and Episode 2: The Great, Dangling Conversation challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly a Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News   [read the full post]

Rate Barack Obama on his favorite TV show

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Mon, Jan 14

By Tempo Sen. Barack Obama has previously said that HBO’s "The Wire" is his favorite show. But now Obama's revealed another tidbit. In a story from Monday's Las Vegas Sun, the presidential candidate said that the bold thief Omar is his favorite character on "The Wire."

Rate David Simon talks about his career in journalism and the final chapter of 'The Wire'Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Thu, Jan 10

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By Tempo Here is a feature/review of Season 5 of "The Wire," as well an interview with the HBO show's creator and executive producer, David Simon. The full interview, which is below the story, does not contain Season 5 spoilers.There's also a transcript of my talk with John Carroll, Simon's former e...

Rate The Wire Season 5 Episode 1 in Review

Original at mcnulty (WordPress) external link    Mon, Jan 7

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By mcnulty Another bright point was the journo crew at the Baltimore Sun which seem to be just as much of a  motley crew as the gangsters and police. It was great to see so many familiar faces in one single episode - McNulty, Bunk, Kima, Herc, Marlo, Prop Joe, Bubs, Carter, Carcetti, Chris, Snoop, Michae...

Rate Arts, Briefly - New York Times

Original at nytimes.com external link    Tue, Jan 1

Arts, Briefly New York Times, United States - “The Wire,” HBO’s urban drama, has won critical acclaim and honors including the prestigious Peabody Award. But one of its stars, Wendell Pierce, said, ...

Year 2007

 

Rate With strike, it comes down to 'The Wire' - San Jose Mercury News

Original at mercurynews.com external link    Sun, Dec 30

With strike, it comes down to 'The Wire' By Chuck Barney "The Wire," one of television's best shows -- if not the very best -- returns to HBO for its fifth and final season on Jan. ... The Wire' loses spark in newsroom storyline Baltimore Sun Inside 'The Wire' Wall Street Journal

Rate ‘The Wire’ Season-Five Trailer: Will This Be the Most Palatable ...

Original at New York Magazine external link    Wed, Nov 7

comments from the cast and creator David Simon, but it ought to be enough to get the small but passionate Wire cult pumped for the premiere of the Greatest Show in the History of Television's final season in January. ...

Rate Friday links: 'The Wire,' '24,' 'The Sopranos,' etc.

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Thu, Oct 18

By Tempo The innovative, addictive, Emmy Award-winning television series 24 resets the clock for “Day 7” with a special two-night premiere event beginning Sunday, Jan. 13 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and continuing in the series’ regular time period Monday, Jan. 14 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. The sea...

Rate Podcast: Writing for Television, with David Simon, Creator of "The Wire," Featuring Host Bob Andelman

Original at The Writing Show external link    Sun, Oct 14

By paula@writingshow.com With David Simon, creator of "The Wire," featuring host Bob Andelman

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