True, but the big board is there from the very first episode. And about half the cast of The Wire was part of the cast of Homicide: Life on the Street. Hell, Richard Belzer has a cameo as John Munch!
True, but the big board is there from the very first episode. And about half the cast of The Wire was part of the cast of Homicide: Life on the Street. Hell, Richard Belzer has a cameo as John Munch!
True, but the big board is there from the very first episode. And about half the cast of The Wire was part of the cast of Homicide: Life on the Street. Hell, Richard Belzer has a cameo as John Munch!
It threw me at first that there was no Lieutenant in the Homicide squad. Everything went from the Sergeant to the Major and then the Colonel. The police slang seemed different from what I remembered from Homicide. So when a "red ball" was finally mentioned I remembered. Maybe it is generational like NYPD desk Sergeant became a Lieutenant's job?
It's a fabulous series, which never stumbles in more than a minor way. The first and fourth seasons are phenomenal pieces of television--there's really nothing else like them.
And, yes, it most certainly has a political point, which you can agree with or not. But it does present the city in an honest and realistic manner, which is more than I can say for most American television programs.
^Yes, because no one ever says fuck in real life...
I know people who do. I can at times, I don't remember thinking it was out of place, but it has been a while. Maybe I'll agree when I see it again.^Yes, because no one ever says fuck in real life...
It wasn't that, it was just so over used! And I can talk, because I swear a lot, but not every second word. Although there have been times......![]()
^Yes, because no one ever says fuck in real life...
It wasn't that, it was just so over used! And I can talk, because I swear a lot, but not every second word. Although there have been times......![]()
I remember being a bit shocked and turned off by the language, but you honestly stop noticing it a few episodes in. At least I did. It's not that there's any less of it, but you get used to it.I'd like to give the show another try, but I was put off by over use of the "f" word in the first episode. It just smacked of lazy script writing to me.
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