The Wire | The Siver Times https://sivertimes.com news and analytics Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:07:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://s3-ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/sivertimes/2020/09/cropped-%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B7-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F2.jpeg The Wire | The Siver Times https://sivertimes.com 32 32 These series characters left too early while they were still under the elbow https://sivertimes.com/these-series-characters-left-too-early-while-they-were-still-under-the-elbow/42074 https://sivertimes.com/these-series-characters-left-too-early-while-they-were-still-under-the-elbow/42074#respond Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:07:01 +0000 https://sivertimes.com/?p=42074 Was there really no way to give them even a little reprieve? We start to know the music: we do everything to make you attach to a character and when you make a small place in your heart next to your mother and your cat, we rip you all shamelessly . The worst thing is …

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The post These series characters left too early while they were still under the elbow first appeared on The Siver Times.]]> Was there really no way to give them even a little reprieve?
We start to know the music: we do everything to make you attach to a character and when you make a small place in your heart next to your mother and your cat, we rip you all shamelessly . The worst thing is that you’re maso because you come back every time. In fact you know very well that with time, the pain subsides, and that other characters will come to do the taf. Even if in hindsight, certain deaths seem to you really precipitated. The guys down there still had a role to play, I’m sure! (Attention spoilers!)
Jimmy Darmody (Boardwalk Empire)
The first two seasons of Boardwalk Empire revolve mainly around the mentor / protégé relationship between Nucky Thompson and Jimmy Darmody. But the thirst for power (and revenge) of the latter will lead to its loss … A heartbreak for all fans of the series, who had attached themselves to the true hero of the show of HBO.
We had to bump who instead? Manny Orvitz.
Charlie Pace (Lost)
Charlie is one of the most complex characters in Lost . An ex-rockstar addicted to the heroine who found a new meaning to his life after the crash of Oceanic Flight 815. On the island, the young man quickly fell in love with Claire, striving to help her Better to raise her baby. It will take time to digest his death in season 3, when his character would have deserved much better.
We had to bump who instead? Claire Littleton.
Robb Stark (Game of Thrones)
Roose Bolton’s blade not only took the life of poor Robb Stark during the famous “Purple Wedding” , it also caused a lot of trouble for fans of the fantasy series who imagined the new King of Winterfell well off to kick The Lannister ass. Robb, a great military strategist, imposed grave charges upon him, and Port-Royal seemed to him promised. But it is never good to have too many certainties in Game of Thrones , where his death and that of his mother totally rebuffed the cards.
We had to bump who instead? Everyone (this is what is expected).
Harry “Opie” Winston (Sons of Anarchy)
After a brief period of mechanics, “Opie” will quickly return to service within the Club. To the point of becoming one of the pillars of SAMCRO and more generally of the series. As much to say that his death in season 5 put a lot of fans in PLS, they who expected to see him continue until the end of SOA with his best friend Jax. Fate (and the creator of the series) will have decided otherwise.
We had to bump who instead? Clay Morrow.
Stringer Bell (The Wire)
The role that revealed Idris Elba to the general public. Straight arm of Avon Barksdale, Stringer Bell handles drug trafficking on the streets of Baltimore. Thinking and posed, the man takes lessons in economics and rationalizes traffic like any other business , to the point of seeing it as a gateway to the “real” business world, which will nevertheless Violent STOP. In his quest for power, String ‘will get angry with the bad people, including Omar and Mouzone who lead him in season 3. Too bad, his character still had so much to give …
We had to bump who instead? Avon Barksdale.
Shane Walsh (The Walking Dead)
The mano a mano between Shane and Rick is the main frame of the first two seasons of The Walking Dead with in climax the fight to death between the two heroes. On this subject, actor Jon Bernthal, who plays Shane, revealed that there was an alternative version of his death. In the final duel in the woods, Rick kills him with a knife before he wakes up in a zombie. So far, everything happens as in the series. But then, Rick had to take Shane’s gun and shoot at him, realizing that the gun was not loaded. Shane had not come to kill him. Proof that the former deputy sheriff still had good and a margin of evolution for the following episodes …
We had to bump who instead? Carl (yeah, it’s free).
Gustavo Fring (Breaking Bad)
Perhaps one of the most charismatic villains in the history of TV series. Gustavo, it’s a chartered accountant to whom you would give the good Lord, if beside that, he ordered no executions between two chicken menus in Los Pollos Hermanos. Attention to detail, his death has become a cult cult element. We would have liked her to intervene a little later …
We had to bump who instead? Hmmm …. Gustavo, not the choice.

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The post The thousand and one reasons to kill a character in series first appeared on The Siver Times.]]> Sometimes we wonder why. Sometimes you do not understand. At other times, we’re downright pissed off. In any case, there is always an explanation. Examples.
We simple spectators are ignorant. And that rhymes with addiction. We love a series, we like a character in particular and we want to keep it with us as long as possible. Mourning sometimes proves difficult, especially when you do not understand why the character should die . Because we do not have all the cards in hand. Here is what goes on behind the scenes and explains everything.
Sara Lance / Black Canary in “The Arrow”
Sister of Laurel, also a former conquest of Oliver aka The Arrow, Sara was given for dead from the beginning. Since the accident of Oliver’s boat, which had also made him believe it disappeared forever. In short, years later, the Black Canary landed and greatly helped Oliver in his taf to clean the city. Until she takes an arrow and falls from a building, dying instantly . Too bad, the fans loved it. Then the screenwriters and producers have brought him back to life, to tear it off, and it’s gone. Then they created a series called “Legends of Tomorrow”, around her. Big change of plan.
Rita in “Dexter”
Dexter’s girlfriend and wife, Rita was the ray of light of Dexter. As well as all the spectators. Problem: Dexter continued (as always) his small outings and ended up falling on a tough, trinity. Their mano a mano game ended dramatically, the opponent killing Rita, in his bathtub, when Dexter had eliminated him and thought he had escaped. Wrong. A death that was not necessarily planned for this character but that the producers saw as the best possible end in season 5 . And for the history of Dexter in general.
Stringer Bell in “The Wire”
Slowly but surely, the character has grown considerably. At Avon Barksdale’s base deputy, he becomes important when he finds himself in jail for a while. Then his intelligence makes the difference. He becomes the boss, he maneuvers everything behind the scenes, expands his network, fricots with the politicians … Fans love him too much . And this is what motivated the producers to kill the character, with the agreement of the actor, Idris Elba. They did not want and could not let the message pass that the life of a drug trafficker is noble, enviable, a success. The life of a gangster is difficult, risky, and ends badly. Omar had the same treatment, for the same reasons.
Kate Todd in “NCIS”
Then there, it is clearly the actress who wanted to be dezangled. Sasha Alexander was not ready for the rhythm of work required for the shooting of a series, long, constant, taking. Despite her extraordinary performance as a secret service agent, she did not hold the blow physically and nervously. Exhausted, she asked the producers to find a solution , that her character leaves the plot for good. So at the end of Season 2, she took a bullet and went away.
Lexa in “The 100”
Basically, we find ourselves a century after an apocalypse erupted on earth and some survivors live in an ark. After a while, they realize that their resources will not suffice forever and that we must return to earth, see if there is any way to resume their life there. So they send 100 young prisoners, minors, in designated voluntary mode, knowing full well that it stinks the suicide mission. Among them, Clarke, who will meet one of the few survivors left on earth, now formed into tribes, Lexa. These two women will then lead a romance. The actress Alycia Debnam-Carey who played Lexa was recruited in 2015 in “Fear The Walking Dead” . Question timetable, it was no longer manageable. She would have missed at least half the third season. Then the producers took the lead: after a scene of love with Clarke (long awaited by the fans), Lexa dies taking a ball to save her lover. A sudden but stupid death that made the fans crazy, to the point that they threatened to kill the showrunner Jason Rothenberg. How did you react to their dead?

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