Best series of The Wire
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..weird that I downloaded S1 yesterday.
BlueLlama
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1 rules, 2 and 4 very good too. 3 got too bogged down with the politics although the Stringer stuff was fantastic and 5 was a bit weird with the McNulty and the journalist lying to each other.
That said any of the series are far superior to anything else on TV.
That said any of the series are far superior to anything else on TV.
I love season 3, with the whole Hamsterdam thing with the opening up of a drug free zone. Fascinating.
I also really like season 5, the plot is outrageous and I like how it's tied together at the end.
They're all awesome though, it's probably my favourite TV program.
I also really like season 5, the plot is outrageous and I like how it's tied together at the end.
They're all awesome though, it's probably my favourite TV program.
Series one for me.
It's one of the best things ever made, but I preferred the Shield.
The Vic Mackay character is one of the best anti heroes ever created imo and the fact that Forest Whittaker and Glen Close had serious parts in it, tells of the respect that it had.
The last ever episode of the Shield is a true jaw dropper and horrendous at the same time.
Sorry x
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4 for me, just.
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2-1-3-4-5
Never watched it.... going to start it today.
I've only seen the first & 2/3rds of the second. So it's downhill from there? May jib it lad
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The Shield was immense - some superbly written characters and stories there. Overall format was pretty standard, though? (Despite Vic and Shane being the anti-est of antiheroes). Don't think it really changed anything, it was just one of the best cop shows to date - whereas you get the sense the Wire completely upended the entire genre.
Like it would be impossible for writers to pitch a crime drama nowadays without having seen and assimilated the Wire - it is a benchmark.
The Shield is good fun. Good entertainment, but is quite over the top and cheesy. It's closer to a 'hollywood' version of that world, whereas the Wire for a good 80-90% of the run aims for realism.
So for me, they are different types of shows. The Wire being fairly out there on it's own.
I think S2 is the best because it keeps up the flow from the first season and brings in a whole other side to the city without dropping a beat.
Frank Sobotka should be our next manager.
I completely agree, but I'd read the superb books that the Wire came from ( Homicide / the Corner ) before I watched the series, so it kind of took the edge of it a bit for me.
It was the way that every episode, in every series of the Shield led you to the horrendous last episode, which is the genius imo.
The scene with Shane and his family in the last episode, had me in bits and stayed with me for a long time after, plus what he did to Ronnie in the end too.
It wasn't until the last episode, when Mackay is unveiled as a monster, that the viewer realises that they've been fooled all along.
The last episodes of the Wire are badly rushed and put together, due to the writers strike at the time.
Spoilt an otherwise near perfect series.
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Avons the man but can't stand stringer. Even from the start . Great character though
I thought Mackay seemed a clear enough monster and a-hole from the off!
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