The Wire - GOAT television series?

• justincredible

  

  Just finished up the series on Monday. GOAT television series for me, easily. Breaking Bad is close, but not that close.
  
  Also, I hear there is a mini-series called "The Corner" from the same creator that I need to watch but it wasn't on amazon or netflix.
• gut

  I put it up there with Sopranos, 2-3 of the best seasons of any show, and a couple not up to the same level. Breaking Bad would be higher for me if Walt's son, wife and sister-in-law weren't such horribly annoying characters. The first 2-3 seasons of Lost is as good as anything out there, but it fell a lot further than others on my list in subsequent seasons.
  
  For me it goes something like:
  1) Game of Thrones
  2) The Shield
  3) The Wire
  4) Sopranos
  5) Breaking Bad
• justincredible

  

  Season 4 of The Wire HAS to be the best season of television ever. I won't accept any opinion that it's not.
• Fab4Runner

  

  My roommates and I are on season three right now. So far, Breaking Bad is ahead for me.
• gut

  justincredible;1700737 wrote:Season 4 of The Wire HAS to be the best season of television ever. I won't accept any opinion that it's not.

  I thought Season 3 was better. Stringer Bell is GOAT
• justincredible

  

  gut;1700740 wrote:I thought Season 3 was better. Stringer Bell is GOAT

  String was a POS, but definitely a great character.
  
  My favorite from the series, and probably of all-time, is Bunny Colvin. His speech to Carver about the drug war was about the best piece of dialog I've ever heard.
• justincredible

  

  Fab4Runner;1700739 wrote:My roommates and I are on season three right now. So far, Breaking Bad is ahead for me.

  Keep outta here! I want to talk about the show without holding back on spoilers.
• Fab4Runner

  

  justincredible;1700742 wrote:Keep outta here! I want to talk about the show without holding back on spoilers.

  Lol, I am not worried about it. We have seriously been watching for like 6 months with no end in sight. I forget a bunch of stuff when we go weeks between eps, so I am not super invested. I might have to go back and binge-watch on my own someday.
• Lovejoy1984

  

  I too just watched the the wire. Then last night just finished The Newsroom.
  
  Wire is def. top 5 for me.
  
  Though I've never watched the Sopranos, or the Shield.
  
  Wire
  SOA
  GoT
  BrBa
  Newsroom
  
  No particular order.
• Lovejoy1984

  

  I was surprised when they killed String, and wrote off Avon.
  
  I really liked D'Angelo, and Prop Joe though.
• Fab4Runner

  

  Stringer Bell could do anything he wanted to me. Even in his horrible, oversized polos, sweaters and short-sleeved button downs.
• justincredible

  

  HighRoller74;1700748 wrote:I was surprised when they killed String, and wrote off Avon.
  
  I really liked D'Angelo, and Prop Joe though.

  **SPOILERS**
  
  Agreed. I liked D a lot but I knew that was coming. Same with Prop Joe. Dukie met the saddest end, though. That final scene with Prez was rough. Also, the scene when Carver realized there wasn't shit he could do to help Randy at the end of season 4. That was brutal.
• Fab4Runner

  

  justincredible;1700752 wrote:**SPOILERS**
  
  Agreed. I liked D a lot but I knew that was coming. Same with Prop Joe. Dukie met the saddest end, though. That final scene with Prez was rough. Also, the scene when Carver realized there wasn't shit he could do to help Randy at the end of season 4. That was brutal.

  Wallace made me sad.
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  I will have to watch the Wire. Breaking Bad is my current number one with Sopranos at number two. Boardwalk Empire is third.
• justincredible

  

  Fab4Runner;1700753 wrote:Wallace made me sad.

  Forgot about that scene. Man. D's reaction was worse.
  
  "WHERE THE FUCK IS WALLACE AT? WHERE THE FUCK IS WALLACE AT?"
• Lovejoy1984

  

  Agree about Dukie.
  
  They made you feel bad about him the whole series, even more so when he got on the needle.
  
  Was glad about Bubbles straightening himself out.
• Laley23

  

  The Wire is the best written, directed and IMO, acted show ever. That said, it's #2 for me. Just liked Breaking Bad more.
  
  But, the lack of sound effects, score, etc made The Wire so damn authentic. Just awesome.
  
  Was S4 the one with the kids and the mayoral race? If so, that was my favorite. But, shiiiiiiiiiiit, it's been so long I forget the order of seasons.
• gut

  HighRoller74;1700748 wrote:I was surprised when they killed String, and wrote off Avon.

  It had to be done at that point. He was about to rise above simple street kingpin, and then the show either writes him off or goes a different direction.
• justincredible

  

  Laley23;1700765 wrote:The Wire is the best written, directed and IMO, acted show ever. That said, it's #2 for me. Just liked Breaking Bad more.
  
  But, the lack of sound effects, score, etc made The Wire so damn authentic. Just awesome.
  
  Was S4 the one with the kids and the mayoral race? If so, that was my favorite. But, shiiiiiiiiiiit, it's been so long I forget the order of seasons.

  Yeah, season 4 was focused on the schools.
• justincredible

  

  I've been reading a lot about the show now that I've watched it. I had no idea the old guy that plays the deacon is the inspiration for the Avon Barksdale character. The guy was a legit kingpin in Baltimore back in the 80s.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  The answer is seinfeld.
  
  Good show though.
• Laley23

  

  justincredible;1700768 wrote:I've been reading a lot about the show now that I've watched it. I had no idea the old guy that plays the deacon is the inspiration for the Avon Barksdale character. The guy was a legit kingpin in Baltimore back in the 80s.

  Crazy to me the guy simply lived all that as a reporter. Not to the extent of the cops/politicians...but he was heavily involved in many of the storylines as a reporter for the Sun.
• justincredible

  

  It's really weird reading through all of the characters and who played them. Jay Landsman (big fat cop) is based on a real cop named Jay Landsman who actually plays someone else in the show. Also, the bald white detective was the actual Baltimore Commish from 2000-2002.
• Lovejoy1984

  

  justincredible;1700768 wrote:I've been reading a lot about the show now that I've watched it. I had no idea the old guy that plays the deacon is the inspiration for the Avon Barksdale character. The guy was a legit kingpin in Baltimore back in the 80s.

  And the guy who goes into Jail to save Omar (My fav. character btw), and the guy who goes in to that apt. with him when Omar jumps out the window, was the inspiration for the Omar character.
• justincredible

  

  The girl who played Snoop (her real name was her character name as well) spent 6 years in jail for 2nd-degree murder.