Tuesday, January 8, 2008

A MAN'S GOT TO HAVE A CODE: I'm still one episode away from being able to watch this week's Wire debut (will knock that one off on tonight's trip from John Wayne to Oakland), but if anybody wants a space to discuss the show in general, or the episode in particular, feel free.

Potential topics of discussion: Does Season 3 belong on a list of the best TV seasons of all time (along with Deadwood 1, Arrested Development 1 and 2, Lost 1, X-Files 3, Mama's Family 2, etc.)? In the nature of the amusing montage in HBO's The Wire: Review (or whatever that show was called), who is your favorite character, and in one sentence, why (me: Omar, of course)? If you were a Wire character or inanimate object, which one would you be (me: Prez, nail gun)? Does the show glamorize violence? Does Carcetti remind you of Gabriel Byrne or Clark Gregg? Why hasn't anybody commented on the fact that Randy and Cheese have the same last name (Wagstaff) -- is Randy Cheese's son? Why isn't everybody in Baltimore dancing to oldie-sounding records? Do you ever find yourself formulating Wire-slang sentences in your head and then feeling sheepish?

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