I lived there for a few years myself, and Treme gets in right in so many ways. Lassitude, oh yeah. "Whatchoo doin in this doity ol town?" an old man asked me just before I decided to move away, in the middle of Mardi Gras, Yeah you right.

I had no idea this was coming, but in a sense it didn't surprise me given the generally dark tone of the series. It's hard for me to care about these characters, even though I enjoy watching them. It's as if they're all living in some kind of hell where there is no honor, no dignity, and no character, and are forced…