The Gods Will Not Save You: The Wire Revisited
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WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! Jacob and Willy are back from accomplishing their mission of finishing out Season 3, to discuss the Season 4 opener, "Boys of Summer." Season 4, which is about the education system and all the people that are subservient to it and who run it, is considered by many die-hard Wire fans to be the absolute best. This season is certainly co-creator Ed Burns' baby (after all it is the most Ed-ucational), seeing as how he drew on his experience of being a middle school and high school teacher to inform Roland Pryzbylewski's storyline. Topics of discussion include: how Snoop's conversation with a Hardware Barn associate regarding nail guns sets up the major themes for the rest of the season, Marlo's brutal plan of evading police presence by disposing of his victims in vacant rowhouses, whether Freamon or Pearlman's political maneuverings regarding high-profile subpoenas are strategically viable or moral, and how the introduction of the four kid characters represent how people of older ages seen earlier in the show could have possibly gotten to where they were now. Thank you to all who have been listening and supporting us so far. If you'd like to donate, please do so at anchor.fm/thegodswillnotsaveyou/support.
Season 1, Episode 2, "The Detail"
Season 5, Episode 10, "-30-"
Season 5, Episode 9, "Late Editions"
Season 5, Episode 8, "Clarifications."
Season 5, Episode 7, "Took"
Season 5, Episode 6, "The Dickensian Aspect"
Season 5, Episode 5, "React Quotes"
Season 5, Episode 4, "Transitions"
Season 5, Episode 3, "Not For Attribution"
Season 5, Episode 2, "Unconfirmed Reports"
Season 5, Episode 1, "More With Less"
Season 4, Episode 13, "Final Grades"
Season 4, Episode 12, "That's Got His Own"
Season 4, Episode 11, "A New Day"
Season 4, Episode 10, "Misgivings"
Season 4, Episode 9, "Know Your Place"
Season 4, Episode 8, "Corner Boys"
Season 4, Episode 7, "Unto Others"
Season 4, Episode 6, "Margin of Error"
Season 4, Episode 5, "Alliances"
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