Because even though it still connects to the bigger story and bigger picture, it’s absolutely a significant digression from the tone that the first season set. Sure it’s still associated with the drug game, and some of the players of the first season are indeed in the second season, but most of the focus is on the docks, the unions, and how some of the working class is impacted by the changes and corruption in Baltimore. Still, the second season is a great season and I strongly believe a lot of white, blue collared, working class folks who work as truck drivers, construction workers, HVAC, electricians, and of course longshoreman, who typically see the second season and say “hey that’s how it is for me at work!” and relate to it, then proceed to proclaim the second season is “underrated”, or it’s the “best season”, or is “disliked by many”.
@@steverogers7601 exactly. When you watch this show for the first time the first season is so captivating and you want to see what happens to those characters after the finale. Then they switch to some totally different group of weird looking white dudes who are bad at breaking the law and it leaves you missing season 1. It’s much better when you re watch the show in my opinion.
When first watching the series, the port plotline looks like it comes right out of nowhere. It's not until seeing the later seasons, when everything comes together, that season 2 and ports feels important and connected to the plot as opposed to a sudden interruption of police and underworld activities.
Tony Zan because they have no experience or educational background most likely and working minimum wage somewhere else is probably around the same amount they would make where they work now with the hours they have also they feel they owe there loyalty to this company or union or whatever you can see even in a later episode the guy says he’s going to need to look for work somewhere else and feels really bad about leaving but Frank helps him out with money so he doesn’t quit. These people have been doing this all of their life’s and their family before then has too
@@truluxzz8442 At some point their grandfathers were the first of their family to do this job. The sad truth is a bunch of the reason for their plight is their own complacency. Take Nick for example the mother of his child is working a minimum-wage job as a hairstylist. She's the primary breadwinner for their child. He's an able-bodied man who refuses to do any job he feels is beneath him and instead allows the mother of his child to provide for his daughter. Nick is well into his twenties and still living at his parents house. It'd be one thing if he didn't have a daughter but honestly he's kind of disgusting character. there's a ton of labor jobs somebody like him could do. Moving furniture, loading trucks, etc.
Tony Zan You’re right actually that’s a good point I didn’t even think of and in the end he does decide to sell drugs instead of just working a second job which just proves your point.
@@tonyzan5268 as he said, doing those low-paid jobs wouldn't work out to more money than him taking what shifts he gets here, because at least these pay better due to union conditions. Perhaps he could work some supplemental casual job but it's hard because he's expected to clock in every morning here in order to see if there's work available.
Imagine nick is your Uber driver
How on earth do so many people not like season 2? Professional gangbanger fans?
Because even though it still connects to the bigger story and bigger picture, it’s absolutely a significant digression from the tone that the first season set.
Sure it’s still associated with the drug game, and some of the players of the first season are indeed in the second season, but most of the focus is on the docks, the unions, and how some of the working class is impacted by the changes and corruption in Baltimore.
Still, the second season is a great season and I strongly believe a lot of white, blue collared, working class folks who work as truck drivers, construction workers, HVAC, electricians, and of course longshoreman, who typically see the second season and say “hey that’s how it is for me at work!” and relate to it, then proceed to proclaim the second season is “underrated”, or it’s the “best season”, or is “disliked by many”.
@@steverogers7601 exactly. When you watch this show for the first time the first season is so captivating and you want to see what happens to those characters after the finale. Then they switch to some totally different group of weird looking white dudes who are bad at breaking the law and it leaves you missing season 1. It’s much better when you re watch the show in my opinion.
When first watching the series, the port plotline looks like it comes right out of nowhere. It's not until seeing the later seasons, when everything comes together, that season 2 and ports feels important and connected to the plot as opposed to a sudden interruption of police and underworld activities.
Seniority is everything!
Why wouldn't these guys try to get another job?
Tony Zan because they have no experience or educational background most likely and working minimum wage somewhere else is probably around the same amount they would make where they work now with the hours they have also they feel they owe there loyalty to this company or union or whatever you can see even in a later episode the guy says he’s going to need to look for work somewhere else and feels really bad about leaving but Frank helps him out with money so he doesn’t quit. These people have been doing this all of their life’s and their family before then has too
@@truluxzz8442
At some point their grandfathers were the first of their family to do this job. The sad truth is a bunch of the reason for their plight is their own complacency.
Take Nick for example the mother of his child is working a minimum-wage job as a hairstylist. She's the primary breadwinner for their child. He's an able-bodied man who refuses to do any job he feels is beneath him and instead allows the mother of his child to provide for his daughter. Nick is well into his twenties and still living at his parents house.
It'd be one thing if he didn't have a daughter but honestly he's kind of disgusting character. there's a ton of labor jobs somebody like him could do. Moving furniture, loading trucks, etc.
Tony Zan You’re right actually that’s a good point I didn’t even think of and in the end he does decide to sell drugs instead of just working a second job which just proves your point.
@@tonyzan5268 as he said, doing those low-paid jobs wouldn't work out to more money than him taking what shifts he gets here, because at least these pay better due to union conditions. Perhaps he could work some supplemental casual job but it's hard because he's expected to clock in every morning here in order to see if there's work available.
they did. drug dealing. didn't work out well
Nicky was such a tool.
Nick and Ziggy: Niggy!