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The Wire is awesome, British TV less so
KvP:
The show suffers a bit from network televisionitis, but yeah, the Luther Mahoney storyline is a good one. As with many things on Homicide, you can trace a direct lineage from it to the Wire, and other edgy cop shows to come, particularly the Shield.
Richard Belzer's Munch (based on Jay Landsman) gets a little tiring at times, but in general he never truly breaks the tone of the show (I'm looking at you, Hiro from Heroes) but I disagree with Tommy in that I think all the character actors are excellent, even fucking Daniel Baldwin. Yaphet Kotto is commanding even when he's got nothing to do.
But to answer your question, the show is good and stays good up until Andre Braugher's departure, he's not in the last season. At that point the show had something of an identity crisis.
Inlander:
I forgot to mention that after season 3 you start to get Pembleton and Bayliss working more as a team in the box, which if you appreciate good character acting and writing is really great to watch.
Inlander:
It's true, watching the Wire does make it impossible to enjoy any other police show ever again. Though if the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ever makes Phoenix available on D.V.D., that might change.
ZJGent:
Anyone who by implication says that Midsomer Murders is not an accurate well-written account of the British police procedural system is a damn dirty liar.
I mean, this ... this Wire series obviously is some kind of americanised Midsomer Murders clone, right?
Right.
KvP:
For fans of the show (probably not for people who haven't seen it) /film has an immense 3 1/2 hour podcast on the Wire, featuring Alan Sepinwall, who is probably the most prominent and respected TV blogger on the internets (you can find his write-ups of currently running shows here as well as commentary on the 1st season of the Wire in spoilerific and spoiler-free versions for those just catching up with the Wire, as well as reviews of Seasons 4 and 5) Good stuff!
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