"The Wire" on HBO

I wish the HBO site would keep more past season cast profiles up on its site - Colvin's not even there anymore.

Just finished catching up fully. Season 4 totally devastated me and my share ratio!!!

Simon called the show a 66-hour movie. Since we've already had 50 episodes, does that mean next season is going to be 16?~ Stoked!

Actually, it's been trimmed back to 10, from what I hear.

I'm okay with it. Trim the fat!

"I'm okay with it."

Haha, as if my opinion matters.

there is no fat on this show.

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That Williams story is 0_o

> there is no fat on this show.

I love The Wire as much as anyone, but I don't see how you can say we needed to see another of Bubs' sidekicks self destruct.

I don't see how you can say we needed to see another of Bubs' sidekicks self destruct.

Does it really happen again in S4? Shit.

http://www.citypaper.com/bob/story.asp?id=14532

12/4: http://www.amazon.com/Wire-Complete-Fourth-Season/dp/B000QXDJLI

u beat me to it

profile of the show in nyer

Once, a man pressed a package of heroin into the hands of Andre Royo, the actor who plays the sympathetic junkie and police informant Bubbles, saying, “Man, you need a fix more than I do.” Royo refers to that moment as his “street Oscar.”

lots of spoilers + fuck the new yorker.

Spoilers for season 5?

yeah.

I don't even see the point of running a feature like that 2 and a half months before the season starts.

this part is pure b.s.:

Sometimes the fan base of “The Wire” seems like the demographics of many American cities—mainly the urban poor and the affluent élite, with the middle class hollowed out.

> lay the pipe of plot.

Uh....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFQVSvG5x54

OMG SO FN AMPED YAYA !!!!!!!!!

season 4 on dvd in less than a month...

I'm getting Season 4 as a belated b-day present. Psyched.

u guys have seen season 4 tho right

nope, i'm torrent-challenged

nope, i'm torrent-challenged

-- Jordan, Friday, November 9, 2007 1:39 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

that teaser fucking stings because it feels like it's talking about actual local headlines as much as the show. i think the current murder rate is putting anything ever depicted in The Wire to shame.

I just finished season 3, and I figured I'd just wait for the DVDs. Also my wife wants to catch up, and she just finished season 1.

o u poor bastards (but on the other hand u have so much enjoyment to look forward to)

and uh learn torrents ffs

Nothing has outdone S1 for me so far, but I think that's partly just that you can't recapture that first thrill of "OMG I have never seen any show like this." Still, S3 was at times as good as S1. S2 was a slight letdown but still miles better than anything else.

My wife is actually almost done reading The Corner, which from what she's told me is considerably grimmer and grittier than The Wire.

they just took hbo offa my stolen cable so now im totes torrent dependent

season 4 was the best imo - but i kinda just love them all in their own way

the corner mini series is wicked sweet too - and yeah way more gritty/realistic

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I don't know how I feel about the return of Jimmy Bustballs. :\

Picking a favorite season is like picking your favourite childe. Except season 1 is the adopted one.

Anyone who doesn't think S1 is the best is nutty.

I love the way in S1 every scene was "NEW INFORMATION! NEW INFORMATION! DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE SAID? DID YOU SEE THAT? DID YOU CATCH THAT?"

mcnutty

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yah i was happy to have dude fade away like ok i get it already right xp

s4 is the best cause the scope is the widest and the kids break a heart. s1 is so awes but basically just a cop show (plus there's some def growing pains there)

The sole factor in determining the quality of art is how many LOLs it has.

I've missed this so much.

S3 was the conclusion to S1 tho, S3 > S1!

guys this is seriously like the 80th time a debate about which season is best/worst has sprung up JUST ON THIS THREAD. start a poll or stfu already.

and like anyone gives a fuck what your personal preference is as to best season

and in any case, it's clearly the fourth.

i prefer s5

lock thread, do not start new one until january.

hmmm... poll...