Pretentious pretentious pretentious good fucking god this is a horrible episode of an otherwise wonderful show. Episode 3 was incredibly adept at showing the ins and outs and backstabbing and slick political manoeuvrings and processes and the crazy tangled messy web of shit they put all over each other and leave behind as well as shitting on all their underlings in the process. This is what makes the series really shine and stand out, the sheer intelligence scheming and moral complexity of the characters is enough for one hell of a show. Add incredible acting, and the 35 years of hands on experience of life This was a half ass episode, a byproduct of a TV show creators "vision" getting the best of actual plotting, dialogue and character. Worse part of the episode is when Colvin takes everyone into the auditorium and says we're making changes and everyone boos him on the spot. That coupled with Herc and Carver rounding up hoppers and them being pissed that "its not supposed to work this way, we grind you fuck our shit up thats how it is" is supposed to beautifully artistically and pessimistically show us how resistant to change people are. That may be true in many cases, but for a show thats supposed to be a "documentary of the streets", the street thugs sure are contemplative and philosophical, talking about how things are supposed to be. They are in effect taking overeducated Ivy League Jewish screenwriters caressing the hell out of their liberal values and trying to make it authentic and give it street cred just because it is said by black people wearing baggy clothes using AUTHENTIC Baltimore slang. Half these kids look straight out of the suburbs, and I can just see them changing out of their starched khakis and pressed polo shirts, and into G rags, size 90 pants and XXXL white T-shirts. I bet the wardrobe team had a hard on for months because even the outfits were so authentic. Every last detail. It basically means the research they did to make it so authentic was go to a local shopping mall, go into a hip hop shop and buy the clothes. If you don't understand or share my frustration, watch a documentary on youtube called hood-to-hood. It is a true documentary of the streets, people talk about the real day to day hustle of the corners and it really sounds truly ghetto. You can barely understand what the fuck it is they are talking about even with subtitles because they a hustler flow thats half rap song and half incoherent street babble without much of a middle, end continuity or even a clause to most sentences. So if the cops picked up these real street kids they wouldnt be spewing out Shakespearean platitudes in Ebonics and contemplating the nature of change, they would either cuss out the cops for being cops and fucking with them or go to "Hamsterdam", check out if its bullshit and sling without thinking twice about it. Isn't "The Game" all about not looking back?
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