Do you think Larry & Wes suspected an ulterior motive when on Christmas morning they opened their shared gift from me –– a complete boxed set of the HBO series, The Wire? I certainly hope not. And beings this is my blog and they have a hard time pretending they listen to me when I'm in the same room, well fat chance that cat will get let out of the bag.
Truly a guilty pleasure, The Wire is freaking awesome!
From the gritty story lines; fast paced dialogues; disturbing yet insightful peek into albeit made for TV, but depicts true-to-life urban drug gang culture, this series has made it to my top 5.
The Wire has some of the best characters. From the savvy entrepreneur,
drop dead gorgeous hot impeccably dressed Stringer Bell
–– to now one of my favorite bad guys, "you feel me?" Omar
–– to the tug-your-heartstrings compassionate crack head Bubbles
–– to a family man through and through – Avon Barksdale.
If you can take the violence, blood, political corruption, drunken police department, and nonstop expletive language, well by all means stop by & pull up a couch cushion on Monday evenings when we'll be watching –– just after we play Jeopardy with Alex Trebek, of course.
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