So. Finally started watching The Wire
 

how long does it take to get good?
cuz it's zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz so far. 4 eps in.

About halfway through season 1. Closer to season two. Love that show.

I agree that it's kinda slow paced at times. I just started watching this show a couple months ago or so myself and I appreciate the time they took on season 1 since you truly got to know everyone and their agendas. The characters and their personalities in this show is fucking remarkable (I'm at season 4 now.) They're going for a realistic approach and it wouldn't be very realistic if it was filled with lots of action and shit going on non-stop. Seems to me they're trying to cover all sides of the drug trade from the detectives and police departments way of handling it to the politics behind it, street dealers and people up the chain. And I think they're a fucking good job at it.
Then again I like slow paced series/movies and thought out plots. If you don't like shows that can be slow paced at times this might not be for you, but I'd advice you to watch the entirety of season 1 before you make an opinion.

I love the fuck out of it though.

I'm definitely watching it all but I don't see the hype yet. Seems like your average cop show except they kind of just jump into a plot made out of thin air

Season 3 is the best imo

Season 2 was the worst by faaarr

Three and four were butter.

three>four>one>two>five

One of my favorite quotes from Community is when Troy says about a spanish test, "I got about half of it, which got me through the half I didn't get." and Abed replies, "Like the first season of The Wire."

When you rewatch it, you'll appreciate how great the early episodes are. Season 4, though, is my favorite.

best show ever imo.

If True Detective manage to keep up the consistency it may be The Wire's equal, or even better imo. At least as far as crime shows go.

It's ruled out by its very template. The Wire is unprecedented in how interwoven everything is. The show created a city, in full, by the end. True Detective is a bunch of miniseries with a loose correlation.

The Wire is the greatest show ever. Even if it's not your favorite (and it might not be mine), it's the greatest accomplishment in television history.

I'm a diehard defender of Season 2.

It's not even worth your time here.

Shit opinion. Negged.

KEEP WATCHING IT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6C8RVAhLcI

haha that "whistling" part is so dope.
Also the finger wag, classic

made this song my ringtone for the longest time haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApFM8qIo-Ys

Since I haven't seen everything yet and I'm in the middle of Season 4 (love this season so far) I can't really say anything. But yeah, I loved Season 2 as well.

What's your favorite?

I bounce back and forth between putting 2 and 5 last in my order of which I like best. But they literally didn't have any bad seasons. I can just easily say that three, four and one are more exciting to me.

I just meant it's not the greatest accomplishment in television history. In stuck in S2 and just felt like antagonizing you

i honestly lent all 5 seasons off a friend, watched until halfway through season 2 and it was so slow i gave up

fell asleep through a couple eps

not my thing, sorry