The Wire

Series • 2002 - 2008

9.3

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The Hollywood Reporter

Despite solid acting and several interesting twists and turns, viewers may be understandably reluctant to return each week to the scene of these ugly crimes.

hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wire-original-2002-review-743980/

The Atlantic

Few ever understand their present until it becomes past, but The Wire's brilliance was its understanding and articulation of contemporary life. The drama was an authentic mirror.

theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/05/10-years-after-its-premiere-the-wire-feels-dated-and-thats-a-good-thing/257910/

IMDb

Season 4: 11/10 (is this a real life? Is this just fantasy?)

imdb.com/title/tt0306414/

Common Sense Media

I think this is possibly the best show ever created for TV or film.

commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-wire

IMDb

The wire isn't about drug dealing, the police, politics, or the education system, it is about the entire city of Baltimore.

imdb.com/title/tt0306414/reviews

IMDb

This show isn't built up with such high expectations for people who haven't seen it for no reason, watch it, and there is about a 99.99% chance you will become one of those previously mentioned 3000 people recommending it to everyone you know who hasn't seen it.

imdb.com/title/tt0000306414/reviews

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