Season 4 definitely started off with a bang with the killing of Marlo's man. This season has been way more explosive thus far in the first three episodes than any other season. McNulty really hasnt been seen much within the first three episodes. When he has been featured though, he appears to be an upstanding guy. Personally I don't like it, I need my alcoholic McNulty back.
One of the things that is quite interesting to see is the "grooming" of the kids in Baltimore. Im calling it grooming for lack of a better word, but in essence it somewhat is. In the first 3 episodes you see Marlo's man hand out money to the pre-teens and then to Namond's crew. Somehow I dont believe those hundred dollar bill's were actually "free" per say. Marlo seems like a man with a plan and has a lot of things figured out. On the other hand though I thought Avon had his stuff together too. How this will play out in the future should be interesting though.
To hit a little bit on the Psychopath article I wanted to talk a little bit on McNulty. Originally and naturally I though Bubbles was the most prone to being and becoming a psychopath. Escaping reality with drugs for some reason correlates itself with psychopath in my mind. Though after seeing the list for what determines a psychopath, I quickly changed my mind to McNulty. McNulty's attitudes and characteristics seemed to fall in line more so with a psychopath than anyone else in show. I suppose McNulty's spontinous and uncharacteristic behavior as a cop really plays a major part in why I believe he fits the mold of a psychopath.
Lastly, take a look at this video. Its pretty funny to see McNulty with a english accent. Quite impresssive how he can hide it so well, its quite thick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JopucowsQPY&feature=fvsr
I agree that Marlo's "free" money is really not free at all. It'll be interesting to see if he'll use it as leverage later on or if he'll just keep trying to buy the kids' loyalty. As for your point on McNulty being a psychopath, I'm not sure if I'm totally convinced. He definitely is able to experience emotions such as guilt first hand --- this kind of goes back to the episode where Kima got hurt and he seemed to go into a major depression because he felt like it was his fault. Overall, I guess he just seems to be more so rough around the edges and arrogant than anything else to me.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting that you mention Bubbles as a physcopath...I agree McNulty is definitely more of a psychopath than Bubbles! Come on...
ReplyDeleteThe "grooming" seen in these 3 episodes really caught my eye also. I do not think that money is free and it will come back to bite these young boys in the butt when Marlo expects them to repay him in some way. It is also a way for Marlo to make an impression on the kids in the area by showing that he is the one making all the money and he is the one running the game not Barksdales crew. It instills fear not to cross him and to keep him on your good side. I am interested to see which of the boys decides to follow Marlo.
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