Something I love about this show is the same reason I love the movie Amadeus (although that one ends a bit differently). We see a lot of characters who struggle to accept themselves as some one who is just okay, or even mediocre. And some by the end come to accept it.

I find it really present in Antoine, Davis and Sonny's stories. The scene where Sonny watches a young kid rip Tipitina in the music shop, Antoine trying to step his game up on trombone in later seasons and Davis always being the connection but never the star.

It's just a theme I really enjoy in the show. As someone who often feels similar, it's a nice portrayal of that sort of conundrum. Not everyone can be a star or amazingly talented but they find their place and try their best to accept it.

Love this show. So many layers

This scene breaks my heart every time and I'm always left wondering why Chief is the way he is.

Delmond dedicates a song to Albert while he's on the radio and notes it's the first song his father taught him on trumpet. The scene cuts back to Delmond who simply walks out of the building he's repairing as the trumpet lingers in the background.

Gutting and engaging. A microcosm of their entire relationship and who they are as people. A lot said in a single scene.

I've rewatched this show a few times now and it always leaves me wanting more. I'm really glad it exists. I wish I could get more people to watch it. It's unbelievably good.

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

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.

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/

I just finished S1 for the first time. The show is amazing, but Creighton bugged me. He was passive-aggressive to his family and so self-centered.