Prez is always the one I got shit for defending. Because hbo.com thought he was a fuck-up(Ok, partially true) and a racist(Still don't see this, maybe I was fooled by his innocent face.) But I maintain he had the biggest turnaround since Wesley.ETA: Rawls is funny cause he's so sour, but somehow Bushy Top always claims my sympathies, even when he shouldn't. my secondary disability must be Rhonda Pearlman Syndrome.

One thing that really stood out rewatching S2 recently. Ziggy is so messed up, and everything he touches turns to crap. But at every step of the way, it's the smarter and more together Nicky whose actions bring everything crashing down.

Ooh, that's true. (Possibly with the exception of Ziggy's last hurrah.) On a side note, Ziggy's duck was pretty hilarious.

According to Wikipedia, S2 is the one that pulled the best ratings. It posits one reason as being that it's the only season in which most of the screentime went to white characters. That's... really quite sad.

I so want to write a self-help book like Eat, Pray, Love and call it "This Ain't Aruba, Bitch:The Wit and Wisdom of Baltimore's Western District" Cause, somebody should, don't you think?

I would totally buy that book, erika.

(Rather cute, too, to have him just hanging out in a sweater in the background at a gay bar. Cue Electric Six.)

That was an awesome little jaw dropper for the roommate and me. Put Rawls in a totally new light.

Prez is always the one I got shit for defending. Because hbo.com thought he was a fuck-up(Ok, partially true) and a racist(Still don't see this, maybe I was fooled by his innocent face.) But I maintain he had the biggest turnaround since Wesley.

Oh, I have big love for Prez, too. I can kind of see the racist thing, but not in the more malicious direct racism of a skinhead. That he's not so much racist, as comfortable in his white privilege, a problem a lot of us can get saddled with without realizing it. And he's trying to get better.

But just blanket stating that Prez was racist is overstating it considerably.

Actually, here's my question for S5 -- which reporter at the Sun is the stand-in for Simon?

Just for fun Follow the ring through S4.

which reporter at the Sun is the stand-in for Simon?

The editor, not the creep.

Meldrick. [ETA: Clark Johnson. But Meldrick is always who springs to mind.]

I figured it was the editor, but I wanted confirmation from more experienced Wireheads.

yeah, probably, although there is a more direct avatar(balding redhead, etc.) in some of the larger newsroom scenes. But, in terms of sympathies/identification, our hearts should belong with Perfect!Editor Clark Johnson. Whom I really do like, despite his being so perfect he makes Lou Grant look like a crass materialist. Sorry...it's my jam, but season 5 is, like, crazy non-subtle.ETA: There are some great moments in the end. Sean, I would agree that Prez benefits from white privilege and from his dick FIL's high rank in BPD, but that was my point, I don't think that's the same as being loaded with racial animus.(Although he also pays, probably, for having Valchek as a FIL. But since this isn't Hill Street we don't see that.)

My furnace was fixed! I have heat!

Yay, Hil!!! Thank heavens they got it fixed quickly.

I have to do this here, because I can't do it on fb: @@ ffs please balance your idealism with some small measure of pragmatism, why doncha.

Good god, I'm exhausted and just want to eat chocolate and go to bed. Instead I'll eat some salad, maybe make hot cocoa, and be an adult. Don't wanna.

eta to keep my whinging to one post - my itunes apparently *hates* me tonight. I am not in the mood for Cesaria Evora, or the fucking Amelie soundtrack, or crappy hip hop I downloaded because it was the free track of the week. Major shuffle fail.