The Wire has been getting rave reviews and pleas of "Please Watch This Show!" for the past few weeks, leading up to its season 4 premiere last week. A lot of critics and writers are calling it the best show on TV, ever. I don't think they're too far off on that assessment.
I didn't even know about the show until season 2 was already over. I had read some great reviews in EW and elsewhere, but it wasn't a show a lot of people, at least that I knew of, were watching. On a lark, I bought the first season DVD right before I left for Turkey, thinking I'd need some good, dense TV shows to watch while I was overseas. Best decision I ever made. I started netflixing season 2 as soon as I got home in the summer of '05, and I just finished watching season 3 on DVD a few days ago. Season 4 just started up last week and for the first time, and it feels strange, I'm watching it in real time.
A friend of mine is having twins in the next few weeks, and he invited all his friends to a baby shower this weekend. Us guys, we didn't know what to get them- did they really need more baby clothes and kids' books? Krister came up with the plan of having a bunch of us pool our resources and buy the father-to-be the first 3 seasons of The Wire, since we all know he's going to be on serious lockdown once the kids arrive. He was ecstatic when he opened up the gift this past Saturday, although I don't think his very-pregnant wife was as thrilled as he was.
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