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LTTP: The Wire
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This is the sole reason why it's been even more enjoyable on repeated viewings. I'm a thing it again for the 2nd time after 3 years, and I'm shocked how much I enjoyed season 2, after not liking it initially. Great show, one of the greatest. Currently on season 3 ep3.
TheSecondSpitter
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The Wire is the only series I've binged back-to-back.
Btw, if you are not watching in 4:3, you are doing it wrong.
Btw, if you are not watching in 4:3, you are doing it wrong.
Bits N Pieces
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Best show ever and I think I watched it all in about a week and a half.
Everything about it is pretty much perfect with my only gripes being series 5 went a bit too mental but I think that was because of the writers strike at the time?
Plus it introduced me to Solomon Burke and his Fast Train, that whole sequence still stays with me to this day.
Everything about it is pretty much perfect with my only gripes being series 5 went a bit too mental but I think that was because of the writers strike at the time?
Plus it introduced me to Solomon Burke and his Fast Train, that whole sequence still stays with me to this day.
yongeandcollege
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best ever
Generic Power Ranger
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Watching it too. At season 4. It's pretty great 
(season 2 was not as good as 1 and 3 though)
(season 2 was not as good as 1 and 3 though)sir_kevith
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The weird thing is I started watching this show at Season 2 and I only started because people were pissed off at it. I had to see what the controversy was about.
In hindsight I could see why waiting week to week to watch some dock drama following season 1's emotional conclusion pissed people off. I really liked season 2 though because it touches on drugs, human trafficking, bribery, etc. I won't spoil anything else for the OP but I didn't find it a drag at all.
Fallout-NL
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Still good, though not quite as great as what came before.
I loved the bluray version to be honest.
toastyToast
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If you're not hooked by the time Omar gets introduced you're crazy.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
The chicken nugget scene is one of my favorites. Totally sums up America.
http://youtu.be/xyg_v7Vxo4A
http://youtu.be/xyg_v7Vxo4A
FreedomFighter
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To all my public health people, re-watch The Wire via a social epidemiological lens.
You'll enjoy it again in an entirely new way.
You'll enjoy it again in an entirely new way.
Oveja Negra
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Best TV show ever. Period.
Unlike others, I love S2. There are some really sad/depressing individuals there, portrayed in an fantastic way. If at the end, when everything gets exposed, you don't feel even a bit of sadness, you just aren't human.
Unlike others, I love S2. There are some really sad/depressing individuals there, portrayed in an fantastic way. If at the end, when everything gets exposed, you don't feel even a bit of sadness, you just aren't human.
Fantastic show. Wasn't gripped until mid-Season 1 but from there it was consistently amazing. The change of direction in Season 2 feels a bit weird at first but soon grabs you again. Season 4 is probably the best season of television I've ever seen.
The show excels at so much: drama, comedy, social commentary, even the licensed music is great. So many memorable characters too and all feel real to the point where the show often seems like a documentary. Can't wait to watch the whole thing again in a couple of years.
The show excels at so much: drama, comedy, social commentary, even the licensed music is great. So many memorable characters too and all feel real to the point where the show often seems like a documentary. Can't wait to watch the whole thing again in a couple of years.
AngmarsKing701
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The LTTP Wire threads continue to pop up every other month or so. I continue to be stuck somewhere around ep 2 or 3 of S2.
S1 was ok. Great acting. I honestly find it difficult to care about what's going on, but at some point I'll try to power through, since GAF tells me this is the greatest show ever.
S1 was ok. Great acting. I honestly find it difficult to care about what's going on, but at some point I'll try to power through, since GAF tells me this is the greatest show ever.
By the end of it all, you'll love Frank Sobotka and understand the plight of the dock workers. I'm three episodes away from the finale and it's a stunning show. I heard the 5th season wasn't great but uh, it's still one of the best seasons of television. It's just closer to a farce than a stone-cold drama which is awesome.
Season 2 is my favorite with S4 close behind. As I'm watching the show, I think Season 3 might be the weakest and it's still a 9.9/10.
Season 2 is my favorite with S4 close behind. As I'm watching the show, I think Season 3 might be the weakest and it's still a 9.9/10.
all of this. I wasn't super into s2 first run through but by the end you see how it all fits together. then you go and rewatch it all and s2 fits in perfectly. s4 is the goat.
forever the best show of all time
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This lttp pops up every now and again, and I will continue to say that this is the best show ever made by a long shot. It's not even close, there's The Wire and then much further down the list is everything else. Still as on point and poignant as ever.
DorkLord54
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I think this is one reason why people find S2 so jarring is that, on the first watch, from S1 to S2, it looks like they just jumped gears entirely. It's not until S3 where it shows that the show is just as much about Baltimore as whole as it is about what Avon and his crew are doing, and McNulty and the police's response in kind.
Heebie Jeebies
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The only show I marathon every year, and each time I feel it gets better and better.
John Kowalski
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One of the most socially conscious TV shows I've ever seen, and made stronger by it than most television, especially those shows people often compare The Wire to.
S2 is weird and the other seasons are more like S1, everyone's a bit 'wtf' when they first watch S2 but on rewatches they seem to enjoy it and it ends up being as good as the others.
Why I am just now learning of this? This is everything and more.
Darth Pinche
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You can't save them all...
Oh man, the feels...
ThirtyPlus
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"See, the thing is, you only got to fuck up once. Be a little slow, be a little late, just once. And how you ain't gonna never be slow? Never be late? You can't plan through no shit like this, man. It's life." - Avon Barksdale
It took me until season 3 to like and get this show. At first I didn't like or care about anybody and didn't see anything that special. (Except for the end of season 1. Right when I was warming up to it, they changed the story and characters). I forced myself to push through season 1 and season 2 because I wanted to get to carcetti/Littlefinger. It was worth it because he was amazing and was a big part in making the show a lot better from then on.
4 > 3 > 5 > 1 > 2
4 > 3 > 5 > 1 > 2
JoJoShabadoo
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Season 2 is amazing, and if it weren't for season 4, it would be my favorite. Upon rewatch it's even better.
The sudden shift to the focus of organized crime, prostitution, smuggling, and a murder case that actually takes time to crack is just great. The season had darker imagery and subject matter, more depth for many characters (Stringer especially) and just overall was aesthetically more polished, with it being Winter in the city.
Fuck the haters.
The sudden shift to the focus of organized crime, prostitution, smuggling, and a murder case that actually takes time to crack is just great. The season had darker imagery and subject matter, more depth for many characters (Stringer especially) and just overall was aesthetically more polished, with it being Winter in the city.
Fuck the haters.
OneLessIcon
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Phenomenal show. I binge-watched via Netflix DVD many years ago and would really like to re-watch some day. It would be interesting to see how my opinion of the seasons might have changed over the years.
I like you. Especially because you included Boardwalk Empire.
I should really rewatch The Wire. I've only watched it once and that was a couple of years ago, if not more. A rewatch should clear up a lot of stuff, when watched for the second time. I also really want to see how it looks in widescreen for comparison.
heliosRAzi
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You can't save them all...
I rewatched that season a couple of weeks ago and it still gets to me. Best season of television ever.
Hobbestetrician
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My favorite character in television history. The beating heart and humanity in a show with people showing anything but.
ThirtyPlus
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Had a discussion with my cousin a while back about how great the cast was and here was the question...Top 5 characters NOT Avon, Stringer or Omar?
Mine:
Lt. Daniels
Bunny Colvin
Weebey
Cutty
Bunk Moreland
Mine:
Lt. Daniels
Bunny Colvin
Weebey
Cutty
Bunk Moreland
I don't think I've ever wanted to see so many characters actually get out of the game and survive and be happy but found myself crushed over and over. There are times I really wished certain characters had made it even if its not good story telling or anything like that. I straight up loved so many characters in the show and was devastated when they got killed or taken out of the show for whatever reason.
Dookie man...
Hell even Bodie.
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Dookie man...
Hell even Bodie.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Slim Charles is the best. Accept no substitutes, except for maybe Frank Sobotka.
Also maybe Cutty.
Also maybe Cutty.
heliosRAzi
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That was for Joe!
Cut Weebey out and replace with Bubbs and you've got yourself a solid list.
Bits N Pieces
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Fucking, Ziggy!
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Hell yeah.
Me too. Many characters have a full 5 season journey but none come close to Bubbles' character or story.
SlimySnake
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Am i the only one who found season 3 fucking hilarious? everything in hamsterdam was frickin hilarious.
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