Is The Wire actually good?

Or is it just a meme?

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the police/gang stuff is good, everything else is a waste

Skip season 5. Everything else is kino except Ziggy.

No its shit reddit tier

Watched the first episode and it's not grabbing me.

When does it get good?

overrated watch sopranos instead

It's so good it ruined any other tv drama for me.

>when a show has multiple black characters

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Please elaborate.

I'm not really into cop/crime shows. Does it have anything to offer beyond that?

season 1 to 4 is very well written
then it becomes sensational garbage (literally, that becomes the plot) with 5

the final scene was bretty good though

yes, season 4 is overrated and reddit though

Idris Elba is always tolerable.

It's depicting the drug trade in Baltimore, what do you expect?

it focuses on how/why it got so bad, and later on what keeps it bad

like said, its very well written
characters are very human in the way they act, very natural in their motivations
also some surprisingly good acting

Its one of the most grounded shows out there, so much so that the mayor of baltimore kept trying to fuck up the show back when it was being produced cause "it makes the city look bad" when in truth thats the reality of it

Can I still appreciate this show if I'm not from burgerland?

It's a meme but it's decent

How does it compare to Sopranos and Breaking Bad?

Yes.

Ignore this retard.

It's not actually a cop show. It just starts looking like that.

worse than sopranos, better than breaking bad

sure, half of the actors are british

It's a show for white people who like to pretend they're black.

Don't expect Yas Forums to particularly give insight into the show

better than Breaking Bad but not as good as The Sopranos

>all these autismo recommending The Wire
It's shit op, don't bother

Season 2 is good, the rest is forgettable and not worth your time

The Wire and the Sopranos are literally the peak of all TV.

Watch season 1, then 2, then 3, then 4, then 5.
Then watch them in that order a second time.

>tried watching first episode
>mcnutty's caricature boss giving him double middle finger
>everyone acts like a retarded toddler
It's juvenile clown shit.

Watching the NFL Draft took me right back to The Wire. Not a good thing.

Back to marvel movies I guess, faggot.
You probably suck cocks by choice.

Sometimes meme answers are the most helpful :^)

season 2 is the only one worth watching

Not even Marvel has as much retardation and quip shit as The Wire. Nobody talks like a human being they're all mentally challenged apes, that includes the whites.

carmella dont respond to the baaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttt

It's one of the few shows I've seen that benefits from and gets better on rewatches.

shieeet partner it's just about the best investment of your time you could make right now

Explain what's so appealing about all the characters acting like toddlers. It's a fucking joke.

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Sopranos, Wire and Mad Men. The holy Trinity.

it's fucking shit compared to The Sopranos. the only person I liked was D'Angelo and he dies in the second season