Or was it? I only watched the last season. But that was then. Britain is now leading the way--in the West--as far as Orwellian surveillance matched with Stasi curiosity. S.F. is unique in being so condensed and contained. And the security concerns of the plutocrats who live here have always been met accordingly. There's an interesting little private neighborhood, Presidio Circle, right next to the biggest synagogue, only a quarter mile from Pelosi's mansion, and it's simply off limits even though it's technically S.F. proper. If you try and enter--through the single gated entrance--you'll be screened and stopped immediately. Feinstein lives there. Well the stretch of Broadway in question is the same way. The amount of security guarding those plutocrat homes is basically equal to that of MI6. You might not notice the cars with agents as you walk by--though no one just goes walking up that street. It's always empty and quiet. But they're there, day and night. And indeed the response time is seconds for anyone seeking to approach the domiciles of the Apple CEO, or the Getty double mansion (they bought the next door mansion and had it grafted into a single uber-mansion) or, of course, that of the Speaker. Thus, the entire premise and narrative of some clown with a hammer just sneaking around without being noticed, and then pounding his way into Pelosi's mansion is so utterly absurd and off the charts that we might indeed be in uncharted waters. But with the spin machine in overdrive, Pelosi (him, not her) will come out of this a hero, with the DUI (with serious injuries to the other driver) forgiven and forgotten. Just in time for the middies.....er...
The neighborhoods in question? Ever been there? The point is you can't walk off the sidewalks without someone having eyes on you. Not that a squirmy little punk would even come near.
