![]() ![]() ![]() As reported by Fenton, the case had everything. ![]() We Own This City is the story of the 2017 scandal that hit the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force. And it’s partially that Simon is not a man of infinite patience, and there are long stretches of We Own This City that feel like the work of a storyteller who would just as soon yell into a void - or at least introduce a non-character played by Treat Williams to spell out things that many (or most) viewers probably would have understood anyway. It’s partially that Simon and company clearly feel like they’ve covered this material before and they’re looking for new ways to tell the stories, reinventing a wheel that was working fine before. ![]() At the same time, they’re also the show’s primary stumbling blocks. Repetition and frustration are baked into the DNA of We Own This City, integral to the show’s theme and structure. 'Daredevil: Born Again' Lands 'Dexter' Director Michael Cuesta (Exclusive)īecause of Simon’s involvement, We Own This City becomes an exploration of lessons unlearned, reforms gone astray and the bone-deep sadness that comes from the awareness that, almost 20 years after The Wire premiered, we’re still having the same conversations, pretending to celebrate the same Pyrrhic victories, paying lip service to the same notions that progress is being made. ![]()
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