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@cartergomez5390 Жыл бұрын
Sounds cool! I'm going to consider it!
@tevinarmstrong802513 күн бұрын
Great analysis however your use of the the term gang member is incorrect they’re not a gang they’re committing organized crime/business it’s just low class
@theboxingbiker5 жыл бұрын
"The Wire doesn't try to grab and keep your attention. It requires it. But if you give it your attention, it will reward you."
@yashsihare35675 жыл бұрын
This is the most exciting I have heard about any show when searching for recommendations!
@mattweth89635 жыл бұрын
Said like a true white man. Glad your wife gave you the weekend off to watch the show 😂😂😂
@AmnesiaFX5 жыл бұрын
I thought your picture was a hair on my screen and tried to scrubb it of. I feel stupid now.
@sidaisdad5 жыл бұрын
@@AmnesiaFX me too lol!!!
@TheDantheman121215 жыл бұрын
Yeah i have watched the wire i think 3 times now and when i come across someone who says it is not good i simply say "yeah cus you are a dumb fuck". Haha not really but i says something similar to what you said like the wire is not something you watch casually, it takes a little thought when you first start watching it.
@-KillaWatt-5 жыл бұрын
One of the best parts of the series is how death is handled. There is no dramatic build up or anything. It just happens.
@spacedoginnebraska5 жыл бұрын
Just like it's supposed to.
@bennuballbags25 жыл бұрын
Unlike every other cop show ever....but when Omar got killed I spray painted my computer with a mouthful of milk. Made me so sad, but at the same time....its the game and we moved on
@melodramaticplastic70825 жыл бұрын
Stringer Bell’s death had a wee bit of build up, what with him trying to run. But even then when he tried to talk shite they killed him quickly.
@jayclemons30715 жыл бұрын
Besides Omar saw that one coming
@akaveli2g5 жыл бұрын
@@jayclemons3071 Naaaah. Omar didn't see that one coming. Even the viewers didn't see that. Majority of the hoppers love and respected Omar. That lil nigga didn't give a shyt about respect. He had that same energy as Marlo. That IDGAF about anyone type attitude.
@ShadowWizard1233 жыл бұрын
I loved this show until the last episode when Marlo went crazy and burned the whole city of Baltimore with his dragon. That was so dumb.
@dunkdunkin6693 жыл бұрын
Underrated
@vaisakhps86423 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@dub_dub15043 жыл бұрын
Magnificent comment.
@thehillza3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@ZChronicNebula3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👀
@GlassThirdEye3 жыл бұрын
Omar Little is one of the best TV characters of all time. A stick up man with a heart of gold.
@inzanity793 жыл бұрын
A man has got to have a code….
@hummingbir63 жыл бұрын
disagree and agree - - disagree: too fictional, overrated, unrealistic, and forced at times. - agree: unique, novelistic, a metaphor to the 'shadow walker' of Baltimore. *spolier alert* -- his death, however, ironically rounds his character. This goes to show you that one's pride is all lost with death, despite how romanticized he was alive.
@axrush87282 жыл бұрын
@@hummingbir6 untrue
@DepressionShaman2 жыл бұрын
@@hummingbir6 Unrealistic? You know the big guy who raids Marlo's condo with Omar when he jumped from the 4th floor? That guy was robbing drug dealers for real in real life. He did the same thing, but the writers didn't think the audience would believe it was actually a six story fall, not 4. He and others like him were the inspiration for Omar Little.
@kennymccormick82952 жыл бұрын
@@hummingbir6 lol no likes
@Splackavellie855 жыл бұрын
The Wire was the first thing I saw Idris Elba in. He was so good, that I’m still thrown off when I hear him speak in his English accent.
@rishabhanand49735 жыл бұрын
i saw him first on luther. his lack of an english accent on this show throws me off.
@powderedtoastfacekillah7344 жыл бұрын
But now that I know he’s british I notice him trying to hide injustice accent all throughout the series McNulty too. He’s even worse at hiding his accent
@theman2017inc4 жыл бұрын
Not only a English accent but a one from East London, 😃
@platinumk174 жыл бұрын
You guys heard Omar's actors real voice. It's way diferent
@Splackavellie854 жыл бұрын
Michael Kelly It’s not, I’ve seen Community
@omieg895 жыл бұрын
Those who know...know. This show is a masterpiece. I know that compliment gets tossed around a lot but this show is deserving of it. The Wire is as real as it gets.
@mgomez97365 жыл бұрын
Absolute masterpiece.
@sidarthur87065 жыл бұрын
the corner was more their masterpiece (just being a pedant, i know what you're saying but a masterpiece is the work you present to prove that you've mastered a craft)
@omieg895 жыл бұрын
Sid Arthur I’m going to have to watch the corner because I would be disingenuous if I argued against you.
@sidarthur87065 жыл бұрын
omieg89 it's pretty good but you've only got to look at the order that they were made and the dictionary definition of masterpiece. what i mean is a masterpiece isn't a perfect work or the best thing someone ever did, it's the first thing they did that proves they can do what they've been trained to do. what i'm saying isn't to do with the quality of the wire, just the meaning of masterpiece. being a pedant like i've said. the corner's still worth a watch
@omieg895 жыл бұрын
Sid Arthur cool. Interesting thought.
@TrevorHembling5 жыл бұрын
Great, now I have to rewatch the series. Again.
@thrashmanpoint5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I gotta re-watch this series and Deadwood as well to prepare myself for that new movie.
@samuelmuiruri47045 жыл бұрын
its like a book you read repeatedly. i read every review of the wire and see things i was to dumb to grasp the first time. man , the wire is deep, people throw around the word genius, but the wire truly is genius
@MyStory19895 жыл бұрын
I'm ok with this. Enjoy.
@bryanbuff5 жыл бұрын
LOL, same.
@vitor30005 жыл бұрын
You'll always pick up something you missed whether it was detail in the plot or the details that make it special
@kplt12342 жыл бұрын
One of the reasons this show is so great is that you can feel that almost every character can be the main character of its own show, depicting their individual plot
@raymondsims7042 Жыл бұрын
True the wires cast is STACKED
@tonydalton459 Жыл бұрын
Yes. I can’t remember a show with so many characters, and they all felt real and well rounded.
@chakrazulu21065 жыл бұрын
This is the best breakdown of The Wire I've seen and no spoilers? Salute
@ThomasFlight5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@isaachaze15 жыл бұрын
bunch of like-minded people on these boards. agree with needing to watch deadwood again also. this thomas flight guy just cost me a bunch of time
@dpe45 жыл бұрын
True dat.
@dougroux50875 жыл бұрын
Thomas Flight Yeah your juxtapositions are brilliant! Great analysis!
@maxeyre20245 жыл бұрын
Have you seen the Sopranos? The only show I think is better than The Wire.
@staomruel2 жыл бұрын
The respect the writers have for their audience shouldn't be overlooked. Setting Kima's gf on a bench down the hall in the hospital, while her 'real family' gets to hear what the doctors have to say, without spending a word on why she isn't standing there with them, got the message across so much better than dialogue ever could.
@trin16211 ай бұрын
Well said. V true.
@lavenderhuman4 ай бұрын
It’s so depressing too. And having to be called Kima’s roommate in public cause they don’t know how others will react
@docwatson3212 күн бұрын
The show does need to explain itself. True respect to even when we know that we may not be on the same level of understanding but that unspoken code that we both are trying to understand each other. As down to earth as it gets ..as opposed to over explaining and justifying ourselves.
@Maderr42 жыл бұрын
I loved that they kept adding different layers each season; cops and gangs, workers, politics, school system, and media. It is not a simple problem, it is a very complicated one, and very hard to fix. To this day nothing comes close to this amazing show.
@melancholymartialarts7095 Жыл бұрын
Nothing comes close ? Now you're talking gibberish. Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul are genius as well
@pintolerance785 Жыл бұрын
The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead (early seasons) Twilight Zone, Gilligan's island,etc.
@Cheese23145 Жыл бұрын
@@pintolerance785 Game of Thrones, including season eight?
@pintolerance785 Жыл бұрын
@@Cheese23145 Do you even need to ask that. No. Not at all. The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones are on the same level where the early seasons are amazing memorable experiences but later...
@r3d0c Жыл бұрын
@@melancholymartialarts7095 not to the same calibre, those shows are great and bcs is one of my favourite shows of all time but this show is something unique, more than just simple entertainment like those shows are
@Gnosis6393 жыл бұрын
In 40 seconds i can answer the question to "why the show is so brilliant". It actually tells you the pure unadulterated truth about America from top to bottom; the whole system is corrupt.
@whlewis91643 жыл бұрын
institutional dysfunction
@aidacailar11263 жыл бұрын
Not only America man, Europe too
@billybob41593 жыл бұрын
@@aidacailar1126 everywhere there are corrupt people but it’s true that in North America and Europe are the most greedy I think
@Gnosis6393 жыл бұрын
I'm not denying that there is corruption other places but the show takes place in the USA so that's why i say it shows the truth about this country
@kidd328883 жыл бұрын
U watch it and u figure the system is run like that in real life
@adamsky77 Жыл бұрын
Bubbles story is the most heart breaking/warming. Omar is brilliant, the man with the code and obviously good ol misunderstood McNulty. Love these characters so much.
@TheWooSoundscape Жыл бұрын
getting old, misread this, and I feel like I may have touched on something true, the man with the code is obviously good ol misunderstood McNulty
@shortcutDJ5 жыл бұрын
Yeah so i was in jail almost 10 years ago when i saw the wire for the first time. I was there for my own drug related charges with heroin,i knew it was something special when i saw it 3d season episode 1 reform... Stringer was a captivating guy and then Omar. i got out shortly after and then i went into re-hab. when i got out i looked for the dvd set. Then i started to see things i missed the first time and then everything else just kinda didn't do it for me anymore. i'm clean for almost 10 yrs now. and i did a complete 180, never have i felt this good and normal. The Wire helped me understand what i was doing to myself and it helped me stay clean too in a weird way. great video i always love content related to this show.
@ThomasFlight5 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome to hear! Thanks for watching. :) It’s a powerful show.
@aaronwhite17865 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 10 years! That's huge!
@bushaybillwill4 жыл бұрын
Junkie
@VVIIFINEST4 жыл бұрын
Keep it going. Well wishes bro 🙏🙏
@freddsims6484 жыл бұрын
Inspirational, both you and the show. 🖒
@coolworx5 жыл бұрын
I loved the fact that it just happened to coincide with a fevered shift in telecommunications... From the payphones of "the pit" in season one, to Marlo sending pictures on his smart phone.
@LaurentCardinal4 жыл бұрын
So true. If it would have been made 10 years later, first the concept of "wire" would be non-existent (they could still tap mobile phones), but there's no dramatic shift in technology. We could imagine Marlo asking his crew to upgrade to new private messaging apps like Signal.
@WorldWidePatriots3 жыл бұрын
@@LaurentCardinal Thank god we got this show. Such a fucking masterpiece.
@jermaineartis43233 жыл бұрын
It also shows that the higher discipline and intelligence used by the drug organizations forced the police department to have to upgrade their technology. Season one shows them still using typewriters when they should have already had computers by then. It was the 2000’s already, yet the city was broke and didn’t think it there was a need to allocate money to the police union because all they did was buy and bust policing. They weren’t going after organized big fish.
@dd_doesit3 жыл бұрын
if there’s a reboot in the present times, we’ll see how social media effects both the streets and the police department
@crissydawg50442 жыл бұрын
@@dd_doesit I think that’s why a reboot would be really hard to pull off because technology has changed so much.
@arambhikrut72582 жыл бұрын
This series made me realise how utterly and hilariously irrelevant the Emmys are
@BlitzkriegRap2 жыл бұрын
Definitely!
@nagakarthik55882 жыл бұрын
You can say that again, Pal! (BCS)
@billybaugus12492 жыл бұрын
Hey man how was it supposed to House! I mean dude had a limp and a cane
@Lamtitude2 жыл бұрын
@@billybaugus1249 he’s a prick, but he’s a good doctor. How crazy!
@Juan-nx8ul2 жыл бұрын
@@Lamtitude Never watched the show. How crazy!
@uncivilizedelk5 жыл бұрын
Excellent spoiler-free examination of why The Wire is absolutely amazing! Now I have to rewatch the series yet again (I've lost count how many times I've already done so).
@123vid3213 жыл бұрын
Im doing it for the 5th time and I am totally in it.
@TP_Gillz3 жыл бұрын
It's an annual thing for me to re-watch it once a year
@FFM05943 жыл бұрын
@@TP_Gillz Sheeeeeeeeeeeeet! Annually once a yeah, huh?
@TP_Gillz3 жыл бұрын
@@FFM0594 That's what annually means right?! lol. Ya. I may skip a season some years, but usually, once I get started I can't stop. When you run out of new things to watch, why not re-watch something amazing right! It's right up there with my other annual movies like The Godfather and Goodfellas lol.
@gerrym753 жыл бұрын
During lockdown last year I re-watched seasons 1-3 - one of the benefits of Covid :) Will rewatch the last 2 seasons this year when I get some time.
@Tomáš_Nithrania5 жыл бұрын
I watch The Wire annually. I have seen the whole thing like 7 or 8 times, maybe more. No regrets.
@joshmontana16994 жыл бұрын
me with breaking bad
@loveone42924 жыл бұрын
Same here
@Grace4ever224 жыл бұрын
Seriously!!! Why.....
@Grace4ever224 жыл бұрын
My addiction is MIB 1
@googleaccount-ir7ep3 жыл бұрын
@@joshmontana1699 me too
@makeitup5125 жыл бұрын
I've watched all seasons of The Wire about 10x and I still catch myself finding details which I previously missed. There are so many layers it's hard to think it's a fictional show, not a real-life documentary.
@kyngdavid36485 жыл бұрын
*SAME....The crazy thing about it is, after watching video and part 2, just makes me want to watch it all over again.....for the 15th time😩😔*
@michaeljjcahill31844 жыл бұрын
It's not fictional, the foundation starts with facts
@jomarcoliverman49714 жыл бұрын
Fax crazy thing I just started watching it again earlier this month I’m in the middle of season 4 and it’s almost like watching it for the second time even though it’s like the 10th lol
@robertslugg83614 жыл бұрын
The place where McNutty's kids trail Stringer is the NE Market near Hopkins where I got my lunch 3 times a week. If you haven't sat on the bench on Federal Hill, you haven't been to Baltimore.
@claytonjohnson69454 жыл бұрын
Funny how the narrator uses the term 'fictional crime show" ....I'm from that housing project and Barksdale grew up across the street from me; his real name is Nathan Avon Barksdale. We were childhood friends, he passed away year before last. Marlo's real name is Timmora Stansfield , his brother is actually named Marlo. The bald headed deacon in season 3 is actually the real Little Melvin Williams (was profiled in an episode of American Gangster) this guy got the whole Baltimore heroine thing started. The stories actually tell themselves, Burns uses cases that he actually worked but the art is in how he and Simon wove the story together and stayed authentic....it didn't hurt that the real Barksdale was a creative consultant along with Little Melvin Williams (fascinating man pull up his episode of American gangster). Snoop was the real Snoop, she did 7 years for murder when she was 14 yrs old. all in all they kept it pretty real......
@Zou523 Жыл бұрын
My favorite part about this show was learning the language each season. Season 1 had so much slang that I had to try and pick it up and by season two I was trying so hard to understand the dock workers and the polish slang. The writers did a great job making the dialogue feel local and real
@user-v01k57uM11 ай бұрын
where are you from? i tried to watch in us lang but i could hardly understand any of it as a non-native speaker
@Zou52311 ай бұрын
@@user-v01k57uM I’m from Missouri so yeah, even for a midwesterner that Baltimore accent is a real curveball lol
@VladimirPutin-p3t4 ай бұрын
I'm from the suburbs of Philly, and to be honest it didn't seem anything to me, it was just natural. I've been to Baltimore a few times and there were no striking differences in our dialects. @@Zou523
@brendakipkemoi27385 жыл бұрын
I think GOT writers could learn a thing or two here...
@TubularToob5 жыл бұрын
My disappointment in GoT S8 made me finally dive into The Wire. Might as well watch a series that has unanimously perfect writing instead of one that has the writers (literally) burning the show straight to the fucking ground.
@jasmynholland30745 жыл бұрын
Funny because the wire never got any major awards because it was too urban for some folks yet a show about dragons, witches, and sword play win everything.
@Dizzinator21145 жыл бұрын
@@jasmynholland3074 yes probably due to when it came out, but in the minds of pretty much anyone who has seen it the show is a masterpiece and one of the best shows made ever. I didn't see it till 2017, and I only watched it because I decided to Google best shows ever and it was one I had heard of many times and just never watched, one of the most notable for me was a lyric by Eminem when he mentioned Omar being from the wire.
@jasmynholland30745 жыл бұрын
Mr. G The Wire was a great show but still since it was too black and too street and also too real some people didn’t watch it until years after it went off the air. Game of Thrones is good too but it is pure fantasy and the Wire is real life.
@briani49595 жыл бұрын
@@jasmynholland3074 Game of Thrones is definitely fantasy but it's loosely based on the War of the Roses from the 1400s.
@ipsilonia5 жыл бұрын
"....part one of my series about the wire" THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
@mark0377-d1d5 жыл бұрын
Quite simply, this person is doing god's work.
@NeoAndersonChannel15 жыл бұрын
@@mark0377-d1d Not all heroes wear capes
@ismailhacking3404 жыл бұрын
I’m 17 and I’m about to turn 18. Over the past 2 years I’ve been watching and working my way through what people have told me are some of the greatest shows of all time. I started with breaking bad, as most of my friends were watching at the time. When I finished I thought “man, nothing can top this”. Then, I started the game of thrones. And I watched it all, and even with s8 and it’s crap, I thought “man this is amazing how am I ever gonna get into a show again?” Then I watched sopranos and the same thing. Then, I watched the wire. It’s. A different kind of amazing. But it’s so brilliant and it goes by like a snap of your finger and you just want to rewatch and rewatch. The way it ties so many individual parts of a collective city within each episode, then within each season, then within the entire series is completely brilliant. It truly is one of a kind.
@samjane35004 жыл бұрын
I'm about to help you out, pal. Check out Mad Men and Deadwood then you'll have consumed the greatest shows of all time before you even turn 20.
@robvrije3 жыл бұрын
Same here... the exact four series. Wire, Sopranos, GOT, breaking bad. In this order. Nothing can top this I’m afraid.
@deanhava41573 жыл бұрын
I thought dexter would have been up there
@Es1777s3 жыл бұрын
Im 17 and im in the exact situation youre were in haha But i never watched GOT und i am just starting to watch the wire
@r3dsnow7573 жыл бұрын
@@Es1777s enjoy the wire , i watched it when i was 18 and senior year in highschool. Loved it.
@amberwest78463 жыл бұрын
I really wish other show creators would put in the intensive and accurate research it takes to truly tell a story like The Wire 😭
@manaulhoque65073 жыл бұрын
It ain't what the people want
@StoutProper2 жыл бұрын
@@manaulhoque6507 it ain’t what the system wants
@mathewlopez12552 жыл бұрын
This tik tok culture has people’s attention spans to like no more than 30 seconds 😭
@djangofett48792 жыл бұрын
You want it to be one way... but its the other way.
@djangofett48792 жыл бұрын
@@mathewlopez1255 I don't think it's just a generational thing. you think the old farts who watch nothing but Fox News want a show like The wire? You think they're watching We Own This City?
@ravishingrookrude5 жыл бұрын
“Where’s Wallace, String!?”
@Raymando4 жыл бұрын
STRING! WHERE'S WALLACE, HUH?
@davidarmitage41324 жыл бұрын
WTF is Wallace String???
@MaxMiller6144 жыл бұрын
😞
@gab0ttos4 жыл бұрын
u.u
@r3dsnow7573 жыл бұрын
@@davidarmitage4132 ...oh boi, little do you know.
@TellEveryoneRecords5 жыл бұрын
The line "Bubbles, the shows beloved heroin junkie..." is, in some odd way, the perfect description of why this show is so special. Great video, my man.
@mantistoboggan51715 жыл бұрын
i had a friend ask me who my favourite character was, i replied with bubs...... he says, with a confused look "the heroin addict, really" then paused and goes "oh yeah, weird how you can say that about this show".
@MiniM695 жыл бұрын
Showing that substance users are still people. In the current climate, they’re just numbers, the depressed and despised.
@ngairehodge85665 жыл бұрын
Bubs was the smartest character on the show. Unfortunately, like he said, "I'm a professional f@#k up."
@hughmungus17675 жыл бұрын
@@ngairehodge8566 In real life, he's a Harvard grad. Or so I've read.
@ngairehodge85665 жыл бұрын
@@hughmungus1767 I can believe that! Andre Royo's acting is top notch.
@croisaor23085 жыл бұрын
Without a doubt the best show ever. At first almost nothing about it was appealing to me on a surface level; but the writing, characters and stories are unlike anything else I've ever seen.
@ladymakini99635 жыл бұрын
on a surface level the writing, characters and stories IS what was so appealing. otherwords , U like what u think u don"t like.
@bluetheory25 жыл бұрын
ever
@supa4ys8435 жыл бұрын
Definitely not the best show ever, but everything else I will agree with.
@mantistoboggan51715 жыл бұрын
@@supa4ys843 please don't tell me the greatest is breakingbad
5 жыл бұрын
wrong. its good but not the best, thats just your opinion
@arjunps67762 жыл бұрын
I just finished watching The Wire and I have to agree that it's the best TV series I've seen so far. Most striking feature is the realism brought in through the complete lack of background music. I was so addicted to this show that I'm afraid that now I'll start speaking like 'them' Wire characters.
@DocTight2 жыл бұрын
The "aight" found its way into my vocabulary, and I don't even live in an english-speaking country 😂
@vgreens1-_2382 жыл бұрын
@@DocTight the bmore accent is getting to me with some words
@oratiletsimatsima96432 жыл бұрын
"I saw him, but I didn't pay him nor nevermind".
@bunjitsu70462 жыл бұрын
most def :)
@paullasky6865 Жыл бұрын
Yes. Nothing spoon fed. No music telling you how to feel. I absolutely detest music in TV and movies. I know that sounds weird but I don't want to be spoon fed how to feel about something. If a TV show has no music and no canned laughter it's a breath of fresh air.
@bkbrown74895 жыл бұрын
The wire is the most realistic depiction of the streets
@davidp30514 жыл бұрын
Also the most realistic depiction of policing.
@GiftsbyChosen4 жыл бұрын
Hands freaking down!!
@bushaybillwill4 жыл бұрын
Of baltimore streets
@jomarcoliverman49714 жыл бұрын
Bill Jansen of all streets idc if you in Idaho the streets are the streets
@mannyescuela35114 жыл бұрын
@@jomarcoliverman4971 not true the streets of the Bronx for example are waaaaay different than Baltimore in this
@matthewsawczyn65925 жыл бұрын
"This' America, man." -First scene of The Wire
@blackdemocrat215 жыл бұрын
Snot Boogie!
@jeffadams96994 жыл бұрын
Well then why let hime play? Gots to.
@samstewart11014 жыл бұрын
I was hooked immediately. Gots ta ....this America..
@kennethwanyoike50294 жыл бұрын
What gets me is this is coming from what one might call a street bum, the downtrodden who you normally wouldn't expect to have this kind of knowledge, namely the American dream. And the he says it so casually 👏
@dxxpxk14 жыл бұрын
@@blackdemocrat21 he' "s not" anymore
@andypotanin4 жыл бұрын
It's actually really hard to explain to people why this show is amazing.
@arsh97962 жыл бұрын
I agree, especially to friends who ask you to recommend something to watch and they've never seen the wire, they are almost always ignoring it lol.
@oratiletsimatsima96432 жыл бұрын
I think its brilliance lies is in its portrayal of reality. It doesn't sell sensation or nonsensical plot twists, just human nature. Nobody is a villain, no one is a hero and we are all affected by the decisions and choices we make under the rotten system that controls our daily lives.
@TobsJ2 жыл бұрын
it portrays “the game” of urban life in different levels (gangsters, police, politicians, the homeless, the immigrants, kids) along with all the bureaucracies involved in a brilliant, raw and honest way
@undiscoveredcolorz2 жыл бұрын
It's a TV show version of "if you know, you know." Everyone I've known who watched it knows it is one of the best ever. Everyone I've tried to recommend it to has had issues watching it.
@paullasky6865 Жыл бұрын
It's because it's done in a slight documentary style with no music telling you how to feel. The was a BBC drama called The Cops in the late 90s that very similar. If you like that style you will like The Cops and it's worth a watch. For me The Wire is absolute genius. It's immersion in reality is absolutely enthralling.
@marcstov3 жыл бұрын
The genius of this show is unparalleled. The humanity, the complexity, the insight which has informed so much of my "things are grey" understanding of the world is life changing. I am continuingly blown away.
@TheUltimateRage Жыл бұрын
Facts fam. The Wire is easily the greatest show of all time! If you haven't already, you should check out a KZbin channel called "Soft White Underbelly." The host pretty much interviews a bunch of people, mostly on Skid Row, but the interviews are extremely fascinating because it highlights the extreme issues that people in our country are battling with on a regular basis
@marleneg7794 Жыл бұрын
@@TheUltimateRage n aq¹¹¹
@rickard767 Жыл бұрын
Jeez I almost fell asleep listening to you explain why it's a good show, that's not a good sign lmao
@CarpetEraser5 жыл бұрын
This convinced me to watch the wire. Just finished season 1... It's exactly like you described. Amazing. Thank you.
@greeneggsgrams77095 жыл бұрын
And how far are you now? The wire is in my top 3 hands down
@CarpetEraser5 жыл бұрын
@@greeneggsgrams7709 I just started S2. It feels slow but I know it's worth sticking through it, I've heard it only gets better from S1. I really like that they're continuing to follow Stringer as he is a cool ass character.
@greeneggsgrams77095 жыл бұрын
@@CarpetEraser S2 is probably the slowest season but after that its picks right back up. With where you are now my favorite character would be Omar Little.
@devinmj214 жыл бұрын
@@molochz Season 2 is the most important season. It is slow but the last 3 episodes are probably the best ending to a season in the series. My favorite is season 3 and I think the best is season 4.
@cov92903 жыл бұрын
@@greeneggsgrams7709 I thought s1 was quite slow as in it’s good but not much happens
@fekaduurga87343 жыл бұрын
The best show ever made. It'll never be repeated. Unimaginably great creation. The greatness of season 4 will never be repeated by anyone, ever.
@joez.2794 Жыл бұрын
That's why the end of each re-watch is always so bittersweet. Because it's one thing to _say_ "greatest TV show ever made," but quite another to understand it on a deeper level and realize what that means... "This is it. End of the road. You've just witnessed the absolute pinnacle of television, and - barring a miracle, it's all downhill from here."
@raymondsims7042 Жыл бұрын
@@joez.2794 I completely agree with everything you said lad🤝the wire is it. It doesn’t get better then the wire
@Ariaa7611 ай бұрын
I wonder how many ppl. searched things like "shows like the wire" etc... eve nif you look at the scores there won't be anything like this fr... @@joez.2794 The Wire is a precious gem.
@TopGunHat5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video. The Wire is easily my favorite show of all time. (minor Season 4 spoilers below) My personal favorite "show don't tell" moment is in Season Four when Chris Partlow looks at Michael after he asks them to deal with his stepfather. Chris is confused to why Michael wants him gone so bad, but without any words exchanged realizes that it is because Michael has been sexually abused by his stepfather and fears for the safety of Bug. Chris knows this because he was also a victim of sexual abuse as a child and kills Michael's stepfather with unhinged anger and brutality that comes out from his own past trauma. This was my interpretation of it at least. It is seriously amazing how so much is communicated to the audience so subtlety and without any dialog confirming anything.
@ThomasFlight5 жыл бұрын
That's a powerful moment. Totally agree.
@Gore1714595 жыл бұрын
That's how I read it, too. When I saw how shook Snoop looked it clicked for me.
@pietneggers90695 жыл бұрын
Especially because of the contrast with the cold hearted way he goes about the other murders
@maxmarks35035 жыл бұрын
"Damn... You didn't even wait to get the mawfucka in the house!"
@KayleeCee5 жыл бұрын
@@maxmarks3503 I came down into the replies to see if anyone had said this. Snoop always cracked me up. That scene of her buying that nail gun is the best!
@theena3 жыл бұрын
6:30 is when I realized I had gone from being interested in the show to being in love with it. What an incredible scene. Just one word being repeated, by two great actors and a BG actor to symbolize us, the audience, as we are being taken through 'real police work'.
@thehound5103 жыл бұрын
the dialogue in this scene is incredible
@sumanthbhat81772 жыл бұрын
@@thehound510 it's literally poetry brother
@ACinDorset5 жыл бұрын
The Wire has its fans in the UK as well. I never saw it at the time, but bought the DVD box-set of all seasons and watched it just 2 years ago and was blown away by it. Easily the most powerful and heartfelt TV series that I have ever seen. It is the honesty of it that shines bright.
@johnbull15684 жыл бұрын
The worst thing about the show in the UK is that the critics would say stuff like 'make sure you have subtitles on', like us mere plebs couldn't understand the dialogue. If anything, it emphasises that they need subtitles and people who can appreciate a show like this don't.
@rogerhernandez2822 жыл бұрын
@@johnbull1568 B-cause B-more dialect
@Hexon662 жыл бұрын
@@rogerhernandez282 Except none of the Brits in the show sounded even remotely Bal'mer. Even Idris, when he tried to class up with the real estate crew, let his natural accent flow even more.
@PickpocketJones Жыл бұрын
@@Hexon66 The show didn't go too hard with the Balmer accents, not like We Own This City. I've honestly found you hear the accent less in the city and more in like Jessup or surrounding areas. Aiden Gillen did better at Balmer than Sam Worthington doing Philly in the Unibomber show at least.
@KtotheG5 жыл бұрын
"The game is rigged." That line was repeated quite a few times throughout the series. I believe it's the thesis of the whole show.
@Pyrisy5 жыл бұрын
Kory Green yeah the show writer said this whole show is about corruption. The cops are barely better than the criminals most of the time. The higher up you go the more people are allowed to do and participate in more and more fucked up shit.
@davidp30514 жыл бұрын
@Kory Green I agree. There aren't enough up-votes for your post.
@bellefonte223 жыл бұрын
“Juking the stats” is a phrase you hear a lot throughout the show especially in season 3 when the politics come into play
@roddi7335 жыл бұрын
No cliches, predictable stereotypes, plot armour, questionable plot twists or generic storylines, you literally cant find fault with it.
@calebashcraft63934 жыл бұрын
Steve Harris lol u don’t think relationships like that exist ?
@manuginobilisbaldspot4244 жыл бұрын
@Steve Harris That's a bullshit response. The idea that because they're lesbian without their orientation being shoehorned, their being together itself is shoehorned? No, they're clearly together and their relationship deteriorates because Kima is much more about being a damn good cop than being a partner. The whole dynamic with their child goes in to detail about that. No, you're just trying to seem smart about being mad at the idea of a lesbian couple being put on the show. GTFOH.
@donmaslanoz144 жыл бұрын
Omar kinda had plot armor
@moonlance34964 жыл бұрын
Donmaślanoz14 he literally got killed by a kid
@donmaslanoz144 жыл бұрын
@@moonlance3496 Plot armor doesn't mean he's not gonna die at all, but he's gonna die only then, when it fits writer for the story. He robbed drug dealers for years, there where price on his head, everybody tried to kill him for five seasons, he jumped off a fucking sixth floor, and only then he was killed by a kid.
@DurvalLacerda3 жыл бұрын
Just finished all of it. First time in ages that I forgot I was actually watching a tv show. Everything felt so real.
@UrbanNoizeMusic5 жыл бұрын
Now i completely understand why The Wire is one of the most beloved tv shows in the last 2 decades. Thank you for this great breakdown and detail analyzation.
@lovenlightman5 жыл бұрын
I dont.
@stevemattero14715 жыл бұрын
You could just yknow watch it yourself?
@yourfriendwill4 жыл бұрын
I met Wood Harris (he of Avon Barksdale fame) on the southside of Chicago a couple years back while managing a cafe. Unfortunately, I interrupted a phone call but all the same he was incredibly gracious and kind. goddamn this show is good.
@ceejhundo40464 жыл бұрын
Will Robinson he got more memorable roles but cool story
@f2afinito9835 жыл бұрын
When ever I say “ a man must have a code.” If the person next to me doesn’t respond by saying “no doubt”. We aren’t friends.
@powderedtoastfacekillah7344 жыл бұрын
No doubt 😏
@254madmax4 жыл бұрын
Shyyyyyyyyyyyt
@jeffadams96994 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@mikef-gi2dg4 жыл бұрын
no doubt
@f2afinito9834 жыл бұрын
Sudhir Kakar lol
@jeanettesdaughter2 жыл бұрын
I watched first five seasons back to back recovering from beat cancer surgery and reconstruction . Talk about a lifesaver. I forgot my pain and loss watching these tragedies. Great writing, great acting. Storytelling as elegant as Muhammad Ali in the ring at his best , swift on his feet pulling no punches.
@BlitzkriegRap2 жыл бұрын
Hope everything is fine now! Amazing show, I'm "only" 27 not even from the US and I've watched the whole show 2 or 3 times.
@marinarafik59482 жыл бұрын
I hope you are ok now and won the fight 🙏
@williammelvin5 жыл бұрын
"the wire doesn't demand your attention, it requires it" Best TV show ever written.
@Jesse6155 жыл бұрын
The level of detail in The Wire is incredible. One example -- there's a scene where the character is parked in his car on the street -- which he names (Eastern Ave. in Greektown). The shot has a wide depth of field, so that the street outside, in the background, is fairly blurry. But I lived in Southeast Baltimore for many years, and see enough to recognize that particular block, which is indeed on Eastern Ave. in Greektown!
@klausbrinck21375 жыл бұрын
A couple of days before that video, i started watching The Wire, by incident. For the fourth time in the last 10 years... I´m sure gonna watch it another ten times in my lifetime, for sure! Best series ever made by far... Greetings from Germany!
@LoneLoboX883 жыл бұрын
Did anyone notice in every ending to a season finale the camera would stay still and just show you some aspect of the city? Nothing consequential just a moment for us to appreciate the setting of this entire show.
@ewetwentythree6 ай бұрын
Still noticing new things, great observation
@merijnvankeulen29735 жыл бұрын
The wire is like reading a book. You see the scenes but your mind makes up the pictures.
@ramirezz1014 жыл бұрын
Merijn van keulen lmao how
@NewYorkNadia3 жыл бұрын
Then...why not just read a book? I could only stomach two episodes of The Wire; what a meaningless, pointless bore. One-dimensional characters, vapid dialogue, no plot, no high-stakes conflict, nothing. Waste of time, imo.
@merijnvankeulen29733 жыл бұрын
@@NewYorkNadia yes, because i only need to read the first two pages of a book to know that it sucks right?
@NewYorkNadia3 жыл бұрын
@@merijnvankeulen2973 Watching two episodes would be like reading two chapters. It’s easy to tell if a book sucks by the first paragraph.
@merijnvankeulen29733 жыл бұрын
@@NewYorkNadia wow...OK bye!
@AlexCole2723 жыл бұрын
I love the sounds in this show, I felt like I was there, hearing every footstep, hearing the ground and floors, the background noise, cracks in the wall. It’s amazing
@whizkid00005 жыл бұрын
This is a comment wall of people with good taste.
@Smok3God_Music5 жыл бұрын
whizkid0000 facts
@justanotherguy43395 жыл бұрын
And without any abuse That's a first on the interwebs
@xorpe71725 жыл бұрын
I feel safe in this comment thread
@ngairehodge85665 жыл бұрын
@Agent Orange that was a quick lesson on safety being an illusion, damn!
@chuckiesrus13992 жыл бұрын
After hearing from my brother about how great this show for over 10 years, I finally gave it a chance last year. Currently watching it for the 3rd time. One of my favorite TV shows ever
@thefractalcurve54625 жыл бұрын
When Bubbles was walking thru Hamsterdam trying to sell tshirts, he seen the true ugliness of what ppl are reduced to when left to their own devices.
@JaydevRaol5 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for this. Now I can show this to my friends who still haven't watched it and that too without spoiling anything. 😃👏🙏
@Howtard5 жыл бұрын
I've been trying to convince my fiancee to give The Wire a shot for years, but haven't been able to describe it without either spoiling something or making it so vague that it sounds like a thousand other shows. Definitely showing this to her. Thanks!
@grantwallace18825 жыл бұрын
The Wire is head and shoulders above any other television show.
@nodrama4905 жыл бұрын
Grant Wallace Omar “ no doubt!”
@bluecomet11095 жыл бұрын
Umm no try again, Sopranos is better
@nodrama4905 жыл бұрын
@@bluecomet1109 umm not a chance
@bluecomet11095 жыл бұрын
@skin09588 Sopranos not only has amazing writing, characters, but also lots of depth in character development, you can't top Sopranos plain and simple
@blaccbeard5 жыл бұрын
@silent phantom You wanna talk about character development you need look no further than Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski.
@josephhinton54893 жыл бұрын
Best series I've ever seen and I'm 63 and a former multi-award winning journalist in Arizona and former Arizona Press Club Board member who was born is D.C. and spent much time in Bodymore. I return to this five year expose every few years on CD for inspiration and entertainment. Bravo. Bravo. Bravo Davide Simon, Ed Burns, all writers, cast members, extras, production crew, et al. Bravo. If you haven't seen it you're deprived.
@dazeja5 жыл бұрын
The part about it being more of a novel than a tv show is so true. This show has actually ruined other shows many years afterwards. For example, I’ve tried many times to watch Power but I simple can’t. I’d rather rewatch the Wire.
@manaulhoque65073 жыл бұрын
Faacts. Had the same problem with power.
@Micolashcage15 жыл бұрын
There will never be a show like this again. Such a shame. the masses of casual viewers want Hollywood flash, not realism, not a slow burn. They want their Themes, symbols, & motifs spelled out and served to them on a silver platter. Hence why Game of Thrones became the way it is in the more recent seasons, after departing from the source material.
@abhishektd70685 жыл бұрын
Try "The Deuce"
@jpking305 жыл бұрын
Soa and Breaking Bad and Sopranos also amazing series
@luisgaming34095 жыл бұрын
still goat of all tv series
@djkurse92095 жыл бұрын
GoT was great season 1-4 once they ran out of source material is exposed the hackiness of the writers
@Ohitsmyturn5 жыл бұрын
GoT became the way it is because the producers and main actors want to move on. It's been 9+ years and that's still not enough time to accurately tell the story that the creator wants to tell. They're just trying to wrap it all up and I don't blame them.....even though the last 2 seasons suck
@blaccbeard5 жыл бұрын
best show ever made, game of thrones cant hold a candle to it
@dynamicflashy5 жыл бұрын
Especially the last two seasons of Game of Thrones.
@Vastatio5 жыл бұрын
D'lish Donut No.
@jordicostagayoso14965 жыл бұрын
Breaking bad?
@neuralmute5 жыл бұрын
@@jordicostagayoso1496 My opinion is that The Sopranos set things up so that The Wire and Breaking Bad could land in a dead tie as the best TV dramas ever. The first 4 seasons of Game of Thrones, when the writers were still working directly from George RR Martin's books, are pretty close in quality too, but managed to jump the shark *and* fuck the dog when the showrunners were left to their own devices without Uncle George spoon-feeding them plots that make sense and intelligent dialogue. I'm sure that Sean Bean and Charles Dance are thanking the Old Gods and The New that their characters were allowed to die when they did, and were spared this dumpster fire.
@bennuballbags25 жыл бұрын
100,0000% agree....yeh GOT has titties and brutal violence...but it hasnt got the brains
@siddhanthshetty69203 жыл бұрын
After watching the show I felt like I spent 3 years in the city of Baltimore.
@al1976-v7m3 жыл бұрын
Yeah me too. And when I finally visited Baltimore in 2017, I made sure to visit some of those locations!
@Beatstockpile1272 жыл бұрын
@@al1976-v7m like what?
@ericmiller11815 жыл бұрын
Just watched the entire series for the first time!! couldn't agree with you more, the show is so brilliant in such a subtle way
@canecarder98004 жыл бұрын
I honestly don't think there will ever be a series this good ever again. People nowadays lack the attention span for something so complex and detail-oriented. Its too bad though cause this is easily the most rewarding television series of all time. For those who have never watched it, please give it a shot
@kommissar.murphy5 жыл бұрын
"just a gangster, I suppose." Such an amazing line, with so much behind it.
@ThomasFlight5 жыл бұрын
Powerful line. The Stringer/Avon arc is one of my favorite aspects of the show.
@vka3375 жыл бұрын
" Young boy ran us off the corner"!!??
@tonycariello84785 жыл бұрын
Or as my dude Omar said..."At the end of the day the king and the pawn go back in the same box"
@oldheadperspective5 жыл бұрын
And I want my corners
@herebyhereby28745 жыл бұрын
Get the fuck out of here. The line has no super deep meaning. Stop reading so much into it
@misterx47572 жыл бұрын
Just finished the series. As a man from Detroit, it is one of the best shows , no the best show I've ever seen. Hopeful and heartbreaking all at the same time. Loved everything and everyone involved.
@frankd48753 жыл бұрын
Great insight into The Wire, just happened to find your video on YT while I'm watching Season 1 of The Wire and the whole series for the second time. As a former federal prosecutor and long-time federal criminal defense attorney, the realism of this series really struck home with me. The acting and direction of the story lines is just brilliant. This has to be one of the all-time best series ever made, along with The Sopranos and Breaking Bad. Your insights show how much hard work goes into creating top-shelf entertainment.
@Ironclad66614 жыл бұрын
The Wire was one of the best written shows of all time.
@anitapepita19094 жыл бұрын
The wire is a masterpiece of a show. Same with deadwood. I loved the show. Yes, i didnt really enjoy 2nd season as much, cuz i couldnt connect with the dock People. But the 2nd time i watched it, i got it more. How they all was connected. How it was a tale of a City. They dont make shows like this anymore.. Well yes, we got game of thrones. Wich i love. But that went belly up do to bad writing and rushing. But the wire... Man.. Love love love
@Seantherightway063 жыл бұрын
Season 2 is arguably the best season, but I’d be lying if I didn’t think it was off on the first watch. Once you finish and go through your first rewatch, you realize how integral it is to everything.
@mariobastidas31022 жыл бұрын
With out a doubt this show is the best i have ever seen. This is not for the ones that want quick action shows... you need to give it attention and it will reward you with quality experience!
@realrobrose4 жыл бұрын
Cutting out Prop Joe's second part of his explanation as to what a marriage counselor does is unforgivable
@Taboo1601933 жыл бұрын
Yea, that was gold. 'Speaking of cocksuckers'
@hoodoo4572 жыл бұрын
What was it
@jihigh4822 жыл бұрын
@@hoodoo457 He/She just tells the husband to offer flowers to his wife from time to time and tells the wife to suck her husband's dick from time to time
@Schrodinger_2 жыл бұрын
@@hoodoo457 "Charge by the hour to tell some fool he need to bring some flowers home. Then charge another hour telling the bitch she ought to suck some cock every once in a while. You know, keep the marriage strong like that."
@数根朽木3 жыл бұрын
Det. Ellis Carver: See, that's why we can't win. Det. Thomas Hauk: Why not? Det. Ellis Carver: They **** up, they get beat. We **** up, they give us pensions.
@safisajid88573 жыл бұрын
This is such a powerful line
@NeverSaySandwich13 жыл бұрын
Don't get it
@devinthorn81823 жыл бұрын
He’s saying as cops they don’t face repercussions for their fuck ups. How often do you read about a cop doing some heinous illegal shit on duty and he just retires early and collects pension or lays low a month and pops up later in another district? Think about kids who’s parents never discipline them, who never get told that what they are doing is wrong. Those kids are usually little shits right?
@personwholovesyou49423 жыл бұрын
@@devinthorn8182 the way i interpret it, he’s saying that because they don’t face the same kind of repurcussions, their motivation to succeed will ultimately never equal that of those in the game
@chocofro33 жыл бұрын
@@personwholovesyou4942 that's exactly what he was saying. Devin Thorn only focused on half of the quote
@masterace16773 жыл бұрын
The wire is Obama's favorite show. SHIIIEET! It's unfair that this show didn't get any Emmys awards or better ratings as it rightfully deserves. Great writing and cast.
@musaka20223 жыл бұрын
I love to sip me a cold refreshing glass of flint tap water while watching The Wire
@DefineHatespeech3 жыл бұрын
@@musaka2022 sheeeeeeeeeeeeit!
@dominik-co6qe3 жыл бұрын
Better ratings? Its rated second on imbd right after breaking bad
@dominik-co6qe3 жыл бұрын
@Poetic Bliss ok
@musaka20223 жыл бұрын
@Poetic Bliss The music they listened to wasn't even close to authentic
@Claramata2 жыл бұрын
Funny story, I work in shipping. I was watching season 2 for the first time with my BF (who'd seen the show before) and when they go into that container in the first episode I'm like "oh I think they got the dimensions of the container wrong it looks like it's too short" because that's happened in other shows plenty. And my boyfriend just smirked because he knew what was coming.
@aroyals3395 жыл бұрын
when you talk about not offering solutions I can't help but think of 1 of the rare times they did the Free Zone was amazing, not just the idea, but the execution within the show and the debate outside of the show. Maybe my fav part of the whole series, I couldn't get it out of my head for months afterwards
@MSU935 жыл бұрын
Hampsterdamn
@MediumDSpeaks5 жыл бұрын
I cant believe it has taken this long for a The Wire video essay. This is gonna blow up *Edit 7/1/19* : I called it. I am also a video essayist who would like to blow up! Help me out, I'm just as good. If I'm not you can call me names
@abrown9035 жыл бұрын
There have been several, but none of them blew up. The best one I saw is exclusively hosted on Vimeo, last I checked.
@jonloc85355 жыл бұрын
The desk bit was the best comedic bit in a dramatic work Also Michael B Jordan as Wallace, just wanted to mention it
@dougroux50875 жыл бұрын
Jon Loc HAHAHA WHERE THEY WERE HAULING IT THE WRONG WAY?
@klausbrinck21375 жыл бұрын
@@dougroux5087 2 persons were pushing from each side against each other...
@enbonj5842 Жыл бұрын
Unbelievable the quality they managed to put out for 5 seasons. What a team
@jqlee865 жыл бұрын
The Wire is the best TV show of all time. Period.
@gerfggrgr89755 жыл бұрын
sopranos must be a video game then
@MohAmer8345 жыл бұрын
breaking bad was never created then
@stefansiljanoski98125 жыл бұрын
Deadwood, Sopranos and Mad Men are in the same league
@piffsburgh6ix5 жыл бұрын
Sopranos was trash and breaking bad was overrated. Stop hatin on the wire. The goat of all tv series
@RoDiggity37435 жыл бұрын
Amen
@foxyshabazz5 жыл бұрын
Curses. I must have nearly worn out my Wire DVDs. Now I want to get them out again. Bubbles' simple last scene was one of the most wonderful moments in television after everything that came before. Just a man walking up some stairs. I think I cried.
@MrMrTravman4 жыл бұрын
Bubbles had an amazing arc, truly. Ive never been so happy for a fictional character.
@davidp30514 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, it's juxtaposed with Dukie walking down that alley.
@serendipitousslim15295 жыл бұрын
A spectacular analysis. One other thing I would like to note that this video missed however is the ability of this show to simultaneously serve as a time capsule of the time and place that it was set in, and yet still speak on so many themes that are relevant today. In Season 2, a lot of the reason that the dockworkers were resorting to smuggling was as a result of their career fields being threatened by automation. This season was set I believe in 2003, and automation has only grown to be more of a concern today. Hell, Andrew Yang’s whole presidential platform is based around it. The show also spoke on global warming, made mention of fentanyl, paralleled the War on Drugs and the War on Terror and showed the stretching of resources between the two which mitigates the effort to fight either war efficiently. This is such a brilliant show, I wish they would do a reboot of it in Chicago
@ThomasFlight5 жыл бұрын
These are thing I plan to touch on more in the next part. It's incredible how relevant the show still is to many issues today.
@KtotheG5 жыл бұрын
Simon clearly showed that the "war on terror" won that fight for resources.
@serendipitousslim15295 жыл бұрын
Kory Green yes, but it has hampered both
@KtotheG5 жыл бұрын
@@serendipitousslim1529 I don't know about that. There have been a few incidents abroad, but the "homeland" has been relatively safe from foreign threats since 9/11. The major pathology affecting us now is domestic terrorism, with mass shootings by disgruntled incels, losers and mentally ill citizens, many of whom are copycats and attention mongers. I think what Simon was trying to show was the inefficiency of law enforcement and politics in fighting the so-called "war on drugs." Nobody cares, except to pad their resumes and stimulate their egos.
@quiksix255 жыл бұрын
Don't forget about the way he predicted the death of investigative journalism with the Baltimore Sun storyline in Seasons 4 and 5
@redcapote4760 Жыл бұрын
The Wire to me is still the #1 TV show of all time. Yes, even slightly ahead of the Sopranos. Yes, far ahead of Breaking Bad. It's not a cop show. It's not a show about drug gangs or mobs. It's a show about how our potential and vulnerabilities smash into each other, beautifully or tragically, at all ages and from all backgrounds, in a depth and from so many angles that no other show has ever done. All while making every character so perfectly and seamlessly believable in all their flaws. You can absolutely forget you're watching a show instead of having inside access to something actually occurring in the US.
@traxonn Жыл бұрын
The only thing that keeps the wire above the Sopranos is how unrealistic the gunfights for the sopranos is sometimes.
@dantebad5 жыл бұрын
The most interesting thing about the wire is how contrary to most shows where you can see an evolution of character plots or their ideals, the series shows us just different perspectives of the same decease with some recurrent characters playing their roles in the degradation of the main character... the city of Baltimore. You dont get catharsis or a smile.. this is not the kind of show where everyone is just happy at the end of every season. Bad guys die or are in prison and good guys drink a beer and everything is forgotten. If you saw all the seasons, youll know this is a cycle of neverending problems with no reachable solution. Just life.
@drewc4182 жыл бұрын
Yep, each season starts with a hard street life montage.. many things happen during the season.. then ends with a hard street life montage. It's a tragedy.. the more things change, the more they stay the same.
@arneyoga12044 жыл бұрын
The more I learn about this show, the more impressive it becomes. And Melvin Williams not only being the inspiration for D'Avon Barksdale but doing such a great job as the Deacon? It makes me want to watch everything with him again to see the real deal as he turned into an older man of peace.
@xoites8775 жыл бұрын
I have so much to say about your comments and I think they were all brilliant, but let me give you my background first, if you don't mind. I am white and was born in Baltimore in 1956 to an educated woman who divorced my alcoholic father before I was born. I grew up poor partly because of the gender gap in wages and partly because my mother, too, was an alcoholic. I grew up all over Baltimore, DC, and even Boston and Worcester, Mass. I spent twenty five years as a courier delivering almost everything in Baltimore and DC from pharmacies to lab specimens to human livers to legal papers to court Houses. My mother was a news reporter before I was born and ended up working in Public Relations for the City of Baltimore for over thirty years. I also worked with homeless people in Baltimore for more than a year starting when I was seventeen before spending twenty years as a homeless advocate in DC and working with other unpaid volunteers off and on for twenty years running homeless shelters and fighting for the rights of the homeless. I have delivered something to every neighborhood in Baltimore dozens of times. I have known people (some of them deeply) in west and east and northeast Baltimore and from Pimlico to Fells point... This show has no lies. This show shows it all. bare faced and naked to the world. I love you for this first video. I am now a subscriber and a follower. Thank you. :)
@alexarmstrong5782 жыл бұрын
Simply THE BEST television show ever! I’ve watched all 60 episodes five or six times and it’s just as good every time.
@MrCodBasher955 жыл бұрын
Watching this has made me appreciate even more how good the wire really was
@WorldWidePatriots3 жыл бұрын
Same I've just finished my 5th watch and I never even considered the many comparisons between the cops and the dealers.
@dannyh59375 жыл бұрын
"I wonder what you gotta do to get thrown off this police force." McNulty That's called foreshadowing.
@NeoAndersonChannel15 жыл бұрын
There's literally dozens of examples of foreshadowing in the series, this ain't one. Because, I could be wrong, he ultimately doesn't get "thrown off" because it would expose everything he'd done and the corruption in the department & City Hall and would jeopardize Carcetti in a major way, and big time cost him becoming Governor of MD. I'd say it's more of a beginning of the line of McNulty's character arc for the series of behaviours he resorts to through the several years.
@iddra19185 жыл бұрын
I doubt it was. Season 5 wasn't even planned when he said that.
@bennuballbags25 жыл бұрын
Like Omar and when he goes on his rampage just to catch one from a kid in a shop buying smokes, jaw dropping.
@ngairehodge85665 жыл бұрын
"Mcnutty" found a way!
@terrymiller1115 жыл бұрын
@@iddra1918 But, with a person with his personality and propensities, you knew something like that was coming.
@Irma_Vep5 жыл бұрын
Amazing job. I watch all 5 seasons every year. Never get sick of it. 🖤
@AndyinMTL5 жыл бұрын
same here!
@bennuballbags25 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@Dizzinator21145 жыл бұрын
Damn
@dai37645 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@positivevibesandmorelife73075 жыл бұрын
NEVER
@stevendog403 жыл бұрын
That Herc and Carver chase scene with the cliche music was hilarious
@PreeMarket5 жыл бұрын
The dialogue alone in the wire surpasses any show, but adding in the parallels of institutional lethargy, the undramatised acting and the many symbolisms and nuggets that every watch gives to you like a little treat... it’s the best piece of art I’ll ever see on TV. I’ve watched all 5 seasons probably 100x and this video is gonna make me do it again 😒 Timeless brilliance.
@frgnland93375 жыл бұрын
Infant Investors Pandemic! 💊
@PreeMarket5 жыл бұрын
FRGNLAND WMD’s, got them WMD’s 🔥
@dakritic5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for paying homage to the smartest show ever produced for television. “The Wire” is a masterpiece. Please keep going with this series.
@battlegirldeb5 жыл бұрын
Just finish watching The Wire for the first time a month ago. Season 4 really breaks my heart.
@LN997-i8x5 жыл бұрын
Carver's arc in particular was heartbreaking.
@nathanielthomas25025 жыл бұрын
Snitching Randy label Namoth mom That bully girl The Junky Kid Dookie (future junkie) I'm sure they tons other that escapes me at the moment
@andrewcook12465 жыл бұрын
When Michael capped Brodie. T.T
@taylor099c85 жыл бұрын
Andrew Cook didn’t happen
@spliffwordmedicalz84235 жыл бұрын
@@andrewcook1246 I thought it was Michael too but the man behind the gun was credited as O-Dog; but yeah that shit hurt me when Bodie got clapped. Bodie did do Wallace though, that was cold. Bodie was a soldier though like he told McNulty when he had his last supper. Bodie was a soldier, until the end.
@antonpaco3 жыл бұрын
I think it's so amazing because it's real, tough, bad, especially the first season shows how scary the world of drugs and crime is. Great cast.
@robertroselle90825 жыл бұрын
As a Native Baltimorean I found The Wire to be one of the best...if not The Best...TV movies ever!!! Having been born and raised in 'Sandtown' it was easy to relate to most of the characters portrayed. One of, if not, The Best TV productions ever!!
@Micolashcage15 жыл бұрын
Kernard > The Night King
@xxfogartinixx5 жыл бұрын
N K : "Omar Coming yooo"
@Poppa_appa4 жыл бұрын
@THE RAY writing on the Wire is miles ahead Dont kid yourself
@droogs88264 жыл бұрын
@THE RAY I bet you haven't seen The wire yet
@geoffdb81184 жыл бұрын
@THE RAY dude game of of thrones has the worst writing ever
@da3m0nic_795 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making this video. I was waiting so long for a video with show footage to explain what makes it so special.
@doggydoggywho2 жыл бұрын
When he said "It's Wirin' Time" and wired all over the place, was truly one of the moments of the show.
@Alvarez38006 Жыл бұрын
That was great , thank you .
@ProfessionalGasLighting Жыл бұрын
😂
@mr.neverseengaming72534 жыл бұрын
My dad got me to finally start watching the wire this year and we are currently on the final season and I have to say it's been quite a ride.
@nobrayn5 жыл бұрын
This is so timely. I'm part-way through season 4 now and it's just as good as people have said it would be. Great essay - and without spoilers? Masterfully done.
@PM2024-2 жыл бұрын
This show, wow. It’s a commitment. I remember being so incredibly engrossed with so many episodes; at the end of so many I found myself overrun with emotions - often in tears. So powerful. The Wire. And the Sopranos. The best two shows - ever 📺
@Wireseason3-4myfavficton Жыл бұрын
Agree wire and sopranos are some of the best American tv series I have seen
@arvind5833 Жыл бұрын
@@Wireseason3-4myfavficton I'm planning on watching The Sopranos and The Wire. Which should I watch first?
@PM2024- Жыл бұрын
@@arvind5833 I’d go with Sopranos. Just remember, with either one, put down your phone for an hour and give it your full attention. You’ll get more out of it 📺
@raymondsims7042 Жыл бұрын
@@PM2024-mate what’s your top ten tv shows? To me it’s 1. The wire 2. Game of thrones 3. Mr robot 4. Dark 5. The boys 6. Breaking bad 7. Succession 8. Stranger things 9. Sopranos 10. Mad Men/Better call Saul
@PM2024- Жыл бұрын
@@raymondsims7042 Sopranos, The Wire, Homeland, The Americans, Peaky Blinders, Breaking Bad, Animal Kingdom, Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men, The Boys 📺 (from this century)