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Oct 19, 2021 · 19 October 2021. By Eric Deggans,Features correspondent. Alamy. David Simon and Ed Burns' Baltimore epic came top in BBC Culture's critics' poll to find the greatest shows of the century. Eric...
The Wire is amazing! I consider it to be the #1 show if all time. Like others have said it starts off slow, but once you are a few episodes in you will be hooked. I consider season 4 to be the best season of TV ever.
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- 4 Season 5
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- 1 Season 4
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 86%
Season one of The Wire introduces viewers to a talented (and huge) castfrom the get-go. Impressively, the size only grows as the seasons go on, but the increasing scope of the show is more incremental once you get past the first season. Things can feel overwhelming, at least initially, so if there's any reason why season one is considered by critics to be a little less great than other seasons, it's probably due to the confusion some may feel when they start the show. It's possible to experie...
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 93%
The Wire is a show that's received a great deal of acclaim for its season finales, so it's fitting that it also has a great series finale. As mentioned before, by the fifth and final season of The Wire, the show was essentially painting a portrait of Baltimore as a whole. Just about every character who didn't die in the first four seasons makes some sort of appearance in the fifth and final season, even if for just a moment or two. The final episode itself runs for longer than some movies (at...
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95%
The Wire'ssecond season may alarm some viewers who've just gotten used to the season 1 status quo. Newcomers expecting the storyline from season 1 to remain the focus will be taken aback by the introduction of the Port of Baltimore storyline, which revolves around dockworkers and how they're impacted by another criminal organization, this one run by a man known only as "The Greek." Beyond importing drugs into the city of Baltimore, he also imports stolen goods and sex trade workers, the latte...
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100%
It's fitting that season three of The Wire has a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, because it's honestly hard to fault. After a season spent licking their wounds, the Barksdale gang bounces back, getting the same sort of screen time they had in season one. The gang has to contend with a new street gang led by the ruthless Marlo Stanfield, which makes for an engaging (and tragic) turf war narrative. While battling the Stanfield crew for control of the corners of West Baltimore, infighti...
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100%
Season four of The Wire sees the show at its absolute peak, which is saying something, considering the other four seasons are all pretty close to perfect, if not themselves arguably flawless. The police continue to play a pivotal role, conflicts between street gangs keep playing out, and the political side of the show becomes more high stakes, with a season-long narrative about Baltimore's mayoral election taking up a major part of the season. Yet the most emotionally devastating and compelli...
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- It's where the world fell in love with Idris Elba. By far the biggest star to emerge from The Wire as yet (though Michael B. Jordan is on his way to overtaking him) is Idris Elba.
- Deliberate, careful storytelling. Calling The Wire a slow burn is like calling the Boston Tea Party a minor incident in American history. There's a ton of detail here, and the show takes its sweet time in the set up, it just makes the payoffs all the more delectable.
- A scene using only one four-letter word can tell a complete story. If there's one scene that shows while The Wire can go big, it can go very small and say a lot, it's the scene in which McNulty and Bunk investigate a murder scene using only variants of a certain four-letter word.
- Omar coming. Perhaps the show's most influential and defining character, Omar Little is a stick-up man almost everyone fears and respects. He robs criminals and lives life by a strict moral code - he will not, for instance, use profanity or harm any innocent people.
Jun 2, 2022 · Critic’s Notebook. ‘The Wire’ Stands Alone. After 20 years, the classic drama is much praised and rarely imitated. For a series based on the idea that institutions don’t change, that’s fitting....
- James Poniewozik
Apr 13, 2018 · Perhaps The Wire, which made the city of Baltimore the star of the show, rather than its ensemble cast, unconsciously inspired a show like Bron/The Bridge, a ‘Scandi noir’ detective series, to ...
Jun 2, 2022 · By Adam Grinwald. Updated Jun 2, 2022. With the 20th anniversary in mind, here's a look at every season from great to greatest. Few television series can match the sheer legacy of HBO 's The Wire.
