we got our thing, but it's just part of the big thing.

[pocochina]

Comments

[local_max]

ARGH! Still in season one :). (I'm watching this and Orphan Black right now, so, be happy I guess!)

[pocochina]

SO MUCH QUALITY TV IN YOUR NEAR FUTURE, BRO.

[ceciliaj]

AH! I hadn't even thought of how you'd take to McNulty -- it occurs to me he might be the perfect character to write about with some of your manly identifications :). S4 is so awesome. Personally I mostly hate S5, so as far as I'm concerned, you've now seen the best of the show :).

[pocochina]

I expected so much to hate him! Because those impulse control issues usually get normativized as cowboy authenticity, you know? But the show's very clear on the fact that it's mostly about him being by turns manipulative and sloppy. I don't know how I feel about him, but I think he's handled in a very sharp way.

[likeadeuce]

That season is so good, and I'd never thought of viewing the contrast b/t Namond and Dookie that way, but ouch.

[pocochina]

It was phenomenal. I think I liked S3 just a hair better, but the kids were just amazing.

[daybreak777]

*claps* I'm so glad you finished! I knew you'd like Bunny!

Wait until season 5. You'll see what happens to DuQuawn and Randy!

[pocochina]

Bunny is the greatest! The exact mix of pragmatism/ideals/intellectualized thrill-seeking that is so fascinating to me.

[rachg82]

Everyone on The Wire is the protagonist of their own story, the center of their own little world - and this never comes across as some self-congratulatory bullshit about ~selfishness, but rather, is an acknowledgment of innate human dignity

Couldn't have said it better myself!

[pocochina]

There's a lot that's great about this show, but that's my favorite aspect of it, I think.