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Proposition Joe, Omar Little, Jimmy McNulty and Bunk Moreland Babies!! See Them In 1962, 1986 & 2000!!

FIRST by Got Dat WMD	Dec 14th, 2007 02:00:20 AM
I Am Likable And Capable
Best show on not TV. by Det. John Kimble	Dec 14th, 2007 02:01:20 AM
Sucks that this is the last season. This show is complex, challenging and too smart for the Emmy voters.
This show is more addictive than Heroin... by Alonzo Mosely	Dec 14th, 2007 03:21:18 AM
and should be sold on street corners by young kids who send you around the corner to pick it up...
This show is just so beautifully tragic. by Executor	Dec 14th, 2007 05:46:36 AM
Best show ever. Rewatching Season 4 now to get ready for January...
Wow, Herc I scooped you on this on your own site. by Cameron1	Dec 14th, 2007 07:26:04 AM
In the last TB, I even asked you to thank me and you didn't ::sad panda:: Seriously though, that Omar clip is fucking sweet. They are all great in fact.
Shelf life of the Wire by I am_NOTREAL	Dec 14th, 2007 07:46:48 AM
Damn straight there's shelf life. This show isn't just TV, it's indelible artwork.
Season 4 by oogabooga	Dec 14th, 2007 09:25:47 AM
Just finishing up the last couple of episodes of season 4. Love the scene where Bunk and Lester are in the bar and Bunk is talking about JLO and her husband "How's skinny litle Pedro gonna fill up that great big thing?" hilarious!
Omar and Honey Nut Cheerios! Love em by Stormwatcher	Dec 14th, 2007 10:03:09 AM
Love this show, best ever
fucking depressing... by waggy	Dec 14th, 2007 10:25:36 AM
...that this show is watched by so few, while american idol is the #1 show on tv. little wonder why the problems presented by the wire will forever go unsolved.
Executor by Screwbini	Dec 14th, 2007 03:22:24 PM
My admiration for "The Wire" knows no bounds, and Executor has provided one of the most apt and succinct characterizations of the show I have seen - "beautifully tragic". January 6 can't come soon enough for me.
Fuckint brilliant show by JimCurry	Dec 14th, 2007 07:35:28 PM
These mini-prequels could have been cooler but so what, I love this show dammit!
Best & most unapologetic show by Mickguinness	Dec 14th, 2007 09:57:16 PM
Anyone who loves this show (and there should be many) needs to read David Simon's books HOMICIDE: A YEAR ON THE KILLING STREETS and THE CORNER (authored with Ed Burns). These books inspired the shows Homicide, The Wire and The Corner and you will recognize much of the material and see where certain scenes in the shows actually came from. The documentaries on the season 4 dvds as special features are amazing too. The reason why this show doesn't get American Idol-like ratings is because as the creators say, people either don't want to know these truths or are completely ignorant that they even exist. The reasons these cities are falling further into chaos is because like the show, people are afraid to see the real world. When a show like this get American Idol-like ratings, the world will be different because that is when people will acknowledge it.
Sigh... by cptrios	Dec 14th, 2007 10:55:37 PM
Watching new episodes of this show is going to be like watching "Bender's Big Score." I'm going to be filled with a rare and childlike joy just for the fact that this world and these characters are alive again. How many other shows can you say THAT about? It truly is transcendental television. I hope to hell that they go out with a bang and leave us satisfied that five seasons was enough. I want to look back and say "God damn it, The Wire was a masterpiece" rather than "god damn it, I can't believe there's never going to be more Wire."
When a TV show is better than 99% of movies. by Filmrage	Dec 16th, 2007 12:49:10 PM
With their schedule and budget they manage to make 'The Wire' a more engrossing watch than just about any movie released in the same year as whatever season happens to be on. That not only says something awesome about how damn good 'The Wire' is but also it says something damn depressing about how 'even more good' movies 'could' be given their huge budget and production time per minute on screen. In an ideal world most tv shows would be at least half as good as The Wire and most Movies would be better.
Omar's on the West Side by Kentucky Colonel	Dec 17th, 2007 10:23:24 AM
"We've got to run this like a business" - Stringer Bell
Ding Dong! by Avon Barksdale	Dec 17th, 2007 10:24:59 AM
Avon's here, motherfuckas!
"You took $16 dollars from a man on his way home from work" by Kentucky Colonel	Dec 17th, 2007 10:35:00 AM
CLICK Now give it back. Omar is the greatest thing since Ham on Rye!
Best. Show. EVER... by Cruel_Kingdom	Dec 19th, 2007 01:13:18 AM
I said it--EVER, bitches.
By the way, the EXTRAS finale by Cruel_Kingdom	Dec 19th, 2007 01:14:47 AM
sucked major ass. A depressing ending to a great show. Ricky Gervais should be kicked in the nuts...HARD. That is all.

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