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  Come back to us when you finish season 5 and 7. : soggybagel
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    DON'T RUIN IT FOR ME : Ellissd
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      (but really The Wire had a couple terrible seasons too) : Ellissd
      • I'm saying those are the best seasons. Don't read spoilers and don't even go on the internet. Just star... : soggybagel
      • I would never call any season of The Wire "terrible" especially considering that any given season is leag... : Milleh
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  I watched it after The Wire, and it felt so unrealistic that it was like sci-fi. I like the series though... : kramweil
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    I felt the same way. except I don't think I actually liked it until the 4th or 5th season. : valael
    • Oh yeah, I remember crying at that one episode. : kramweil
  • I had the same experience, and the same reaction: completely unrealistic, but still enjoyable. : Bold
  • I've heard someone from Baltimore say the Wire is more like a documentary, I don't doubt it. Both top ... : c0ucheh
• whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa...you are wrong. : sanchez
• The finale is one of the best. It closes so much in the last season but it ends it on a great note typica... : Sailor of Fortune
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  I loved The Shield, but The Wire never hooked me, even all the way through the third season. Sure, The Sh... : BlackCat9
  • It's ok to be wrong. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Who the fuck has catchphrases in the wire? What's McNulty's catchphrase? : SpaecKow
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      "What the fuck did I do?" : BlackCat9
      • He stops using that, though. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        That happens like five times max. : SpaecKow
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          It doesn't make it not cliched. There's tons of dialogue in that show that's just so far out there that i... : BlackCat9
          • That's because IT'S NOT A CRIME SHOW. Christ. : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • "The whole "fuck" scene with McNulty and Bunk was amusing but it completely spoils any believability duri : SpaecKow
          • I occasionally have conversation consisting entirely of the word "fuck" repeated. Seriously. : jim bone
    • shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttt : rbjester
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    "but the characters are just so much more interesting and have so many different sides to them. The chara... : Maarten Goldstein
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      Sorry, but the gay thug, the butch lesbian cop, the two idiot sergeants and the wise-cracking seasoned de : BlackCat9
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        How about your baldhead in The Shield being a dick to his boss, the boss hating him, the smart cop everyo... : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • I don't see what you mean MBD - Vick is an asshole everyone hates but they tolerate him cause he GETS RES... : SpaecKow
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    Hahahahahahahahaha. The Wire has cardboard cutouts? Oh, I'm sorry, Angry Stumps-McBaldhead is such a co... : heartsauce
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      By the end of the first season, Vic's a guy who you've got some pretty mixed up feelings for. He does ter... : BlackCat9
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        No he's not fascinating, he's absurd and silly. Like 24, and a bunch of other shows on TV the whole deal ... : SpaecKow
        • I don't think you've really got it if you think Vic is the good guy. : Arsenal
  • you are off your meds or something. The Wire had more character development in one episode than all of Th... : Clay
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  24 is better than both : spaceyme
  • haha, good one. : contentious roy
• The Shield was awesome. I miss it, but I'm glad they ended it when they did. I'm currently watching The... : contentious roy
• Nice comparison but The Wire is not a cop show. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Quick, watch the rest of it, it only gets better! : marmite
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  I'm thinking about starting The Wire, as I've been told by a friend that there was an underlying libertar... : melt_core
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    no, though its not exactly a "one or the other" thing. Enjoy both (though The Wire is on a different leve... : Maarten Goldstein
    • But my time is limited, I must choose one or the other. : melt_core
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    I think alternating seasons of both might hit the right balance. : kramweil
    • that's a pretty good idea actually : melt_core
• I've only seen the first series of the Wire but it really didn't grab me and seemed pretty forgettable (I... : marmite
• They're both amazing shows, but they exist in completely different universes; they might as well be compl... : Deathlove