Wire, The - Complete First Season on DVD (2002)

A customer from Lancashire , 01/01/2008

I ordered this series on DVD when the Sopranos finished and I was feeling quite bereft. Someone said if you like Sopranos, you'll love this so I had high hopes but never got past the first disc. A bit of humour would have livened it up but I just found it tedious.

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Al80 from Brighton, England [Highly rated reviewer] , 23/08/2005

Arguably more important, polished, and compelling than its largely incomparable stable mate "The Sopranos", "The Wire" is an essential, seminal piece of work.

By examining both the drug trade itself in intense detail, as well as the difficulty of sustaining an efficient fight against it in post-9/11 America, the programme delivers the most raw and honest depictions of both.

There are no easy answers or distinctions here - it takes the frustrating inevitability of the drug scenario as a given, and focuses solely on creating plotlines and characters that involve and grip.

In doing this, the creators of this show have invited more questions and debate than a million other mealy-mouthed preachathons.

Do not miss.

  34 out of 34 people found this review helpful

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Craig from durham [Highly rated reviewer] , 14/04/2005

A gritty and highly realistic cop show that covers one story over thirteen episodes. Detective Jimmy McNulty - our own Dominic West sprouting a US accent - is forced into tracking down drug dealers in baltimore with various other cops from narcotics and homicide.

The episodes are full of survelleince and wire taps (including a cloned pager) and is a complex drama. The show doesnt even give u any flash backs to whats happened in previous episodes.

If, like me, you love cop shows, you will love this. This is as brilliant and realistic as you will get. Just remember to LISTEN CAREFULLY.

  23 out of 23 people found this review helpful

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Lunar from Derby [Highly rated reviewer] , 21/04/2005

I came to The Wire knowing nothing other than a writer I respect and admire called it 'The best tv show ever made'.

Only a few episodes in and i'm already revelling in a stunning cast, superb acting, fantastic dialogue and brilliant storyline.

There's a feeling that comes along all too rarely, wherin you find yourself revelling in something so wonderful, so perfect that you just plain *glow*.

That feeling is exemplified so utterly in The Wire.

*ESSENTIAL VIEWING*

  19 out of 20 people found this review helpful

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eugene heanue from bridgend, south wales , 26/07/2005

started watching this on the fx channel, as soon as this series finished I had to watch the second and then the third series. The charactors, situations and atmosphere are like nothing else out there. Series 4 starts early 2006 on hbo. Addictive tv...

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

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A customer from Greenwich , 30/06/2008

Fantastic series bring on the rest!

  1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

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