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We Own This City: Are You People Ready to Say That Out Loud? Is Anybody?  Season 1, Ep 0

(HBO site, trailer, review) This six-episode series, based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, developed and written by George Pelecanos and David Simon, details the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force.
posted by box on Apr 28, 2022 - 10 comments

The Deuce: The Principle Is All  Season 1, Ep 3

Vincent is blindsided by an unexpected partner after putting the finishing touches on his new bar, causing Frankie to blow a gasket. [more inside]
posted by gladly on Sep 28, 2017 - 5 comments

The Deuce: Pilot  Season 1, Ep 1

Twin brothers Vincent and Frankie Martino--one a double-shifting bartender with two kids and a wayward wife in Brooklyn, the second an insouciant gambler with piling mob debts--navigate their way through the rough-and-tumble world of 1971 Times Square. [more inside]
posted by gladly on Sep 11, 2017 - 7 comments

Treme: Meet De Boys on the Battlefront  Season 1, Ep 2

Albert takes the law into his own hands; LaDonna gets news about her missing brother.
posted by donajo on Mar 2, 2015 - 5 comments

Treme: Do You Know What It Means  First Watch   Season 1, Ep 1

Down in the Treme/Just me and my baby/We're all going crazy/Just jumpin' and havin' fun. [more inside]
posted by donajo on Feb 22, 2015 - 13 comments

Treme

I've watched the first few episodes of Treme, and I'm hooked. Is anyone interested in doing a First Watch series with me? [more inside]
posted by donajo on Feb 17, 2015 - 5 comments

The Wire: Mission Accomplished  Season 3, Ep 12

"We fight on that lie." -Slim Charles [more inside]
posted by nubs on Feb 17, 2015 - 4 comments

The Wire: Middle Ground  Season 3, Ep 11

"We ain't gotta dream no more, man." -Stringer Bell [more inside]
posted by nubs on Feb 11, 2015 - 3 comments

The Wire: Reformation  Season 3, Ep 10

"Call it a crisis of leadership." -Proposition Joe. [more inside]
posted by nubs on Feb 3, 2015 - 7 comments

The Wire: Slapstick  Season 3, Ep 9

"...while you're waiting for moments that never come." -Freamon [more inside]
posted by nubs on Jan 27, 2015 - 5 comments

The Wire: Moral Midgetry  Season 3, Ep 8

"Crawl, walk, and then run." -Clay Davis [more inside]
posted by nubs on Jan 21, 2015 - 3 comments

The Wire: Back Burners  Season 3, Ep 7

"Conscience do cost." - Butchie [more inside]
posted by nubs on Jan 13, 2015 - 2 comments

The Wire: Homecoming  Season 3, Ep 6

"Just a gangster, I suppose" - Avon Barksdale [more inside]
posted by nubs on Jan 6, 2015 - 3 comments

The Wire: Straight and True  Season 3, Ep 5

"I had such fuckin' hopes for us." - McNulty [more inside]
posted by nubs on Dec 23, 2014 - 3 comments

The Wire: Hamsterdam  Season 3, Ep 4

"Why you got to go and fuck with the program?" -Fruit [more inside]
posted by nubs on Dec 16, 2014 - 4 comments

The Wire: Dead Soliders  Season 3, Ep 3

"The gods will not save you." -Burrell. [more inside]
posted by nubs on Dec 9, 2014 - 4 comments

The Wire: The Wire  First Watch   Season 1, Ep 6

Brandon is found. Wallace is unsettled. The detail gets a wiretap running. Daniels clashes with Rawls.
posted by Bugbread on Jun 20, 2014 - 26 comments

The Wire: The Pager  First Watch   Season 1, Ep 5

Stringer warns D'Angelo that there may be a snitch in his camp. The detail gets its affidavit approved for a cloned pager but are puzzled at the results. Prez begins to redeem himself in the eyes of his colleagues by taking a fresh approach to the pager information. Wallace spots Brandon, one of Omar's crew, in an arcade and passes the information on to the Barksdale enforcers.
posted by Bugbread on Jun 16, 2014 - 25 comments

The Wire: Old Cases  First Watch   Season 1, Ep 4

Bodie avoids Herc and Carver. Avon discusses the loss of the pit's stash and puts the word on the street about Omar. McNulty and Moreland investigate an old murder that may be related to D'Angelo. [more inside]
posted by Bugbread on Jun 11, 2014 - 60 comments

The Wire: The Buys  First Watch   Season 1, Ep 3

The early-morning 'field interviews' by Herc, Carver and Prez have consequences. On the other side of the law, D'Angelo teaches Wallace and Bodie how to play the game. [more inside]
posted by Sara C. on Jun 6, 2014 - 46 comments

The Wire: The Detail  First Watch   Season 1, Ep 2

McNulty feels the heat. Greggs is given the lay of the land regarding Avon Barksdale's key players. Herc, Carver and Prez find big-time trouble at the towers. [more inside]
posted by Sara C. on May 31, 2014 - 38 comments

The Wire: The Target  First Watch   Season 1, Ep 1

In the pilot, Baltimore homicide detective Jimmy McNulty gets into hot water and winds up assigned to a detail of narcotics outcasts charged with investigating drug lord Avon Barksdale and his powerful operation in Franklin Terrace. Meanwhile, Avon's nephew D'Angelo is fresh off beating a murder rap. [more inside]
posted by Sara C. on May 28, 2014 - 90 comments

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