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[wub]

what so good about it?

tempted to start watching

Kevin Spacey If he were a homosexu... wait.

Yeah, that was one crazy little subplot they just glimpsed at.

Just finished the first season of The Wire. HYPE

Start of a beautiful journey. I warn you...season two will seem like shite compared to season one, but once you've watched it all the way through to the end of season five, revisit season two and you'll appreciate it's true beauty.

[Laszlo]

Still the second worst season though.

[teamhobson]

what so good about it?

tempted to start watching

Kevin Spacey If he were a homosexu... wait.

Yeah, that was one crazy little subplot they just glimpsed at.

Well actually i have only seen the first couple episodes haha, no idea what youre talking about. Lets just say that Spacey had an eye for my best mate (male) while he was working on his play in London.

Just finished the first season of The Wire. HYPE

Start of a beautiful journey. I warn you...season two will seem like shite compared to season one, but once you've watched it all the way through to the end of season five, revisit season two and you'll appreciate it's true beauty.

Sick. I loved the last scene of this season; All that work and fuck all changes. Big ups to the war on drugs yea

[hubb]

I thought the second season of the wire was the best one and that after the third it falls off drastically. Starts to reintroduce a lot of characters (actors) in dubious ways and becomes more of a straight 'drama'.

[Laszlo]

"Second one is best" is what hipsters say!

[Muncey]

Nobody can watch all of The Wire without drinking Jamesons at some point, its impossible.

[titchbit]

"Second one is best" is what hipsters say!

100% true.

Best seasons (and they're called seasons) were 1, 3, 4, 5, 2, in that order.

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I would rate season 4 higher if Stringer was in it.

[Laszlo]

"Second one is best" is what hipsters say!

100% true.

Best seasons (and they're called seasons) were 1, 3, 4, 5, 2, in that order.

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I would rate season 4 higher if Stringer was in it.

1, 4, 3, 2, 5

(maybe even swap 3 and 2)

[hubb]

I just prefer it when they kill a lot of white people

[titchbit]

Season 2 wasn't as entertaining as say 1 or 3 but it was essential for the entire world David Simon was trying to convey. You needed to learn about the Greek at some point. But even the worst season of the wire is better than 99% of television.

At this point I just wish there was a season 6... And 7... And 8...

Also 2 & 5 are indisputably the worst, 5 because it was just a

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trainwreck with a seemingly improv-ed ending

, but I still rate 5 > 2 because of all the political and media stuff in 5 that was absent from 2. That was the whole point of the series really. It wasn't about gangsters and stevedores. They were just plot devices used to get to the bigger picture, the media and the politicians and the root of the city's problem.

[hubb]

Yeah. I would say the transition from the street level to to a pier was more surprising and educational than showing how the future drug' kids' went to school. And the characters were really good. Like Frank or the

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penis guy.

[Laszlo]

Debunked, you should put your last post in a spoiler thingy for people who haven't seen it all yet.

[chekov]

Best seasons (and they're called seasons) were 1, 3, 4, 5, 2, in that order.

come on, 5 was blatantly the worst one

the newspaper angle could have been interesting but wasn't really developed that much, all the characters there apart from gus were pretty one-dimensional

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and wtf was that shit with the fake hobo killer?

[titchbit]

lol yes,

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the mcnulty serial killer plot line was utter shit.

yes the newspaper could have been developed more, and I think it wasn't due to incompetence of the writers but because they were hurried to finish it or something. you still had the whole marlo thing going on in season 5 though, and all of the politicians, which season 2 lacked. that's why I rate 5 > 2.

[chekov]

ye marlo was sick, grant you that

i duno, i think it's just that it felt too rushed as you say. i rate the 2nd season more in as much as it showed the impact of the drug trade on a completely different community, the political side had already been covered enough in the 3rd/4th season to let it outweigh the crappy bits of the last season by itself imo

[Laszlo]

i rate the 2nd season more in as much as it showed the impact of the drug trade on a completely different community, the political side had already been covered enough in the 3rd/4th season to let it outweigh the crappy bits of the last season by itself imo

All of this, basically.

Also, to echo Wub's point, the second season seems a bit gash at first but gets a lot better on the second, third, fourth viewing.

[chekov]

even on the first viewing, the last few episodes get you proper sucked in. definitely makes it worth the slow start

[Liam92]

Right in amongst the 2nd season of Entourage now, loving it!

[ehbes]

rewatching season 3 of GoT

[titchbit]

the shield is pretty underrated i'm willing to bet most of you haven't seen it and you would all like it a lot. people compare it to the wire. they're similar in that they're both about cops and robbers. but the shield is different. there aren't as many characters. it's more about a twisted plot than a social commentary.