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Posted 11:20 PM by Tommy

I just got the first 2 seasons of HBO's The Wire on DVD over the weekend.

Many critics considered this to be the best show in TV last year, so I wanted to check it out from the beginning.

It's not just the best show on television, it's the best show ever made for television, as anyone who watched the recently completed Season 4 will attest. Start with Season 1. It's like giving someone a great novel.
Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle

This extraordinary drama that explores the breakdown of courts, cops, schools, and politics in American cities has been the most intelligent series on television since its debut in 2002.
Glenn Garvin, Miami Herald

An on-going thriller packed with street-smart socioeconomic theories; it's TV's richest, most satisfying experience.
Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly

It's the best dramatic series on TV right now...Of all the TV shows I've ever seen, this one comes closest to rivaling literature. While most TV episodes are discreet, short-story-like segments with a beginning, middle, and end, episodes of The Wire are much more like the chapters of a novel.
Thane Peterson, Businessweek

And how can I forget the review from the Sports Guy, Bill Simmons?

How does The Wire finish the greatest season in the history of television and not even get NOMINATED for a Golden Globe? Unbelievable.

6 Comments:

my friend swears by this show. he says season 4 is the greatest season of television ever. but you have watch the previous 3 seasons to really appreciate it.

man, it's all hyped up for me now. can't wait to watch it and be disappointed, haha. but seriously, i gotta borrow that or come over some time.

oo, that sounds fun. tommy, i bet i'm the only portality reader who is man enough to say that i don't watch 24. at least i don't watch grey's. BLECH.