I'm now finally finished with Season 2 of The Wire. After my initial post last week claiming it was a comedown from season 1, I can agree now that it's not much of one. The season wrapped up so nicely, especially with that montage in the last scene, with Nick Sobovtka looking out over the water and then walking uphill away.
Frank Sobovtka was such a good character, sort of a tough Willie Loman, and the actor playing him was magnificent. Even Ziggy attained some redemption in my eyes.
The problem with watching The Wire so late is no one to talk to about it. I actually prefer to watch it on DVD, all at once, rather than week by week, but miss the water cooler nature of watching a good TV show as it airs. I walked into school last week still clamoring with the news in my head that D'Angelo - probably my favorite character from season 1 - had been killed, and everyone was pretty non-plussed. After all, it happened years ago. But, damn. I even knew it was coming, from accidentally reading a Wikipedia entry, but was still blown away.
Now it's on to Season 3, which I think is somewhere in the house. I haven't seen it since I moved.
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A lot of people didn't like season 2 because they felt too much of the focus was taken off the Barksdale clan and the thug-life nature of the first season and didn't care about whitey and the port unions being portrayed. I thought season 2 was better than season 1 and that it ranks only behind season 4 of the four seasons as best (season 4 was the best season of any television series in history and I can't imagine the new season living up to it, but I'm hopeful).
He DIES?!?!? You bastard!
I still haven't seen season 4 yet. Maybe I'll watch it on the onDemand thing.
My two favorites are Season 2 and Season 4, though for two entirely different reasons: Season 2 because of its masterpiece storyline, and Season 4 because of its social commentary. Season 2's plot arc is PERFECT. It's characters are PERFECT. The downfall of Frank Sobotka (you used a very weird spelling, btw) at the end makes him something of a tragic hero.
Season 4 packs the most punch in exposing the problems in Baltimore by connecting everything to the root of the problem: the failure of education in Baltimore (save your school, of course).
I have to speak up for Season 3 again. I feel as though it is the best of all of the seasons so far. Stringer, Avon and Omar - brilliant. Find it fast.
Season 4 was a bit of a let down to me...maybe because it had been built up so much? As a former city teacher, I expected more from the school plot lines and they didn't deliver. Don't get me wrong - still better than 95% of what is on TV, but probably my least favorite of all of the seasons.
Season 4 is also my favorite. However, I disagree that it exposes the problem as the failure of education. I think it shows that the root of the problem is the failure of parenting. The teachers and staff are the only people who actually care about the kids and try to help. Just watch the episode where "Bunny" meets Naymond's mom and is scolded because he kept her son out of jail.
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