Since the weather was unseasonably rainy on Saturday and rainy & cold on Sunday, we retreated under the blanket and spent pretty much the whole weekend chilling (oh ho) and watching The Wire (linkies to imdb, HBO, ‘pedia. ). If we haven’t sung its praises to you yet: watch it! We’ve got seasons 1 to 4, 5 is on the way.
It’s tricky to explain why it’s so good.
On the face of it, it’s just a cop show set in Baltimore, about the cops vs the drug dealers.
It’s very believable, and about the people, and the messed-up-ness of the world and life (but not in a depressing way).
The best thing I can say is that it has and is quality.
It’s dense and layered and is very well shot, acted, scripted and paced.
We finished Season 3 during Sunday, and went off to the Waterfront to watch Inglourious Basterds. As I was loosening my collar at the strangely high heat in the ticket hall, I noticed a little sign on the desk saying that the air con in the whole mall (and therefore also the small, packed, theatre) was off for maintenance. So we changed our minds (we will try again another day). We happened to pass a Musica on the way back to the car, and they happened to have one copy of one season of The Wire: season 4. We bought, we droved, we watched… 