It's not exactly ah to say that the HBO mini-series We Own This City is just a continuation of The Wire 20 years after its debut. Looking across the board you'll see a ton of the same characters with the exception of a few mainstays like McNulty, Bunk, Keema, Daniels and a few others. Outside of that, this series is nothing more than a continuation of the story from The Wire. It's almost as if a lot of the characters are just playing the grown up version of what they would have become if the first series.
Let's start with Marlo. At the end of The Wire Marlo had tried to move into politics/real estate, but realized he was still for the streets. Now, as a grown-up, he's a cop because he's matured, but still feels at home out on the streets of Baltinore. Same can be said for Poot, but he moved up to Harford County because he was clearly exhausted with everything that was going on in the city.
Jay Landsman has moved up the chain and is now police commissioner, Dookie got over his drug habits and became a cop, Herc is now working for the police union... and somehow forming knowledgeable sentences. It's a really fun evolution if you try and connect the dots that way.
Other than the characters, everything else is the same too.
City: Baltimore
Focus: Police, drug dealers, crime, politics
Cops: Corrupt
Justice System: failing
Some people get upset when they hear people say The Wire is all Baltimore is. It's true, there is more to the city, but this is Baltimore baby. We're not going to get to a point of the city getting better and away from this stereotype unless enough people get tired of hearing this and decide to do something about it.
While we wait for that to happen, go watch We Own This City. Much like David Simon's past work, this series kicks ass.
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