I wouldn't lead you astray bro. The time I just saved you from wasting on The Wire you could easily learn to play the violin or something. If you dont believe me at all watch 3 episodes of The Wire and I assure you that 3 seasons later...the same shit is going down.
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I wouldn't lead you astray bro. The time I just saved you from wasting on The Wire you could easily learn to play the violin or something. If you dont believe me at all watch 3 episodes of The Wire and I assure you that 3 seasons later...the same shit is going down.
blame space
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jaw just dropped at the end of Rabid Dog. from here on out it's nonstop.
poor Jesse.
blainethemono
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The Wire isn't for everyone, but the notion that the enthusiasm for it is just some GAF thing is super strange
Vulture - The Greatest TV Drama of the Past 25 Years, the Finals: The Wire vs. The Sopranos
Slant Magazine - David vs. David vs. David; or Which Is the Greatest TV Drama Ever, Simon's The Wire, Milch's Deadwood, or Chase's The Sopranos?
Slate - The Wire on Fire: Analyzing the best show ever broadcast on American television.
avclub - The best TV series of the ’00s
Salon - The best TV show of all time: "The Sopranos" vs."The Wire": Two Salon critics duke it out over which series is the greatest ever.
EW - Former cast members react to 'The Wire' being named the greatest TV show ever by EW
The Telegraph - The Wire: arguably the greatest television programme ever made
Hitfix - TV's Best of the Decade: No. 1 - 'The Wire'
The Guardian - Is this the best TV series ever made?
Vulture - The Greatest TV Drama of the Past 25 Years, the Finals: The Wire vs. The Sopranos
Slant Magazine - David vs. David vs. David; or Which Is the Greatest TV Drama Ever, Simon's The Wire, Milch's Deadwood, or Chase's The Sopranos?
Slate - The Wire on Fire: Analyzing the best show ever broadcast on American television.
avclub - The best TV series of the ’00s
Salon - The best TV show of all time: "The Sopranos" vs."The Wire": Two Salon critics duke it out over which series is the greatest ever.
EW - Former cast members react to 'The Wire' being named the greatest TV show ever by EW
The Telegraph - The Wire: arguably the greatest television programme ever made
Hitfix - TV's Best of the Decade: No. 1 - 'The Wire'
The Guardian - Is this the best TV series ever made?
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
Nobody worth listening to is debating that The Wire and Sopranos and Breaking Bad and Mad Men are all top tier series of all time. Sometimes all the critics get these things right.
Herb Alpert
Banned
Ugh, I never planned on watching this show but I got Netflix in the fall and I promised my brother I'd watch it if I ever got Netflix (it's one of his faves). Well, it's March now and I finally fulfilled my promise (he threatened to stop watching Game of Thrones if I didn't, he was serious, he never finished Season 5 :/)
O....M.....F like what did I just watch??? This show was AMAZING. Like top 3 of all time level good (next to Battlestar Galactica and Game of Thrones). I was never interested in giving the show a shot cuz:
A. I'm not into drugs
B. It stars "Hal" from that horrid show Malcolm in the Middle
Wow was I wrong. Jesse Pinkman turned out to be my favorite character, loved him. Aaron Paul is fantastic. Equally fantastic is the show's lead, Walter While played expertly by Bryan Cranston. Lord, the way I slowly grew to hate Walt more and more over the course of the show and flat out rooted against him in the final season. I was always hoping he'd somehow redeem himself at some point, but the final straw for me was when it was revealed HE was the one who poisoned Jesse's girlfriend's kidOMG and when he killed Mike
Gus Fring, the "Chicken Man" was an amazing villain too. I only knew the actor from playing Regina's Mirror on the Wall from Once Upon a Time lmfao but he was really fascinating to watch on BB. His death was shocking, I gasped when he walked out of the bombed hospital room with half his face missing and dropped dead. Honestly, the Neo-Nazi gang and Lydia in Season 5 didn't compare to him at all.
I have to say, after watching the finale I read about the show online for a bit and was shocked to learn a huge portion of the fans hate Skyler White? They see her as some "shrew"? I wasn't a big fan of her in Season 1 and 2, but came around in Season 3. Anna Gunn is a phenomenal actress. One of the best scenes of the series was when she pulls a knife on Walt near the end, my heart was in my throat. When Walt grabs the baby and runs off in his truck, and Skyler is running after him down the street screaming and crying, I legit teared up
I was thinking about watching Better Call Saul, but he's a "good in small doses" character for me. I don't think I could handle a whole show based on that slippery snake.
I'm so sad that the show is over now, I would have liked to pace myself but I had to binge watch, it was just too good and I couldn't help myself
Yeah, right but... Malcolm in the Middle WHAT!?!?
Keyser Soze
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Person of Interest is not like The Wire. It has a dog on a phone...
It has the best music choices of any TV in history
It uses this song in a fantastic scene...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbAUwi4D3Ew
And this song in a better scene...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OIuffXWtwg
Knees get shot...
It has the best music choices of any TV in history
It uses this song in a fantastic scene...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbAUwi4D3Ew
And this song in a better scene...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OIuffXWtwg
Knees get shot...
Speaking of which there was actually a Malcom in the Middle alternate ending to Breaking Bad that was pretty hilarious. Seems pretty difficult to find on YouTube unfortunately.
Edit: Turns out Sony pulled it from YouTube. I think its only on the DVD set.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
I watched the whole series last week, and honestly, it should have in season 4.
The justification to get season 5 going is just plain stupid.
That the super cautious Gus Fring had back ups of his criminal activity in his laptop on his main office is just dumb, he knew the DEA was after him, so this is just impossible.
The same problem goes for Mike guys. Suddenly they were all captured (how? Gus magic computer?), and Mike was unwilling to take action?
There is also Walt's huge change from season 4 to 5,the only reason seems to be "nothing stops the Breaking Bad train".
And yes, Skylar season 1 was idiot, season 2 suddenly gave her a very convenient profession, season 3 was an insufferable bitch, season 4 and 5 was good.
Season 4 wrapped the show nicely, season 5 was completely unnecessary.
And Better Call Saul is awesome.
The justification to get season 5 going is just plain stupid.
That the super cautious Gus Fring had back ups of his criminal activity in his laptop on his main office is just dumb, he knew the DEA was after him, so this is just impossible.
The same problem goes for Mike guys. Suddenly they were all captured (how? Gus magic computer?), and Mike was unwilling to take action?
There is also Walt's huge change from season 4 to 5,the only reason seems to be "nothing stops the Breaking Bad train".
And yes, Skylar season 1 was idiot, season 2 suddenly gave her a very convenient profession, season 3 was an insufferable bitch, season 4 and 5 was good.
Season 4 wrapped the show nicely, season 5 was completely unnecessary.
And Better Call Saul is awesome.
Am i out of touch no, its the children who are wrong.jpg.
The wire is great. If you dont think its good you have ADD or something.
Also by season 3 they realize the beepers aren't being used anymore, and i would say you weren't watching if you think they were still tracking them that way.
Paltheos
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So have I, and I don't get it either. It's a good show but best of all time? Not even close. Isn't it just a pretty good action show? The drama elements never really connected with me. Walter White is an asshole from episode 1 - He just becomes a progressively bigger one as the series goes along - And his reasons for doing all this are exactly the same from the very beginning. There's not much to do except gawk at how much more audacious he'll be next week, which is definitely entertaining in its own way but not compelling drama.
family meeting is probably my favorite episode
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granite state is I think my favorite episode of the last 3.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
I think it is a stretch saying it is 'the best TV show of all time'. It's very good but there have been several very good shows. It's hard to single one out as best of all time.
Don't make the same mistake with Better Call Saul as you did with Breaking Bad. You need to start watching Better Call Saul. It is wonderful and the 'Saul' we are seeing in that show is nowhere near what he is in Breaking Bad, yet.
Don't make the same mistake with Better Call Saul as you did with Breaking Bad. You need to start watching Better Call Saul. It is wonderful and the 'Saul' we are seeing in that show is nowhere near what he is in Breaking Bad, yet.
I've seen The Shield, Sopranos, and ALF.
And I still wouldn't argue if someone said that Breaking Bad is the greatest show ever.
Breaking Bad just got better and better with each season which never happens with any show.
I will miss this show, there probably wont be another like it for a really long time.
And I still wouldn't argue if someone said that Breaking Bad is the greatest show ever.
Breaking Bad just got better and better with each season which never happens with any show.
I will miss this show, there probably wont be another like it for a really long time.
RecRoulette
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I say you should give Better Call Saul a shot, but it's not a 100% guarantee that you'll like it. But it's not because of the character, it's just a slower burn.
What other shows do you like? You might have similar taste to me. I'm struggling through Season 1 of the Wire. It's very boring. It's my second attempt at it. I quit watching Season 1 but everyone says it's so great I thought I should give it another chance. It's still boring. There are a few scenes I like. Not many. I feel the same about BCS. I hate slow shows. What else is slow that I should avoid?
Shadow_FFVI
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Why have people turn their backs to Game of Thrones so suddenly? While I agree something felt very off in season 5, that doesn't make the previous seasons retroactively worse. Nor does it mean the next seasons will continue with a down whirl spiral.
biggersmaller
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Everything about Breaking Bad is amazing. Well, Q crashing a jet was unnecessarily over the top - but still it wqs nearly flawless. Also the Breaking Bas podcast is the best companion piece ever. I mean, they were basically making it up as they went. Just great.
Critics are wrong about Mad Men. It is a show without direction, beautiful rich characters fucking their lives up - self destructing for no reason.
Critics are wrong about Mad Men. It is a show without direction, beautiful rich characters fucking their lives up - self destructing for no reason.
Vulture: march 2012
Slant Magazine: march 2008
Slate: september 2006
AVclub: november 2009
Salon: september 2007
EW: july 2013
The Telegraph: april 2009
Hitfix: december 2009
Guardian: july 2008
I really appreciate your hard work on finding these articles. You're a dedicated fan and that's what really counts at end of the day.
But these are all out-dated opinions. Breaking Bad currently has dethroned the Wire as the greatest drama series of all time.
The Television/Movie Industry
Over 3000 people on Reddit
The Internet Movie Database
The show has won over the Television Academy with 2 Best Drama Series Emmy's.
The series has been inducted in the Smithsonian Museum of American History.
So......yeah.
Your brother seems to have splendid taste in TV shows.
You should probably start listening to your brother more.
In some weird ways I'm enjoying it more. I don't think it's more gripping but the directing the last few eps (those montages...!) has been just incredible. Writing and acting are really great also. Man.
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