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It does start off slow in the first season; I've had other people say they couldn't watch past the first few episodes. The same can be said for Breaking Bad and a host of other shows. But if you have any desire to see the inner-workings of an American city, beyond the glitz and spin, the series is a must. Each season effectively dealt with a new subject: the decline of American blue-collar work, the decline of inner-city schools, the decline of print journalism (and journalism itself), the loss of unwritten "street code", City Hall corruption, etc. And the character depth is amazing.
Agreed. The Wire is a truly brilliant TV series & one of the best urban crime dramas I've seen. And, now that the the final season aired almost 10 years ago, it's pretty much a time capsule of a specific time & place.
I'm also a fan of the '90's Baltimore crime drama series Homicide: Life on the Street, but The Wire may be better.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I grew up in the Baltimore City area & was familiar with a lot of the landmarks on the show, recognized the accents (they obviously used a lot of local actors, or maybe local non-actors), etc. So, I realized how truly authentic the show was - it felt very real....more like a documentary than a TV series.
Agreed. The Wire is a truly brilliant TV series & one of the best urban crime dramas I've seen. And, now that the the final season aired almost 10 years ago, it's pretty much a time capsule of a specific time & place.
I'm also a fan of the '90's Baltimore crime drama series Homicide: Life on the Street, but The Wire may be better.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I grew up in the Baltimore City area & was familiar with a lot of the landmarks on the show, recognized the accents (they obviously used a lot of local actors, or maybe local non-actors), etc. So, I realized how truly authentic the show was - it felt very real....more like a documentary than a TV series.
Yeah, several of the characters were real-life figures in Baltimore. The guy who played "The Deacon" was Melvin Williams, a real life B-More drug kingpin, and the big guy who hung around Brother Mouzone (the bow-tie character) was the real life kid whose story was told in David Simon's "The Corner".
Speaking of "Homicide: LOTS", if you haven't read the book that inspired the series, you should. It's a fascinating look into what a (high-volume) homicide department goes through in a year.
Yeah, several of the characters were real-life figures in Baltimore. The guy who played "The Deacon" was Melvin Williams, a real life B-More drug kingpin, and the big guy who hung around Brother Mouzone (the bow-tie character) was the real life kid whose story was told in David Simon's "The Corner". Speaking of "Homicide: LOTS", if you haven't read the book that inspired the series, you should. It's a fascinating look into what a (high-volume) homicide department goes through in a year.
The Corner was another amazing Baltimore-based crime mini-series from HBO; some of the actors/actresses from that series also showed up in "The Wire". And, I also remember a handful of H: LOTS actors also showed up in "The Wire" as well - obviously due to the producers being the same/similar for all these series.
The Corner was another amazing Baltimore-based crime mini-series from HBO; some of the actors/actresses from that series also showed up in "The Wire". And, I also remember a handful of H: LOTS actors also showed up in "The Wire" as well - obviously due to the producers being the same/similar for all these series.
The most famous being Richard Belzer's/Detective Munch making a cameo appearance in a cop bar.
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