Never watched the wire, am I doing TV a disservice?.
Television The Wire
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Yes. It’s still the greatest TV show ever.
You're doing your life a disservice
You're doing your TV disservice, may as well sell it.
You’re doing your family and Dukie a disservice.
What people say about season 2 is so true. The more you watch it the better it gets. Frank is one of my favourite characters from the whole show.
Get out and don’t come back until you’re ready to apologise.
That was my experience as well. One of my favorite seasons now.
I have begun downloading the episodes.
The shame I feel in having not done this earlier I will carry to the grave
And then some
Man am loving every minute of my rewatch of this. Just finished season 3 again, going into what was my favorite season, season 4, but need to take a break, I may have broken my wife 
I convinced her to watch it with me, she's never watched it before. After respectably finishing season one last week,
we binged season 2 and 3 from Saturday evening to Sunday and early Monday morning, she was pissed off at me at 3am on Monday morning cause she has what I call the "Scattered brain effect". Anyone ever binge so hard that when you try to close your eyes to sleep all you getting is constant flashes of image! Can't sleep
Anyway, I think she has recovered enough to go down season 4. Will take it much slower
I convinced her to watch it with me, she's never watched it before. After respectably finishing season one last week,
we binged season 2 and 3 from Saturday evening to Sunday and early Monday morning, she was pissed off at me at 3am on Monday morning cause she has what I call the "Scattered brain effect". Anyone ever binge so hard that when you try to close your eyes to sleep all you getting is constant flashes of image! Can't sleep
Anyway, I think she has recovered enough to go down season 4. Will take it much slower
Not the greatest show ever. But it is a very good and well made. Ever since I finished it for the first time a few months ago, saying "Shiiiieeett". Is forever ingrained into me
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Kill him!Not the greatest show ever. Not even remotely close. But it is a very good and well made. Ever since I finished it for the first time a few months ago, saying "Shiiiieeett". Is forever ingrained into me
Not the greatest show ever. Not even remotely close. But it is a very good and well made. Ever since I finished it for the first time a few months ago, saying "Shiiiieeett". Is forever ingrained into me
This thread will show you as gently as it can, how much you don't know.Not the greatest show ever. Not even remotely close. But it is a very good and well made. Ever since I finished it for the first time a few months ago, saying "Shiiiieeett". Is forever ingrained into me
Been rewatching and started season 2 . Have to agree with Michael K Williams who played Omar . Season 2 was a waste of time and mistake by David Simon .
There were other ways to tell the bigger story other than boring us stupid with the docks storyline and annoying us with fecking Ziggy
There were other ways to tell the bigger story other than boring us stupid with the docks storyline and annoying us with fecking Ziggy
Season 2 is really underrated, "America used to build shit, now we just spend our time in each other's pockets"".
While opinion is everything. The fact that shieeeettt is forever ingrained in you and million others, is at least cause for it to be considered at least to be close to the greatest. But to say not even close...shiiieeeeeet!Not the greatest show ever. Not even remotely close. But it is a very good and well made. Ever since I finished it for the first time a few months ago, saying "Shiiiieeett". Is forever ingrained into me
He should "invest heavy in petroleum jelly."
I kinda liked it, but definitely the least of the 5. What messages me is that the Greeks got away then.
Probably shouldn't have said not even close. It's not a bad show at all, actually it's a great show. Just wasnt my taste. It's not really in my top 10 is all.
Yeah I get you. I'm the same when it comes to comedy genre. Things like the office and p & r or curb your enthusiasm, etc just don't tickle my fancy.
More this, breaking bad, etc. Crime and the like.
I also never rewatch stuff, so for me to rewatch this, makes it all the more special for me.
It's ok, you're allowed to be wrong.
what's your top 10?
Just wait till Snoop shows up then.
Racist alert.Not the greatest show ever. Not even remotely close. But it is a very good and well made. Ever since I finished it for the first time a few months ago, saying "Shiiiieeett". Is forever ingrained into me
Season 2 is probably the show's most underrated
Season 2 is brilliant.
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Man this guy is too ignorant to have the floor.
And season 2 is brilliant, just takes a second viewing to get over the sudden change from the first season to appreciate how good it is. Season 4 probably still remains my favourite though.
Watched this over the past month or two for the first and damn is the hype 100% justified. Probably the best show I've ever seen. Might be the best anything I've ever seen, actually.
At first I was quite annoyed by the season 2 shift away from the blocks, but it got very good by the end and gets even better looking back as the rest of the show goes on.
Approaching Season 2 after you just finished Season 1 will likely feel weird on first viewing, because you’ll be thinking “What the hell? Is this the same show? Who are these shipping dock guys? Why are the characters I know only shown for like 2 minutes?” in the first 2-3 episodes.
On my first viewing I was confused by Season 2 because the characters I knew from Season 1 were all there and present and it felt like it was back to normal as the season went on, but on reflection the events of Season 2 sets up the future seasons like how Prop Joe works, as well as demonstrating the wide reach of crime Baltimore has.
On my first viewing I was confused by Season 2 because the characters I knew from Season 1 were all there and present and it felt like it was back to normal as the season went on, but on reflection the events of Season 2 sets up the future seasons like how Prop Joe works, as well as demonstrating the wide reach of crime Baltimore has.
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Wait, what?Not the greatest show ever. Not even remotely close. But it is a very good and well made. Ever since I finished it for the first time a few months ago, saying "Shiiiieeett". Is forever ingrained into me
Can understand if one doesnt think it to be the greatest show ever. Every one has different tastes, but to not even have Wire close to top is just
Finished season 4 and it's by far the saddest. I had teary eyes the whole way.
Anyone who says the wire is not the best need to be banned and hanged by the balls.
And season 2 is awesome.
The little corner boy going home and finding her mother dead in the couch.
Bubbs getting his shit kicked and robbed time and time again by the same dude.
Bubbs "killing" the boy he was trying to school. Then trying to kill himself at the police station. Then at the end crying with his buddy from rehab.
Randy getting back into the system getting fecked for life (snitch).
Major Colvin talk with Wee-bey to get permission to adopt Namond and save him from the game.
Duquan "Dukie" situation is sad all-round.
Bubbs getting his shit kicked and robbed time and time again by the same dude.
Bubbs "killing" the boy he was trying to school. Then trying to kill himself at the police station. Then at the end crying with his buddy from rehab.
Randy getting back into the system getting fecked for life (snitch).
Major Colvin talk with Wee-bey to get permission to adopt Namond and save him from the game.
Duquan "Dukie" situation is sad all-round.
Anyone who says the wire is not the best need to be banned and hanged by the balls.
And season 2 is awesome.
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You want it to be one way. But it's the other way...!
This list was harder then expected. Had to cut out so many shows like The Shield dr who, OZ, Deadwood. So in no order.
Game of thrones, Breaking bad, The Sopranos, Lost, Mad Men, Ozark, Peaky Blinders, Handmaid's tale. Son of Anarchy. Vikings. List could easily change again to be honest
Check back in when you’re all the way through the rewatch of S2, because it was only then that I appreciated it personally.
I was expecting something good.... bit let down. You could of got away with it with some serious snobby inclusions.
Shame on you.