We’ve been discussing the fate of McNulty. From the path the show is taking, and from the looks of the previews, McNulty hasn’t got much of a future. He’s permanently fucked things up with Rhonda, Beadie, his ex, and his kids. His secret is out within the department and looks like it [...]
March 7, 2008
Categories: Characters, Ray, Season 5, Speculation . Tags: McNulty . Author: raynola . Comments: 7 Comments
“Deserve got nuthin’ to do with it.”
-Snoop
Epigraph for Episode 59, Late Editions.
Discuss first impressions, speculation, etc. Spoilers must go here.
March 2, 2008
Categories: Season 5, Speculation, Virgotex . . Author: virgotex . Comments: 29 Comments
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Friday open thread.
Eyes on your own work! Miz Nall has sharp eyes …
February 29, 2008
Categories: Season 5, Speculation . . Author: virgotex . Comments: 11 Comments
Speculation, not spoilers.
In 58, while Sydnor is doing surveillance on Marlo and Monk, a train passes by on the el in the background. (Dunno if they call it an el in Bal’more. So shoot me. No, wait, don’t.)
We’ve talked a lot about trains foreshadowing death in The Wire. Was this Omar’s [...]
February 26, 2008
Categories: Characters, Ray, Season 5, Speculation . Tags: McNulty, sydnor . Author: raynola . Comments: 12 Comments
” A lie ain’t a side of a story. It’s just a lie.”
-Terry Hanning
Epigraph for Episode 58, Clarifications.
Discuss first impressions, speculation, etc. Spoilers must go here.
February 24, 2008
Categories: Episodes, Season 5, Speculation . . Author: virgotex . Comments: 14 Comments
“Took,” as in “got took.” Fooled, conned, manipulated or lied to. See also owned, pwned, punked.
A week of thinking about this episode didn’t yield much of anything new. I don’t think there were any subtle truths hidden in the layers. For that matter, I don’t think there were a lot of layers. There [...]
February 24, 2008
Categories: Season 5, Speculation, Virgotex . . Author: virgotex . Comments: 1 Comment
And let’s do it by trying to see what the titles of the episodes can tell us.
The last couple of episodes have the titles The Dickensian Aspect and Took. It’s obvious where the former came from, and the latter, well, that kind of makes sense as well. Without looking at anything but the titles of [...]
February 19, 2008
Categories: Ashley, Season 5, Speculation . . Author: ashleymorris . Comments: 14 Comments
“They don’t teach it in law school.”
Epigraph for Episode 57, Took.
Discuss first impressions, speculation, etc. Spoilers must be flagged.
February 17, 2008
Categories: Season 5, Speculation . . Author: virgotex . Comments: 17 Comments
[I know 56 -The Dickensian Aspect is old news but I need to get rid of this post that's been rattling around in my head, that I threw away more than once but still won't leave me alone.]
The first thing we see at the beginning of the teaser is exactly what we do expect [...]
February 17, 2008
Categories: Season 5, Speculation, Virgotex . . Author: virgotex . Comments: 6 Comments
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Rules. Follow them.
Friday open thread. Yammering and mouthing off encouraged, likely even rewarded.
Omar and Marlo: Two men enter …
Pick the correct two outcomes below:
A. Omar (himself) kills Marlo
B. Marlo (himself) kills Omar
C. Someone else kills Marlo
D. Someone else kills Omar
E. Marlo survives
F. Omar survives
Political crack/Wire mashup: Pick [...]
February 15, 2008
Categories: Season 5, Speculation . . Author: virgotex . Comments: 28 Comments