tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post3516719769190517294..comments2024-03-29T09:13:52.064-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: The Wire: Collateral DamageBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-3288682842488624892018-04-09T19:53:11.072-04:002018-04-09T19:53:11.072-04:00As you all have already said, the thing about this...As you all have already said, the thing about this episode is that absolutely no one cares about fourteen murdered women, except when it comes to whose problem it turns out to be. It's just so terribly sad. And yet, this episode really is quite funny. And finally, ghastly. <br /><br />What ChrisB said about the crabs. :) My grandfather lived on a tiny island in Maryland when I was growing up, and I remember all of us sitting around his kitchen table eating crabs just like that. I'd forgotten. That scene brought it back to me. Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-89908219816119554672013-11-25T20:33:01.002-05:002013-11-25T20:33:01.002-05:00I always find this episode fascinating. Watching ...I always find this episode fascinating. Watching the machinations and truly understanding how little anyone cares about these young, dead girls is sobering. The police are so often portrayed as tireless defenders of the innocent. Here, they are just the opposite.<br /><br />I love the scene where Jimmy and Bunk are picking crabs. There is an art to picking a crab, which both of them seem to possess. Just another note of realism that works.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843864158239536750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-44097225206352227242013-11-25T14:28:52.701-05:002013-11-25T14:28:52.701-05:00Just a couple more "Bits and Pieces"-sty...Just a couple more "Bits and Pieces"-style thoughts:<br /><br />Note that when Valchek visited the real estate developer’s office, the huge, swanky-looking model was for a development called ‘The Grainery.’ Last week, Sobotka’s union rival, Nat, was talking about how they should be pushing legislators to restore the Grain Pier for industrial use (versus Frank wanting to push for dredging the channel). A very subtle nod to the competing interests in what happens to the industrial areas.<br /><br />So D'Angelo is now doing drugs to cope with his sentence (or perhaps his complicity in the family business). Sigh. Another tragic parallel to Wallace. So, so sad.<br /><br />Ziggy seems like a fine illustration of Herc's view that white boys are seriously stupid drug dealers. I was sort of relieved when White Mike refused to give him another package. Of course, I'm sure Ziggy will find something else to screw up. That’s what Ziggy does best.Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.com