i’d heard a lot about The Wire, that it was the best TV show ever made etc. etc. I bought series one and, behold, it was good. I bought series two and, lo, it was still good. then i got back to normal life. but i’ve begun to get cold sweats, damp palms. I’ve just ordered series 3. hooked.
aside from being brilliantly written and superbly acted, it’s the nearest that video has come to the novel (in my experience). If only the dvd didn’t show the title credits every episode. with a novel you don’t read the front and back covers at the end of every chapter, after all. i even watched it like reading a novel. 20 minutes here, 30 minutes there. in looking for an image for this post I came acros a critic that called The Wire “the best book he’s ever watched”. i’m not alone.
