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StuffonBookshelfs t1_j9hl5rg wrote

Another one who don’t love the docks.

Can’t please ‘em all.

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jogoso2014 t1_j9hk2fp wrote

I love season 2.

People routinely complain about any number of seasons but I’ve always looked at it as a patchwork of all the things that go into the drug trade and failed drug war.

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KingRemoStar t1_j9hmyyg wrote

It’s one of my favorite seasons. Love how they showed how they brought the drugs into Baltimore through the ports.

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bourj t1_j9hlfi7 wrote

Season 2 is my favorite season.

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105386 t1_j9hp0nx wrote

Season 2 is one of the best imo. Love the concept of docks and how it ties into the supply chain of drug shipments.

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bourj t1_j9hqynz wrote

Yep. And the fighting over who's district the body is in, and the dock union, and the Greek... awesome.

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mickeyflinn t1_j9jbt4x wrote

And the investigation squad got rebuilt during that season as well.

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officerfett t1_j9hwxo8 wrote

What's brilliant about The Wire is the realization that it's not just the local accounting of East Side and West Side drug dealers involvement in the drug trade, but rather shows certain aspects of how international crews operate low key behind the scenes, with no gawdy mansions, no super fancy vehicles, flashy clothes, and have the ability to operate in plain sight, as well as the protection and incentives they receive from various Federal organizations.

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chronoslol t1_j9hnptg wrote

Imagine unironically calling any season of the wire a 'sack of shit'. Troll post?

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DRoseCantStop t1_j9hlpzs wrote

That season is actually pretty damn integral to the rest of the show, lmao. Sorry you didn't like it, but pass the plate over if you don't mind.

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Toadfinger t1_j9hm7bl wrote

I freekin love S2. Funny as hell how the rivalry between McNulty and Rawls builds in this season. The church window rivalry. Frog. The murder mystery. And the acting by the Greeks is superb.

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k0peng t1_j9hqk55 wrote

Take the L out with ya

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[deleted] OP t1_j9hrfzd wrote

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k0peng t1_j9hs4jc wrote

It's a weaker season, and stands alone a little bit overall in the series. Definitely don't think it sucks. To say it's a "sack of shit" is ridiculous. It's why everyone disagrees with you. Shit, you know you have a hot take. It doesn't make you right, you're not all that important, nor your opinion. If your goal is to convince people "you're right" so much, you probably disliked season 2 because Ziggy is a mirror of yourself. Take the L and move on son.

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bernsteinschroeder t1_j9igbdf wrote

The internet has been around for how many years now and y'all still feed the trolls?

Other than this being a mindless troll post, you can be assured of one thing: anyone who says "have fun being mad at a void. I don’t have notifications turned on. I’ve said my piece. I’m out" is watching every post added.

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JuzoItami t1_j9jgbug wrote

>... anyone who says "have fun being mad at a void. I don’t have notifications turned on. I’ve said my piece. I’m out" is watching every post added.

Yep.

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Mcclane88 t1_j9ht8nj wrote

When I watched The Wire for the first time I also wasn’t a fan of season 2. However, when I watched the show again for a second time years later it played a lot better for me. I’d even go so far as to say I think it’s excellent now.

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SkullLeader t1_j9hzx6w wrote

All the pieces matter. Season 2 included. Personally, I like it a lot, but you are far from alone in thinking its the worst or 2nd worst season.

A lot happens that's important and/or entertaining even if you ignore the docks and the characters around that. Prop Joe, Valchek, Brother Muzzone, Cheese all take on much bigger roles or are introduced in this season. D'Angelo's storyline is resolved. McNulty is in full a-hole mode throughout, getting back at Rawls, throwing Daniels under the bus. Omar vs. the Barksdale crew heats up.

Also, I don't quite follow how you can say that nothing happens to the antagonists this season. One ends up dead - before he dies he sees everything he works for go up in smoke.
Another probably never getting out of jail. The rest of the union guys are thoroughly screwed by the end. Of course, Vondas and the Greek pretty much disappear for most of the rest of the series with nothing really having happened to them, but

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NGNSteveTheSamurai t1_j9i1xes wrote

I grew up in a union family so I loved the portrayal of laborers and what they go through.

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mjackson4672 t1_j9hl4b8 wrote

We are all entitled to our own opinions

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Thetimmybaby t1_j9hsq2h wrote

ugh. so wrong

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[deleted] OP t1_j9hte60 wrote

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hollywooddouchenoz t1_j9hx3uq wrote

Ziggy is a top 10 character. Frank is top 5. Season 2 is great.

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Artistic-Toe-8803 t1_j9iko8f wrote

Ziggy top 10? In the fucking wire? Is that a joke? Personally I don't really even understand how anybody could like him at all, but fair enough if you do, different strokes and all that. But to put him in a top 10 of Wire characters is just fucking absurd in every way. Idek if he'd make a top 30

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-notapony- t1_j9k9dp5 wrote

Ziggy is a better character when you know his story. I remember watching it live, and initially thought he was being portrayed as almost the dock's McNulty, a lovable fuckup who ultimately does the right thing. Instead he's just a fuckup who keeps getting in more and more over his head. He's the personification of the theme of the season, a generation who feels pressured to live up to the standards of the previous one, but without the support and infrastructure that the previous generation had. He would never have become his father, but he also didn't have the ability to see any other path for his life.

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jperiodcarter t1_j9i47zj wrote

I like season 2 but frank is DEF not a top 5 wire character haha. Respectfully disagree

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Toadfinger t1_j9ifol5 wrote

Frog rulz! Truly underrated.

Go get me a Snapple.

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TimelsChild t1_j9i2d2p wrote

Man I loved szn 2 but I get why people didn’t like it. I still think the wire is the greatest show to ever be

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Dadood588 t1_j9i9c4v wrote

Imagine using the word “objectively” when it comes to a piece of art and acting like your opinion holds any weight at all. Lmfao

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chpr1jp t1_j9hpbrh wrote

It was a slog to get through, but it held up in a rewatch.

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vaan1337 t1_j9hpedo wrote

Didn't like it the first time I watched it. Absolutely loved it the second time tho

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seltzerforme t1_j9hptpd wrote

Love Season 2, some amazing characters

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themothernut t1_j9i1j4o wrote

Have you watched more than once? 2nd season significantly better the second go round

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AshTheDead1te t1_j9i73n3 wrote

Nah, while season 1 and 4 are the best, season 2 is still very close, and all of the seasons are fantastic….having said that I didn’t like season 2 the first time I watched but after rewatching the series a million times I really like season 2 now

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mickeyflinn t1_j9jbrdl wrote

Season 5 did. Season 2 was great.

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orangemaroon25 t1_j9hw59g wrote

The first time I watched it I found it quite boring and I turned it off and went to watch something else. It's just so completely different from the first season. But then when I later tried it again and stuck it out through S2 it was actually great.

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Nacknack26 t1_j9j9yud wrote

>Season 2, objectively. People who find this season entertaining are boring

I wanted to give you a actual reply to your post than I saw this and was like nope I'm not doing this. Also maybe you should look up the word objectively.

Whatever season 2 is brilliant.

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Mellero47 t1_j9jfxag wrote

The Tale of Frank Sobotka is...boring? I get some people object to the focus change, making it "about white people", but between the girls in the container, Ziggy and Nicky's scheming, The Greek...I cannot understand.

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theblackfool t1_j9k7lli wrote

If you don't like the season that's fine but there's zero reason to insult people who do like the season.

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gomeras t1_j9kf3pq wrote

Season 2 was by far the best season

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babywithahugedick t1_j9kh47n wrote

So much great shit happens in Season 2. Even if you don't like the docks, you've got Cold Blood Stringer running the Barksdale Org. You get the Omar courtoom scene. D'Angelo and Avon in prison. Herc in Rocawear. The tennis ball.

But the shit with the docks is brilliant too. The last 4 episodes of the season are a perfect crescendo. The cat and mouse game with the Greek in the hotel is fucking great.

And without the Greeks you don't get the iconic line from Sergei - "Did he have hands? Did he have a face? Yes? Then it wasn't us."

Season 2 is objectively better than 5 by a mile and might even be better than Season 1. Doesn't touch 3 or 4 but to say it drags the show down is one of the stranger stances I see people take regarding The Wire. I really feel like people don't like Season 2 mostly because of how comparatively white the cast is.

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_Hooj_ t1_j9km8uj wrote

You're crazy. It's fantastic.

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draxenato t1_j9kot0n wrote

Totally agree. S2 felt odd, out of place wth the series as a whole.

Objectively, S2 was good television, but it didn't feel like The Wire.

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SpreadYourAss t1_j9i9arf wrote

I actually dropped the show after a couple of episodes of S2 because it wasn't hooking me.

You're actually motivating me to pick it back up, if the rest of the show is supposed to get better again! Really loved S1

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Toadfinger t1_j9if4xl wrote

Best show of all time. They earned that title like a muthafuck! Even better the 2nd time you watch it. Incredible characters, acting and storyline. I saw it once and immediately bought the box set on DVD.

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SpicyCats55 t1_j9jqzna wrote

Bruh season 2 is terrible, what y'all talking about?

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vilandra21 t1_j9hnqq7 wrote

Ziggy is beyond annoying. I watched the series for the first time a couple years ago and had a few people tell me just get through S2 and it’s fine

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[deleted] OP t1_j9hmm3i wrote

I loved the first season, the entire thing. Then I got to season 2. I havent gotten past the third episode and its been three years. So… yea, I feel you lol.

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TheTeenageOldman t1_j9hokps wrote

Way to totally miss the fuck out.

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[deleted] OP t1_j9huu9h wrote

idk is it not a general consensus among fans that season 2 is a super jarring change of pace/story and can be rough the first time through? ill get around to it

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babywithahugedick t1_j9khijc wrote

Yes, it's a jarring change. So is season 3, 4, and 5. That's the point of the show, peeling back more layers to the city by altering the scope of the setting. It isn't just about cops and robbers

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cnew22 t1_j9hxkyi wrote

Pretty much happened to me. My first watch I got stuck on it then came back to it a year later and got through it, and the rest of the show is incredible. Whenever I try and rewatch I get stuck again.

Op seems like an asshole but I very much agree that the season is boring.

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