Posted by: minifigpootles on: 27 February, 2008
It’s a rare moment on Screenwipe that Charlie Brooker starts eulogising a show. However, with The Wire it’s more than deserved. I’m gradually working my way towards the end of series two as we speak, and I have three sitting on the side ready to go.
TV in the UK is so utterly terrible that it seems almost surreal to watch a show that is such high quality. The show has depth, intelligence and is so cumulative that it would be nigh on impossible to arrive at it towards the end of even the first series and have a clue what’s going on. If you haven’t seen it already, then get going now - the fifth series is drawing to a close in the US at the moment and you’ll want to be ready for that, believe me.
Anyway, I’ll leave it to Charlie to fill you in:
