The Wire Season 1 - Part 1: Ep 1-7 | Canadian First Time Watching | TV Movie Reaction | Commentary

[@CineBingeReact]

FAQ: 1. Ted Lasso Season 2 has yet to be watched/filmed but is the next thing in queue after we finish season 2 of Breaking Bad, which is on Patreon. 2. We filmed these over a year ago when we started the show, so far only Season 1 has been edited. The rest of the seasons are on Patreon, depending on if viewers actually care to watch these videos, we will decide later if we will edit Season 2 and onwards because they are a LOT of work.

[@neilbiggs1353]

It might be a lot of work, but sadly the lessons from the Wire still seem relevant! What I'd really like to see though is a Q&A/chat about the Wire in it's entirety, but I think we'd need to see your reactions to justify that

[@alyxgriffen5073]

The main reason why this show didn't run aground or get old was because each season focused on a different "power base" or institution of the city, and its relation to law enforcement (the goals & agendas of each as well as the people within them, how they cooperate with and/or interfere with each other). There were the same core characters from season to season, with continuing storylines and character arcs throughout. The instititional focuses in season order are: the illegal drug trade, the port system (Baltimore is a main shipping center), the city government and bureaucracy, education and schools, and the newspapers.

[@anonymoususer921]

Please edit season 2!!!

[@jgarcia9899]

If we dont have our own full versions of the show to watch along with you on Patreon, do the Patreon videos have ANY portion of the show appear on screen (for a few seconds at a time etc), to kind of keep people in sync?

[@Okaydo1]

FYI: The actual Baltimore Police chief (commissioner) when The Wire Season 1 was filmed played a detective on the show (Ed Norris). Within a few years, he was convicted of federal corruption and tax charges and went to prison. He wasn't the only police chief to go to prison.

[@charlize1253]

When the series aired, the actors (including Idris Elba and Michael B. Jordan) were all total unknowns, the creators purposely didn't want recognized actors and star power to detract from the realism of the show. In fact, many of the background extras and minor characters were actual Baltimore police officers, drug kingpins, and city officials, including the mayor of Baltimore who makes a cameo in season 3, and in season 4 a convicted killer re-enacts a drive-by shooting she once committed. This show launched numerous careers.

[@benmoore8809]

Detective Norris was played the sitting Baltimore Police Commissioner at the time and the sitting governor of Maryland, Bob Ehrlich, had a cameo as the statehouse security guard in season 4. Both Bunk Moreland and Jay Landsman were based on real detectives and the real Jay Landsman plays Lieutenant Mello from the Western.

[@babbyreign]

Glad to see The Wire reactions gaining popularity on KZbin. This is not an easy show to react to as it’s more about detailed storytelling and world building than it is about “action”

[@Kadaspala]

I feel as if that actually makes it much more easier to react to, as there's actually a lot to say about it (see LM Reaction's discussions, for example. They pretty much have to cut themselves off else they'd go on for hours.) With action heavy stuff...I mean you get to make more shocked faces and go "Whoaaa!!" as a reactor, I guess? But I'd take a reaction with conversational substance over exaggerated expressions any day.

[@Washanuga]

@@Kadaspala I love LM Reactions, especially to The Wire. Frankly, I haven't enjoyed hardly any of the other reactions to this show. Some have hardly anything to say, are hardly following along, or seem as if they don't even like the show. I signed up for Cinebinge on Patreon just for The Wire and I kinda got that vibe from them unfortunately and didn't continue. Maybe I'll give them another shot.

[@babbyreign]

Yea LM has the best wire reactions and it’s not close! This channels seem ok just rushed. This new girl name Jan and duke just started wire reactions, pretty decent so far.

[@richardkhchang]

​@@Kadaspala That's the exception, not the rule, unfortunately. Quite often, reactors will talk over scenes, assuming they can't be that important, then end up confused later because they didn't follow the thread. I tried watching the "Sath Reacts" one and it was just an absolute trainwreck by episode 4-- just misunderstanding absolutely every detail. Still very glad people are giving it a chance regardless. Edit: Started watching Binge Buffoon's, and I was uncertain to start, but it's starting to look potentially as good as the LM one.

[@Phil-D1]

@@Washanuga FRR has pretty good Wire reactions too. FRR & LM are the best Wire reactions I've seen

[@thegrimner]

One of the things this more compressed edit is bringing to light is really that despite the show being really, really dark, the dialogue is immensely funny throughout. It's like every character flexes on their sarcasm muscle to cope with the absurd realities they're in.

[@bv6377]

i saw someone write that they didn't think the wire was funny. i said you may be dumb

[@fakecubed]

It's very realistic. I was never a cop, but in EMS we were always joking around to keep things light. You're basically spending your whole shift running into people having the worst day of their lives, the stress will get to you if you don't figure out ways to laugh. It's called gallows humor, and all first responders have their version of it. ER doctors and nurses too.

[@pievancl5457]

gallows humor

[@declanArdmore]

Bubbles is based on a real person . He was so good at this role he was sitting on the curb waiting to shoot a scene and someone thought he was just a junkie . They gave him a vial of crack because they thought he needed it more than they did. He calls it his Street Oscar.

[@CarlosCasanova9]

so happy you decided to edit this for youtube this show deserved it

[@AbrorXayrullayev]

That "fuck scene" 40:00 is the best scene to give an example why the Wire is one of the best TV series and helps persuade others to watch it

[@broclittle1056]

Agreed. Not only funny, but also brilliant.

[@MyargonautsJason]

so glad you're putting these edited versions on YT. I am a Patreon member, but it's difficult to watch along when you make the full length videos. So I appreciate the effort to make these versions. I just watched all of Season One of Ted Lasso and it was a joy - can't wait til you guys watch Season 2.

[@TheUnstableThinker]

Yeah same, I feel edited videos are far superior in a lot of cases, and honestly, I'd join Patreon if there was a tier where the option was "tv shows but edited".

[@coolin4now]

Thank you for this. Been debating joining Patreon just for the Wire, but wasn't sure how the watchalongs would work for me

[@Csaba__]

Yes! Id love to see their reaction to BB, but i definitely dont have the time to watch all of the unedited videos sadly..

[@sctlight]

Exactly, I was disappointed when I subscribed to Patreon and the format was different.

[@jessharvell1022]

yeah same, i subscribed for exactly one month because i was curious about their true detective reaction but was expecting edited versions. which hey no knocks, it's their patreon and their time/labor so they can present it how they want, but there's no way i can do a full rewatch of an entire series each time out.

[@stephenwoodward1039]

This is probably the most excited ive been to watch a reaction ever. One of my favorite shows of all time.

[@reubenjames7779]

That opening intro when McNulty is asking about Snot Boogie is the best series intro ever, and sets the tone for the whole thing.

[@danooc1]

That is a true story. It was taken from creator David Simon's book "Homicide" where he spent a year embedded with the Baltimore Homicide unit.

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

Funny that you should say they'd have to tell the local police not to arrest the actors who look like junkies. Andre Royo, who played Bubs, had something similar happen to him. Once during filming, an actual junkie handed him some heroin and said he looked like he needed a fix. Royo called it his "street Oscar."

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

I'm always happy to see new people experience this show. The space between the best show ever (this) and #2 isn't even close, and the world would be extremely fortunate if something this great ever happens in our lifetimes again.

[@Konradius001]

What about 'The Americans'? It's personal preference what show is how much better, but it *is* in the same league. :) Brilliant series ending as well.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

@@Konradius001 There's an element of spy fantasy involved in The Americans (spy reality is pretty boring to most people), even though it's superb at realistic characterization. It's in the ballpark of other #2 contenders, like Breaking Bad. Not The Wire though. The Wire is mostly, basically, the truth writ large.

[@krautgazer]

@@dudermcdudeface3674 I mean, I agree that The Wire is probably the best TV show ever created but I disagree with the argument that realism is what determines quality. Art doesn't need to be hyper-realistic to achieve greatness.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

@@krautgazer I agree that realism by itself is not quality, but it's certainly helpful to making a show impactful and deep. The more you have to make up, the more opportunities there are to get things wrong.

The recidivism rate for AA/NA is over 90% and that's according to some of their oen internal figures as well as scientific data. That's about the same as quitting "cold turkey" so calling NA/AA meetings drug treatment is massive stretch at the very least because it's not raising the chances of success at all and it's likely contributing to the record number of overdoses because society at large thinks that AA/NA is actually treatment and they aren't aware of actual treatment options. In the US, they force people to go through the courts. What's really fucked up though is they did a scientific study that showed that addicts who completed a supposed drug treatment program like NA were actually MORE LIKELY to overdose than the people who dropped out. That same study says you are almost 30 times more likely to overdose after a sustained period of abstinence because your tolerance pretty quickly resets so even if they think they are being cautious and taking half of the amount they used to that's now enough to stop your breathing especially if you mix opioids with other narcotics or alcohol. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can work on some addictive behaviors, but studies show that it doesn't really improve outcomes very much for addiction to drugs like opioids and amphetamines which are obviously the biggest problems. The only available treatment option that has an even moderate success rate for opioid addiction is called Medication Assisted Therapy where you take a substitute opioid medication like buprenorphine/Suboxone that doesn't get you high, but keeps you from going through withdrawals and blocks the opiates like morphine/heroin from reaching endorphin receptors in the brain. Works 30-60% of the time, but most people need to stay on the substitution drugs either for several years or even life. That's not ideal, but it's better than anything other treatment option available by far and is obviously much better than living your daily life as an addict with a very high likelihood of accidental death especially now that fentanyl is everywhere. When The Wire was made fentanyl existed, but it wasn't a street drug and wasn't used to cut drugs either.

[@jessharvell1022]

as a guy in recovery (for booze and uppers not opioids and not in any sort of program any longer, just hacking it out day to day) i can anecdotally agree that recidivism is insanely high in programs like NA/AA and even government-funded recovery clinics with doctors, therapists etc. part of the reason i think is simply that you're constantly surrounded by other addicts and talking about addiction. for some people this is helpful, like any kind of talk therapy, and for others it just keeps them mired in their old life, albeit without the part that (for a time) made all the shitty and gross parts worthwhile. i was in recovery/therapy for a while, and talking about it one-on-one with a therapist was helpful (the vast majority of addicts have a lot of pre-existing mental and emotional and cultural turmoil they're trying to pave over with the drugs), but being in that addiction world eventually got too oppressive. (almost four years clean now but it really is one day at a time.) also with my (limited) experience with AA/NA meetings, there was often a kind of...boastfulness about people sharing their stories, even if they were describing the worst experiences of their lives. a lot of people kind of miss the thrill and chaos of the addict's life and they get to relive it every time they share. anyway this is not to dismiss anyone who's gotten and stayed clean in these ways, and it's all personal observation like I said and totally subjective and non-scientific, but just added to back up the idea that drug treatment (and "treatment") in the US is often wildly inadequate in a lot of cases.

[@mmclaurin8035]

Pryzbylewski's arc is one of the best in TV history. No one who watches The Wire for the first time would ever think he would end up being be one of the best human beings and natural police in the series.

[@Lakeshow82]

Same goes for Carver

[@flightdub6056]

Maybe not natural police, but an absolutely natural mentor

[@mmclaurin8035]

Yeah, he has the detecting part down, but def not the street part.@@flightdub6056

[@Ulexcool]

Why would you spoil it like that?

[@GMontag]

@@Ulexcool These reactions are old. They're only new to KZbin. George and Simone are already all done with the series. There's nothing to spoil.

[@7rollface]

My favourite thing about watching people watching The Wire for the first time (either on a reaction channel or IRL) is listening to them going on about how good it is from the start and all I can think to myself is "you're right, buuuuut...wait until you meet Omar...wait until you see Freamon in action...wait until you learn that the first series is actually the second worst...wait until you find yourself spontaneously going 'sheeeeeeeeeeeit'...yeah, Prez is an idiot, but wait until he finds himself..."

[@36melodyproduction]

Hey, im just curious:how do you rank the seasons in your mind ?

[@7rollface]

@@36melodyproduction Difficult to say, honestly. I think 2 & 4 fight it out for top spot. Then 3, then 1, then 5. And don't get me wrong, even 5 is brilliant, but it feels a little more far-fetched than previous seasons with the fake serial killer stuff, and the newspaper stuff never really feels fully connected to the rest of the show in the way that previous expansions out into politics, the school system, and even the docks did. It's like you could see all the others as being yet another system which trapped people in "the Game", whereas the newspaper always seemed like a truly impartial observer, full of people who just wanted to do good. Even the guy who was making stuff up seemed like more of a distraction than anything else, and he was very much an outlier. Compare and contrast with the cops, almost all of whom - even our heroes - were corrupt, or incompetent in some way and who, in their own way, often contributed to the city's problems as much as they solved them. Again, it's still some of the best television ever made, but it was starting to show the strain a little by the end.

[@36melodyproduction]

I need to admit to something... I didn't watch season 5. I had heard that it wasn't as good and the end of season 5 wrecked me. I didn't want to endure the kid's descent into drug addiction and the "return" of McNulty. For me it would be 4; 1; 2; 3; the third is a bit less focused in my opinion, so while it was still incredible i felt less invested in the overarching narrative. Also i thougt Avon became a whole lot less menacing for no reason. Anyway thanks for sharing !

[@jamesmayes4351]

So glad you guys put this on KZbin. The Wire is truly one of the best shows thats ever been on air.

[@magicbrownie1357]

D'Angelo, Bubbs, Bunk and Omar are my favorite characters, but they're all pretty great, as is the show. One of the best I've seen.

[@beedubree2550]

3:30 "I have no idea what's happening but I'm very intrigued" welcome to everybody's first time watching The Wire (also, cannot recommend rewatching it enough, you will pick up on SO much more now that you understand all the dialect, who everyone is, who is important, and where their stories go. it's the kind of show that basically necessitates extra viewings, and only gets better with each)

[@Wrencher_86]

I want to recommend Carnivale for a reaction but... the show ran for two seasons and was abruptly cancelled. So it doesn't have a definitive ending. But it's such a cool show. I think you guys would really like it.

[@MikeTaffet]

6:25 I first saw Idris Elba in this show for 5 seasons, so I was SHOOK when I heard his normal voice. Secret Brit’s are everywhere

[@Hexon66]

He assimilated better than McNulty or Carcetti. Nowhere close to sounding like Baltimore, but better than the others.

[@neilbiggs1353]

I was far more shocked with Dominic West!

[@RobertTaylor-gz2fu]

British actors are more likely to be able to use convincing American accents than vice versa.

[@bigredtlc1828]

David Simon did the series Treme after this one with some of the same actors. Set in the New Orleans Treme District (right next to French Quarter) and a similar mix of local politics and great characters. About the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and how people try to get back their lives. The music angle in that show is just next level. Highly recommend. The writing in his shows is superb. Each season of The Wire focuses on a different aspect of Baltimore. Great show. Thanks for reacting!

[@zjbell700]

RIP Lance Reddick (Lt. Cedric Daniels) and RIP Michael K. Williams (Omar).

[@TheWaynos73]

The Wire is the greatest tv show ever made. Especially the first season.

[@raymondsims7042]

Without question

[@jmwild1]

This is great to see your Wire reactions being edited and brought to KZbin! I still at some point want to join your Patreon so I can watch all the uncut reactions. The Wire is in my top 5 shows of all time.

[@fernandoflores1303]

I have watched this series at least 7 times over the last 10 or so years. When KZbinrs watch the series I AM HERE FOR IT!!!! It is a incredible show, All seasons are integrated into each other, even when it doesn’t seem. Some people have favorite and less favorite seasons but all are great

[@danielmoskowitz3060]

What I really loved about this show is how well they humanized all the characters. No one is perfect. The good guys have their flaws. The bad guys are not all bad. And there's every shade of human in between. Just made it all feel super realistic. I binged all 5 seasons in like a month. Was hooked from the start.

[@KC1976fromDetroit]

Welcome to the most amazing TV show ever created. Stick with it, through season 2, all the way to the end of season 5. Prez, Bubbles, McNutty, Bunk & Omar...names that you will never forget.

[@TheWaynos73]

You come at the King. You best not miss. Greatest line in TV history.

[@350125GOW]

@@TheWaynos73 Indeed.

[@robertjacques4117]

This is really one of the best shows, not just by HBO but in all of television, I consider this the middle or close to the end of HBOs golden years of Television shows, from the 90s to the 2010s, HBO churned out hit after hit of shows, Oz, The Sopranos, The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, Six Feet Under, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, True Blood and I'd say Game Of Thrones was the last, hell even their late night adult shows like Real Sex were successful, I've never seen a network have that many hits with the same long lasting appeal those series had, it's truly astonishing and groundbreaking, I don't think we will ever see anything like that ever again

[@saraazizi4866]

Sopranos better

[@raymondsims7042]

@@saraazizi4866sopranos is also brilliant but no not better than the wire. The wire is the best show ever

[@I_Use_Soap]

Did I watch the full reaction? Yes. Am I also watching the KZbin edit for some inexplicable reason? Also yes.

[@rylok]

I worked in and around where they filmed this in Baltimore, while they were filming. They'd block off a few blocks at a time, and film a bunch of scenes rapid fire. Pretty amazing the quality considering.

[@childrenoftheabzu]

The Band is such a good band. Last Waltz is one of the best concert films ever

[@kaitlany1196]

Yes, please put all of your reactions here for arguably the best show ever on television

[@gphillimo]

The Wire is one of my favorite shows all time. Glad y'all are watching

[@FrenchieQc]

31:10 Oh you have NO idea. It's not even gotten in full motion yet! This is a masterpiece through and through.

[@michael5045]

Soooo glad to see you guys reacting to this. Best show of all time. Opens up more and more as it goes on, and presents one of the most detailed and fleshed out stories in American television. It was written by a group of authors as opposed to screen writers, could have something to do with it.

[@kyrosv1289]

I was glad when I found out that you were watching this show! But I'm so glad now that I've learned that you appreciated it so much!! It's a very very well done show!! Thank you for editing it and bringing it to KZbin!!

[@petrusjnaude7279]

Really hope you continue to do KZbin edits for the rest of this series. This is an excellent show with some great characters.

[@mikemorris2533]

To any fan of the wire...the full length reaction are so worth their patreon subscription. It was so much fun seeing these episodes through theirs eyes. Their movie reactions are great too. Keep up the great work!

[@timmacsweet131]

I am so jealous of anyone that gets to watch the Wire for the first time. Truly the best television drama series ever made. Great non-compromising writing and storytelling.

[@TeamEvil84]

DOB is.......drumroll....date of birth

[@cxrtichris]

Please keep posting these I love your reactions and this is my favorite show.

[@Kleen6288]

It’s funny, that you just put out the KZbin Editions of the Wire, cause I’m right in the middle of your Full Length Reactions of the Wire on Patreon, I’m having a lot of fun watching

[@rybock]

BTW, the fruit stand is an arraber - horsedrawn cart selling produce around town... used to be common on the east coast years ago, today, there are still a few in Baltimore.

[@kevintaylor7627]

Oh hey! Thanks for putting these out on YT. It's obvious they're a ton of work to edit. [SIDEBAR: Trippy to see George's t-shirt from the first eps. There is a can of Khlav Kalash on a table in a blown-up spaceship in The Expanse video game. Just a random Easter Egg.🤣]

[@jonnyn007]

My favourite show! Almost as excited seeing you watching this as you two giggling at it in the actual same room 🎉

[@Reginmund]

Thank you! I've been optimistically hoping you'd edit this reaction into a highlights format for a long time now. I do intend to use your full length reaction the next time I rewatch The Wire, but it's a major time investment and not something I can just squeeze in at anytime. For this reason I usually prefer the edited KZbin reactions to the full ones. 👍

[@Tremain]

The crime scene without the f-words was like six seconds long lol

[@jerodast]

But there are so many crime scenes on this show! Oh, you mean the crime scene scene :)

[@micperez819]

Thanks so much for posting this. The Wire is my favorite show of all time. I will watch all these The Wire videos and maybe even rewatch them

[@TiJoe6]

Man, I’m a supporter on Patreon, and I could watch all of your reactions to the show, but I hate having to put on my own copy at the same time lol. So I’m actually super glad you guys are putting up edited versions here on KZbin.

[@nieksalomons]

This is the best TV-show I've ever seen, closely followed by The Sopranos. So glad you share it with us. I know it is on your Patreon, but I can't afford that right now. Did you laugh at the desk being pulled/pushed through the door, like me?

[@purpleslog]

Once you’ve gone through all the seasons of the wire and realize there’s no more to be watched, remember, you can always watch the several seasons of the TV series, homicide life on the streets, which was based off the same source material, and has many of the same people behind the production. I think of homicide life in the streets as the intro to the wire. When homicide was on TV it was one of my few must watch TV shows heck I bought a VCR so I could tape it so I would never miss an episode you’ll see the same actors appearing in roles in both shows.

[@danooc1]

Also "We Own This City" as a postscript

[@purpleslog]

@@danooc1 was there another pre-wire show called The Corner?

[@danooc1]

@purpleslog yes. Also a David Simon novel.

[@Zack_410]

Since I'm a Baltimore native it's required amonsgt us all to watch it.

[@DrLipkin]

I want to know if Battlestar Galactica is on your radars. I think it would be exactly Simone's jam, considering the show runners first wrote for Star Trek Voyager and Deep Space Nine.

[@mistakenot...4012]

jonny's 'green' in the world of the street life. The metaphor is almost definitely related to plants or trees, so brown is an appropriate colour to suggest for maturity. They're doing heroin, which is brown (as in the song "golden brown, texture like sun"). The convergence of the two facts is what makes it worthy of comment from jonny's point of view.

[@tricitymorte1]

Y'all... I lived in Baltimore. This actually happened. Like... the whole show. It really doesn't even scratch the surface of the crazy that happens in that city.

[@dcaseng]

Best television program ever made.

[@armadalolzz]

Wow this is a huge blessing. You are going to love this.

[@Smoothjazzsundays]

You guys need to check out the super under appreciated “the corner”!! Really feels like a pilot season to the wire. A story on a much smaller scale, and told beautifully.

[@paulmiddleton8699]

I really loved watching this show, I had no idea what was as going on it moved so fast.

[@Smoothjazzsundays]

Thank you!!! Not a fan of full length reactions, was disappointed that was the only version on patreon, glad I can watch the KZbin versions now!

[@CyberChunk77]

my favorite show ever with you guys is wonderful! looking forward to it.

[@kevinw7278]

George great shirt .. " mountain dew or crab juice.." " ewww bbbhhlaghhh I'll take the crab juice"

[@bigkahuna5705]

Best TV show of all time!!!

[@空の夢-h1j]

It's a surprisingly sad moment when Bubbles say "Thin line between heaven and here" not long after seeing the nice neighbourhood at McNulty's son's neighbourhood

[@adamo.1319]

So good! Glad you are watching this!

[@GrinchSWTOR]

So glad you added this. Amazing series.

[@amoscaul3264]

Just when I wanted to see y'all reactions to the wire, I got it--thank you.

[@fallenhero3130]

I just finished watching all of THE WIRE in the last week! Very good show, though definitely a slow burn.

[@hipp0_yt]

this couldnt be more perfect timing ive just been watching the wire for the first time and was wishing i could see your reactions to it since i knew it was on patreon, thank you :)

[@stimbeh]

I'm in awe! Love your channel, but I haven't got a Patreon-account, etc, excuses. So I thought I'd never see you two react to, what is (in my opinion) the greatest series ever made. But here it is! Yay! ❤

[@karabearcomics]

I'm glad to see you posting things like this to KZbin. Hopefully after the Wire you might go into posting other shows from Patreon which have been there for quite some time. I'd look forward to Firefly, if so.

[@JS-ct3kr]

I've never been an ASMR guy, but the sound design on this show... especially Dominic Wests voice just hits. Lol

[@djJaXx101]

DOB = Date of Birth Brown = Heroin

[@wozing]

I love how Simone is _immediately_ sold.

[@Kickinthescience]

This show doesn’t get the views like Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones but it’s still well regarded amongst tv shows as a top 5 show.

[@raymondsims7042]

It’s the single best show ever made imo

[@TheCnimbus]

A great treat to have this on youtube, thank you.

[@BigBear--]

DOB is Date Of Birth...When Bubs calls him green, and says he gonna make him brown, green means a newbie, brown is like a veteran of the street/heroin game (cause most of heroin is brown). These aren't official terms or nothing, just explaining what Bubs and him meant.

[@michaelmedeiros7633]

So pumped you're doing this series!

[@Ianto-tv3fg]

I love it that you guys think the psychic didn't work. You're so sweet and innocent xxx

[@SargNickFury]

One of the best TV series made, and very personal to me as it's where my Dad's family are from in Balmer Merlin. That city scared the piss out of me as a kid when we'd see relatives. It takes place during the crack epidemic and I can confirm it was that bad and worse. the writer was a beat cop and he pulls no punches on all sides as to how bad the corruption was. This show is legit.

[@joshwilemon6937]

I saw this show when it aired and had NO IDEA Idris Elba was British. Listening now, I can hear it slip every now and again, but back then, I'd have sworn he was American

[@drew1753]

I don't remember where I heard this but apparently Idris did his whole interview with his Baltimore accent, not just the audition, and he was afraid that if he told them he was English they wouldn't let him on the show. By the time he admitted it to the showrunners they were so impressed that he was convincing enough to fool them that they wanted him on even more.

[@johnmavroudis2054]

GREAT series... and so glad you were all over it! I hope you consider other truly GREAT series: "THE WEST WING," "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA" (modern version), "VEEP," and "SILICON VALLEY".. Cheers!

[@gunnerysgthartman9263]

Even Truman's name was clever. His name is Truman Burbank. He was the only "true - man" and Burbank is where many tv shows are made

[@steved1135]

Nice. My favourite TV show of all time, just edging out Breaking Bad. Absolutely top notch writing, and a lot of fantastic acting. Over the entire series, it's a masterclass in plot and writer craft.

[@raymondsims7042]

It’s hands down the best show ever🤝

[@Brodysseous]

"I hate that I like that guy." *laughs in Season 4*

[@mindime1499]

Ah, thank you so much!!

[@Biomirth]

Guys, I couldn't do Patreon, but it pissed me off I couldn't enjoy this with you. I'm from Baltimore. I'm sat here in ******* Baltimore right now ffs. I'm glad you released this and I imagine it took awhile to edit down for KZbin. I really appreciate it as I like you a lot and this is such a good show.

[@onesuaveg]

"The gangster side has more cohesion and cooperation" He figured out The Wire by episode 3.

[@richarddavies4322]

Thank you for this 😁🇬🇧

[@hairlokk8672]

Best show ever

[@Fantomex.]

FUN FACT; the writers for "the Office" were huge fans of the wire so if you notice a lot of the actors like Idris Elba will guest star on the show.

[@kukuruzzo]

DoB is date of birth, how could anybody not think of that?

[@MrDman21]

The Barksdale crew always had a plan. Most drug lords have a business front, somewhere they can launder all that drug money. It also helps to confuse the cops.

[@dand9244]

in the movie his dad told the story of the mice thinking he was the mouse that survived but it turns out that he was the one that drowned and his son was the one that churned it to butter and lived

[@ryanchad586]

A man must have a code Oh indeed So much said in just so few words

[@Anubisblack]

Sweet. Hope they release some their Expanse reactions next.

[@hughbrown5931]

Thanks so much for releasing the edited version of Series One of The Wire for KZbin it is very much appreciated as I can see editing it is a lot of work. I'm glad you enjoyed it - one of my favourite series of All time. I look forward to the rest of Series One and hope you can do an edit of Series Two onwards. All the pieces matter.

[@SenseiEpu]

Then there's Treme. Same producers. Give that show a go, somewhere down the line. Loved it.

[@jayjacobl4667]

best show of all time i don't care what anyone says

[@scottburch3178]

At worst, tied for first.

[@raymondsims7042]

It shouldn’t even be a debate in my opinion it’s by far the best show ever

[@richardpearce4988]

When he says 'I'm brown' - is that a also a reference to heroin? (i.e, I'm a long time user now = I'm brown) - smack/heroin is known as brown at least here in the UK