the cop bar is actually a little punk rock bar where we've played a million times.
Neat!
I'm a little surprised, but what choked me up the most was the pictures of people we didn't know, just ordinary Baltimoreans going about their business,
The thing about those storyline resolutions - they aren't endings, they're just what happens next, and they're the natural things to happen next. No unbelievable plot twist had to come out of nowhere to make a point or give someone a happy ending or whatever.
I'm a little surprised, but what choked me up the most was the pictures of people we didn't know, just ordinary Baltimoreans going about their business
oh me too. I loved that so much.
Also, the David Simon cameo!
You don't watch much anime, do you?
Unless it's from Studio Ghibli, my default attitude is avoid.
I dug the David Simon cameo, too.
what did people want? a blood bath? I thought the ending wrapped up just enough for me to feel satisfied. Most of the characters I "cared" about, I kind of know what happens in the next year or two. We got the obligatory cycle of life stuff.
I'm satisfied. I wasn't one who hated the "Sopranos" finale, but I liked "The Wire's" better.
I didn't like Michael's final scene. I could buy that kind of change in his life, but the echoes of the guy he was emulating (I'm being purposefully vague here) were a little too broad. I am ambivalent about McNulty's scene with Templeton, too.
But those are minor complaints at best.
I am ambivalent about McNulty's scene with Templeton, too.
I LOVED that. Maybe it was contrived, I don't care. LOVED IT and bought it 100%.
Oh another of my fave parts from last night
buh-bye Cheese!
that whole scene was vintage Wire.
I am apparently lisah. Which is pretty damn cool, I must say.
It makes a lot of sense to me that
Michael would model himself Omar, so seeing him start down that is just, yeah, of course. How successful he will be with it is another question, but we don't see that.
Just to be clear, I didn't have a problem with the idea of Michael emulating Omar, but the execution was poor, I thought, because I don't get Michael suddenly carrying a double-barreled shotgun or making quips. Too sudden.
