The Wire

**Lucky Jim** · 12-24-2011 01:06 AM

Originally Posted by Pedro Cerrano

Well when you consider the competition it's up against (namely, seasons 3 and 4) then it's easy to see why. I'm fairly certain season 2 of The Wire would rank in the top 1-2% of all television I've ever watched. It just happens to be the 3rd or 4th best season in its own show, sorta like the Orioles in the AL East, but not really.

Yeah. Wrong.

**BaltimoreTerp** · 12-24-2011 02:48 AM

I ain't going no Hamsterdam.

**The Epic** · 12-24-2011 11:18 PM

Not a fan of Season 2 when put up against the others, and it's really because I couldn't stand Ziggy. I understand that we were eventually supposed to feel sorry fro the old d-bag, but...nah, I just thought he was a d-bag.

Also, I just wanted to say that reading back on this whole thread is just an absolute joy. I may have to re-watch the series again.

**NewMarketSean** · 12-27-2011 10:25 AM

Well I got the seasons of The Wire that I needed to complete the series. I'll be watching this again sometime soon.

**backwardsk** · 12-28-2011 12:52 PM

I have never seen one episode, ever. I got the first 2 seasons for Christmas. Gonna crack it open tonight.

**Pedro Cerrano** · 12-28-2011 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by backwardsk

I have never seen one episode, ever. I got the first 2 seasons for Christmas. Gonna crack it open tonight.

If you had a life, kiss it goodbye for a bit.

**Stotle** · 12-28-2011 01:13 PM

B-5. It's got all the dinks.

**backwardsk** · 12-28-2011 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by Pedro Cerrano

If you had a life, kiss it goodbye for a bit.

Fortunately, I don't after I tuck in my daughter at night.

**napbow** · 12-28-2011 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by Pedro Cerrano

If you had a life, kiss it goodbye for a bit.

I really never thought I could get into a show the way I did with The Wire. I sat down on my couch on a Saturday to recover from the night before at 10 AM and randomly starting watching it on On Demand. I hardly moved until after 2 AM.

Season 2 was my favorite.

**Sports Guy** · 01-02-2012 10:29 PM

I have started to watch this again. Just an incredible show.

The acting is great. You really believe that these guys are actually cops, especially Lester...He was brilliant in this show.

**tennOsfan** · 01-02-2012 11:05 PM

Originally Posted by Sports Guy

I have started to watch this again. Just an incredible show.

The acting is great. You really believe that these guys are actually cops, especially Lester...He was brilliant in this show.

I was never impressed with the acting. Perhaps it's because I work with cops that I don't find the performances believable.

**Lucky Jim** · 01-02-2012 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by tennOsfan

I was never impressed with the acting. Perhaps it's because I work with cops that I don't find the performances believable.

Unlike Ed Burns (and David Simon), I guess?*

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Burns

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Simon_%28writer%29

*Clearly there is artistic license, an attempt to increase the individual scale to make it represent something much bigger. Verisimilitude is only one measure of realism.