Ok im late I know, The Wire

[Pete1210]

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Hard for me to pick a favorite out of that group. Marlo, Snoop, Stringer, Omar, Bunk...yeah just no way for me to choose. They all brought their own level of awesomeness to the show. Really my favorite ever, ever ever.

If I had to pick one it'd be Bubbles.
Visiting this thread makes me want to watch the series again.

If you liked "The Wire" check out "The Corner". Also by Simon and set in Baltimore focusing on a true story of the life and family of a heroin addict. Also has some of the same actors. It's a short series, only six episodes.

[JayBee74]

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Snoop is in my Top Five of Wire characters. For those that don't know she was discovered by the actor that played Omar and debuted in season 3.

She received high praise from legendary writer Stephen King who described the character Snoop as "perhaps the most terrifying female villain to ever appear in a television series."

I agree.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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So is DirectTVs' show of The Wire in order? I have been slowly watching the show over this entire year(watched season 1 real fast, but have slacked on season 2). I am getting direct TV and was looking at the Ch. 101 programming list and I freaked out when I saw The Wire, then I freak out even more once I see that they are about 2 shows behind where I last watched.

[Streets]

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You all thought you were behind??! I JUST found out about and flew through the series. I already want to watch it again. Best drama ever. Amazing, amazing show. When you stand back and look at it in its entirety... just... wow.

I have a hard time choosing a favorite character. I had a soft spot for String and was cheering for him the whole time. He was easily my favorite in the beginning. He changed near the end though. Marlo who I loved to hate at first became a guy I just loved. Over time, I realized he's everything I thought and wanted Stringer to be.

I seriously can't choose a favorite. The acting was so good. Bubs and Omar easily had the most charisma and were probably fan favorites as a result.

I feel like I have a lot to say about this show, but am so behind since you all have seen it multiple times.

[aukevin]

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You all thought you were behind??! I JUST found out about and flew through the series. I already want to watch it again. Best drama ever. Amazing, amazing show. When you stand back and look at it in its entirety... just... wow.

I have a hard time choosing a favorite character. I had a soft spot for String and was cheering for him the whole time. He was easily my favorite in the beginning. He changed near the end though. Marlo who I loved to hate at first became a guy I just loved. Over time, I realized he's everything I thought and wanted Stringer to be.

I seriously can't choose a favorite. The acting was so good. Bubs and Omar easily had the most charisma and were probably fan favorites as a result.

I feel like I have a lot to say about this show, but am so behind since you all have seen it multiple times.

I know what you mean, I enjoyed the show so much this summer when I watched it. I watched all 7 seasons of The Shield over the past couple months and I have a hard time decided which show I liked better. If you haven't seen The Shield, it's a great show to transition to after The Wire.

[CC]

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I know what you mean, I enjoyed the show so much this summer when I watched it. I watched all 7 seasons of The Shield over the past couple months and I have a hard time decided which show I liked better. If you haven't seen The Shield, it's a great show to transition to after The Wire.

I've been wanting to check out the Shield for quite awhile now, but haven't gotten around to it.

I also got into The Wire over the summer and got through all of it really quick and easy. Now it has become maybe my favorite series ever, so I will give The Shield a shot sometime in the near future.

I think I'm going to pick up the box set of all the seasons of "The Wire" around Christmas. It's just one of those shows that was so gripping in its entirety, and is worth watching multiple times.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Yeah the Wire was the shiznit.......few years ago BET use to show an episode every night 7 days a week during the winter time. I seen the last 3 seasons that way LOL. It use to come on at midnight.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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I need to start getting the DVD's from Netflix or something. I've been meaning to catch this series for a while.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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It is awesome ! Don't watch it around kids though because it is graphic, lots of cursing and sexual acts.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I still haven't gotten around to it yet SMH.

[Beantown]

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You all thought you were behind??! I JUST found out about and flew through the series. I already want to watch it again. Best drama ever. Amazing, amazing show. When you stand back and look at it in its entirety... just... wow.

I have a hard time choosing a favorite character. I had a soft spot for String and was cheering for him the whole time. He was easily my favorite in the beginning. He changed near the end though. Marlo who I loved to hate at first became a guy I just loved. Over time, I realized he's everything I thought and wanted Stringer to be.

I seriously can't choose a favorite. The acting was so good. Bubs and Omar easily had the most charisma and were probably fan favorites as a result.

I feel like I have a lot to say about this show, but am so behind since you all have seen it multiple times.

Glad you're in the Marlo camp with me, but you're right, there are too many characters.

I had been thinking about this show in terms of an aspiring writer and when you look at it as a whole, in the, what 70 episodes or so they were able to almost fully develop at least 20+ characters.

[Streets]

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I still haven't gotten around to it yet SMH.

I'd stay away from this thread (like I did) since it's littered with spoilers. I watched the entire series spoiler free and it was worth it. I wanna go through it again, but I know it won't be as good as the first time since I know what is going to happen.

Bubs

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I damn near wanted to cry during the montage when he finally got upstairs to his sister's house. Such a small victory in an everyday man's life, but we were blessed enough to see this guys rise to the top and saw him overcome all of the adversities in his life. Something so simple presented in a 5 second montage clip, but it was the culmination of a guy who literally crawled his way into and out of the darkest depths (the basement).

Michael

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Him being the "new Omar" makes so much sense. While he lacks a certain type of charisma that Omar had in spades, he has the right motivation to head down that path, and like Omar is a killer with a code. He questioned things because of that code and was almost killed for it. Omar was a "good guy" and having Michael head down that path was just brilliant writing

Omar

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My friend told me that he read that the kid who offed him was one of the kids who was playing and fought about who gets to "be Omar" seasons earlier. Amazing. Also, how he went was well-written. Stringer's death was hard for me, but I knew it was coming. Much like Stringer's life it was building up over time the more dirt he did, and it all culminated in a larger than life bloodbath. With the tension at a maximum and no outs, he was slain in awesome fashion.

By contrast, Omar was got in a blink of an eye (I was actually reading something and missed it when it happened, I looked up and was like "no way", had to rewind). It makes sense the way he went in contrast to String. Just great writing.

Every man's gotta have a code.... sums up the series perfectly. We were lucky enough to witness each character live and die by theirs, and it was amazing. Omar, Marlo, McNulty, Avon, String, Clay, Carcetti, Herc, Bunny, Boadie, Bubs, Daniels, Prez, and so many more... just think of all of their "codes" and how their codes impacted one another in this small environment. I could keep going, but just color me impressed.

[RockinDaMike]

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I still haven't gotten around to it yet SMH.

I hate to give out any guarantees, but every person I introduced this show to has become their favorite show and I can guarantee that you'll love it at least.

I have watched this serious 4 times already and has no got old once.

[steelcurtain311]

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I still remember when I got HBO during the Sopranos season 3, or it was 4 maybe. And that Summer I seen the preview for the first season of the Wire, and I was intrigued. I just thought at first "Oh, a cop show, cool." and I found myself hooked into a show unlike I've ever been hooked in my life, or have been since. It's hard to describe the layers of emotion the Wire draws out of you as a person. It really hits on so many different levels. As just a cop show? Yes. As just a politics show? Yes. As just a show with great acting? Yes. As just a show with great characters? Yes. As a show unafraid to explore different social commentaries and aspects of the real world, set in a wonderful backdrop of politics and crime? Oh yes.

It is quite simply, the single greatest drama and achievement in television history. The most layered show ever created.

[CC]

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Seriously, every show or miniseries HBO puts out there is worth watching. All of them are pretty damn good. But, "The Wire" for me was head and shoulders above everything else. Sure, Entourage, Deadwood, and the Sopranos are up there as well, but "The Wire" was just an incredible achievement in TV history. Amazing from start to finish, in every episode and every season.

P.S. Omar was my favorite character in the show.

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Was extremely disappointed when he was offed, but everyone knew it was coming sooner or later.