I have never seen this – can I pick up from Series 3 or do i need to watch 1 & 2 first?

No, you need to watch 1 & 2.

Why wouldn’t you want to watch it all?

Brilliant series.

Dont spoil it for yourself, you have to watch right from the first minute of the first episode. It is simply brilliant.

OK cheers. We have 3 & 4 on BT vision, no access to 1 & 2 yet. Will get them from the library.

My favourite cop drama thing on TV ever. Takes a little while to get dialed into the lingo, mind you…

(sheeeeeeet!)

…whistles the “Omar coming” tune…

Don’t believe them!! Its really dull.

sheeeeeet, you need to watch 1&2 first

What the others said, start at the beginning…

Been devouring the DVD box set since xmas holidays.
Two episodes into season 5.
What am I’m going to watch now, everything else seems crap by comparison.

You come at the king, you best not miss.

Best.Show.Ever.

Start at 1, don’t give up, it’s the best thing that’s ever been on tv

Start from the start: Think of it like moving to a new a city. In the first series there are the bunch of people and a neighbourhood you get to know. As the series run you get to know them better, but your world expands to include all the people they know (and the people they know) and you also get familiar with more and more of the city too.

In a normal TV series there are only three of four plot lines – one or two stories that only last an episode and the slow developing backstory of the regular characters. In the Wire nothing stops, nothing is contained by an episode, plots run and run, rather than starting and concluding in one show, after a while there are 20 odd plot lines all running, some to the fore, some ticking over in the background.

excellent but hard work to follow at times and if you miss a little you can get lost.

What am I’m going to watch now, everything else seems crap by comparison.

Homicide Life On The Street
Oz
Sopranos
Southland
Breaking Bad
Sons Of Anarchy
Etc etc

…all very good.

Just watch all the seasons in a random order, even better, within each season shuffle the episodes. So you’ve NO idea what’s happening. After all; it’s all in the game yo, all in the game…

To echo what everyone else has said, start from the beginning. Series one does take a while to get into and the lingo is a bit hard to understand to begin with. Surprisingly I struggled with the police lingo more than the street lingo.
The best ever

What am I’m going to watch now, everything else seems crap by comparison.

Treme – The Wire plus songs

In the Wire nothing stops, nothing is contained by an episode

I love the way a major character from one series can reappear in a later one. But only in passing. Like you may see them from across the street.

Watching episode 10, series 2 just now. Ordered Series 3 earlier on.

I don’t get to watch much telebox but, whilst I have the box sets, I don’t even bother to see what is on, just watch the wire, you dig me ****?

If the Gods are **** you, you find a way to **** them back. It’s Baltimore, gentlemen; the Gods will not save you.

Brother Mouzone you feel me

ooh, I envy you! you’ve defo got to watch it from the start. Best telly series EVA!

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How does my hair look Mike? You look good girl.

Best tv ever, TBH it made me give up watching much of the stuff on these days it’s shite in comparison.

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On a serious note, one of the coolest things about it is the dynamics between the characters. You can remain attached to them even when you don’t know exactly what’s going on. Makes it more immersive. Every single player has a role to play and it’s easy to feel for them; good, bad or indifferent. Epic TV.

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Start at the beginning. Check your library for the DVDs.

I like all the moral ambiguity, so many shades of grey you’d think it was set in Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Bunk. Good Police.

TBH it made me give up watching much of the stuff on these days it’s shite in comparison.

True dat…

You will get used to all other telly being just not as good eventually.

Still, it’s all in the game.

Best.Show.Ever.

Tru dat

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I liked series I, but lost interest about 5 or 6 episodes into series II…

series 1 was probably the best so yeah start from the beginning (what a very good place to start)