From a breh that just finished "The Wire" for the first time: My thoughts

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

One has spawned multiple classroom studies and research papers, one has not

The Shield is pretty consistent but Vic gets away with almost TOO much shyt.

After I just watched McNulty stage multiple murders, break federal laws by kidnapping across state lines, get a major American city on edge because of his lies, the lie makes national news, then a copycat gets inspired and actually starts murdering folks and you wanna talk about getting away with something?

Not to mention at the end everyone knows about it and laughs it off like "Haha that's just ole crazy McNulty lulz"

 

[MidniteJay]

After watching both, The Shield is the better show. But some brehs will disagree


Vic Mackey is the goat scumbag cop.

I agree. I mean I always thought it was more consistent than The Wire. The Shield bodied all 7 seasons it had and even ended strong. A lot of HBO classics couldn't even manage that with 5+ seasons.

 

[EBK String]

I wanst cut out for the streets, nikka I built an empire that only crumbled because @avon barksdale wanted to be billy bad ass

 

[Afro]

After I just watched McNulty stage multiple murders, break federal laws by kidnapping across state lines, get a major American city on edge because of his lies, the lie makes national news, then a copycat gets inspired and actually starts murdering folks and you wanna talk about getting away with something?

Not to mention at the end everyone knows about it and laughs it off like "Haha that's just ole crazy McNulty lulz"

The lies were a necessary evil to catch the bad guys

Everything he did was service of his city



Vic did everything for himself.

"Did everything for my family" ass

Killed a cop

Multiple assaults

Killed a witness

Worked with criminals



There is a whole wiki page



List of crimes by Vic Mackey

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

The lies were a necessary evil to catch the bad guys

Everything he did was service of his city



Vic did everything for himself.

"Did everything for my family" ass

Killed a cop

Multiple assaults

Killed a witness

Worked with criminals



There is a whole wiki page



List of crimes by Vic Mackey

And everyone (rightly) turned on Vic once they discovered what he did.

These fools was singing and having fun at a fake memorial for McNulty as if this fool wasnt responsible for near destruction of the police department, murders and the end of multiple careers not to mention federal crimes

 

[MidniteJay]

And everyone (rightly) turned on Vic once they discovered what he did.

These fools was singing and having fun at a fake memorial for McNulty as if this fool wasnt responsible for near destruction of the police department, murders and the end of multiple careers not to mention federal crimes

Only Cedric Daniels gave him that "To be continued..." He was done with dude

 

[Afro]

And everyone (rightly) turned on Vic once they discovered what he did.

These fools was singing and having fun at a fake memorial for McNulty as if this fool wasnt responsible for near destruction of the police department, murders and the end of multiple careers not to mention federal crimes

The Wire's "leading" white man had a good heart damnit



Folks didn't turn on Vic until there were MULTIPLE bodies.

At that point, the people who could turn on him were either dead or going to jail for life.

Shane was gonna end the series if Vic didn't get in the room

 

[Vandelay]

McNulty was minimized his role for season 4 cause he wanted to see his family more.

Didn't 300 shoot or come out around that time too?

 

[Vandelay]

@neotheflyingone

The Wire was great show, but I think it's showing its age which is why you might not find it as great.

The slang in the show worked at the time, but probably sounds hella dated now. One of the reasons the show was so widely regarded was, the script was rather loose and they actually cast people from Baltimore to be in the show like Snoop.

Season 2 is a complaint for a lot of people, myself included, but I probably need to go back and watch it, because there is a lot of context there not just setup for later seasons.

Every season had a theme on major institutions within a city, I can't recall them all, but i also assumed this was another reason the show was called The Wire, because it showed how all of the institutions were wired together to create a successful or unsuccessful city.

I'd put seasons 1, 3 and 4 up against any dramatic TV show ever though. The writing in my opinion was just that good.

 

[Detroit Wave]

Snoop ain’t have a real bmore accent? Negged cac

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Damn that made me wana rewatch

I aint never seen the shield Is it comparable?

Not at all.

I liked the shield back then but looking back it was the type of show that glorified police brutality in positive light.



"Ohhhhh those cops are so bad assss bro"

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

And by the way snoop and prop Joe are actually from Baltimore.

 

[97Pac]

I wanst cut out for the streets, nikka I built an empire that only crumbled because @avon barksdale wanted to be billy bad ass

You should thank me

 

[kdslittlebro]

You should thank me

BAN



"Nay "

 

[sayyestothis]

Breh u sound like ur 20?

Try rewatching it when your an adult.

Also Snoop sounds like that bc she IS FROM Baltimore....