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Subject: Re: Will Trent "It's Easier to Handcuff a Human Being" 3/26/2024
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:20:14 -0400
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On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 04:03:01 -0000 (UTC)
"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

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> In the A story, it's another one of those plots in which nothing
> develops from interviews, just Will and sometimes what's her name, his
> temporary partner, make plot points based on inference, without clues.
> 
> Does anyone know why Iantha Richardson is off the show? Very very
> pregnant?
> 
> There's voodoo and weird mysticism and Gula Gula mythology. I thought
> Gula Gula culture was in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, not south
> of Macon in that tiny bit of Georgia coastline. Then we never even
> saw the Atlantic as promised.
> 
> In the B story, Ormewood is a huge fan of a nighttime soap opera
> satirizing Real Housewives. I thought the over-the-top actresses were
> amusing, and we learn that they are their tv characters off stage.
> 
> The murderess was telegraphed from the character's introduction.
> 
> Polaski has nearly no lines, and her recovery from massive head trauma
> appears to have become a dropped plot point.
> 
> Lots of references to Ormewood spending time with his wife, but she
> isn't seen on the episode. Sure enough, she's left for good.
> 
> I really wish the brilliant Sonja Sohn had something to do. Maybe she
> can return to The Wire.

It looks like she is going to Centre Stage in the next episode, based
on the last scene of yesterday's episode. 

I would dearly LOVE to see another few seasons of The Wire. I wonder if
it's too early to think about reviving it? 


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Rhino