THE WIRE: The Complete Second Season (2003)

My long-awaited review of THE WIRE: SEASON 2 is now live as an exclusive for Obsessed With Film, if you'd like to check it out. As always, I encourage your comments to discuss this season in greater depth (either here or over at OWF, whatever's easiest.)

"There’s no denying The Wire’s a noteworthy achievement in the annals of TV crime drama; it’s plotted with intricacy, acted with skill, and almost documentary-like in its refined realism. It’s also an infamously tough viewing experience because there’s little exposition or guidance for viewers — you’re simply dropped into Baltimore and expected to keep up like a native. Trouble is, while I find it refreshing that a US drama expects (nay, requires) its audience to work for eventual reward, I still find it a problem that The Wire’s intentionally such a bastard to get a grip on." Continue reading...

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I'm wired(eux)

If you follow my Twitter, you'll know that I received The Wire Season 2 (Disc 1) last weekend, so I'm going to be slowly making my way through that show. I currently have a few gaps in my schedule, which it can help plug. I could go to night school and learn Spanish, of course, but I think I need to learn more about Baltimore's criminal underbelly. I'm not sure how quickly I'll get through the five discs, but I'm estimating I'll be done sometime around mid-April, and will get cracking on a seasonal review. I'm only mentioning it here because I continue to get the odd comment or e-mail urging me to continue with The Wire (following my Season 1 review), so I've decided to stop this war of attrition by... well, giving in to your demands. Happy?

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