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Open Source Idiom
Jan 4, 2013

Mr. Prokosch posted:

My ranking of seasons:
4
1
2
3
5
All other television

I'd put The Deuce season 2 above The Wire season 5.

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Open Source Idiom
Jan 4, 2013

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

Does Bosch get better as it goes on? I watched one season awhile ago and it was like, okay, but pretty formulaic. Maybe I'm just jaded now but yet another brooding detective who the bosses have it out for is like, not working for me by itself. I enjoyed seeing jamie hector and lance reddick but I dunno, I didn't quite get the pull of the show.

Man, I mentally checked out the moment the first season villain revealed he'd built a series of catacombs under his house, because he loved/hated France so much.

It's well paced and has decent, thoughtful dialogue, but that was some dumb poo poo.

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Jan 4, 2013

Jerusalem posted:

It kind of fell apart in the last couple of seasons, but man the first four were so much fun. Season 2 with Margo Martindale as the villain was probably the high point, though Boyd Crowder's constant presence was always a delight.

Yeah, the last two seasons did that same thing Veronica Mars / iZombie did, where they just overplotted the poo poo out of the story. (I only mention those other shows because it's a rare problem to have, but it's pretty notable when it happens).

I think the final season of Justified has, what, about six or seven different characters that find themselves occupying the big villain role? It's a loving mess.

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Jan 4, 2013

Syrian Lannister posted:

Bosch, season 7 has a nice tie into The Wire

The gang detective Det's Bosch and Edgar talk with refers to a crime boss as a female Stringer Bell. They even have her throwing a burner phone out of a car.

This was such a loving dad joke.

Which is absolutely their audience, but still a bit eye opening.

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