Treme Season 3

The complete third season of the US drama TV series set in New Orleans from the creators of ‘The Wire’. The residents of the Treme neighbourhood continue to rebuild their lives after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Wendell Pierce, Melissa Leo, Steve Zahn and Khandi Alexander star as some of the diverse characters living within the community. The episodes comprise: ‘Knock With Me – Rock With Me’, ‘Saints’, ‘Me Donkey Want Water’, ‘The Greatest Love’, ‘I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say’, ‘Careless Love’, ‘Promised Land’, ‘Don't You Leave Me Here’, ‘Poor Man's Paradise’ and ‘Tipitina’. 4 disc set. Special Features THE MUSIC OF TREME Discover more about the songs featured throughout the series with this in-episode viewing mode BEHIND TREME: Chef Dinner. Great real-life chefs gather to discuss their one-of-a-kind dinner scene in Treme BEHIND TREME: Neville Brothers. The Neville Brothers share the history of the New Orleans anthem ‘Hey Pocky Way’ and its place in the city’s vibrant music scene BEHIND TREME: David Simon. Treme creator David Simon opens up about the acclaimed series, his previous HBO works The Wire and Generation Kill, and more AUDIO COMMENTARIES Five audio commentaries with creator/executive producer David Simon, executive producer Nina Kostroff Noble, supervising producer/director Anthony Hemingway, director Tim Robbins, writers Anthony Bourdain, Eric Overmyer and George Pelecanos, music supervisor Blake Leyh, and cast members Khandi Alexander, Rob Brown, Clarke Peters and Wendell Pierce MUSIC COMMENTARIES Audio commentaries with WBGO’s Josh Jackson and NPR Music’s Patrick Jarenwattananon on select music performances within each episode Awards for series 2010 Nominated for Le Reflet d'Or, Best International Television Series 2013 Nominated for Image Awards for: Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Wendell Pierce, Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Khandi Alexander, Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series 2012 Won Image Awards for: Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series, Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series, Nominated for Outstanding Drama Series 2011 Nominated Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series 2013 Nominated for Vision Award, Drama 2012 Nominated for Vision Award, Drama 2011 Nominated for Satellite Awards for: Best Television Series, Drama, Best Actor in a Series, Drama Wendell Pierce 2011 Nominated for WGA Award (TV), New Series Treme TV Show Season 3 Review “Throughout its first two seasons, Treme seemed to suffer from a split-personality disorder. Half the time it was a relaxed "hangout” show, bar-hopping throughout New Orleans and rubbing elbows with the musicians, cooks, Mardi Gras Indians, and hangers-on just trying to make their way through day-to-day life after Katrina. The rest of the time it was a much angrier, often more strident series about the failure of institutions to respond properly to disaster befalling a culturally unique American city. As a viewer, trying to reconcile these two halves into a coherent whole was often frustrating, particularly since several of the major characters were abrasive, if not downright unlikable. In its third season, however, Treme has become so adept at blending character-based drama with its overarching themes that it forces those who've tried to fit the series into some other, perhaps Wire-shaped, box to accept it on its own terms. There's a defiance to both the characters and the series itself, summed up in the song, “Is That All You Got?,” recorded by violinist-turned-rocker Annie Tee (Lucia Micarelli) and her new band. Treme isn't going to bow to expectations, but the series seems determined to prove it's something special in its own right. …The series shares The Wire's gift for finding new purpose for previously undervalued characters, such as Phyllis Montana LeBlanc's Desiree, who proves to be more than just the nagging girlfriend and conscience of wayward trombonist Antoine Batiste (Wendell Pierce). But the heart and soul of the series remains the two characters who most embody its obstinate “won't bow, don't know how” attitude: Big Chief Albert Lambreaux (Clarke Peters) and bar owner LaDonna Batiste-Williams (Khandi Alexander). It feels both right and inevitable when these two form a bond that blossoms throughout the season. And of course, there's the music—and there's still lots and lots of it. The soundtrack is a bottomless bouillabaisse of jazz, blues, funk, R&B, and rock. Some of it is great, much of it very good, and, let's be honest, some of isn't very good at all. But that's as it should be, because it wouldn't be a David Simon show if no one ever struck a false note. This is a warts-and-all series about street-level people trying to stay true to themselves and their community while incrementally improving their lots in life. With its countless laudable performances and its meticulous tapestry of a community, Treme is the closest television comes to a weekly version of a Robert Altman film. (The season climaxes with a particularly Altmanesque concert sequence bringing much of the far-flung cast together.) Treme is never going to be The Wire: New Orleans, and it will never draw a Boardwalk Empire-sized audience, but by now, it's comfortable enough in its own skin to tone down the self-righteous, preachy streak that marred its earlier seasons. Many will still watch and wonder, “Is that all you got?” But those who get down in the groove with Treme's own unique rhythms may be surprised to find it's got more than enough." Slant Magazine.com