Just like the wire you take the characters into your heart, its upsetting watching them self destruct and joyful when they succeed. Great acting, great story, great script. It could easily have run for another 2 seasons, it should have.
Although looking at the negative reviews there is now a large cohort of people who prefer not to know what the world was like and who should really just stick to the Disney channel.
For me the overarching theme of the show is back in the 70s/80s New York was a dirty sleazy hole but despite that people had honest human experiences, both good and bad. The very last episode very effectively contrasts this with the modern New York, an over sanitised tourist attraction with everyone living their life through a 5.5" screen. The point being, yes it's safer, yes it's cleaner, yes it's brighter & bigger but along the way to achieving that the city lost its humanity. A pyrrhic victory.
Although looking at the negative reviews there is now a large cohort of people who prefer not to know what the world was like and who should really just stick to the Disney channel.
For me the overarching theme of the show is back in the 70s/80s New York was a dirty sleazy hole but despite that people had honest human experiences, both good and bad. The very last episode very effectively contrasts this with the modern New York, an over sanitised tourist attraction with everyone living their life through a 5.5" screen. The point being, yes it's safer, yes it's cleaner, yes it's brighter & bigger but along the way to achieving that the city lost its humanity. A pyrrhic victory.