Well, shit...I have a feeling I'll be weepy a lot watching this then. I broke down during the Wallace scene. Couldn't even watch it. Too heartbreaking.

mattw wrote:Well, shit...I have a feeling I'll be weepy a lot watching this then. I broke down during the Wallace scene. Couldn't even watch it. Too heartbreaking.

My friend Becky stopped watching The Wire because Wallace's death upset her so much. If that was gonna be par for the course, she figured she'd had enough.

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:

Surfrider wrote:...my constant chat (in a very poor baltimore ghetto accent) of 're-ups', 'the stash', 'packages', 'product' etc etc must make me a very annoying person to know right now.

I'm not sure if it's sad or not, but I actually miss hearing people talk in that Baltimore derelict as opposed to everyone in Wisconsin sounding like they're from Fargo.

I get to bail on May 18th. The whole Fargo thing doesn't bug you right away, but it's not long before a thick Southern accent can sound like music in comparison.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:

mattw wrote:Well, shit...I have a feeling I'll be weepy a lot watching this then. I broke down during the Wallace scene. Couldn't even watch it. Too heartbreaking.

My friend Becky stopped watching The Wire because Wallace's death upset her so much. If that was gonna be par for the course, she figured she'd had enough.

Just a horrific scene. What kind of show could make you sympathize with Bodie after that.

This show.

hench wrote:just closed out the last episode... what the hell am i gonna watch now?

My mom and I watched the first three episodes of The Shield on Mother's Day. I wouldn't put it up there with The Wire, but it's pretty good so far.

I just finished with Disc 1 of The Corner...

You can definitely see that it's what the Wire evolved from, but equally devastating

The interesting thing is that the Corner is more from the perspective of addicts. With the exception of Bubs, the Wire focuses more on cops, drug dealers, and the outside institutions that power the war on drugs than the actual users.

I dunno...I'm a fan. If nothing else David Simon has had a hand in crafting some of the best TV you could ever want to watch.

mattw wrote:What a show. Even my favorite shows have at least one character that I dislike but (so far) there haven't been any weak characters.

Ha ha, enter Season 2, with Ziggy. What an annoying little shit. No one will be spoiling anything for me if they tell me that useless Sobotka spawn gets brained.

I'm taking my time because IMDB says Season 5 DVD release date is August....

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:

hench wrote:just closed out the last episode... what the hell am i gonna watch now?

My mom and I watched the first three episodes of The Shield on Mother's Day. I wouldn't put it up there with The Wire, but it's pretty good so far.

BER,

when you get to the "cherry poppers" episode, you may have to reassess that.

madlee wrote:

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:

hench wrote:just closed out the last episode... what the hell am i gonna watch now?

My mom and I watched the first three episodes of The Shield on Mother's Day. I wouldn't put it up there with The Wire, but it's pretty good so far.

BER,

when you get to the "cherry poppers" episode, you may have to reassess that.

Yeah, that was pretty intense. I'm definitely getting into it more; Mom says she got into season two even more.

i started watching the shield when it first hit. didn't really get into it. i'm going to give it a second chance on your recommendations - starting to run out of shit to watch while biking...