Amazing already! | The Wire Season 3 Episode 1-3 | Reaction & Commentary

[@GeneralZodFDNY77]

You can tell original Wire fans from new fans by how they identify Aiden Gillan. Us old fans saw him as Tommy Carcetti first, so that's how I always remember him. Don't matter how good he was as Littlefinger, that will always be Tommy C. to me.

[@monadreher2428]

This 😂 I was surprised af seeing him on GoT back when it first started airing. While absolutely very good in both roles I always give his performance as Carcetti more applause. Carcetti is basically a character that's left for the viewer's interpretation and that 's largely successful to Aiden's acting.

[@SomahCorp]

Didn't even knew the actor's name when I saw GoT. So to me it was "Damn', WTF is Carcetti doing in here ?"

[@Foksuh]

Yeah he'll always be Carcetti.. but when I saw they cast him as Littlefinger I knew they'd made the perfect pick for the role!

[@umusuuk]

The police chief meeting where Bunny asks "how do you make a body dissapear" has some interesting echoes in the next season.

[@zelazbert]

Ah, the humanity. The Wire shows it like no other. Gets right in there, from one viewpoint to another, the dirt and the beauty.

[@FrankFreezy_]

It does it so effortless too

[@JohnWilliams-et3hh]

Always enjoyed the contradiction in that scene when Stringer gets angry. He's talking about business and moving on from that old school mentality, but when he's challenged it's straight back to aggression and intimidation. Hard to let that stuff go.

[@FrankFreezy_]

we back!!!!!

[@BennyBlancoNL]

Big up!!

[@FrankFreezy_]

🙏🏾🙏🏾💐💐

[@weswesyall2827]

Love your reactions and your witty comments.. but sometimes your just too woke for this show 😂

[@BouillaBased]

"I hope it's not another crooked politician." Hope/wish/pray in one hand, s**t in the other, and see which fills up faster.

[@FrankFreezy_]

Sounds about right

[@liammaggs2985]

Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk ah bihs out there is such a funny line

[@FrankFreezy_]

For real😂

[@mak11stack11]

😂😂😂😂

[@rand8527]

After the Wire you should watch “The Corner” and “We Own This City” both by David Simon and both just six episodes. The Corner was the precursor/inspiration for the Wire. We Own This City came out a few years ago, takes place in Baltimore in the 2010’s and is about a corrupt police unit, also a true story. Both series have many actors from the Wire.

[@moonlight-sunriize]

omg yes i'd also second The Corner!! it was a quick watch, but i got just as sucked in. i haven't seen We Own This City yet, but that's on my list.

[@TuskyBaby]

We Own This City had its moments, but its no Wire unfortunately. The Corner is depressing as hell though and idk if we should put Frank through that 😂

[@Gh-jo1sr]

@@TuskyBaby most shows aren't the wire, but I loved We Own This City me and wished it was longer than just 6 episodes.

[@SomahCorp]

Fun fact, the actor playing lieutenant Mello (Colvin's right hand) is actually named Jay C. Landsman and he's a retired cop. That's how you build a world on screen !

[@ryanchad586]

The real life “john cena”

[@rthompsonmdog]

Thanks! Three episodes!

[@FrankFreezy_]

Much love fam. I think that will be the standard release number going forward

[@emoedison]

Cutty is (or was) a very common nickname for anyone you spent time with at the Maryland State Penitentiary, also referred to as the Cut. Watch the character's relationship with that name change over the next three seasons.

[@caseycornwell]

I just know you're going to love Bunny! Season 2 is my favorite season because of my polish ancestry, but Bunny's storyline and it's impact on the rest of the series... chef's kiss.

[@FrankFreezy_]

he is amazing honestly

[@missbelled6700]

They gave that man some of the realest scenes ever written and he killed it every time.

[@monadreher2428]

Among all the brilliant things that this season provides Hamsterdam is the standout plot for me. Just so original and unique especially for a "cop show". Watching this back in real time was truly quite an experience. It just sucked to barely have anyone to talk about it with 😂 Well back then anyway.

[@holyflygon]

idk if anyone said it but the whole "cole stairmaster" was there way to tribute the actor. He passed while filming and this was there way to "end" his character in the show.

[@kbiz2379]

The cop who gave the speech and talked to Bunny is the real Jay Landsman

[@FrankFreezy_]

I just learned that today. So cool.

[@WhatsUpDoc1379]

This is my personal favorite season

[@norwegianblue2017]

You know it is an incredible series when hardly anyone can agree what the best season is.

[@monadreher2428]

​@@norwegianblue2017 Right. Even the "lesser" applauded seasons 2 and 5 have their fans and are still top tier seasons of television in their own right. 2 in particular.

[@Born2DoubleUp]

yeah this season was a banger. they all got their charm.

[@thegrimner]

One thing to also help you frame thos season, it can definitely be read as a metaphor on the invasion of iraq, there's a lotnof subtle and unsubtle references, not least of wihich, the fall of the towers setting things in motion.

[@DJLawrence]

That Deacon, the church man who was talking to Bunny in eps 2 saying the drug war is rsking leaves on a windy day. He was Little Melvin, a real-life inspiration for Avon Barksdale's character.

[@FrankFreezy_]

Damn. I love that and all the real life Inspirations this show has. Thanks

[@thegrimner]

​@@FrankFreezy_ many of the characters in the show are composites of real people David Simon and Ed Burns knew from their time as crime reporter and homicide cop respectively. And the opposite also happens and a lot of real people also find their way into the show. Some more examples are to come this very season, but remember Brother Mouzone's bodyguard? The actor who played him was named DeAndre McCullough, and his real life story is the primary focus of David Simon's previous show, The Corner. He was the son of drug addicts and became a drug dealer himself growing up. It's also a great show to watch, focusing more on the street side of things, but it uses a lot of the cast of the wire, only with roles reversed. Everyone you see playing a cop on the wire, played a drug dealer or a drug addict in the Corner and vice versa.

[@thegrimner]

​@@FrankFreezy_and forgot to add, Melvin was actually arrested by Ed Burns back in the 80s. The lore behind the show goes as deep as the actual show.

[@ryanchad586]

@@thegrimneridk that was deandre, learn something new each day wow

[@jdoggyb9343]

The actor who played Ray Coles was also the co creater of the wire and actually died not long after the second season

[@BennyBlancoNL]

Yes. Alcohol can taste good. There are so many different options, its like soda. You can find something that you would like.

[@FrankFreezy_]

Gotcha. My wife and I tried some red wine and white wine for New Years Eve. That shit was bussin

[@BennyBlancoNL]

@@FrankFreezy_ Cocktails usually have the best taste. The 'girly' drinks. You dont seem like the type that would have a problem with alcohol now and then. ✌🏾

[@FrankFreezy_]

@@BennyBlancoNL good to know. I never just got into it when I was a teenager. The wine we had on New Year's was the only alcohol I had like ever. But yes I agree nothing wrong with having a little bit now and then.

[@makani9004]

The Wire is my favorite show, and this is my favorite season. I have a couple complaints, but what a ride. Colvin and Cutty are amazing characters.

[@FrankFreezy_]

Great ass characters

[@moonlight-sunriize]

two of my favorite characters!! :')

[@nazgul9538]

Szn 4 is the consensus best szn for the fans, but this is my fave 😅 the themes and the character redemptions, payoffs & falloffs

[@FrankFreezy_]

Absolutely love season 3 so far

[@moonlight-sunriize]

even though season 4 is my personal favorite, season 3 is a CLOSE second. some days, i'd even consider them a tie for me tbh so i don't blame you at all!

[@jonnykilroy9762]

I think S4 is a lot of people's favorite because it really hit home for a lot of us, myself included. But S3 is top to bottom the best season of the show imo

[@TheFuersty]

Awesome. Glad you are continuing. You'll love this season.

[@FrankFreezy_]

Thank you. This season is amazing already

[@louis25r]

So happy to see this xx

[@FrankFreezy_]

✌🏾✌🏾

[@hammwatkins2431]

Couldn't wait for ur introduction to Marlo..... lol

[@Elfanater]

Season 2 sets up the rest of the series but season 3 is top notch!

[@laurenobrien1780]

Love this season and love your commentary...it only gets better! Season 4 is gonna wreck you 💔

[@LLlap]

I watched this before GoT so my reaction was exactly like yours: "Oh, Wow, Carcetti in Kings Landing!" =))))

[@FrankFreezy_]

Haha I love it. Some actors just own the role so well that the characters all you see sometimes

[@SteveGrant-k6j]

"I gotta hit the head." = "I gotta go to the bathroom."

[@timgreenwald1043]

Check out the scene where Tasha was killed, rewatch it closely and in slowmo.

[@makani9004]

Good observation, about the successful people in the game having advisors. Joe is old enough that I think he is kind of like Butchie, but he doesn't have the right person to impart his wisdom to. Cheese is supposed to be that, but he isn't the learning type.

[@FrankFreezy_]

Thanks. I really enjoyed that dynamic in the show.

[@Maurice1191]

Are you aware that most of the secondary characters are the actual people that 'The Wire' and It's pseudo prequel 'The Corner'.

[@a6ruled]

Huh… in E1 when Daniel’s’ wife is introducing him to her team (26:10), Daniels doesn’t put out his hand to shake Watkins’ until Watkins does… kind interested in the significance of that..? Respect..?

[@masondane]

i feel like kima can’t connect with the kid because it just isn’t hers biologically. her girl is the one who carried it thru the pregnancy and you could already see kima struggling to be enthusiastic about it so i think even moreso now she just doesn’t have that love or connection with it

[@DTCAllOver]

🙂‍↔️“It wasn’t that good” 😂😂😂

[@FrankFreezy_]

Sometimes just gotta be honest lol

[@DTCAllOver]

@@FrankFreezy_Facts

[@pandre5458]

The peak is incoming

[@mo2k638]

The income is peaking

[@chilairearts4238]

yea crazy episode

[@lateiro6845]

Like the video guys it’s FREE!

[@FrankFreezy_]

🙏🏾💛

[@rand8527]

I’m sure others have said, but at the end of season 2 you said the Wire keeps getting better… you’re in for a ride. People consider season 2 the worst and seasons 3 and 4 to be the best.

[@cgr613]

21% is trifling

[@tiapesi2738]

Naaahhh Ltd. Definetly is seperated so he did not cheat. But everybody else? Definetly. It's atrocious. I think it's probavly a concious choice because cops are statistically up there when cheating is considered. I read that somewhere but can't remember where.