Missrep

So sad that Michael K Williams was found dead yesterday due to a suspected drug overdose.

I binged the entire series of The Wire in a week with Jason during this lockdown. I hadn’t watched it before and always read that it’s one of the best TV shows of all time. So when I started watching it, it was with some skepticism that it could live up to all the hype and it absolutely did.

I started rewatching the whole series as I was watching it, and listened to hours of podcast discussions about the show with so much pleasure and I’m pretty sure I talked everyone’s ear off about the show.

It really isn’t fair to compare the series to Breaking Bad or Sopranos. Those were focused more on their main characters, what’s going on in their minds, the challenges they faced or overcame. The Wire was mind-blowing in the way it managed to show us the universe its characters were in.

At the end of the series, it felt like we knew the Game and Baltimore City. The series managed to do it with characters that weren’t one dimensional and had arcs that just felt realistic. Even though they had little screen time, the actors managed to make us feel vested in them and stir up our feelings, and Micheal K Williams is obviously one of them. Obama approved, OK?

Can’t imagine I would have loved the show as much without Omar Little whistling “Farmer in the Dell”, the courtroom scene, and his sheer presence or quotes.

“You come at the king, you best not miss.”

Omar Little

I binged all 6 episodes of Motel Makeover on Netflix yesterday.

It was an awesome TV cocktail made with shots of Fixer Upper, Instant Hotel, Gilmore Girls and Schitt’s Creek.

Some things were really hard to adjust to, like April and Sarah’s accents, or the term “Junified”, but it did happen. No matter how many times I went all Regina George and mentally went “Stop trying to make “Junify” happen, it’s not going to happen!”.

There was also a lot of Rosé-shipping. Is it just cause it’s wine but pink? Does it actually taste nice to them? Did their clearly suffering contractor Rick’s facial expression simply say it all?

Despite all that, these girls do have Insta-worthy taste and deserve all of their success. Couldn’t help rooting for them and hoping that Covid-19 wouldn’t be their ruin. It is inspiring that they gave up their day jobs and decided to Joanna Gaines/Lorelai it and build über cute motels. Friendship goals also.

I don’t know if I’d be OK with having a husband who wanted completely nothing to do with my own Netflix show though. I understand wanting privacy, but surely Sarah’s husband should have been there for the last minute helping out and stuff. Jason would not be able to escape.

Final lingering thought… does everything really have to be apricot beige?