The Wire 4x06 Reaction
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Clay Davis is the funniest character every scene he’s in is comedy. Namonds mom might be the worst person in the show. Everyone including Chris that are the worst most likely have had a very traumatic and traumatizing childhood and gone through very traumatic experiences making them develop differently into straight up sociopaths like Chris and Marlo or people like prop joe and stringer who are just warped from their environments completely. Namonds mom is just like this, even if bad stuff happened it couldn’t have made her like this. She’s just a genuinely awful person who never changed. I don’t think anything made her like this like most of the other horrible people in the show. She just a complete narcissist who manipulates and cares nothing about her son. Randy is such a polite and nice kid he doesn’t deserve anything to happen to him. He didn’t even do anything. It’s so saddening seeing them with no chances or help they would all be successful and have good lives if not for stuff completely out of their control.
Honestly the most shocking part of this review is Lola saying that Lexie is her favourite Greys character when Amelia Sheppard exists.
Randy is such a great kid. Smart, kind, charismatic, hard-working...In any other circumstance, the sky would be the limit for a kid like that. The same goes for all of them. It's a great example of what people mean when they talk about privilege and the lie that if you work hard enough, you can be or do anything. These kids would have to work 20 times harder than a middle-class kid, just to keep their heads above water. Most people don't have that in them, let alone children. Everything is rigged for them to fail.
Wrt watching and reacting to a movie - anyone know whether L&M are into horror movies because t'is the season to be frightened...
I know Milena doesn't watch them. But I'd kill to see her react to horror movies
Great commentary as always. I love how Randy still feels like he has to finish handing out the fliers, even though he basically got forced into it and could've easily stopped early. Shows what a good heart he has.
With a mother like Naymonds, who needs enemies?
Re: your plans to film a movie reaction, you could just film the entire thing and upload the full uncut reaction here to Patron for the time being, then figure out the editing at a later stage. Or just keep it a Patron-only exclusive for the foreseeable.
Yea, deciding to sleep around with the mother's of the boys you teach boxing too is such a terrible idea. Cutty is 100% in the wrong for that one, I was very disappointed when I saw that. I honestly can't express enough how terrible I felt for Randy throughout this episode, the boy is so scared of going back into the system and Mrs. Donnelly using that as a threat every time always makes me rage, it's such a horrible thing to do to a child. Loved to see Prez start to really care for these kids, as well as Carver. I don't give Carver nearly enough credit but he honestly might have the best character development in the show. I love how in this season, we don't get a lot of the characters we have been following, because it allows for the show to just show us these kids, so that each child's story is highlighted and none of their stories fall to the wayside.
"We see Randy’s perspective but she doesn’t." I disagree, she'd have been familiar enough with Randy's perspective and situation yet still threatened him with suspension, expulsion and dropped the possibility of criminal charges. But if you're right and she doesn't see Randy's perspective then that's her failure. She previously threatened to call his foster mother when without evidence claimed he was tagging the walls. I find her actions unnecessarily punitive.
Re-watch Lord of the Rings!! I'm preeeetty sure Milena will like it now.
You mentioned, with regards to Dennis not being able to vote, the show deliberately including passing commentary on social issues. Another example of that in this episode was when Miss Anna (Randy’s foster mom) expressed her frustration that she was gonna be late for work because of the queue to vote. In many other democracies, voting occurs on a public holiday/weekend (or over a period of a week) to maximise the amount of people that can vote… but in America they have elections on weekdays which mean many people (especially those in low-paying jobs without flexible hours) can’t vote because they can’t get time off work.
The day Lola forces Milena to watch LOTR will be huge on this channel
It’s fine girls; you’re gonna have a rough time.
Delonda is a biiiiiiitch. I feel bad for Randy. I also feel bad for Namond, I kinda thought he was a punk when I watched the show for the first time, but I realise now most of that was just an act.
"Fuck your falling chips" is an underrated line. Rawls is just hilarious.
Also "American democracy, let's show those third world fucks how it's done" what a great fucking line
Honestly, props to DeLonda's actress, great rage inducing performance
Find it insane that I can watch Chris soullessly murder an absolute angel of a delivery lady and still think that DeLonda is even more of a devil. Definitely has everything to do with the expectation we put on mothers to be loving and caring people to their children, but it still melts my brain a little just how much more I despise her compared to objectively far worse characters.
"Shut the fuck up, look at your hair!" - Lola on Officer Colicchio. 💀
Oh my God yes I forgot to mention that hahaha!! They're hatred of him and Naymond's mom is so on point.
On Wednesday I finished re-watching The Wire with my Mam (it was her first time seeing it), and not only do I think that season 5 is insanely underrated (myself personally preferring it Season 3 by a considerable degree), but it might be one of my favourite series finales of all time. If you're fully caught up on the show, here's my thoughts in Rot 13 below: V zragvbarq n srj gvzrf gung V jbhyq cynpr frnfba 5 bs Gur Jver nobir frnfba 3, ohg qnza V zvtug npghnyyl chg vg ba gur fnzr yriry nf frnfba 1 naq v ernyyl zrna gung. Abj ybbx, V xabj gung vg qbrf unir vgf vffhrf. Gur arjfebbz fgbelyvar vf cebonoyl gur jrnxrfg bhg bs nyy bs gurz va gur frevrf (gubhtu gb or snve, fgvyy pbzcryyvat, whfg pbhyq unir unq fbzrguvat zber vagrerfgvat guna gur Grzcyrgba / Nyzn cybg). Gur frpbaq naq cebonoyl zber pbapreavat vffhr vf gung, nffhzvat bar vf noyr gb npprcg gur erterffvba bs Wvzzl'f punenpgre-nep, gurl nyfb unir gb fhfcraq qvforyvrs gung abg bayl jbhyq Wvzzl gnxr cneg va fhpu n urvabhf npg, ohg gung Yrfgre bs nyy crbcyr jbhyq wbva va gbb. V haqrefgnaq gurfr vffhrf, naq bhg bs nyy bs gur frevrf' frnfbaf, 5 vf gur bar gung qrsvavgryl unf fubegpbzvatf. Ubjrire, nyy gung orvat fnvq, tbqqnza V shpxvat ybirq guvf frnfba!! Gur svany 3 rcvfbqrf ner fb tevccvat, jvgu gur svanyr vgfrys orvat bar bs gur orfg svanyrf gb nal gi fubj V'ir rire frra. Gurl svg fb zhpu vagb 90 zvahgrf! Bs pbhefr gur ragver frnfba vf nobhg gur zrqvn, gur gehgu naq gur znavchyngvba bs vg, naq ubj nyzbfg nyy gur fgbelyvarf (rira Zneyb'f gb n fznyy qrterr) ner nssrpgrq ol gur erq-evooba xvyyre. Ohg gur jnl va juvpu rirelguvat whfg jrnirf gbtrgure sbe gur svanyr vf whfg nofbyhgryl fcrpgnphyne. Fb znal bs gur fubj'f pber gurzrf ner ervasbeprq va guvf pybfvat rcvfbqr nybar. Naq gung svany zbagntr jvgu gur bevtvany gurzr cynlvat va gur onpxtebhaq... Whfg cresrpgvba. Gur tvey'f ernpgvba gb pregnva cnegf bs gung zbagntr, naq lbh xabj gur barf V'z gnyxvat nobhg, vf tbvat gb or frafngvbany. V svaq vg qvssvphyg gb vzntvar ubj gur tveyf ner tbvat gb svg gurve ragver ernpgvba gb gur rcvfbqr/frnfba/frevrf vagb gur 5k10 ivqrb. Orpnhfr bs ubj zhpu bs gur fubj pbzrf shyy pvepyr, V ernyyl guvax vg'q or terng vs gur tveyf znqr n 'Gur Jver Ergebfcrpgvba' ivqrb qbja gur yvar. Fvapr svavfuvat gur frevrf zlfrys, V'ir orra jngpuvat ivqrbf jvgu gur pnfg naq perj jub hcqngr hf ba ubj gur frevrf nssrpgrq abg bayl gurz naq gur pbzzhavgl, ohg n jbeyq bs ivrjref, npnqrzvn, erfrnepu fghqvrf rgp. Uryy, Bonzn rira fng qbja jvgu Qnivq Fvzba ng bar cbvag. Naljnlf, V'q nofbyhgryl ybir gb qvfphff Frnfba 5 jvgu fbzr bs l'nyy, nf bapr gur ernpgvba frevrf vf bire, gung'yy or vg.
My impression, of what the show is implying, regarding the Tiff situation is that the sex was consensual but that she changed her story to rape to get back at the boys for disrespecting her. Tiff seemed happy to see the boys as they walked down the hallway the next day and said “Hi Monell” and smiled, but they just ignored her and made fun of her so she decided to say it was rape. I’m not sure if I interpreted that correctly but that’s at least the vibe I got.
Agree. That was my read of the situation too. It was a 'consensual' sexual encounter between underage kids, and Tiff looked awkward coming out of the bathroom mostly because sexual encounters at a young age are often awkward; and perhaps more so in a public space.
Some episode trivia... Detective Norris: “Fuck no, I don’t even vote!” This line is amusing because the actor playing Ed Norris (also named Ed Norris) was actually the Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department whilst The Wire was filmed (S1). He later did 6 months in jail for financial fraud before returning to the show and is ineligible to vote as he’s a convicted felon. Omar… One of the big dudes who Butchie sent to protect Omar is the “real life Omar” and one of the inspirations for the character. Politics… Btw, you’ve said the the election/politics doesn’t interest you. Well, quick story time - before S4 was commissioned, David Simon had planned a spin-off show called ‘The Hall’ which would have followed Carcetti, Royce and Grey during the mayoral election. When S4 was eventually commissioned, the election story then had to be re-introduced to 'The Wire' at the expense of some other storylines.
Speaking of editing, I really recommend you girls just get an editor. If you're worried about their skill, you can always just give them a test run with an episode and see how they do. But any editor who does this for a living, should be able to do a similar job to you. It would also probably solve the issue of late uploads.
Your reactions to Namonds mother had me dying 😂 she definitely the main “villain” Marlo just a gangsta doing gangsta shit but that lady just evil her and then Ms Donnelly a close second threatening to call Randy foster mom all the time 😠
When Alan Sepinwall reviewed the episode, he remarked that it takes a special kind of horrible to be the worst mother in a scene including Breonna Barksdale.
Good thumbnail clip there. Poor Randy. He's a really good kid and I don’t like how Miss Donnelly handled that situation with him although I recognise the seriousness of the rape allegation made by Tiffany. Let's dive into the episode!
Miss Donnelly is the Jay Landsman of the school staff. Just trying to keep the funding coming in and the bosses off everyone's backs, which unfortunately means treating each child with the same detached, approach the homicide unit uses for their bodies.