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Opinion: Best drama endings ever?

24 Nov 2008 11:40:24 PST

Written by Alan Sepinwall(asepinwall@starledger.com)
So, in writing my review of "The Shield" finale, I'm going out on a limb and declaring it my favorite drama series finale ever. This prompted a question from my editor about what other finales I would put in my top 5. "The Wire" is definitely on there (though, as with all things "The Wire," it was...

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Opinion: The Wire - season 1

01 Oct 2008 12:18:09 PDT

After finishing the final episode the other night I re-watched episode 1 and found lots of cool parallels I'd missed from just 1 viewing. The "nicely done" line used between McNulty and Stringer was particularly good. Have season 2 on order from amazon and can't wait already :)

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Opinion: Sopranos, Entourage and the best of HBO hit iTunes UK

17 Sep 2008 10:16:12 PDT

You can go over to the iTunes store and download episodes of THE SOPRANOS, THE WIRE, ENTOURAGE, SEX AND THE CITY and ROME - basically every cool HBO ever ... iTunes to offer HBO TV shows in Britain for the first time Times Online HBO now on iTunes Techwatch

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Opinion: W is for. . ..

19 Aug 2008 03:42:14 PDT

Written by jukeofurl
The Wire is nothing short of the best TV show ever. Sure it has cops, lawyers & drug dealers. The like of which has rarely been seen in a major television production. The writing & acting burned with verisimilitude. Partly because, some of those people were from the streets of Baltimor...

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Opinion: The Wire, Season 1, Episode 9: "Game Day" (Veterans edition)

01 Aug 2008 16:10:43 PDT

Written by Alan Sepinwall(noreply@blogger.com)
Spoilers for episode 9, "Game Day," coming up just as soon as I put on my sun visor... I just don't wanna play. Don't wanna play no more." -Wallace Coming up next Friday: "The Cost," in which the detail tries to find the stash, Stringer reaches out to Omar and Kima has a night out.

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Opinion: On a Grand Scale: The Similarities between "The Wire" and "The Dark Knight"

19 Jul 2008 13:06:21 PDT

Written by Myles
What sets The Wire apart from other crime shows on television is its emphasis on all impacts of a particular event or scenario. It is not a story of the police fighting against the Baltimore Drug Trade, but a show about the expansive impacts of that trade on the people fighting it, the people t...

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The Wire news and blogs - December 02, 2008

02 Dec 2008 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit The Wire news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• TV Review "The Wire" -- by justinmoss from tv-review « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• TV Review "The Wire" -- by justinmoss from david-simon « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• DVD Review: 'The Wire: The Complete Fifth Season' - NewsOK.com -- from subscription
• Opinion: The Wire and Baltimore’s Architecture -- by Jimmy Stamp from Life Without Buildings
• Generation Kill Episode 2 review -- by Jason Collin from Jacked-in || FOUND a direction home
• DVD review: Mad Men: Season One -- from The AV Club -
• Opinion: I'm back! -- by culture_vulture from Culture Vulture
• Opinion: The Wire Season 5 -- by ac from Unlikely Words
• Opinion: The Wire -- by gtra1n from the-wire « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: The Wire: the best TV show. Ever. End of. -- from Silversprite

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Opinion: On a Grand Scale: The Similarities between “The Wire” and “The Dark Knight”

19 Jul 2008 13:06:21 PDT

Written by Myles
So, I decided that I’d kill two birds with one stone. I’m halfway through Season Four of The Wire, David Simon and Ed Burns’ HBO masterpiece, and I see a lot of connections between the construction of that series and what Nolan has accomplished with The Dark Knight. I’m not suggesting that the...

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Opinion: Generation Kill - Part 1: "Get Some"

14 Jul 2008 12:12:20 PDT

Written by Media Maven
David Simon is a smart, smart dude. That much is clear. He never shies away from dealing with important, contemporary issues in important, contemporary ways, like racism, disillusionment, corruption, hope, and many more. But at the same time, it's also crystal clear that David Simon began his career as a journalist, not an author or screenwriter. David Simon looks for the story, the verisimilitude, the interesting idea. He doesn't look for the emotional hook, the character arc, or the vulnerability of his primary players. And until David Simon can crack this code and find a way to combine his journalistic eye for riveting stories with the human need for emotional connection, not only will his projects struggle to find viewershi...

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Opinion: The Wire, Season 1, Episode 6, "The Wire" (Veterans edition)

06 Jul 2008 17:11:00 PDT

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Alan Sepinwall)
There's an episode coming up called "The Cost," but in some ways, that title applies better to this one, as the murder of Brandon illustrates the emotional cost of living in this police/drug world. The episode opens and closes with the image of Brandon, no longer beautiful after being tort...

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Opinion: COULD IT BE: "THE WIRE" TO FINALLY RECEIVE AN EMMY NOMINATION?

30 Jun 2008 04:56:31 PDT

Written by shadowcampaigner
It's an absolute travesty that "The Wire" -- probably The Single Greatest Television Series in History -- has for years now been snubbed by people who decide what's best on TV. After 5 seasons of positively brilliant, wrenching work, the Wire may -- may -- receive an Emmy nomination t...

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Opinion: The Wire, season 1, episode 1: "The Target" (Veterans edition)

30 May 2008 04:24:12 PDT

Written by Alan Sepinwall(noreply@blogger.com)
David Simon likes to say that the first scene of each season of "The Wire" encapsulates the themes of that season. In the case of Detective Jimmy McNulty investigating the murder of one Omar Isiah Betts, known to friends and family as Snot Boogie, Simon gets to explain what the entire series...

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Opinion: This, that and that other thing

26 Mar 2008 17:31:53 PDT

Written by Alan Sepinwall
Most optimistically-titled DVD set to arrive in the mail in months: "Bionic Woman: Volume One," as if there's even the slimmest chance of there being a "Volume Two." On the plus side, I just got my review copy of "Friday Night Lights: The Second Season," which is out on April 22. We should know...

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Opinion: ● The end of The Wire

11 Mar 2008 13:55:40 PDT

Written by jason@kottke.org
Yanksfan vs. Soxfan views The Wire through the lens of Baltimore sports. Assorted other articles that I'll leave unexcerpted: AV Club interview with Simon, final episode recap from Thoughts on Stuff, and a letter on HBO's site from David Simon to the fans of the show.

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The Wire Episode 59 Review: Lies - They Get Things Done

02 Mar 2008 16:00:00 PST

Written by Mark
Namond is the lucky one. Someone pulled him from the soup. The "system" failed him as much as it did the other kids, it's just that he was lucky enough to end up where there was someone with a hand to lend. Dukie was too smart and Michael too functional to be in the "corner kids" program, never got a c...

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The Wire Episode 58 Review: Omar Bagged Up

24 Feb 2008 16:00:00 PST

Written by Mark
Freamon and Leander crack Marlo's code. Marlo is going down, and so is Chris, thanks to Bunk. Now, we know Micheal didn't sell out Chris but he's sure to be blamed - probably not by Chris, though. Marlo may go down due to the cell phone number that Herc stole from Levy's office. Levy is sure to figur...

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The Wire Season 5 Episode 7 Review

21 Feb 2008 12:50:10 PST

Written by mcnulty
Bunk seem to be about to crack soon, don’t think he’ll rat on McNulty or Freamon, but he’s pretty pissed off. Also liked the scene when he’s interrogating Michael. Hope he gets to Chris and Snoop soon. btw, did you notice that Dominic West (playing McNulty) directed this episode? How cool is th...

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The Wire Season 5 Episode 5 Review

10 Feb 2008 09:55:56 PST

Written by mcnulty
And Omar, what a mess he got himself in. Hope I gets out on top, but from the looks of it that won’t happen. Yepp, a little bit late I know. But I’ve finally got the time to type up my impressions of episode 5 (just in time for tonights episode 6, can’t wait!). For the first time during the course of this...

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The Wire Season 5 Episode 4 Review

29 Jan 2008 11:21:27 PST

Written by mcnulty
McNulty and Freamon are really working the case, it’s kind of creepy seeing them messing around at the crime scene. Well, it’s for the greater good at least. I wonder if Bunk will ever come around. And on the note on McNulty, man he’s one screwed up anti-hero. Looks like his family life is about to...

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Opinion: The Wire Season 5 Episode 3: McNulty and Marlo

19 Jan 2008 12:55:00 PST

Written by Paul Levinson
McNulty has picked up the pro-active make-things-happen and damn-the-consequences approach he played so well in the very first season of The Wire. It's good to see McNulty really on top of his game again. This time, he's trying to make his colleagues and bosses think there's a serial killer loose in Baltimore - the only way McNulty can think of to keep the cops focused on Marlo and the drug business. The only person wise to what McNulty is doing - because he was there when McNulty started hatching this plan - is Bunk, who is none too happy about it. See also The Wire's Back! Review of Season 5 Episode 1 and Episode 2: The Great, Dangling Conversation challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

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The Wire Season 5 Episode 1 in Review

07 Jan 2008 06:49:43 PST

Written by mcnulty
Another bright point was the journo crew at the Baltimore Sun which seem to be just as much of a motley crew as the gangsters and police. It was great to see so many familiar faces in one single episode - McNulty, Bunk, Kima, Herc, Marlo, Prop Joe, Bubs, Carter, Carcetti, Chris, Snoop, Michae...

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Opinion: Michael K. Williams on Playing Omar on ‘The Wire,’ Discovering ... - New York Magazine

02 Jan 2008 10:59:53 PST

Michael K. Williams on Playing Omar on ‘The Wire,’ Discovering ... USA - HBO's The Wire returns this Sunday! To kick off Vulture's wall-to-wall coverage of every media outlet's favorite TV show, we've got an interview with ... The Wire: The Complete Fourth Season - DVD Review Inside Pulse

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DVD Review: The Wire - The Complete Fourth Season

27 Dec 2007 16:51:14 PST

Written by El Bicho
In a 2004 interview, Norman Mailer claimed, “The Great American Novel is no longer writable.” He was wrong about that, although he may have been looking in the wrong place. HBO’s The Wire, the best television show to air during the decade, is a large, sweeping tale about the American inner ci...

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Opinion: David Simon interview with IGN

15 Dec 2007 02:45:38 PST

The Wire: Season 5 premieres Sunday, January 6th on HBO. Q: Now that The Wire is finally winding down, how do you feel? Q: Do you think your depiction of Baltimore has had any effect on the life of the real Baltimore? Q: What were the high points of working on The Wire?

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Opinion: Emmy Fortunes of House vs. The Wire Reveal Awards' Weaknesses

20 Jul 2007 00:09:07 PDT

Written by Diane Kristine
Outstanding Drama SeriesOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Hugh Laurie, naturally)Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (for David Morse as Detective Tritter. Even though I was disappointed in the resolution to his story, the man formerly known as Boomer creeped the hell ou...

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TV Review: The Wire Returns, Bringing "Boys of Summer"

11 Sep 2006 02:46:59 PDT

Written by Eric Berlin
Like a new chapter in a grand and sweeping novel, The Wire returned tonight, opening up its fourth season on HBO. Perhaps The Great American Novel is making way for something else. If that's so, I'd argue that The Wire is a Great American Story, made up of some of the richest and most fully reali...

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