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So I've been watching it...

The Wire: S2 thoughts

I don't love it as much as S4 but I'm properly into this show now. I think I agree with whoever on my flist said that The Wire is the hardest thing to get into, but it gives you the most back. Personally, I think I'm going to get more out of rewatching this. It's so vast and deep. Yup, I've got DVDs to collect.

Is it true that all Wire fans hate Ziggy? Because I love Ziggy. But then I've always had a soft spot for twitchy little sociopaths with server emotional problems. Ziggy's insanity makes the dock story so much more interesting for me. I think I'd get bored if it was just a bunch of blue collar workers in financial crisis. But then you have Ziggy is in full-blown psychotic crisis over his lack of self-worth and social acceptance. He's like a little alien. In a bobble hat. With a duck. Poor Ziggy. I cried when he went postal, shot those guys and then had a nervous breakdown. I also got really sad when his not!!friends convinced him he could take on the guy who was making fun of him. Man, that has happened to me. I'm small and scrappy. In high school I had some not!!friends convince me I could stand up to a bigger girl who was bullying me. Just because they wanted to watch the drama, of course. *sigh* It hurts to see the weird goofy kid lose so hard. I think I would rank Ziggy high on my list of most heartbreaking Wire characters, along with Bubbles, Randy and Wallace. 

You know what I like about watching The Wire out of order? Lots of characters who have died are back alive again; yay!! Well, except that poor D'Angelo didn't last very long. *big sniff* That was horrible! And Stringer had Dee murdered at the same time as he is moving in on his baby mama, consoling his mother, screwing over his uncle, and...damn, I think I've lost track of how many people Stringer has been screwing over, Machiavelli style. But poor Dee. The deaths are so harsh on this show. Not only do they kill off main characters; they kill off many of their best characters! Dee was so real. And he was hot...

Speaking of hot, anyone else find Carver really attractive? Maybe it's the uniform in S2...

A few other things I've been enjoying in S2

Omar testifying against Bird. Classic! Best Omar moment I've seen yet.

- Prez punching Valchek. Wow. My jaw dropped.

- McNulty practising his bad British accent, which is just so hilarious knowing Dominic West is British. All the drunk driving and undercover brothel frequenting was pretty funny too. Can you imagine McNulty and Ziggy as drinking buddies?

- Bodie in a florist. That's funny without even trying. Oh Bodie. He's still my One True Corner Boy. 

- Only a brief glimpse of Bubbles and Johnny. It still made me smile.

- Brother Mulzone. Any time he's on-screen.


Onto S3 I guess. But I really want to rewatch S1 now. 
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