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[Baba O’Riley]

Oof. Heavy heavy.

One thing that bugs me sometimes with this series is that they can be a bit obvious in telling the viewers how they should be feeling. In this case I really didn’t need the sappy score playing in the background as they discovered the camp. I thought it would’ve been more effective and chilling without it.

But that was one of the better episodes of the series, and addressed what’s been the elephant in the room for the viewers. It did a great job of conveying how the soldiers were unclear about the atrocities, if not totally in the dark.

Yes. A very heavy episode. It was the dynamic between Captain Nixon and the German Widow that made this particular episode absolutely genius to me. The way they look at each other in the beginning - then at the end. It's like we know both of their stories without them uttering a word to each other. It's frightening too because we understand why Captain Nixon drinks and is in despair and the widow, who was so far gone in her arrogance and hatred, only understood the atrocities after she saw the walking, skeletal prisoners, touched the bones of the murdered Jews and smelled the death up close. The horrors of war in different ways.

 

[Bigs23]

The two finest multi-season shows I have seen are The Sopranos and Succession. The latter has the best writing I have ever encountered, and the former the most truthful and artistic examination of the human condition and all its flaws, and then also the best large ensemble of acting (a highpoint for Succession as well.

The Wire is a group a few notches below that for multi-season shows, along with some non-HBO things like Breaking Bad and Severance.

The best single season shows from HBO are Chernobyl and The Night Of.

Loved all of those (haven’t seen the Night Of).

I would not peg The Wire a few notches below though. I found it utterly compelling.

 

[duluoz]

Loved all of those (haven’t seen the Night Of).

I would not peg The Wire a few notches below though. I found it utterly compelling.

I’d peg it (along with Succession) one notch below Sopranos and Mad Men. Probably fourth of those four. The acting/writing/directing is not as skillful as Succession, but the Wire’s overall story arcs are much more compelling.

 

[duluoz]

Yes. A very heavy episode. It was the dynamic between Captain Nixon and the German Widow that made this particular episode absolutely genius to me. The way they look at each other in the beginning - then at the end. It's like we know both of their stories without them uttering a word to each other. It's frightening too because we understand why Captain Nixon drinks and is in despair and the widow, who was so far gone in her arrogance and hatred, only understood the atrocities after she saw the walking, skeletal prisoners, touched the bones of the murdered Jews and smelled the death up close. The horrors of war in different ways.

That was really well done, and poetic justice in a really satisfying way. I wish every Nazi/sympathizer got that kind of comeuppance.