The Wire

This might be a rerun, but it's worth watching. Top 100 quotes from The Wire.

http://ruz.posterous.com/the-top-100...-from-the-wire

the wire complete series is on sale at best buy for $100! steal of a deal. pick up.

just finished season one, little late to the party, holy fuck this is a good show

You're in for a treat. I watched it several years ago like most people, and still have yet to find something that comes close. Treme is worth checking out if you're into NOLA/ music scene. It's no Wire, but is by the same people, has several shared actors, and is all around good TV.

An excellent show for sure. So many Irish & UK actors pulling off believable American accents impressed too.

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You're in for a treat. I watched it several years ago like most people, and still have yet to find something that comes close. Treme is worth checking out if you're into NOLA/ music scene. It's no Wire, but is by the same people, has several shared actors, and is all around good TV.

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I've read quite a few unfavorable reviews of Treme, but I really enjoy it. Unique for sure.

Bumpin' my own sheeeeeeeeeeeeet.

I watched this entire series in a marathon of blistering hot day cool-downs in my one air-conditioned room this past summer. I genuinely feel that this mind-thumping of a viewing experience made me a better person.

I love this show. I think about it everyday.

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Bumpin' my own sheeeeeeeeeeeeet.

I watched this entire series in a marathon of blistering hot day cool-downs in my one air-conditioned room this past summer. I genuinely feel that this mind-thumping of a viewing experience made me a better person.

I love this show. I think about it everyday.

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Never get high on your own supply. This thread came up on an unrelated search, but since I stumbled upon it, I thought it should get a bump for the masses that haven't heard of it or have put off watching it. It really does make you think, and I agree that it has made me a more aware person.

i forgot about this thread, man i think i watched all 5 seasons in 5 weeks. probably my favorite drama, ever. (spolier) only let down was the fabricated serial killer in season 5.. for a show that was so brilliantly written, this was a shockingly dumb/unbelievable premise.

season 5 was a bit of a let down. i think the writers wanted to do a full season, but the network only signed it for a few. the could have easily come up with a better plot for exploiting the problems of journalism. best part of the season though was mcnulty and kima sitting in the room with the FBI guy describing the traits of the serial killer.

Deserves a bump since its now on Amazon Prime streaming and I guess HBO is going to sell their own streaming service to non-subscribers next year.

Simply the best thing I've ever seen. Watched all five seasons in 5 or so weeks. I'll probably watch the whole thing again within a year.

Pandemic! Get that Pandemic here!

Watched it as it aired back in the day, and I've been working my way through it again since it came up on Amazon. Into season 4. For my money, season 2 is maybe the best season of any show ever.

Just re-watched the whole series on Amazon last month - just as good as I remembered it. Watch it, shit birds.

McNutty, as Bubbles said, was the man, man. From the evening exploits to the almost daily insubordination he delivered. So many good yet flawed people with well developed roles.

McNulty might be my favorite fictional character of all time. Man had a purpose in life and wasn't going to let anything stop him. And he absolutely did not give a shit.

Finished re-watching season 1 last night. The show has aged really, really well and feels more relevant than ever.

I had to suspend reality when I finally got around to watching it a couple years ago because of the pagers and ancient cell phones, but it was so solidly tight, that was not too difficult. Certainly one of if not the greatest series ever on TV. Solid writing, acting and tie ins to the bullshit of reality.

It was the Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

One of my fave shows ever.
A good read is The Corner. Believe show based on this book, but really enlightening on the reality of life in the Baltimore hood, and others around the country I imagine. Have TC series queued up on my Netflix but still a little ways off.

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One of my fave shows ever.
A good read is The Corner. Believe show based on this book, but really enlightening on the reality of life in the Baltimore hood, and others around the country I imagine. Have TC series queued up on my Netflix but still a little ways off.

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Thanks for the tip on the book. Just ordered that and also Homicide, another one by David Simon that's supposed to be good. I'm about halfway through season 4 of The Wire. Truly one of the best shows I've ever seen. Really stays with you.

Lapping series for what’s gotta be the 4th time. Best ever.


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Lapping series for what’s gotta be the 4th time. Best ever.

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hah I'm doing the same, and yeah... this is definitely the best I've ever seen.

Four times? Sheeeeeit!

I lost this thing some time ago at the beginning of season 3 and just got back in there. Gawd, what a great show. And still timely.

A few mentioned above about a book it may be based on, but I'm pretty sure that it's the result of the collaboration of three great writers that fortunately worked together on this thing. Of course, David Simon and Ed Burns, who brought their real life experiences in Baltimore, but also Richard Price, who does not get enough credit for this masterwork. He was writing novels about Northeast urban life for years before this project started. The Wanderers, Clockers (Spike Lee adapted), Lush Life, Freedomland, Samaritan, and a few others. Great writer, born and bred in the Bronx. One of his little jokes from Clockers made it to a street scene in this season 3, when a bored cop asks some kid where he can get one of those baseball caps with the bill that comes off the side of the head instead of the front, and the damn kid answers that, oh man, it's just a normal cap you wear sideways. Uh, yeah.
If you're a fan of the Duece, another Simon project, I caught an earlier use of a line they used to much greater effect in that show. After Cutty is introduced to Barksdale in the prison ball field, Cutty walks away and the dude tells Barksdale that Cutty calmly killed a man and then picked up the phone to call the cops, telling them that "I just shot a nigger, come get me." Same line the short order cook used in the Duece, after he shot the pimp. Great scene.

So many great lines just whizzed by. McNulty trying to get a drink at an open bar at an event he doesnt belong at in D.C., other than chasing some tail he's already tasted, and asks for a Jamesons on the rocks. Bartender says, only have Bushmills. McNulty scowls at him, "that's Protestant whiskey."

Awesome show.

ha I remember laughing at that Protestant whiskey line too. He's not wrong, though.

I was re-watching the earlier seasons recently and it cracked me up when those corner boys were yelling, "Pandemic. Got that pandemic!"

Ha, just looked it up. Somebody actually put it on YouTube just a few days ago lol.

It's pretty weird how Baltimore looks exactly the same now. not worse, not better. No idea about the drug trade, but the city scenes could have been filmed yesterday.

Well, don't know much about west Baltimore, but, I guess.

Sad how a fragile hipster urban culture like that is getting damaged by this thing. Haven't been down to Hunt Valley for a while for obvious reasons , bet the rich there are doing well. Everything I thought about the future has changed dramatically. The short term future of tight cities is bad. I don't put much faith in a bunch of young people clicking on devices.

I've been watching that again recently as well. A few episodes into season 1 again and its place as my #1 all time show is immediately reaffirmed.

Where is this show available?

streaming on prime atm

A few weeks back, I got a close friend who works in law enforcement to finally watch this show after all these years. I always thought (and she agrees) that the first season is far better then the ones that followed but the whole run is pretty great. Whoever cast this show was brilliant. Every single character rings true.

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streaming on prime atm

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Thank you

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Thank you

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no worries, it’s worth the time

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A few weeks back, I got a close friend who works in law enforcement to finally watch this show after all these years. I always thought (and she agrees) that the first season is far better then the ones that followed but the whole run is pretty great. Whoever cast this show was brilliant. Every single character rings true.

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It's funny, a lot of people seem to disagree on which season is the best. I did not think first season was the best. But in any case, I agree that whoever did the casting deserves major accolades. Casting is kind of an overlooked art, but man, everything hinges on those casting decisions. What's amazing about The Wire is nobody overplays their role, and nobody underplays their role. They hit the mark every time. A lot of that comes back to the director as well, not trying to score cheap points, always taking the long view. It's rare to see all those things come together at once to produce quality, cerebral entertainment.

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ha I remember laughing at that Protestant whiskey line too. He's not wrong, though.

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But, he drank it anyway.

I rewatched again early in quarantine. If anybody is interested, The Ringer is doing an ep by ep deep dive pod with Jemele Hill and this Van doot.
Way down in the hole is the name of it. Of course.

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It's funny, a lot of people seem to disagree on which season is the best. I did not think first season was the best. But in any case, I agree that whoever did the casting deserves major accolades. Casting is kind of an overlooked art, but man, everything hinges on those casting decisions. What's amazing about The Wire is nobody overplays their role, and nobody underplays their role. They hit the mark every time. A lot of that comes back to the director as well, not trying to score cheap points, always taking the long view. It's rare to see all those things come together at once to produce quality, cerebral entertainment.

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I'm in season 4 right now, and just amazed at the quality of acting coming from all of these children and adolescents.

My wife's business is in Baltimore and they were looking for more space last year and I went on a ride-along. The space is in a business project called the Baltimore Food Hub on E. Oliver St. and we went into the space, climbing over and through a bunch of trash and debris and there was this on the wall:

https://i.imgur.com/A2wGVMO.jpg
imgur pic

It was Cutty's Gym on the show. I thought that was pretty cool. Place was a wreck, though. You can see some vegetation lower left in pic, that's inside the building. Tons of potential and tax breaks were available but nah.

Part of me thinks this show is ripe for a modern reboot. It could be amazing. Bezos should buy the rights, put it on Prime and give Simon all the budget he wants and complete creative control. On the other hand, almost nothing has fundamentally changed since the show ended in 2008. Sure, smartphones and social media have permeated society, but that's mostly window dressing, so there's no reason to redo it.