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The Wire: Episode 60 "-30-"

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Simon_Cowbell, Mar 4, 2008.

  1. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    I just saw it.

    Not going to spoil anything.

    I will say, and you know how critical I was of the second quarter of the season, that that was a finely crafted 92 minutes. Beautifully done.

    It ends with mostly uplift, but there is one awful image near the end, and one I thought didn't ring true.

    But as a series finale, it's definitely in my top 5.

    -30-, indeed.
     
  2. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    Re: The Wire: Episode 60 - "30" (NO SPOILERS IN STARTUP POST)

    That's "-30-"
     
  3. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Re: The Wire: Episode 60 - "30" (NO SPOILERS IN STARTUP POST)

    Not on my DVD.

    Sorry, pal.
     
  4. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    Re: The Wire: Episode 60 - "30" (NO SPOILERS IN STARTUP POST)

    It has journalistic significance, as I'm sure you know:

    http://www.hbo.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleServlet?ACTION_DETAIL=DETAIL&FOCUS_ID=650534

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%80%9330%E2%80%93
     
  5. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Re: The Wire: Episode 60 "-30-" (NO SPOILERS IN STARTUP POST)

    OK.

    Now that that has been settled.
     
  6. Jeremy Goodwin

    Jeremy Goodwin Active Member

    Re: The Wire: Episode 60 - "30" (NO SPOILERS IN STARTUP POST)

    So a bootleg DVD has the name of the episode wrong by not having the - -? :eek:
     
  7. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    Re: The Wire: Episode 60 "-30-" (NO SPOILERS IN STARTUP POST)

    From the episode summary -- and I don't really consider this a spoiler, just a deduction -- it looks like Prez finally makes an appearance as Dukie hits him up for a loan.
     
  8. Boobie Miles

    Boobie Miles Active Member

    Re: The Wire: Episode 60 "-30-" (NO SPOILERS IN STARTUP POST)

    Completely not a spoiler, just something funny to look out for:

    Almost exactly an hour into the show, right after a press conference they show the newsroom. The scene begins with a scan of mostly anonymous faces, one of which I believe belongs to David Simon. I could be off, but I'm almost positive that it's him.

    The things you pick up watching this show more than once.
     
  9. Msaint

    Msaint Member

    Re: The Wire: Episode 60 "-30-" (NO SPOILERS IN STARTUP POST)

    After last Sunday's episode everyone kept saying that the finale wasn't on for another two weeks, etc. But it's on tonight. Just in case there's anyone left out there who thinks it's on NEXT Sunday....
     
  10. Michael Echan

    Michael Echan Member

    Re: The Wire: Episode 60 "-30-" (NO SPOILERS IN STARTUP POST)

    I don't have spoilers, but is it kosher to post theories here?
     
  11. part-timer

    part-timer Member

    Re: The Wire: Episode 60 "-30-" (NO SPOILERS IN STARTUP POST)

    It is Simon. He was being Hitchcockian to go along with his Dickensian tale...
     
  12. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    Re: The Wire: Episode 60 "-30-" (NO SPOILERS IN STARTUP POST)

    He also appears in Season 2 in the media throng for Frank Sobotka's perp walk.
     
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