Post by nowimnothing on Feb 4, 2014 10:01:42 GMT -5
Summary:
Bunk shows Greggs pictures to ID the shooters. She recognizes Little Man and Wee-Bey but she only IDs Little Man as a shooter even after Bunk tells her about the evidence linking Wee-Bey to the shooting.
Avon is out on bail and talks with the attorney and Stringer. The attorney tells him that several of his men will have to do time and that is their best bet for a light sentence for Avon. Stringer and Avon visit a funeral parlor to set up a new office.
D'Angelo is willing to talk in exchange for a new start. He names Wee-Bey as the killer of Dierdre and that he is in Philadelphia.
Freamon gets a former cop to help him trace the a number in Philadelphia that has been calling Stringer and the detail is able to nab Wee-Bey.
McNulty and Daniels talk to the FBI about taking the case, but the feds are only interested in the corrupt politicians and may offer Avon a deal so McNulty gets mad and they back off.
McNulty gives Bubbles the rent money from Greggs, but it is too late, he is using again.
D'Angelo's mother visits him in jail, talks to him about family and gets him to stop cooperating with the police.
In court, several of the gang enter plea deals. Avon gets 7 years, D'Angelo gets 20.
Wee-Bey also enters a plea deal for life in prison for several murders, he says he killed Little Man and the witness from episode 1 since they won't add anymore to his sentence. This is despite the evidence that Bird killed the witness. He refuses to give up information on Stringer and Avon.
The end is montage showing where everyone ended up. Stringer is running the drug business, the drugs are still on the street. Carver is promoted and working for Burrell. McNulty is assigned to the marine unit while Freamon takes his place in homicide with Bunk. Greggs is still recovering. Herc is showing some maturity as he talks to some new transfers to narcotics. Daniels does not get the promotion he was waiting for. Poot and Bodie move up the ranks of the dealers, organizing crews. Omar shows up at the very end, still playing the game.
Random thoughts:
Well a kind of depressing finale. No one ends up getting what they want, except perhaps Freamon who is back on homicide with a near-sighted stripper girlfriend.
Maybe the detail did not share much with the feds, because I don't see them backing off evidence of corrupt politicians too easily.
I was surprised that Carver was the mole for Burrell, not sure we got any hints before this episode.
Great callbacks to the early episodes including the "where don't you want to go" which McNulty must not have paid attention to and "What the fuck did I do" in reference to The Bridge on the River Kwai. McNulty may be being too harsh on himself. He did after all put several players in jail and disrupted Avon's organization a bit. But they are back up after not too long and he missed a chance to go after the politicians.
Perhaps Daniels and McNulty are guilty of the same shortsightedness they bemoaned in others. They were always more interested in Avon and Stringer even though they did not do the dirty work. In pursuit of them they refused to follow the money to larger fish and ended up only getting the street-level players they never really wanted.
I am really not sure what is in store for next season. Will McNulty be doing some Miami Vice type detective work on the marine unit? Is Bunk and Freamon a dream team or will they rub each other the wrong way? Will D'Angelo and Avon be in prison together?
Notes on reviews:
I plan to keep going right into season 2 if you all like, but my pace may slow down a bit as I just got the last season of Dexter and I want to get that shit over with as soon as possible.
Thanks for reading even if you all don't comment much. I know the reviews are pretty short but I don't have a lot of time to work on them. I do think they have helped me keep plot points straight and for me to recognize some of the less obvious touches.
Bunk shows Greggs pictures to ID the shooters. She recognizes Little Man and Wee-Bey but she only IDs Little Man as a shooter even after Bunk tells her about the evidence linking Wee-Bey to the shooting.
Avon is out on bail and talks with the attorney and Stringer. The attorney tells him that several of his men will have to do time and that is their best bet for a light sentence for Avon. Stringer and Avon visit a funeral parlor to set up a new office.
D'Angelo is willing to talk in exchange for a new start. He names Wee-Bey as the killer of Dierdre and that he is in Philadelphia.
Freamon gets a former cop to help him trace the a number in Philadelphia that has been calling Stringer and the detail is able to nab Wee-Bey.
McNulty and Daniels talk to the FBI about taking the case, but the feds are only interested in the corrupt politicians and may offer Avon a deal so McNulty gets mad and they back off.
McNulty gives Bubbles the rent money from Greggs, but it is too late, he is using again.
D'Angelo's mother visits him in jail, talks to him about family and gets him to stop cooperating with the police.
In court, several of the gang enter plea deals. Avon gets 7 years, D'Angelo gets 20.
Wee-Bey also enters a plea deal for life in prison for several murders, he says he killed Little Man and the witness from episode 1 since they won't add anymore to his sentence. This is despite the evidence that Bird killed the witness. He refuses to give up information on Stringer and Avon.
The end is montage showing where everyone ended up. Stringer is running the drug business, the drugs are still on the street. Carver is promoted and working for Burrell. McNulty is assigned to the marine unit while Freamon takes his place in homicide with Bunk. Greggs is still recovering. Herc is showing some maturity as he talks to some new transfers to narcotics. Daniels does not get the promotion he was waiting for. Poot and Bodie move up the ranks of the dealers, organizing crews. Omar shows up at the very end, still playing the game.
Random thoughts:
Well a kind of depressing finale. No one ends up getting what they want, except perhaps Freamon who is back on homicide with a near-sighted stripper girlfriend.
Maybe the detail did not share much with the feds, because I don't see them backing off evidence of corrupt politicians too easily.
I was surprised that Carver was the mole for Burrell, not sure we got any hints before this episode.
Great callbacks to the early episodes including the "where don't you want to go" which McNulty must not have paid attention to and "What the fuck did I do" in reference to The Bridge on the River Kwai. McNulty may be being too harsh on himself. He did after all put several players in jail and disrupted Avon's organization a bit. But they are back up after not too long and he missed a chance to go after the politicians.
Perhaps Daniels and McNulty are guilty of the same shortsightedness they bemoaned in others. They were always more interested in Avon and Stringer even though they did not do the dirty work. In pursuit of them they refused to follow the money to larger fish and ended up only getting the street-level players they never really wanted.
I am really not sure what is in store for next season. Will McNulty be doing some Miami Vice type detective work on the marine unit? Is Bunk and Freamon a dream team or will they rub each other the wrong way? Will D'Angelo and Avon be in prison together?
Notes on reviews:
I plan to keep going right into season 2 if you all like, but my pace may slow down a bit as I just got the last season of Dexter and I want to get that shit over with as soon as possible.
Thanks for reading even if you all don't comment much. I know the reviews are pretty short but I don't have a lot of time to work on them. I do think they have helped me keep plot points straight and for me to recognize some of the less obvious touches.
