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HBO's THE WIRE!!
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HBO cablecasts the second-season finale of “Six Feet Under” Sunday night, and the fourth season of “The Sopranos” isn’t set to bow until autumn. What to do?
HBO premieres “The Wire” 10 p.m. Sunday (opposite Comedy Central’s “Crank Yankers” and ABC’s “The Hamptons”).
TV Guide says:
TV Guide says:
Debut: Emmy-winning producer David Simon (The Corner) returns to the streets of West Baltimore with this well-crafted crime drama, which follows a single investigation for its entire 13-episode run. The deliberately paced opener begins with a murder trial, in which a young drug dealer (Larry Gilliard Jr.) goes free after a witness changes her story. A frustrated Det. Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West) tells the judge that the police aren't investigating these cases thoroughly enough – a revelation that doesn't sit well with his bosses. McNulty is soon reassigned to narcotics, where the pressure is on to bring down a major drug dealer (Wood Harris). Greggs: Sonja Sohn.
Variety says:
HBO's "The Wire" might not be quite as startling as the cabler's other original series, but that's because this police show rather boldly seeks drama in dullness. That's not to suggest that the show is boring but this is a series that's all about the fine print, finding its most emotional moments not in violent confrontations between good guys and bad guys in the drug war, but in depicting the battles of bureaucrats.
The Hollywood Reporter says:
Like "The Corner," this series paints a detailed and often depressing picture of life on the mean streets. But where "The Corner" searched the souls of its troubled characters to find an underlying humanity, "The Wire" presents characters largely devoid of conscience or compassion who are guided mainly by ambition or expedience. Despite solid acting and several interesting twists and turns, viewers may be understandably reluctant to return each week to the scenes of these ugly crimes.
USA Today says:
David Simon insists on taking TV, and TV viewers, to places they've long been resistant to go … Never has the drug trade's human toll been more painfully captured. … While there are moments of overly arty chatter, the show's ability to create a believable sense of place is nothing short of astounding (as is its profanity).
The Los Angeles Times says:
HBO is an Energizer Bunny whose assembly line of first-rate series keeps going and going. Joining "Six Feet Under," "Sex and the City," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "The Sopranos" on this pedestal is "The Wire," a scorching look at the drug trade in a Baltimore housing project through the eyes of mid-level dealers and police. … "The Wire" is more evidence that TV's best crime shows are in their own golden age.
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oz came before all the others, and, yeah they did kind of eat it the last few seasons but 1-3 CANNOT be fucked with.
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Rather than tool this as just another generic cop show, HBO should have done this as "24's" cable competish and made this a series-long conspiracy thriller. Given all the crap that's coming to light on the news, I think were in for a resurgence of 70s style trust-no-one entertainments.
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Evil Reader - are you kidding? Miami Vice? Traffic, maybe, but Miami Vice? That was the Drug War Lite. Simon goes for versimultude (it was his book that inspired Homicide) and I'm pretty sure you'll see what the drug war is really like. He was a former crime reporter and he knows his stuff. As for OZ - that show is the red-headed stepchild of HBO. You never see ads for it or hype or anything. That's probably because it has never gotten past its mostly black demographics. And I wish 24 was HBO. Man, that would be awesome!!
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....what with yet another show detailing the drug problems of Charm City, and with said city getting nuked in 'The Sum of all Fears.' Hmmmm....no, I won't be going into Baltimore today, mommy. // e.
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And yes I am still alive. It's awfully windy today, and it's really warm out there. I wonder if it has anything to do with that rumble I heard coming from the city a few minutes ago. Oh well. Baltimore rules! Long live Homicide!(The tv show I mean)
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Shit man, Homicide: LOTS is still the best show on television. Now with The Shield, and The Wire, this is truly the renassaince of bad ass cop shows. Now if we could only get rid of the sitcom...
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Jun 03, 2002 11:09:32 AM CDT
I was thinking the same thing...I'm sick of people omitting
by twonkenn
It continues to be one of the best shows on television and yet because of it's content is automatically omitted when discussing HBO shows. And 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' sucks donkey balls.
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I watched this show last night. It was pathetic. I don't even want to begin to try and put into words why this show fails on so many different levels. It's such a far cry from the Sopranos, 6 Feet Under, and Oz, that it makes me wonder who the hell gave the go ahead to let this show be aired... Oh well. Nobody is perfect. HBO had to miss the ball sometime. You can't hit home runs every time, right?
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