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I don’t know how to feel about the fact that one of the best ideas I’ve ever heard for a television series found a home on the Internet, but there’s no denying that “Pop Pilgrims,” the AV Club’s “take on a travel show,” is pretty darn cool. The show’s hosts take pilgrimages to various pop culture Meccas to see if movie and television fantasy can hold a candle to reality. So far, the show has explored the Nakatomi building from “Die Hard,” the diner from “Twin Peaks” and the Initech headquarters from “Office Space,” among others. However, it took a visit to the gritty Baltimore setting of one of my favorite dramas for “Pop Pilgrims” to get my attention.
Note: This post contains spoilers for “Treme” and “The Wire.”
A few days ago, I fired up the DVR to finally watch the penultimate episode of the HBO series “Treme.” I danced to the opening credits as I did every prior Sunday, but stopped short toward the end when I noticed the words “Written by George Pelecanos” flit across the screen. Uh oh. Time to put the Abita down and get serious. As a fan of creator David Simon’s previous series, “The Wire,” I knew that this was going to be one heavy episode.
Tragedy struck the set of the upcoming HBO series “Treme” Tuesday night when head writer David Mills — who also served as a writer and producer on “The Wire” — suddenly passed away from a brain aneurysm at the age of 48.
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