Change Your Image
davidkallebring
Reviews
The Wire: Not for Attribution (2008)
I usually don't give high ratings
I haven't given out that many 9s or 10s throughout my watching, and I rarely give reviews like this unless it's a really special episode.
And man, this ought to be one of my favorite episodes I've ever watched.
There were 3 major plotlines that I absolutely loved in this slow, unthrilling, yet fascinating episode.
Firstly, we got the dialogue between Norman and Gus at the bar that stirred up one of the biggest headlines of the show so far; The controversy of the Deputy Commissioner position. It heated up the entire stage among the big people in Baltimore. (The Mayor, Colonel, Deputy and many more). Clay Davis was furious. It was just incredible to see how one little talk between two half drunk men at a bar could stir up an entire city.
The second thing I loved about this episode revolves around Marlo (+his people), Prop Joe, Butch and Omar.
The immense stubbornness in Marlo was interesting for me, he comes back to that Greek twice, laundering his money within just one episode to get hold of this Russian guy. He also commands Chris and Snoop to do those horrifying things against Butch. (Which everyone, including Prop Joe was against). But f it, Marlo does whatever he wants.
The expression on Omar's face at the end was perfect acting. All the things Butch had done for him, even til his last breath; he was not gonna betray Omar. This both shows how great Butch is, as well as how brutal Marlo is.
But then of course we got Jimmy, man I found his parts of the episode funnier than anything I've watched recently, yet all his motives for these things are so perfectly written, deep and well played out. There are so many things to mention and explain here, but I'm too lazy to explain it all. Just watch the episode and pay attention to the scenes with McNulty in them. He's so obsessed with turning the job into something more interesting, he even risks going to prison for it. The way you can see how broken he is (probably after what happened with Bodie, as well as all of the stuff going on in the police department) with all of his drinking and also how he just ignores the possible "happy life" that he's already achieved with Beadie, taking some random girl at a bar to the carpark and doing the naughty naughty with her instead, I mean he's just lost his mind. And that's not even all, after being told by Bunk several times that he should stop the thing that he's trying to accomplish at the P. Dept., he just keeps on trying, and finally succeeding with it.
The best laugh I've had in a while was when I thought Lester was going to teach Jimmy a lesson (with Bunk present), but instead he just hops on the idea, trying to evolve it and being well open to breaking the law, just bc he loves some good police work.
This episode is so beautiful if you pay attention to all the little details, for anyone not enjoying it as much as me; REWATCH IT!
BoJack Horseman: Intermediate Scene Study w/ BoJack Horseman (2020)
WOW
Criminally underrated episode, one of my favorites so far of this show. I'm actually surprised it's not rated between 9-10. It's such a well crafted 25 minutes, with Bojacks new life as a teacher, and also his problems with Hollyhock. He is genuinely trying to become a better person, but it doesn't really go his way with Hollyhock avoiding him. There is some great humour in this episode as well, that thing with Bojacks students interrupting the "anonymous talk thingy" is funny yet deep in some ways. But the ending, it actually got my heart pumping as well, great cliffhanger and an overall amazing episode! I can't wait for The View from halfway down, but this episode does set the bar high.