The Wire, S2

[slowfox]

Am ploughing through S2 of The Wire at the moment, and it continues to be excellent, in an understated, considered sort of fashion. It has none of the glossy sheen that marks things like Flash Forward, Lost and Heroes, but what sets it really apart is the depth of the characterisations.

Also, Bunk is DA MAN! He is awesome, and looking exceptionally sharp in his suit/hat/cigar combo :D

After the first season's escapades, McNulty has wound up patrolling the docks on the police boat, and S2 concentrates mainly on dockside action. But we're still keeping up to date with Barksdale's empire over at the Towers, and office politics within the police continue to have a key role in how things play out.

So, yes, definitely good stuff - I'm about half way through S2, future updates as and when.

Comments

[loup_noir]

S2 was my favorite. Both my mother and father were union members, so the scenes of the tiny longshoremen union (which is absolutely huge in the SF Bay Area) were special favorites. It could only have been better, if they'd enlarged the scope a tiny bit to focus on some of the other areas that the Teamsters control.

And Bunk? He is da man!