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10pm FX channel tonight.
Starting from Episode 1 season 1 ,If you haven't seen It dont miss It.
Warning Its a slow burner so dont dismiss It after a few episodes and you will have trouble understanding a "Bowmore" accent.
Oh aye ta for the reminder, right was my phone so I can set Sky to record.
Am I alone in never having seen one second of this series or even knowing what it's about (police I guess?) ?
Hi,
Just started season four, top series.
Some spot on observations on the jobs politics!
regards
I've never seen it either allthepies, it's about Gangstas and the Rozzas. I think.
What the **** did I do??.............
dont bother its dull.
waits to get flamed..............
no ive not seen it either i was also let down when i realised it wasnt wire in the blood ;-(
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Five Oh!
I had to watch the first series with subtitles, but it was definitely worth it. Except season 5, which just went a bit... silly.
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I have not seen any of
The Wire
House
24
Lost
I'm sorry
The Wire
The greatest TV show of all time. Epic. I've watched the whole thing from start to finish 8 times now, and it keeps getting better.
I've watched the whole thing from start to finish 8 times now, and it keeps getting better.
Are you among the ranks of the funemployed?
Anyone looking for a good series should also check out breaking bad. Truly brilliant.
Backhander your spot on , just finished watching Breaking Bad last week . Awesome show , very dark indeed.
Anyone looking for a good series has just missed The Killing, but can catch up as it's just come out on DVD.
The Wire is in a league of its own, though - the season with the story about the kids was really moving.
I'm crestfallen now I have no more episodes to watch. It's like a big hole!
Brilliant. Just nearing end of season2
The Wire is probably one of the few things that has lived up to all the hype surrounding it.
Well worth watching IMO
Oooh, Zip has just sent through the first DVD of Breaking Bad, so I shall start getting into that. Mad Men's not bad, as these things go, but really for comparisons with the Wire, there's really only the Sopranos that holds a candle to it (out of my viewing of the Wire, the Shield, Deadwood, Mad Men)
The Wire is probably one of the few things that has lived up to all the hype surrounding it.Well worth watching IMO
I agree - up there with West Wing & Hill St Blues.
Backhander your spot on , just finished watching Breaking Bad last week . Awesome show , very dark indeed.
The only thing wrong with breaking bad is the lack of another series.
Will be watching the Wire later.......again.
Season 4 of Breaking Bad starts In July.
Half way through second series, great entertainment.
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Fekn hell it's crashed with my Sopranos recording, which has gone 10 mins over.
The Wire is an absolute masterpiece.
Read the 2 books: "Homicide: Life On The Killing Streets"; and "The Corner"
Got all the seasons here 😀
Does take a while to audibly adjust to their accents/street language, but stick with it.
And Bubbles is just lovable.
Seen the 1st 2 series & looking forward to the rest. Actually feel bad that I've only got 3 left!
Anyone not watched it yet - it's worth learning who's who. Some characters were dead before I knew who they were.
Anyone see Southland on more 4 - quite liked that - first 2 seasons at least - think it GOT cancelled & then bought out & done on the cheap or something though.
breaking bad +1
sopranos too
battlestar galactica also awesome
sons of anarchy is good cheesey fun though not as cerebral as the above
if you also have the time
deadwood lovejoy is a mean old sweary man indeed
The Wire: best TV series ever. End of.
And Bubbles is just lovable.
Agreed. As is Bunk. And Omar. And Vinny. And various others.
Southland is back for Season 4 , it got canceled after season 1, and was picked up by another network(TNT), season 3 was one of the best things on TV earlier this year, definatly not done on the cheap.
Going back to the 90's Homicide Life on the Streets was a great show also set in Baltimore.
Backhander your spot on , just finished watching Breaking Bad last week . Awesome show , very dark indeed.The only thing wrong with breaking bad is the lack of another series.
Will be watching the Wire later.......again.
Season 4 is coming.
Managed to watch the full 5 seasons of The Wire 4 times now and it's still not boring, doubt many other TV series would allow you to do that! Absolutely amazing show.
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(Yes, that's a quote from The Wire"
Watched 'The Wire' from the very beginning first time around before all the meeja jumped on it and it became the cool thing to say you were obsessed with it. Certainly good, I'll give you that.
I thought the first and second series of The Wire were great but then it when downhill a bit.
The Wire is definitely the best TV series I've seen, better than the Sopranos which is also very good. The last series (of The Wire) did become unbelievable though.
Watched 'The Wire' from the very beginning first time around before all the meeja jumped on it and it became the cool thing to say you were obsessed with it.
Never a good idea to talk about how you were into something before it became popular - always sounds lame. HTH. 🙂
Breaking Bad is awesome 🙂 I like The Wire but think it is a bit over hyped. Band of Brothers is probably the best tv series I've seen, everything about it is spot on!
Wire and Mad Men, just about the best TV I've ever seen. I had to Lovefilm the first series 3 times before I got into it. First couple of episodes are setting things out and in no hurry to do so, I gave up and then went back to it after enduring much pleading from fanatics.
Don't watch it with the subtitles on. You will get the Baltimore slang pretty quickly, it's part of the fun and it gets better and better.
+1 on reading Homicide. Reportage at its best.
Watched 'The Wire' from the very beginning first time around before all the meeja jumped on it and it became the cool thing to say you were obsessed with it. Certainly good, I'll give you that.
Yeah man, know what you mean. I used to watch Come Dine With Me and Grand Designs the first time round before More4 jumped on it and started showing re-runs. I feel I've been hard done by though, as they've never become a cool thing to say you were obsessed with. What alot of wasted time.
From what ive seen of The Wire, its belting.
Cynic-Al got me into it a few weeks a go with a box set of season 1/equivalent weight in crack.
It's great - not sure why i missed it on telly really.
There is a cracking scene in s1 where they are re-inacting a shooting scene in a flat and every word is a variation on F word, over and over. Great script writing in a weird way... heh
i watched the wire before it was even written 8)
Bunk was based on me and after hearing me should "five- o!" at a police officer who had just turned 50 the writers decided to use it as a term for the police in the series... never been used before. FACT.
(its an incredible show, casting and acting be supurb yo)
Band of Brothers is probably the best tv series I've seen, everything about it is spot on!
Agree with that
The wire is the best thing that's ever been on TV period... and I don't even like cop shows, especially american ones...