Dude. I think you would love the Wire. Like, I'd seen a season and half or so of it, so I knew that I loved it and that it was amazing. But now that I'm watching it from the beginning, I'm even more blown away. The writing. It's like nothing that has ever been done. I just. I can't.

I was trying to explain it to my bf the other day, and the thing I came up with was that it's like the great truth teller of our time. Like, everything you've ever seen about cops and robbers and politics and all of the dilemmas of our modern urban society? It all suddenly makes sense. Everything we've ever been shown is a lie. Stupid procedurals like Law and Order that are supposed to be gritty and real? Lies. Kids play. Current events shows with pundits talking about politics? Lies. Crime dramas? Lies. I just. It's like a whole new world is unveiled.

I probably sound totally goofy and hyperbolic. But that's really how I feel. It just all suddenly makes so much sense why everything in this world is screwed up. The Wire explains it all.

And the real victory of this show is the characters. Holy smokes. It's just this enormous cast--and pretty much every. single. character. is remarkable. The writing. The humanization. GAH. It makes my heart swell to know that this is even possible.

In summation, I like the Wire.