Any other The Wire fans out there?

The Wire is the best Crime Drama ever. Better than the Sopranos, NYPD Blue, Law and Order, etc. etc. But don't take my word for it. Google the critics, they all agree.

The characters are REAL. 3-d, smart, unpredictable yet true to character.
The storyline is amazing.
The conflicts are incredible.

But rarer still is the fact the story is true to itself and has an integrity that only HBO can provide.

It will be a sad day when the series is over. But I'm buying all the seasons off Amazon.

The Wire is a genre defining work of art, it will spill over to all other dramas. Like the Matrix help redefine American movie action sequences, so to will the Wire help evolve drama plot and story lines of future movies.

Too bad all good things must come to and end. What a shame.

Mel...

It was a sad day when Stringer Bell got taken out.

Wow! talk about not seeing that coming. But it was true to the story. Series Finale next week!!!

This is such an amazing show, i've only recently gotten into it. I just saw Stringer get killed - i'm watching one episode a day. Pure bliss. Stringer was by far my favourite "criminal" character. I really like all the characters though - from Prez to Avon. The only thing i've been dissapointed in so far is that i'm at the end of season three, and we haven't seen any Nicky from last year. God I hope he comes back some time, even if just for a little bit. Would quite like to see Ziggy again too.

Anyone else think Chris Bauer should've got an Emmy for Frank Sobotka?

The Wire is one of the best television shows ever made. When people ask me about it, I find it hard to form coherent sentences.

***Character Reappearance spoilers***

Fox - Nick Sobotka shows up once more in Series 5 but it's a blink-and-miss cameo with a throwaway line and that's it.

The Greeks briefly become part of the story again in series 5 as does Sergei, the Russian. Ziggy, presumably, is in jail the whole time.

So the dock workers really don't come back at all after series 2. I think they said everything they wanted to say about those characters.


ETA - Beadie, of course, becomes something of a recurring character with McNulty throughout.

Finally finished watching the 5th series recently. My god, I'm still reeling. What a programme.

I've only got two more eps ofseason five to go, I just watched the episode where Omar gets taken out by Kenard.

It's important that it's Kenard who did it - if you look back at season three, after the shootout at the stashhouse, it's Kenard who's playing with the other kids at the crime scene pretending that he's Omar ("I wanna be Omar, I wanna be Omar!")

And the fact that the death was so jolting was important - it was not grand or epic, it was a simple, rough death. It's symbolic of how just because Omar had come to believe he was larger than life, and how many of the things he had done may have been, in the end The Game caught up to him just like it catches up to everyone. Even Prop Joe, though he lasted a lot longer than most due to his intelligence and cool head.

Like McNulty said, "You start telling the story, and you think you're the hero, but by the time you get to the end of it..."

Just watched the finale.

Fuckin' A.