Is going to rule.

From David Simon, writer/creator/producer of hands down the greatest TV show of all time.

The Bunk, Lester Freamon, John Goodman, and Steve Zahn have been cast. The show is about musicians, chefs, etc. attempting to rebuild New Orleans' culture in the aftermath of Katrina. Starts airing on HBO (who else?) on April 11.

http://www.hbo.com/treme/about/index.html

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3/11/2010 11:30:17 PM

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"Starts airing on HBO"

Good enough for me

3/11/2010 11:32:41 PM

Just like the early Homicide seasons, The Corner, The Wire and Generation Kill this show will kick fucking ass.

3/12/2010 12:45:10 AM

bttt for what looks like a very interesting show on sunday.

I hope there will be a live feed on justin.tv

4/9/2010 12:24:38 PM

Can't wait until Sunday!

4/9/2010 12:29:16 PM

Steve Zahn plays a hipster, that's all you need to know.

4/9/2010 2:10:03 PM

^That, and THE BUNK IS BACK!

4/9/2010 3:19:25 PM

this should be justification to get cable.

4/9/2010 3:19:25 PM

^^hopefully we get some more classic Bunk moments, like when he was wasted and tried to burn all his clothes because he thought his wife would smell the scent of pussy on him.

4/9/2010 3:35:04 PM

wow, 1st episode is an hour and a half

I'm very excited for this

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""Starts airing on HBO" Good enough for me"

lol...that's just like me. "Oh what's that? a new show on HBO? yeah, I'll watch it..."

4/9/2010 5:08:25 PM

^^And when he used his gun to shoot at a cockroach. The Bunk just can't hold his liquor, man.

4/9/2010 5:32:43 PM

bttt for tonight

4/11/2010 7:06:33 PM

amazing

what goes on inside simon's head?


also, what is the theme song?

4/12/2010 10:08:34 PM

"The Treme Song" by John Boutté

4/12/2010 10:27:29 PM

really loved it

4/12/2010 10:39:40 PM

^^thanks

great song

4/12/2010 10:54:46 PM

gonna watch the pilot as soon as the torrent finishes downloading...any David Simon fans should read this long but awesome interview in Vice magazine if you haven't already:
http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n12/htdocs/david-simon-280.php

4/12/2010 11:09:14 PM

^lotta good features on him leading up to the show:

http://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/65235/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/magazine/21simon-t.html

for two



and you know man, you really need to get hbo and support this show if you like it. you can cancel when it is done. They had to fight to keep The Wire on the air b/c of its crap ratings. HBO can only give simon free rides so often before he has to start getting some ratings...

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4/12/2010 11:13:55 PM

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"and you know man, you really need to get hbo and support this show if you like it. you can cancel when it is done. They had to fight to keep The Wire on the air b/c of its crap ratings. HBO can only give simon free rides so often before he has to start getting some ratings..."

spare me the lecture, I don't have $100+ a month to spend on digital cable right now but I've bought a few of The Wire seasons on DVD and both of David Simon's books so I'm not feeling particularly guilty about it.

4/12/2010 11:21:58 PM

I plan to watch the pilot this weekend, i just couldn't stay up Sunday night for the entire thing. Really looking forward to it though.


and for The Wire lovers, DirecTV just released a statement saying they are going to air ALL 5 seasons of The Wire uncut, unedited, commercial free and in HD on the 101 starting in July!

http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2010-4-12-directv-gets-up-on-the-wire

4/13/2010 8:01:13 AM

Already picked up for a second season:
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2010/04/treme-hbo-1.html

4/13/2010 4:20:45 PM

holy shit, the pilot was exhilarating...also Clarke Peters Indian Chief costume was badass.

4/14/2010 12:31:38 AM

not trolling here. just watched the premier tonight. why do you say it was exhilarating? I really didn't see much more than setting up characters around the first parade after a flood. exhilarating would be one of the last words that came to mind for me. honestly, didn't make me want to watch another episode - I felt no hook of emotion or plot. i did, however, feel like it did capture the overall atmosphere of post Katrina new orleans

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4/14/2010 1:12:59 AM

^Honestly my reaction was as much visceral as it was intellectual...the characters and dialogue both had a verisimilitude that was immediately engrossing. I could certainly see how someone could be less than exhilarated by the pilot, in the same way that no one could have foreseen that The Wire would go on to become one of the greatest TV series of all time based on McNulty bucking the chain of command in The Wire's pilot. I guess what I'm trying to say is that David Simon is building towards something that is bigger and more important than the obvious themes and easy victories of a "New Orleans is a down and out city on the rebound" type of storyline.

[Edited on April 14, 2010 at 2:22 AM. Reason : .]

4/14/2010 2:15:10 AM

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"I guess what I'm trying to say is that David Simon is building towards something that is bigger and more important than the obvious themes and easy victories of a "New Orleans is a down and out city on the rebound" type of storyline. "

which is very obvious w/ tonight's episode.

4/18/2010 11:12:11 PM

i love New Orleans and have been there a half of dozen times but i felt a little bored about the hour and half long episode.

i will give anything that comes on HBO the benefit of the doubt and the acting was superb even though i thought some of it was really slow at times.

4/18/2010 11:17:12 PM

who played jenette's (the chef) father? know i recognize him/his voice but cant place it, cant find it on the net...

4/19/2010 9:42:52 PM

I'm about to watch this.

So excited about Steve Zahn being in something potentially good.

4/21/2010 2:25:54 AM

Slim Charles makes an appearance in episode 2.

4/21/2010 2:40:42 AM

i did not know that steve zahn was apart of this. i must now watch it, b/c that guy is hilarious and underappreciated (not by this thread though).

4/21/2010 6:48:28 AM

oh he is hilarious in this from the get go

pot smoking musician living off his woman

4/22/2010 2:33:12 PM

^i don't think you can say he's "living off" Kim Dickens' character

or maybe you did not get around to last Sunday's ep yet.

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4/22/2010 2:39:45 PM

have not

4/22/2010 2:42:04 PM

there were some great Steve Zahn moments in the second ep, notably the chicken sacrifice and when he revealed his favorite breakfast spot to the tourists only to realize he had just ruined his own chance at a peaceful breakfast.

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4/22/2010 2:47:39 PM

Loved the first two episodes. Some incredibly intense moments, and the music is awesome

4/26/2010 12:19:58 AM

did my dvr fuck up or was there not an ep last sunday? i wasnt around to check and i dont see anything on my dvr

4/27/2010 10:26:40 AM

your dvr fucked up

4/27/2010 10:27:58 AM

fail.

guess ill check ondemand tonight.

4/27/2010 10:28:52 AM

i'm loving this show. every episode is getting better and better. the ending of this past episode was great. did people really drive around in tourist buses looking at "what happened"?

4/27/2010 8:02:42 PM

this is def the best ep yet

and also, you know a theme song is great when you dont fast forward through the credits

and indian red at the end there was just spectacular

4/27/2010 9:53:01 PM

Just watched the most recent episode. Fantastic. David Simon develops characters--three-dimensional, believable, intriguing, self-destructive characters--like no other. I already love the characters of Davis, the street musician, Batiste, Chief, etc.

4/28/2010 10:37:01 PM

I love how the street musician guy (cracked out James McAvoy) is totally passing at the rich people party and then he's like MICE WERE EATING PEOPLE, DOOD and totally blows it.

4/28/2010 11:12:55 PM

Several great moments/scenes from last night's episode:

--When Albert is leaving the insurance office and he asks the insurance officer: "Man, how you get to sleep at night?"
Insurance officer: "I drink."
--When Delmond's agent (aka PREZ) is trying to convince him to go on the tour, Delmond says: "I been to Portland, nice people...but you know they clap on the 1 and 3?" (then he gives the funniest "I mean, come on" face ever)
--When Slim Charles (can't remember the character's name) says to Ladonna's grandmother: "Respectfully, ma'am...I know how to jail. Your boy don't."
--Two scenes with Sonny-one where the other keyboardist takes his place on stage and then he watches for a little bit and gets high and then when he comes to Annie and she's playing with that band (with a keyboardist). Sonny is very interesting--he lets all the praise he gets about his performing roll off him while dwelling on the potential failures of his music career.

Anyway...I'm already not afraid to say that this is the best show currently on TV. David Simon is a god.

5/3/2010 12:27:30 PM

i'm DVR'ing each episode but just haven't had the time to sit down and watch them. It'll probably be another couple weeks but i'm definitely looking forward to a Treme marathon and then joining in on this discussion.

5/3/2010 1:32:39 PM

found out my DVR issue. i'm recording the HD rerun on monday nights...oh well.

5/5/2010 3:05:26 PM

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"i'm loving this show. every episode is getting better and better. the ending of this past episode was great. did people really drive around in tourist buses looking at "what happened"?"

Yes

If they drew the misfortune of driving up on locals, they got similar treatment -- the only people who really yukked it up with them were the out-of-state contractors. It was good to let people get a glimpse of just how bad things were, but if I were driving one of those buses I'd have ignored every request to "stop and talk to those guys."

As a NOLA native, I really appreciate the show, I feel like I could know the characters. Khandi Alexander has the black NOLA middle-class woman role down pat. Kim Dickens feels like an executive chef. Steve Zahn sells himself as very proud to know a lot about New Orleans. Wendell Pierce (went to the same high school I did, albeit 20 or so years earlier) sells musicianship.

They really did their homework and sought people who know New Orleans to get this show rolling properly. K-Ville (the last show to focus on New Orleans) absolutely ear-fucked itself in this respect. Shitty accents, gumbo parties, shrimp po-boys for breakfast, and making a 30-minute trip in 3 minutes will not sell the locals, and if you can't sell locals on a show that focuses on their story, you can't sell your show. Back to Treme, there have been some pallid drops and anachronisms (for example, there's no way Dickens' character had a fresh Hubig's pie on her, as that business did not re-open until 2006) but if you're not a local, you don't know that, and locals for the most part didn't view it as a hiccup big enough to criticize.

5/17/2010 6:35:23 AM

What is a pallid drop?

5/17/2010 8:44:06 AM

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"What is a pallid drop?"

5/17/2010 10:59:25 AM

Pallid is a synonym for bland. In that context, it's one of those things where (for example) the locals know why "Red beans? It's not even Monday" is a humorous line, and so will others that are keen on New Orleans culture, but it felt a bit forced.

5/17/2010 6:34:49 PM

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5/25/2010 2:15:32 AM