Sunday, November 6, 2016

The Wire (Serial)

Season 2

This second season sets up with the task force reassigned all over the place in some pretty petty positions (evidence locker, foot beat, harbor patrol). When a body is fished out of the harbor and it turns out to be tied to a group of 13 other women who died in a container ship, the wheels are set in motion to get the team together again. However, this season takes 5 or 6 episodes to set the stage. I feel like the writers did not take advantage of the prior season, and while yes, they did have to introduce an entire new community in the dock workers, they did nearly lose me in the process. But once the team is together, and chasing money and phones, they again make connections that lead to arrests. And I think that they get the agreement to make the task force permanent as a major crimes detail. Stay tuned.
4 stars (out of 5)

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