The gang of
maverick detectives is back but now they are tackling a new case on the docks
of Baltimore.
The show
runners of this series certainly got a lot of courage. They already got a very
big cast and complex plotting but instead of backpedalling they add an entirely
new layer to their construction.
This layer
is the dock area with his workers, led by Dockers union leader Frank Sobotka,
and a scary smuggling organization. They don’t’ forget the Barskdale drug
dealing organization, not at all, we continue to follow the events in the “pit”,
in the local prison and everywhere they unfold.
This is
brilliant stuff. They highlight the interconnections of all the various vices
of a big city, how they are all complex problems that eschew simple solutions.
On the other
side I’m watching this stuff all in a row; I can’t imagine how hard it can be
for the average viewer who sees only one episode per week. I find it hard to
keep track of two dozen main characters so it doesn’t surprise me that the wire
never got better rating. This is not serial TV; this is a twelve part movie.
I still don’t
k now if this is the best serial ever but certainly it got the best writing.
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