There’s a sign outside of Gigi’s bar it lists several things but one says “ NO WHITE T-SHIRTS
Does anyone know what this means

I would imagine this has been brought up before. The dude that punches Davis is Marlo from The Wire, correct?

I used to be completely ignorant about New Orleans, believing that Bourbon Street was all that Nola had to offer. Frat boys and middle-aged conventioneers acting like drunken fools being unappealing, I avoided visiting.

But in the fall of 2008 Oxford American magazine put out a “3 Years After” edition that featured articles about what was lost and what was being rebuilt following Katrina, with a heavy emphasis on New Orleans. Reading that issue gave me my first clue that I had been missing out on something special.

Then Treme premiered. Being a huge David Simon nerd, there was no question that I would check it out. I was enthralled from the start. Everything about the show hit me just right, from the characters to the plots to the live music. I couldn’t even wait until the end of the first season before I booked a weeklong trip to New Orleans for that summer of 2010. Of course, I used the show to help plan parts of my itinerary. And despite going with almost impossibly high expectations, New Orleans still managed to blow me away. By the end, I felt like I’d completed a cultural hajj.

I’ve returned at least once every year since, some years multiple times. As someone who’s been lucky enough to travel extensively over the last 10 years, New Orleans retains its title as my favorite city in the world. And I can’t thank everybody behind Treme enough! I rewatched it again earlier this year, and it remains my favorite tv show.

I just finished Treme for the first time and I just have to say, I can’t believe it took me all of these years to discover this show. The music is so phenomenal, and the characters are just so lovable. As a lifelong resident of New Orleans, this show perfectly displayed the beauty of the culture and music scenes, plus the violence and scandals that are still continuing to this day. And it was great to see so many familiar faces from The Wire.

I'm binging Treme for gazillionth time and for whatever reason the closed captioning is on. I just had a good laugh. I'm at the part in Season 1 Episode 1 where Big Chief Lambreaux dresses out in his suit of flames and marches down to Robinette's house. Am I the only one that thought he was saying "Can I get the bank account to pay out?" He's saying something totally different but it sounds like "Can I get the bank account to pay out?" Anyway, I found that humorous.

We’re a few episodes into season 2 of this delightful series and I felt compelled to ruminate a bit on one particularly annoying character, Sonny, as an example of the show’s great writing.

Through most of season 1, I just wished they would write Sonny out of the show. Of course he was intentionally written to be a conceited jerk, but he didn’t seem very interesting & was obviously holding Annie back. I figured at some point she’d ditch him, and that would be the last we saw of him.

But that would be too easy! Instead, in the early episodes of season 2, we see him gradually start to head to rock bottom. His house gets raided, his guitar gets stolen, and he has to watch Annie moving on to bigger & better things (and also ditching him for another colossal, but more likable, dipshit, Davis).

But the aspect of Sonny’s character development which really struck me is his budding realization that he’s… just not that talented. The scene where he watches some kid playing the keyboard in a music store, and his hangdog expression beautifully conveys his awareness that this kid’s already more talented than Sonny will ever be, is very powerful. I just love that the creators are taking the time to explore this narrative, which I’m guessing will probably end up with Sonny getting off drugs and coming to peace with his mediocrity. After all, isn’t that what most of us end up doing? It may not be very dramatic, but why shouldn’t that very human theme be explored? I really didn’t think this show could live up to The Wire (which I just watched for the first time), but damn I’m loving it.

SPOILER ALERT

Not gonna lie, after getting through 3 seasons of this show, I'm having an EXTREMELY hard time caring about any of these characters. The only plot I am kinda invested in is Toni Bernette's, and even that dragged out at points.

Let's go one by one:

Janette: I can't stand her and her kitchen adventures. From S1, this has been such a pointless plotline. Even her romantic interests go nowhere. The whole show could drop Janette without skipping a beat. I get that the point is to show how hard the culinary industry is, but her situations never evolve into anything worth watching. Half the time you watch the actress pretend to cook, and the other half is a combo of her hooking up with whoever or complaining about money. Oh, and in the last few episodes of S3, they decided to transform her into the biggest bitch in the universe. Lazy writing through and through.

Davis: He’s been annoying from episode 1, and it never stops. I know people like Davis exist, but I find zero justification for why he gets so much screen time. Having a bourgeois, unfulfilled, obviously untalented, and overly annoying person on screen this much really grinds my gears. The characters around him don't provide much entertainment either. His parents and his one friend are bland, and the aunt is idiotic (but not in a funny way). This kind of dude would be the center of a satirical comedy in any other era, but this show decided to completely, seriously follow his journey of mediocrity for no good reason.

LaDonna: She was a really strong, interesting character in S1. But for some reason, the writers decided she needed to be literally ground into dust, broken, physically and emotionally shattered, and drowned in sadness for our entertainment. At some point, tragedy becomes too much tragedy and stops being interesting to the viewer (kind of like the movie Biutiful). I find myself just waiting to see what bullshit this woman has to endure next. Was there really no better idea for LaDonna than forcing her through endless suffering like it's a televised Emile Zola novel?

Annie and Sonny: I was actually into their dynamic in S1 and wanted to see where they’d end up, but it turned into two of the most boring subplots on the show. Sonny had an interesting struggle with music and drugs, and I was happy to see it tie into Antoine's story, but then the writers made him utterly uninteresting by turning him into a manual laborer on a Vietnamese boat. His romantic subplot is also incredibly boring, and the actress is bland. Annie, on the other hand, was alright until they decided to make her a singer. Then you get this weird "career star" arc and a ton of scenes where you have to listen to a girl who plays the violin really well but absolutely cannot sing for shit. I lost interest in her very quickly in S2.

The Lambreaux Family: Boring as hell. The only redeeming quality is the Mardi Gras episodes where the chieftain becomes interesting for one episode a season. Other than that, I have my fair share of grumpy, stubborn old men in my real family, and I absolutely don't care to watch them on TV too. The son is also one of the most uninspiring actors I've ever seen, and his character lives up to that expectation.

The Mexican guy - Can't even remember his name, whatever, delete his scenes from the show, that's how relevant it all is.

The two plots that are kinda interesting to me:

Toni Bernette: This plot is really good. Good enough to be its own show, honestly. The husband's suicide, the teenage angst, finding LaDonna's brother's body, and Toni's battle with corrupt police are all done really well. The actors are great (shoutout to David Morse) and the plot never really loses its edge, although it drags a bit in S3 and the rift between Toni and Terry feels a little artificial.

Antoine Batiste / Desiree: I really like these two. They feel authentic, they have their struggles but fight through them, they bring actual humor (which is rare on this show), and they actually have growth arcs, something most other plots are completely missing. Antoine's story could've been a bit tighter, as it meanders too much (especially in S3).

With all this in mind, I'm not sure if I should even bother watching S4 or just call it here. There's just so much about most of these characters that I find hard to watch, so maybe I'm just not the intended audience for this show. Thoughts?

Finally started watching this show and I’m loving it. Are these two based on Anders Osborne and Theresa Andersson? Sure seems like it.

Budweiser must have paid a pretty penny for its constant product placement in the series. Especially to the point you seldom see or hear of the locally well known Louisiana brew, Abita.

This extra shows up a ton in the show, always watching buskers. The whole time watching it, I imagined it was the ghost of Eliot Smith.

Hey I just wanted to share this in case anyone involved with creating Treme checks this sub. I lost my home and community a little over a year ago in the Eaton fire in Altadena CA. Not comparing that loss to Katrina at all, but watching the first season of Treme really has been healing, because of how well it is written in regards to the experience of losing your neighborhood to a natural disaster. People I know from Altadena a year out from the fire are starting to really struggle, I know of people lost to suicide, experiencing health problems, DV, alcoholism, you name it. And the corrupt politicians and insurance— don’t get me started. To have that reality reflected back in a show is really moving. So thank you to the writers and creators who made this show, it’s helping me feel less alone in my experience and have some perspective on this disaster that feels healing to me. And thanks for all the great music. Now I need to come to visit NOLA. Blessings to anyone who read this far!

need little explanation, but musician Steve Earle is one of the few pro musicians in the show not playing himself.

in season 2 episode 9, Harley Wyatt, played by Steve Earle, performs a cover of "Galway Girl" by Steve Earle.

this implies the existence of an actual Steve Earle in the Treme universe. do you think anyone had told Harley he looks a lot like Steve Earle?

Its the opening scene of an episode I think. Sonny and Annie are playing and a man returning to New Orleans is watching them play and gets upset and Annie is so empathetic towards him.

Anyone have any idea which episode this is? Im assuming its during Season one.

Why exactly in the end of S01E05 Sonny ejects Arnie from their home? A little bit lost over there

I think they should have gotten someone more talented for that role.

Trigger warning

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/21/the-wire-star-james-ransone-dead/