Nothing crazy but all major threads are closed out. This was an interesting show about how people can become pretty much totally corrupt while still viewing themselves as the good guys and how others can go along just because it seems like the normal thing to do. Some of these guys who got 10+ years for their crimes could just as easily been placed on a unit that was clean and worked their whole careers without issue. Same thing goes for the criminals they are policing; born somewhere else with some decent opportunity in life and you get a different outcome. The thing we all have in common is that we are culpable for their actions while being mostly a product of our environment.
4 Reviews
Strong finale with memorable moments
snoozejonc7 June 2023
We see the aftermath of the arrest and trial of various members of the GTTF.
This is an informative finale that provides a lot of fascinating insights about the GTTF corruption case. The production values and performances of the actors are brilliant as they have been throughout.
There are conflicting opinions on the fate of Detective Suiter, which I won't tackle (as it will be pure speculation on my part). All I will say is what an utter tragedy was for him and his family.
Again there are scenes of speech making and moralising involving the character Nicole Steele. They are well made, but personally I find them unnecessary given how powerful the factual scenes are alone.
Jon Bernthal is excellent once again and Jamie Hector does a great job as Suiter.
This is an informative finale that provides a lot of fascinating insights about the GTTF corruption case. The production values and performances of the actors are brilliant as they have been throughout.
There are conflicting opinions on the fate of Detective Suiter, which I won't tackle (as it will be pure speculation on my part). All I will say is what an utter tragedy was for him and his family.
Again there are scenes of speech making and moralising involving the character Nicole Steele. They are well made, but personally I find them unnecessary given how powerful the factual scenes are alone.
Jon Bernthal is excellent once again and Jamie Hector does a great job as Suiter.
why so low rating?
matiasbockerman31 May 2022
The current rating in this series is 7.6, and much of the votes are given when only one episode of the whole season is presented. Why don't IMDB change voting policys? How can you criticize the whole series after you have only seen one episode? In many series, for example, Mr. Robot has the same problem. The series is barely fit on the top 250 list, although the episode ratings estimates are on average of 9 points. Couldn't that policy be changed that the series cannot be voted until at least one season has come out? Another problem with this series and its vote is that it is compared to The Wire Series, which is a fiction while this is a true story and as such a very well -directed, acted and written. The series was interesting and I looked at it without blinking, and the biggest star in the series is Jon Benthral: I hope this series will serve as a springboard for other main roles for him. Realistic, raw, brutal and very dramatic. One of The best TV series at the moment, I would have looked at more, the subject is interesting and there are certainly enough stories to tell. Great TV entertainment once and for all. Hopefully the series will also receive the attention it deserves in the emmys.
This is a good wrap up episode, but the series should have been longer
michiganave_p24 October 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This episode does wrap up the storylines nicely, most are really bleak (only positive was the sentencing of the GTTF), but it shows the desperation of how Baltimore keeps falling further into social despair. Things like political criminality, throwing even more money towards policing for required equipment, the continuation of ineffective police tactics and staffing, and violent (mostly gang-related) crime that never seems to cease.
The one area that tends to fall short of my expectations is the BPD training instructor scene, who It take it is supposed to be a composite character for Ed Burns (he is the real life ex-70's BPD detective, turned retiree, turned instructor) and his experience as BPD turned teacher turned police instructor turned author, but it feels Simon goes from 0 to 100 in why the War on Drugs is responsible for all of this mess. There's really no explanation of why Simon and Ed go straight to that conclusion, which leaves me with a load of questions on how drug nonenforcement will reduce violent crime, including gang-related violence.
I know the two of them are very anti-War on Drugs (I am, but not to their extent) which is a good thing seeing what it has done to municipal-level policing, but I continue to have a hard time imaging a world where the foot is removed from the gas pedal of the War on Drugs, and what comes out of it. Will it actually be progress and a reduction in crime? No one really knows in the end if significant funds are re-allocated to from enforcement to treatment and such.
The one area that tends to fall short of my expectations is the BPD training instructor scene, who It take it is supposed to be a composite character for Ed Burns (he is the real life ex-70's BPD detective, turned retiree, turned instructor) and his experience as BPD turned teacher turned police instructor turned author, but it feels Simon goes from 0 to 100 in why the War on Drugs is responsible for all of this mess. There's really no explanation of why Simon and Ed go straight to that conclusion, which leaves me with a load of questions on how drug nonenforcement will reduce violent crime, including gang-related violence.
I know the two of them are very anti-War on Drugs (I am, but not to their extent) which is a good thing seeing what it has done to municipal-level policing, but I continue to have a hard time imaging a world where the foot is removed from the gas pedal of the War on Drugs, and what comes out of it. Will it actually be progress and a reduction in crime? No one really knows in the end if significant funds are re-allocated to from enforcement to treatment and such.
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