The Wire 4x01 Full Reaction

Agreed. The spoilers are worse than the "when are you guys watching *insert random anime here*" questions.

Surprise surprise, another fricking spoiler. L&M - best not to read the comment from Marvelous Dolcy.

Commenting so they won't see the spoiler

There's a spoiler just above.

Can’t believe no one warned you. Then you don’t read my YouTube comments. This season is my fav, it reminds me of the film Stand By Me. But without spoiling anything…your worst fears will not be realised with the kids but it will be traumatic. Also worthy to note of which I should have said is about one of the creators of the series and Ed Burns . He was a cop for a number of years and then became a teacher in the inner city. Although not autobiographical most of the stories in The Wire are taken from real life…

Never Forget 9/11. Hi space1999.

Now that we're here, I went to school with Dookie's actor. Middle school to be exact. I think I was 11 or 12 at the time and had a computer class with him in 7th grade. Then he went to film The Wire but with most our class being the same age none of us could watch it for obvious reasons. The one thing I remember was having a school assembly that welcomed him back so he could graduate 8th grade year. It was a surreal experience watching this show as an adult and seeing someone you knew in passing on television.

The assistant principal Marcia Donnelly gets an award for having the most 'Balmer' accent in a show full of thick Baltimore accents

Stripping back all the jokes and hype for a second, we all need to take a moment to appreciate how lucky we are for what we're about to witness. This is going to be one of the best reactions to a season of television any of us are ever going to watch in that the reactors are the most appropriate for the material they're being presented with. There are a litany of writers, filmmakers, journalists, historians, political analysts, moral philosophers, and of course American-residents who can offer a plethora of commentary on what is regarded as one of the most socially important seasons of television ever made. A season which has had more academic discourse following it than any other previously in the history of the medium, and probably ever will. In each chosen field, you'll have the respective experts who have and will continue to put into words that which the majority of the population simply cannot. What cannot be theorised, studied, or grasped by academia however is empathy, compassion, sorrow and grief. In this regard, the two girls are the most qualified for this season. I don't need to explain to anyone at this point the maturity, sensitivity, and intellect the girls have towards societal issues and people in general, but it bears repeating that the comprehension and subsequent emotional investment of characters is so paramount to socially-conscious art. When the art is holding a mirror to civilisation, we are by design met with the reality of our own appearance. As such, our understanding of the reflection, conscious or visceral, intellectual or emotional, will be one of the greatest tools we could possibly have for collective introspection. In the same way I view the interviews, the commentary tracks, the books, the college thesis, and the adjacent historical context as canon to understanding season 4 of The Wire, this reaction series will be of equal importance for its ability to reach that which goes beyond thinking: feeling. Both for this series' reaction and that of Band Of Brothers, this channel has been a lot more than just entertainment for me.

Randy, Duquan, Michael, Namond, Kennard, and Donut. I will never forget their names and that’s all I need to say.

In my own city, I was on a street that is close to a bad area known for the drug trade. There was a little kid, couldn't have been more than 6 or 7, walking down the street. When a police car passed. he hid his face with his arm. He did that so automatically and instinctively, it was sad to watch for someone that young to have that reaction to a police car. He must have picked it up from older friends or family who are in the drug trade. A terrible start at life.

You thought you had "your boys" of this show, but you better make space this season. The Boys of Summer bring a whole different side to the show, and this season you will care more than you already do about what's happening.. most shows focus on just extreme cases (breaking bad, sopranos, ECT) that can happen but is not necessarily relatable to the normal person. This is stuff that 10s of millions of ppl are going through daily in inner cities around the country and they does such a good job pulling emotions with relatable things grounded in reality. i wrote the original before watching. but i know it is hard to focus sometimes on the political scenes, coming right off intense scenes especially involving children, but yall know better by now that the reason they are including those scenes is cuz its going to matter and its all connected with everything affecting each other. so try not to be to hard on those scenes