The Wire

5 of the Best HBO Productions...

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Season 1 Episode 1 “The Routine” - Episode 7 ”The Breaking Point” The Wire If you only watch one episode of The Wire, watch: Season 3 Episode 4 “Hamsterdam” The Sopranos If you only watch one episode of The Sopranos, watch: Season 3 Episode 11 “Pine Barrens”

Published Fri, Oct 30

source: The Wire

I recently stumbled upon the following short film called Five Deep Breaths and thought I'd share with the class. It was directed by Seith Mann, who helmed several episodes in Season 4 and 5 of The Wire and stars Jamie Hector (Marlo Stanfield) in one of the lead roles. According to New York Maga...

Published Sun, Sep 20

Dexter Season 4: Sneak Preview Non-Spoiler Review: Fabulous!

source: Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress

Well, my wife and I saw the first four episodes of the new season of Dexter last night - season 4 - courtesy of Showtime's advance screener copy, and I'm bursting to tell how superb indeed this new season is, on its way to being perhaps the best season of Dexter yet (high praise indeed, because the first three seasons were outstanding), but I don't want to spoil any of this for you, so here instead are some non-specific highlights - 1. Dexter as a new father is sleep deprived. Watch for all kinds of consequences from that. He's now essentially juggling three jobs - blood specialist for the police, serial killer, and dad.

Published Sun, Sep 13

Getting schooled on school

source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

The Wire" (Season 4): These 13 episodes of the acclaimed HBO drama zoom in on the daily dysfunction and small victories found within the walls of a ...

Published Sat, Aug 22

Big Love Season 3 Finale: Bigger Love

source: Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress

An at turns breathtaking, heart rending, heart warming, and mostly highly satisfying finale to an outstanding Season 3 of Big Love last night on HBO. Otherwise, Roman's dead - killed by Joey. I don't mind that (though I'll miss Harry Dean Stanton). But the story skipped a bit too quickly from Roman having a gun on Bill on the road, and then Roman showing up on the compound and Bill at FBI offices ... So, how did Bill get away from Roman? See also: Big Love, Season 3 ... 1. a 4th ... 2. Two Issues Resolved, Two Not So Much ... 6. Exquisite, Perfectly Played challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly a Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

Published Mon, Mar 23

The Wire: Season 4

source: The Wertzone

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...

Published Sun, Dec 28

'Lost' returns: Discuss it here

source: Chicago Tribune

This post discusses the Season 4 premiere of "Lost." If you want talk about what happened in Thursday's episode, join the discussion below. A reminder: My interview with "Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof is here. This post discusses the Season 4 premiere of "Lost." If you want talk about what...

Published Fri, Feb 1

The Wire: Season 5 Episode 1

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At the beginning of Season 2 Simon started with a pro-labor story of Baltimore dock workers. Season 3 brought a corrupt mayor and a mayoral hopeful, and a new drug war, and Season 4 introduced the Baltimore public school system to the mix. There have been at least, I would guess, 100 character...

Published Thu, Jan 3