"The Wire" fans

[Brock]

Download the "The Wire" bible. Early conceptual drafts of what, who, where, and when. Fun reading by David Simon.

http://leethomson.myzen.co.uk/The_Wi...re_-_Bible.pdf

[Buck]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Don't watch any of those spoiler-tagged clips if you haven't seen the show. Don't watch a single damn one of them.

Good Idea

[Buck]

[Ultra Peanut]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Don't watch any of those spoiler-tagged clips if you haven't seen the show. Don't watch a single damn one of them.

Just seeing the title of the first video made me tear up.

In looking back, I think Season 1 may be my favorite season. It's like picking your favorite child, though.

[Miles]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Keep it up and you're gonna call out the West Wing acolytes and then we're really gonna have a ruckus. FTR, I liked TWW a lot and watched it all the way through, but I never found it as transcendent as those who truly love it did, mainly because I'd seen Sports Night and could see the strings, which by the time he got around to Studio 60, there was more 'strings' on the screen than plot or character.

I watched all of The West Wing last summer cold and had seen some of Spotsnight and all of Studio 60. While it was pretty damn good overall, it was also uneven and agree on the obvious "strings" aspect.

[Miles]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

I seriously have never heard a single cogent argument against The Wire being the best television show ever.

Deadwood, Rome and Twin Peaks are the only I would hold up there with The Wire with no real preference among them.

[noa]

I think my two favorite TV scenes of all time are that scene where Dee explains chess and the scene in Deadwood when Dan fights Captain Turner.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by noa

I think my two favorite TV scenes of all time are that scene where Dee explains chess and the scene in Deadwood when Dan fights Captain Turner.

Bullock beating the fock out of Alma's father.
Cy beating Veronica Mars cross-eyed.

[Buck]

This is possibly the best picture on the internet.

[Ultra Peanut]

http://claydavisisyournewvibrator.com/

[Buck]

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

http://claydavisisyournewvibrator.com/

Awesome

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

http://claydavisisyournewvibrator.com/

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by MediaCenterJunkie

This is possibly the best picture on the internet.

Yeah... that is immediately being used as my Facebook profile pic.

[Buck]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Yeah... that is immediately being used as my Facebook profile pic.

I was gonna make it my avatar, but I don't feel like resizing it.

[beavis]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

That's why Season 4 is the best of the series. Everyone finds it utterly heartbreaking and depressing. Its so powerful.

Yeah, it was, but I found it pissed me off more than compelled me. Those kids never stood a ****ing chance. I found the docks storyline almost dry compared to the Barksdale side of things. Marlo is just a psychopath. I've just started season five, but right now, I'd rank my favorites in this order.

3, 1, 4, 2

Still, there is nothing better than a drinking scene with McNaulty and Bunk.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by beavis

Yeah, it was, but I found it pissed me off more than compelled me. Those kids never stood a ****ing chance.

And its even worse in real inner-city life.

What The Wire does is present an incredibly accurate depiction of the American city, but its fictional elements work to "lighten up" the subject matter just a tiny bit so that the show is somewhat palatable to watch. Season 4 & 5 are the bleakest & hardest to handle, though. I think that's why the may be the best.