mydrugbuddy
Bluelighter
I agree
Ive seen bits of the wire, never properly got into it. the sorpanos drew my attention away at the time
A lot of episodes were very slow and packed with details, but they were all laying the ground for the action packed episodes that were to come. It goes into incredible detal. Each series focusses on the scene from a different angle, the drugs squad surveillance and information gathering angle, the dockyard/distribution angle, the media angle, the political angle, the dealers angle, the users angle, etc etc. It all comes together though. Thats not a spolier its a summary, i hope. Its well worth watching in its entirety. It deserved the huge critical acclaim and cult status it achieved.
For the first few episodees i couldnt work out who was who, as there were so many characters being introduced, but it all started coming together after a while. Its an incredibly in depth fly on the wall take on the whole scene, praised for its totally realistic feeling. The kids round here still shout "5-0" when they see a police car. I bet they dont even know ehere that phrase came from. :D
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