Can't find any similarities to The Wire, maybe the plot of some characters, but from how it's made it's exactly like LA Confidential.
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I agree, although I think the show kind of lost it with the alien abduction plot in Season 7.
Are you high?
I prefer Season 3 from a re-watch/entertainment perspective - the Hamserdam plot is just as smart as the school stuff, and Stringer & Avon are way more fun than Marlo - but I accept that 4s the 'better' season. No other show has come close to doing what they did there.
The Hamsterdam plot is amazing, and funnily enough, probably almost as 'absurd' as the serial killer plot in season five, they just pulled it off far better and made it look like it could actually feasibly happen.
Actually, isn't it partially based on something David Simon saw in real life?
Actually, isn't it partially based on something David Simon saw in real life?
Yes. Damn you Hamsterdam!
Same. S3 is my fav as well but I see why most consider 4th as the best
Yeap. I had the same reaction watching it the first time and then liking it a lot the second time
Thanks, I'll try that.
It's not that I think it's a bad show in any way (although I must say it was a struggle to get through the first four or five episodes), I just have yet to see how it's so much better than it peers.
Hamsterdam was always more ridiculous to me than the homeless serial killer, which kinda brings down Season 3 for me, but "brings down" just means it's slightly less than perfect television. The Wire is just so damn good.
I still don't quite understand why some people have a big problem with the Hamsterdam plot. It's not really that different from Christiania in Denmark.
I don't think many fans do, I might be in the minority. And to me it just seemed outlandish (as did McNulty's fake serial killer). Not impossible of course.
For me, Hamsterdam is the greatest thing about The Wire, it's the kind of thought-experiment TV was made for, and I thought they pulled it off perfectly.
How many times have you guys re-watched it?
I was hooked it on a few years back and just binged watched it all. I never re-watch anything but i may go through this all again. It was so good.
I was hooked it on a few years back and just binged watched it all. I never re-watch anything but i may go through this all again. It was so good.
I haven't looked at any other comments because I'm only near the end of season 2, but I'm really disappointed with the direction its gone in! With the docks and the Greeks and stuff, I'm not really buying into it. I find myself perking up like a meerkat when Stringer Bell or Barxdale have a scene.
I'm only four episodes into season 2 and I'm enjoying just as much as season one tbh. Although the lack Herc and Carver + the addition of that annoying feckwad Ziggy is probably my only complaint. Also needs more D'angelo and Bubz.
Nimbin in Australia is not that much different either, and they experiented with a drug amnesty of sorts in Brixton around 2002 iirc.
So, I just finished episode 6 of season 2.
Fcuk my life.
And fcuk that useless cnut Ziggy.
Fcuk my life.
And fcuk that useless cnut Ziggy. Ah yes, I know without even checking what you're referring to
Just finished the third rewatch last week, looks so fresh in HD.
Ah yes, I know without even checking what you're referring to
Yeah, the alien invasion is so hard to watch.
Carver is the priest from The Walking Dead!? :O Just clicked there.
McNulty is the creepy scumbag from 300!!! :O
Forgot to update, season two of The Wire was brilliant. Loved the whole docks/union tie in. Really showed the bigger picture of the east/west side of the Baltimore drug trade. Also, working as a stevedore and on the docks in general a few years back brought back some nice memories. That brotherhood is real. Regardless of geography. So is the shady business.
I found season 2 odd the first time I watched it. Second time round it was better. Third time round I really loved it.
And I still haven't watched it in HD yet, so I will eventually watch it again!
Great show, second only to the Sopranos for me.
That was my favorite part about the season, a microcosm of the rot of the blue collar class across large portions of America.
Season 2 was brilliant especially the "change" of scene and the man of the people. Not many other shows can have their "main players" become background players for a season. It really covered all angles through the five seasons.
I find myself changing my opinion on the order of my favourite seasons throughout. I think 5 might generally be seen as the "weakest" but tbh, it had such a great finish especially the montage video.
I find myself changing my opinion on the order of my favourite seasons throughout. I think 5 might generally be seen as the "weakest" but tbh, it had such a great finish especially the montage video.
Moved in with my sister and brother in law about a month ago, and last night I got them to watch the first 2 episodes of season 1, and they loved it, got them hooked. As always when I think of newbies to the show, I'm jealous they're getting to watch it for the first time.
Ray Cole's wake 
such a fantastic scene. Very reminiscent of wakes I've attended bar having the body laid out on a pool table. Irish wakes are weird.
such a fantastic scene. Very reminiscent of wakes I've attended bar having the body laid out on a pool table. Irish wakes are weird.The Wire sub on reddit has a thread on ranking favourite characters, got me thinking of mine. It's roughly like this:
1. Bodie
2. Rawls
3. Avon
4. Wallace
5. Omar
6. Daniels
7. Ziggy
8. Michael
9. Bunk
10. Carver
11. Wee-Bey
12. McNulty
Other than Bodie, the order would probably be way different if I made it again in a month. So many great characters.
1. Bodie
2. Rawls
3. Avon
4. Wallace
5. Omar
6. Daniels
7. Ziggy
8. Michael
9. Bunk
10. Carver
11. Wee-Bey
12. McNulty
Other than Bodie, the order would probably be way different if I made it again in a month. So many great characters.
1. Sobotka (Frank) (obviously)
2. Omar
3. Stringer
4. Lestor
5. Bubbles
6. Bunk
7. d'Angelo
8. Michael
9. Bodie
10. Carver
11. Daniels
12. McNulty
13. Colvin
14. Prop Joe
15. Dennis Wise
Levy and Rawls and Clay Davis were too diabolical to be 'favourites' though they were entertaining, and I could not really identify with (thank god) Marlo or Avon, and I hate Ziggy from the bottom of my heart.
2. Omar
3. Stringer
4. Lestor
5. Bubbles
6. Bunk
7. d'Angelo
8. Michael
9. Bodie
10. Carver
11. Daniels
12. McNulty
13. Colvin
14. Prop Joe
15. Dennis Wise
Levy and Rawls and Clay Davis were too diabolical to be 'favourites' though they were entertaining, and I could not really identify with (thank god) Marlo or Avon, and I hate Ziggy from the bottom of my heart.
I like how everyone you got is nicknamed, but Cutty is Dennis Wise. Respect for leaving the game.
I didn't watch The Wire like I should have, as I watched whilst studying (I study whilst watching TV shows). I feel like it deserves a second watch.
A lot of you rates season 2 so highly, whereas I wasn't so much a fan. Loved season 3 and 4 the most personally. Season 1 too.
Clearly need to watch again... In HD
A lot of you rates season 2 so highly, whereas I wasn't so much a fan. Loved season 3 and 4 the most personally. Season 1 too.
Clearly need to watch again... In HD
I'm not a big fan of season 2 either. Season 3/4 was what elevated the Wire to one of the GOAT TV shows.I didn't watch The Wire like I should have, as I watched whilst studying (I study whilst watching TV shows). I feel like it deserves a second watch.
A lot of you rates season 2 so highly, whereas I wasn't so much a fan. Loved season 3 and 4 the most personally. Season 1 too.
Clearly need to watch again... In HD
Just got through watching The Wire. Liked it, didn't love it. Don't really get the enormous fuss over it. Am I missing something?
Apparently yes.
Yes.