Curse of watching this show I first watched in 2012 and have yet to find something on its level. About to rewatch again

Yeah it's crazy how hard season 2 hits on the rewatch - first time around for almost everyone you're kind of thrown for a loop trying to settle into the new setting and characters, but that second time it really clicks

That moment where he gets to come upstairs

It's beautiful man

Finished Season 3. 10/10 season, bra-fucking-vo. I'm a sucker for that chain of command storyline.

the episode ending with Stringer confessing to Avon about Dee was such a wild moment, I had forgotten all about it. If Stringer hadn't felt the need to let his nuts hang on some emotional s\*\*\* to prove something, if he hadn't confessed that murder, then I think Avon would've definitely reconsidered serving him up to Brother Mouzone and Omar. Then again, it would still come back to bite him in the ass, with the warrant, because Stringer was a snake

On season 4 now. There's nothing like this show I swear. The realism, the natural moments of comedy, the tension, the characters, man

Finished Season 5. Wow I could not rock with Jimmy in this one at all, that boi tweakin
Whole time I was like the f*** you doin?
Lester? You too nigga?

Bubs tale was a novel and everything wrapping up in that Baltimore montage was sweet too.

Glad the writers didn't bend Cedric to make him something he never was.

Visually, the season looks s***tier than the previous ones, idk if I'm buggin tho.

F*** that Scott news reporter too.

Kima reacting the way she did was completely understandable. Matter fact, I was on her side. Bunks too.

Omar's death scene had me shook. Did NOT see that coming the way it did

Overall, ranking the seasons, I'd say season 4 is prolly the most important, BUT, I still enjoy season 3 the most. So:

3 (10/10)
4 (9/10)
2 (9/10)
1 (8/10)
5 (8/10)

About to start watching this show for the first time. See if it's as good as people say

That finale was amazing
5 excellent seasons fasho

Why f*** kima?

Nah. Just a flash and that's it. Never addressed. It's only an Easter egg

@Beach_kneega @Jerry_Seinfeld

Lester loves that Pepper Steak

I remember at the beginning of the first season I didn’t care much for him and then once they turn him loose.. man, Lester was the GOAT

Lester got that OG detective vibe, when he came through with that boxing poster with Avon's pic..

When the first pic they brought was a white guy

really excited for We Run This City, David Simon and George Pelecanos' upcoming HBO show about police corruption in Baltimore in 2015

kinda seems like a unofficial spinoff/sequel in a way, especially if they decide to focus on the d*** trade a bit as well as the dirty cops

Carver also doing an Asian delivery boy accent. Major crimes unit was all fools.

Too bad Lester fell off season 5.

Where's Ed Burns? He really brought the grit in the wire

former cop so the blue wall of silence stops him from making a show about police corruption

Speaking of grit, I been eyeing that David Simon book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.. Looks p interesting

Do tell

The one drawback is say about the newspaper stuff is, they're not painted with a sympathetic brush like the rest of the characters in the show. Their either buffoons or pawns/frustrated or slimy. Little nuance to work with. But everything ties up together very well. -30- is one of the best episodes of the show by far

Misread this at first, I see what you mean now. Despite spending almost more time with him, we’re not made to feel for Scott the way we are for, say, Ziggy.

Yea I enjoyed S3 more than S4 but I know on rewatch thats gonna change

Damn. Season 3 might have my favorite finale montage (aside from 5 but that’s a series one so of course it’s gonna tug your heart strings the most) but I still can’t put it above 4 or 1. I might even put 2 above it but I know I’m in the minority there. Where you’re at with 4 is where I think I’m at with 3: a lot of important stuff happens but I personally can’t put it at the top.