Hey HieroHero, the Wire is Back!!

[Louis85]

Did you catch any of the first three episodes from this season?

I'm liking the direction they're going so far. Yesterday was the first episode with Omar in it. I'm curious to see what they do with McNulty. I like some of the new kids they have on the show interacting with the old cast members, i.e. Bodie, Marlo, Bubbs. Some pretty good writing on that show.

[Cozmo D]

Did you catch any of the first three episodes from this season?

I'm liking the direction they're going so far. Yesterday was the first episode with Omar in it. I'm curious to see what they do with McNulty. I like some of the new kids they have on the show interacting with the old cast members, i.e. Bodie, Marlo, Bubbs. Some pretty good writing on that show.

Yeah, the new season is dope!:rock: It has the potential to be the best ever. I think they're going to kill off Omar though, he's a regular on a new network show.:(

[Doo-DooHead]

I LOST TRACK OF THE WIRE AFTER SEASON ONE. tHAT WHOLE SECOND SEASON WAS RIDICULOUS TO ME BUT I HAVE TO BUY THE DVDS TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED. i DIN'T EVEN KNOW STRINGER BELL WAS DEAD!!!! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!! COZ I'LL BE CALLING YOU FROM A 630 NUMBER 2DAY SO PICK UP OK?

[Cozmo D]

No prob man, I'm here. :)

[Hero1]

you know the wire..it slowly builds.. just getting aware of all the storylines.. I think the kids/characters and their story is very interesting.. and how everythings gonna play out at the school.. go bubs!

[Hero1]

Yeah, the new season is dope!:rock: It has the potential to be the best ever. I think they're going to kill off Omar though, he's a regular on a new network show.:(

they filmed the new season back a long time ago tho..like end of last year

[Cozmo D]

Yeah, but I'm thinking they would probably not release him to do other series if they wanted him back for the 5th season.

[Hero1]

just saw episode 3..damn! looks like my fav character bunny colvin has the best storyline of the season once again.. prez did bad enough as a cop he is gonna be fucked as a teacher! the way they treat the kid dukie is cold :(

[Chukwuka]

That is the best show I have ever seen... I love "The Wire" It just grabs you and I find myself looking at the clock to see how much more I got til I have to come down off the wire high... I've seen most of all the seasons... I want to buy the whole set... they say the fifth is the last season... I'm gonna be very depressed about that. But, oh well!

The characters are very interesting and the plots are just terrific... I wonder what's gonna happen to Marlow!! I hate that guy but yet I find him strangely fascinating...

Did anyone on here like "Oz"?

Did you like "Oz" Coz?
(sorry couldn't help myself!!)

[Hero1]

me and louis were Oz fans chuk.. I think some1s gonna stir sum shit up with marlow at some point..they still cant believe hes runnin things without droppin bodies

[Chukwuka]

Marlow's a very smart young man... I do have to say... doing the "robin hood" thing!! But I think Big Steve or whatever his name is(The tall dude from Avon's crew)... gonna do something... We'll see but I'm so enthralled with that show it's rediculous!!

[Cozmo D]

I love "The Wire" It just grabs you and I find myself looking at the clock to see how much more I got til I have to come down off the wire high...
WORD!!!:haha:

Did you like "Oz" Coz?
(sorry couldn't help myself!!)
No man! Couldn't bring myself to do the anal rape thing! :nono::haha:

[Cozmo D]

I think some1s gonna stir sum shit up with marlow at some point..they still cant believe hes runnin things without droppin bodies
Thing is, he HAS been droppin' bodies. They just haven't found them yet.:haha:

[Hero1]

Thing is, he HAS been droppin' bodies. They just haven't found them yet.:haha:

how funny was that scene with snoop?? buying the nail gun :haha::haha:

[Cozmo D]

how funny was that scene with snoop?? buying the nail gun :haha::haha:

WORD!:haha:

Just finished watching next week's ep on ON Demand! SHIT'S ABOUT TO GET SET OFF BABY!!!!!:rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:

[Chukwuka]

WORD!:haha:

Just finished watching next week's ep on ON Demand! SHIT'S ABOUT TO GET SET OFF BABY!!!!!:rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:


Damn, I'm jealous!! I missed it Sunday... My lady was in need of my attention!! I hope I can catch it Friday when they show it again!!

[Louis85]

THEY BETTER NOT KILL OFF OMAR!! I'll be real upset about that. So the fifth season is the last huh? What is this season 4, right?

I agree with you guys; I think season will be the best one. I'm enjoying every episode. The prison scene with what-his-name and his son was pretty disturbing to me. He's directing his son how to be in the drug game. That I didn't like at all--maybe it was an honest portrayal, but it was depressing to me.


Season 2 was probably the weakest of all the seasons. It just doesn't fit that well with the rest of them.

[Cozmo D]

Yeah, this is 4, next season is supposed to be the last. I liked season 2, but yeah it was the weakest.

Wait to y'all see next week... might just watch it again tonight! :cheers:

[Hero1]

cant wait Coz.. the final season will be about the media :rock:

[Chukwuka]

Might just watch it again tonight! :cheers:

Keep rub'n it in... :bart:




:bonk:

[Hero1]

just watched episode 4..holy shit!! omar vs marlow!! :eek::eek::eek:

I can see why people dont wanna watch the wire..they wanna watch tv for escapism..but the wire is as real as it gets..and it aint pretty.. bubs nephew..with the books..so sad :(:(:(

also its gonna be interestin to see how gregg goes in homicide..

[Hero1]

nice article on the wire here: http://www.sptimes.com/2006/10/01/Floridian/For_Lehane__it_s_not_.shtml

[Chukwuka]

Yeah, I almost peed in my wheelchair when I saw that... It's gonna get N-A-S-T-Y, baby!!!!

I really want Omar to get in Marlow shyt... I don't like Marlow, but I do... (weird)
But Omar is so damn REAL!!!

I think Greggs is gonna do real good... I wonder what up with that lil bright kid... why he jumped outta the coach's van... I'm really proud of the coach (Cutty)!! I can only imagine the way he feels inside about help'n those kids and he actually is!

[Louis85]

Chuk,

My guess is the young brother has been abused. He clearly has trust issues with the coach and maybe all black male figures. I would say by the care that takes with his younger brother that he has been molested by a black man who was close to him, probably one of his mother's boyfriends. These scenes seem to be leading up to the reason why he's afraid of the coach. I hope Cutty is able to get through to him--I want those two to become friends if not trainer and trainee.

That article (posted a couple frames up) was right on the money about this not being a hit show because it has too many Black people in it. I agree with that 100%. I can't believe that season two was rated the highest. I think the show has gotten better each season. I've enjoyed it more this season the most already. Last season was very good too.




Yeah, I almost peed in my wheelchair when I saw that... It's gonna get N-A-S-T-Y, baby!!!!

I really want Omar to get in Marlow shyt... I don't like Marlow, but I do... (weird)
But Omar is so damn REAL!!!

I think Greggs is gonna do real good... I wonder what up with that lil bright kid... why he jumped outta the coach's van... I'm really proud of the coach (Cutty)!! I can only imagine the way he feels inside about help'n those kids and he actually is!

[Hero1]

interesting louis..i was wondering why he wouldnt let cutty take him home myself..

[Cozmo D]

I think he's just ashamed of his living conditions myself, though he definitely has trust issues.

[Chukwuka]

He's a hell of a lil hustler though... and a boxer... He may be the next Marlow/Avon/Stringer Bell.... Omar?????
I noticed how when his mom asked him how was school he just ignored her... giving a lil credencce to Louis' idea...

Why do you think that Marlow's crew is so interested in having him in the gang?


Ohh, I'm glad Stringer got his head blown off!!! I was starting to hate that dude... At the same time I kinda feel sorry for him cuz he was try'n to get in the high end of the game...

[Louis85]

I think he's just ashamed of his living conditions myself, though he definitely has trust issues.

Coz, did you see the part when the two of them were in the gym and Cutty put his arm on the kid's shoulder and he pulled away? That led me to believe molestation.

[Cozmo D]

Coz, did you see the part when the two of them were in the gym and Cutty put his arm on the kid's shoulder and he pulled away? That led me to believe molestation.

Yeah, you might be right. I just chalked it up to the fact that his moms obviously ain't worth a damm and probably has had men running in and out of there all of his life, so he has little trust for older males. But yeah, the way he looks after his younger brother might be a sign that he was molested by one of the boyfriends.

[Hero1]

saw episode 5.. excellent as always

[Cozmo D]

saw episode 5.. excellent as always

Yeah, shit's goin' down!:rock:

[Hero1]

bubs is gonna make me cry :(:(

[Cozmo D]

bubs is gonna make me cry :(:(
Yeah, you know he reminds me so much of the father from The Corner.

[Louis85]

Yeah, I always liked Bubs. He has grown to be one of my favorites on the show. That's what I like about "The Wire"; it always shows the human sides of everyone. It doesn't try to paint only a good side and only a bad side of a character, but a mix of both. Then we have to make up our minds whether we like them or not. We have to decide whether they are good or not. That task is tougher than you think when you see all sides of the characters.

[Hero1]

When I think of Bubs I think back to when he visited his sister..and was trying to get clean..Andre Royo who is playin him is a genius..yeah hes my fav character..Bubs is based on a real life person.. he was ed burns(the detective) real life informant.. the guy who is playing the priest..he was like the real life stringer bell that ed burns caught on the wire..now hes out of jail and on his tv show! and that snoop? character ..she was a serious bad motherfucker! she's as real as it gets.. most of the other characters are based on 2 or 3 people..and the storylines are based on shit that actually happened..

[Chukwuka]

I think Omar finna get it...

[Chief]

dear lord...you all are as bad as my wife and her friends over their stupid soap operas.....:)

[Chukwuka]

:lala:
You should give it a look see, dude..

and...


:heyfu:


:dance2:

[Cozmo D]

dear lord...you all are as bad as my wife and her friends over their stupid soap operas.....:)

It's only the best show on TV right now Chief!:fingas:

[Hero1]

chief's too busy watching dukes of hazzard..

[Hero1]

ok i've seen the entire season.. I wont spoil it for you.. but it is probably the best show to ever air on TV.. In fact I can't believe they even got that on TV..

its depressing as hell tho :(:(:(:(:(

shit just never changes...

[Louis85]

can you tell me how many more episodes will there be from this point until the end of the season?

[Hero1]

can you tell me how many more episodes will there be from this point until the end of the season?

7 episodes left

[Cozmo D]

Damm, yeah I heard the future eps were out there. I can't do it to myself though.

[Hero1]

Damm, yeah I heard the future eps were out there. I can't do it to myself though.

readily available in new york apparently? some1s bootleggin them :haha: I know Jeff has the entire series.. As soon as they finish screening them, they should release it on dvd!

[Cozmo D]

readily available in new york apparently? some1s bootleggin them :haha: I know Jeff has the entire series.. As soon as they finish screening them, they should release it on dvd!

Readily available on usenet. ;)

[Louis85]

Please, those of you who have seen them, don't give them away before they air on HBO. I don't want to ruin the suspense. (and Omar better not get shanked, dammit!)

[Chukwuka]

I want to be like Omar when i grow up! Bang! Bang!!

[Hero1]

I want to be like Omar when i grow up! Bang! Bang!!

are you talking about his gun or having sex with men? :haha::haha:

[Chukwuka]

are you talking about his gun or having sex with men? :haha::haha:


I'd have to reject your heartfelt invitation...
:fingas:

[Louis85]

tee hee :)

[Harmeister]

I'd have to reject your heartfelt invitation...
:fingas:

dude, he wasn't thinking with his heart....

[Cozmo D]

:rotf:

[Hero1]

omar is the man tho..fav character after bubs

[Chukwuka]

I'd have to say... Avon was until he got sent up... but now... I've always liked that black cop... the young one!
I really cut for Cutty tho!!

[Louis85]

Well, I guess we all know now who is the guy that molested Micheal--his little brother's daddy.

Can someone tell me is snoop male or female? I for sure he was male, but now I'm not so sure.

[Cozmo D]

Well, I guess we all know now who is the guy that molested Micheal--his little brother's daddy.

Can someone tell me is snoop male or female? I for sure he was male, but now I'm not so sure.

Yeah, I gotta hand it to you, you nailed that one!:cheers:

You thought Snoop was a male? :lol:

[Hero1]

snoop is a girl.. she was a real gangsta in baltimore..before she changed her ways and is now playin 1 in the show..

[Louis85]

I'm still not sure it's a woman!!! She damn sure looks like a dude!

For some reason I think this season of "The Wire" is their best season yet. I like the fact that they're showing the kids' lives. I feel sorry for all of these kids, especially the main four the story is focusing on. Weebay's kid is the one most doomed, so I feel sorry for him the most. I think the smelly kid is going to be the one that ends up the most successful. These kids are pretty talented actors--I have no trouble believing any of their characters. They make this season outstanding.

[Cozmo D]

Word!

[Chukwuka]

Word! Word!
Weebay's baby momma don't be trip'n though! HA! She just gonna make him sell some dope... He really don't want to... Kinda like a rich mans sone that doesn't really want to go into the family business but so use to get'n what he wants.
I hate what bubs is going through these days... So desparate.

[Hero1]

Yeah that kid aint a drug dealer..

[Louis85]

And his mother is my least favorite character on the whole show! I hate her worse than Marlo. She's a fat, lazy, poor-excuse-for-a-mother who doesn't really care about her son. She just wants money and is too lazy to work for it. She absolutely disgusts me. The poor kid doesn't have a prayer at any kind of respectable life thanks to her lazy ass. :cuss:

3 Episodes left, damn, I've enjoyed this season the best of all of them.

[Cozmo D]

Word!

[Chief]

Number!!!

[Cozmo D]

Cracka!!!!!

[Louis85]

Word!

Are you agreeing with me on the fact that his mom's a lazy ass or are you agreeing with me that this is the best season ever?

[Cozmo D]

I was agreeing with EVERYTHING you said! :tiphat:

[Hero1]

that final scene I think in the last episode that aired..was one of the most brutal i've seen :eek::eek::eek:

[Louis85]

DON'T SPOIL IT, TIM!!!

:lala:

[Cozmo D]

DON'T SPOIL IT, TIM!!!

:lala:

No you probably saw it Louis, from this week's on-air episode. Wait 'till you see next week's though. As usual they have me on the edge of my seat wondering how they're gonna resolve all of this shit with only 2 episodes left! :yikes:

[Cozmo D]

that final scene I think in the last episode that aired..was one of the most brutal i've seen :eek::eek::eek:

Cocksucker deserved it too. Kinda makes you think that Chris went through something similar to Michael.

[Chukwuka]

I think he knew cuz when the lil kid gave him that look he was like... "I'ma kill that muthaphuka!!!"

Damn I love The Wire...

Hey ya'll!

[Louis85]

Keen observation Coz and Chuk. I was thinking the same thing.

And, yes I did see it the final scene in last weeks ep. I misread Tim's post.

[Hero1]

Yeah I thought he'd gone through the same thing as well.. crazy

[Cozmo D]

Yeah, homeboy said sumthin' to Chris like "you been to prison, you know what I'm talkin' about..." and Chris said "yeah, I know" and commenced to stompin' that ass!!! :lmao: Snoop was like "Damm, you ain't even let us get him in the house first!" :rotf:

[Hero1]

‘Bubbles’ becomes reservoir of humanity on HBO’s ‘The Wire’
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
By JAKE COYLE AP Entertainment Writer
AP RIC FRANCIS

BUBBLES Actor Andre Royo, who stars as Bubbles in HBO’s crime series “The Wire.”

NEW YORK Walking back to his trailer while shooting the first season of “The Wire,” Andre Royo was still in character as the homeless junkie and informant Bubbles — face scarred, hair a craggy black mess — when a real junkie approached with what Royo calls his “Street Oscar.”

“He said, ’Yo, you need this, man. You look like you need a hit,”’ recalls Royo. “I laughed a little bit and I got emotional. I was like, ‘Wow, he thinks I’m a junkie for real.’ I felt validated.”

Royo had to discard his “Oscar” before flying home (airlines might not recognize a bag of heroin as an acting trophy), but the gesture was reward enough for Royo. It’s also about as close as any actor on the HBO series has come to awards recognition, even though the Baltimore drama has been hailed with hyperbole by critics.

FINALE SUNDAY

On Sunday, Bubbles serves as an unusual reservoir of humanity as “The Wire” airs the fourth season’s finale (10 p.m. EST). Bubbles has long been one of the show’s most moral characters, captivating in his struggle to fight addiction and hopelessness on a show that revolves around futility.

This season has focused on a handful of young teenagers in West Baltimore’s broken school system. The final episodes find various characters fighting for the futures of the kids — and none is more affecting than Bubs’ unlikely mentoring of a homeless boy, which plays out tragically.

Bubbles’ emotional scenes represent a climax for both the character and Royo, who has taken a role originally meant for just seven episodes and made it one of the show’s most popular.

Like so much of “The Wire,” the character of Bubbles was taken directly from the street. Ed Burns, who helped create the show with David Simon (a former Baltimore journalist) and writes many of the episodes, was with Baltimore police for years (later becoming a school teacher). For 15 years, Bubbles was one of his best informants.

CULTIVATING HONOR

“In his prime, whatever happened in West Baltimore, he knew about,” Burns says of the real Bubbles, who he remembers fondly as an honest, unique person. “There’s a lot of honor in the game, you just have to find it and sort of cultivate it.”

When Bubbles died of AIDS in the late ‘80s, Simon wrote an obituary for him, but without Bubbles’ name because his family wanted it kept anonymous.

Having moved with his wife and daughter to Los Angeles, where they have opened a restaurant, Royo is understandably ready for some new challenges.

“I’ve been snitching for a long time now. The first job I had on ‘Law & Order’ I was snitching,” he says, also citing his roles in “Third Watch” and “Shaft.” “For some reason, they look at me and think, ‘That (guy) will tell. ... But I am Bubbles. There’s a part of me that’s invested, and I want to make sure his story is fully told.”

In March, “The Wire” begins production for a fifth and final season.

[Hero1]

well I think I can finally say R.I.P. bodie

[Cozmo D]

:sad:

One HELL of a season!!! :rock:

[Louis85]

Now see that pissed me off too. How are you going to kill off Bodie? This is why I hate watching dramas. When you kill off my favorites, I get pissed.

I know someone better save my boy Randy. The cop that escorted him there should step up and be his foster dad. He owes him that much.

Michael is getting worse now. Next season something is going to happen to his little brother he so lovingly protects. I think Weebay's son is going to totally clean up his act. Kudos for Weebay for giving his son a better life (and shutting up that trifling wife of his--loved that!).

Continue the great story for the next season. And nobody better cap Omar!

Love this show.

[Cozmo D]

And nobody better cap Omar!
I just have this feeling that they purposely set in motion a confrontation between Omar and Michael, when Omar saw Mike and Marlo meeting that day and said "ahh... he's just a kid..."

[Hero1]

I think the only one who could ever cap omar is an ex lover or somethin.. he's too smart for marlo n co

[Cozmo D]

Trudat, but I have a feeling they did that for something...

[Hero1]

and here we are.. THE FINAL SEASON.. i'm rewatching the first 4 seasons on dvd in anticipation

[Hero1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZefpVE2U350

love the version of way down in the hole this season!! BE needs to cover that song

[Louis85]

So what happens this season on the wire? I dropped HBO so I won't get to see it this season. Did you guys say there was a site on the internet that allowed you to watch the episodes?

[Cozmo D]

I've been watching season 4 for weeks now. Episode 1 of season 5 is already up on On Demand, so we'll probably do Eps 1 & 2 Sunday.

Tim can probably break-down torrents for you Louis. Me, I would probably just bite the bullet and re-add HBO for 3 months. The Wire is worth it!

[Louis85]

Nah, I'll probably just wait 'til it hits DVD.

[Cozmo D]

You know, I just realized after watching for the umpteenth time that it wasn't Michael that killed Bodie. All this time I thought it was him. :doh:

[Hero1]

yeah a lot of people thought Michael killed bodie.. michael just killed some random dude though.. louis if you visit http://www.eztv.it after the wire has aired on sunday you can download it