'The Buys.' Advertisement There’s also HBO’s True Detective to try out too. The Wire spends time building a case and while doing so building a relationship between the viewers and the characters. This series looks at the narcotics scene in Baltimore through the eyes of law enforcers as well as the drug dealers and users.

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Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. 2002 The Target. (Season One) Tipped off by the wire, Greggs, Herc, Carver and Freamon make a bust. You are undoubtedly seeing all these rave reviews and wondering is this real? 'Game Day.'

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[HBO] HD. now watching it on Amazon Prime, just finished season 1, and it was everything they said. One of the co-writers is a former Baltimore homicide detective.

Rate. Rate. Complex? The Wire is one of the best tv series I have ever seen. Good acting, good story and I got it at a very decent sale price.
loved every episode, it has solid acting, writing and directing, and great use of music and location. [HBO] HD. S1, Ep1. I wish there were more than five seasons but the series works beginning to end. In the Season One finale, Daniels and McNulty turn to a higher authority to crack the case. After the first 2 episodes is where I think most people will begin to get hooked and understand the world. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Shame. Time well spent. Rate. now watching it on Amazon Prime, just finished season 1, and it was everything they said. Superb production, great writing. It's just there in all its grayness and ambiguity for the viewer to decide right and wrong, good and evil. 8.0 (4,597) 0. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. To everyone complaining that it was too dark, too violent, too much cursing, too much drug activity... WTF do you think happens in police work on a special detail made up of detectives from the homicide and NARCOTICS units? Most 'cop'shows are slotted into hour long segments where the crime is committed, investigated and solved in 48 minutes plus commericals. Which makes it all the more realistic. 2000, Baltimore.

(Season One) McNulty's detail finally gets 'clone' pagers to track Barksdale and his gang. Creator David Simon and writer George Pelecanos set up the characters and themes of the show's first season.HD.

I will buy anything David Simon releases. [HBO] HD. Idris Elba is a POWERHOUSE.

The six season show is considered one of the best TV series of all time – on par with The Wire. The characters, the interweaving storylines, the lack of network TV bull. You will never watch another cop show again without it feeling silly and unrealistic compared to The Wire. Damn, son. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.

SO worth it, I promise you. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. 'The Cost.'

Maybe Moonlighting or at best, Miami Vice. [HBO] HD. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. (Season One) Barksdale plays an expensive game of one-upmanship with an east-side rival. The tagline on the dvd case but also a guide to viewers.

Listen Carefully. 6. ... (Season Five premiere) Budget cuts hit the police hard; corporate downsizing frustrates the staff of a local newspaper. Mostly I binge watched the entire first season, although it was broken into just few episodes each session. If you can't appreciate it, move on. And the series did not (IMO) really become brilliant (though it was excellent) until season 2. loved every episode, it has solid acting, writing and directing, and great use of music and location.

Stay with it. 'Lessons.' Product was in great shape on arrival and arrived on time. Wonder no more. 3. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. I'm not normally a police drama fan but this was quite enjoyable. Some of us appreciate amazing writing, gritty drama, and some of the most amazing acting in a police drama that I've ever seen. Bunk's initial coolness towards his new partner--six-year wonder Jimmy McNulty--is thawed after they find common ground.HD. Each season is like a complete novel with each episode being a chapter. Boooooring, watch the complete season and was very disapointed, the show goes nowhere and is taking forever to get to the action, too bad I bought season 1 and 2 at the same time...i hope that second 2 is better