I’m immersed in season three of The Wire. (Yes, I realize I fall prey to number 85 on the list. Sue me.) Actually, I’m about to close out season three and get started on season four. And I can’t wait because I hear season four is the best season of The Wire there is.
Anyway, as I find myself watching these episodes I can’t help but think that I could be “good police.” In seeing myself in this role I would want to be a mix between McNulty and Freamon. McNulty in that he’s a go-getter and isn’t afraid to go above and beyond the chain of command for the sake of doing good police work. Freamon in that he’s cool and collected and realizes that one can be good police while also being a good person away from the job.
What show and/or movie do you find yourself immersed in these days? And are you like me in that you start to visualize yourself in the show? Or do I need to see a doctor?
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Irene and I have never been caught up in watching certain TV shows until recently. This is the one that I look forward to the most. It’s intriguing to me to think of a modern day prophet. He’s a lawyer who gains a conscience and completely turns his life into a crusade of helping the people he is led to through his visions although his visions tend to put him in very awkward situations. The character is noble. That’s something I’m striving to be.
Yeah, Joe, you would be good police, but you would burn out, crash and burn, because your heart is so soft. I took to the bed after Season Four — crying jags, the whole bit. Maybe I need to see a doctor. But it’s that “brokenness of the world” thing again. So broken, and so impossible to repair. Come, Lord Jesus!
peace — Kate
Oh, and as far as my own immersions in TV, I can’t help but wonder if I’m a Cylon. peace — K
late to the party, but we have loved (through Netflix) watching Friday Night Lights (the series, not the movie). Quite good stuff.
Ooooh, and I wish I were a Cylon! Or really, a Cylon-human love child. You know, hybridity saves the world and all that.
I love “The Closer”, “Without a Trace”, “NCIS” and “Cold Case.” On DVD I have all of the seasons for “6 Feet Under”. That was one unique show!
I sometimes wish I had the intelligence to be like the character Temperance Brennan on “Bones.” Since she’s loosely based on a real person, it feeds my delusion that it’s possible.
I’m worse about this with movies. I wanted to be Meg Ryan’s character from “You’ve Got Mail” for a very long time–minus the melodrama. I fancy that I could be the best little bookstore owner in any big city if I tried hard enough.
We are all about Lost these days.
I didn’t know you had been watching the wire. I’m just finished season two and I’m starting on season 3 right now. I’d be interested in discussing it with you sometime, and I do think you might be a “good police”
We’ve started watching Deadwood. Astonishingly plentiful use of the most colorful of language, but still, I love. Somehow the villains are just charismatic enough to keep me rooting for them, and the good guys are complex enough to keep me looking for their darkness.
I hate to admit this because I am a member of a church of Christ, but my favorite show is Sex and the City. I actually prefer the TBS version - it’s a little less shocking. I see myself being one of the gang - you know, Charlotte, Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Amy. I would be the Christian voice - I’m sure my character would only last one episode.
oh my goodness, that’s funny…the stuff that white people like. you would not believe how many white people have come to me saying that same stuff about the wire.
i saw the first season, but not the rest…i’m just going to borrow the rest of the seasons (box sets, of course), from one of my white friends, matt. seriously.
too funny