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David Simon (creator)
David Simon (teleplay)
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Original Air Date:
19 December 2004 (Season 3, Episode 12)
Plot:
Avon readies his troops for a seemingly endless war against Marlo. The detail works towards the top... more | full synopsis
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Certainly An Improvement Over Previous Series more (2 total)
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(Episode Cast overview, first billed only)
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Det. Vernon Holley:
Did you get a look at either of the shooters?
Andy Krawczyk:
[Krawcyzk is still scared from shooting] I told you I saw only the one. I know he was black. Big, I thought. With a large weapon
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland:
[taking a puff from cigar] B.N.B.G.
Det. Vernon Holley:
[as Krawcyzk Looks puzzled] Big Negro, Big Gun
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Fast Train more
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Truth be told I'd almost given up on THE WIRE in the intermission between series two and three. It's certainly not a show for everyone since there's a massive amount of patience required , perhaps more than the average television viewer possesses . But having stuck with it the patience is rewarded and the third season is heads and shoulders above the first two
Season three takes us back to the streets of Baltimore where the gangsters are wheeling and dealing and McNulty and co are trying stop them . In some ways it's just the same as season one but the difference is that it's much more multi layered storytelling . There's a much more political subtext both literally and figuratively to the story . I remember watching season one thinking to myself would it not be a good idea to legalise drugs in America and season three sees city hall effectively do that . Of course there's a cliché or two in that any smooth talking , concerned for the people politician must be cheating on his wife while anyone who uses any type of homophobic language is a closet homosexual themselves , but while there's clichés amongst the established democratically elected politicians the real politicians at street level ( ie the gangsters ) are very well drawn
It's the street level politics that leads to a major character being written out of the show , something that led to a WTF ! moment , so much so that I had to come to this website to confirm the character had disappeared for good - he has too . This season has a much higher body count than the previous two , people are bumped off when you're least expecting it since there's little build up or an impact aesthetic to it - it's sudden , unexpected and dispassionate . This season also sees the investigation of a death going back to the second season , a death that I'd genuinely thought had all been forgotten about
As stated series three improves on what went before . Unless you've watched THE WIRE from the start you won't be converted by series three , indeed you'll be lost as to the subplots and character threads but it's certainly held my sometimes waning attention and looks like building up to a very strong forth season . Just a pity it's going to be minus one of its major characters