Joined: Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:24 pm Posts: 6501 Location: Massachusetts Gender: Male
Every time I watch The Wire from season 1 through it amazes me how much better this show is than anything else I've seen, including shows I think very highly of.
Omar testifying at Bird's trial and Nicky's breakdown at the playground right before he plows that hoe come to mind right off the top of my head, although there are more. "The Bunk don't swim" is my favorite line from the season, and I think the closing montage may be the best.
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:08 am Posts: 22978 Gender: Male
Slow down, Chud. Savor the Wire. I know it makes you want to never stop watching, and just stay up for 60 hours to get the whole story. But the brilliance of this show is a limited resource. watch an episode or two a night. Then spend the whole day wondering about Lester, or Stringer, or Nicks girlfriends tits. Absorb it. Let the want rule your day.
But it didn't have the resonance, for me, that 3 and 4 did. Maybe I was just more invested in those seasons because they carried the season one narrative. But 2 didn't do it for me. Also, 4 has the best montage.
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Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:41 pm Posts: 23014 Location: NOT FLO-RIDIN Gender: Male
But yeah, this show is light-years ahead of, truly, anything else I've seen. The depth of character is amazing--I don't know if there's a central character that I can really root against because they go to such lengths to humanize everyone. To put the viewer in a situation where you think, "Yeah, I'd have done that too" after watching a murder--fantastic tv writing. I'm sort of excited to forget it so I can go back and watch it again.
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