Public Service Announcement, The Wire, Season 3 on DVD

will be released on August 8.

Can't wait since I haven't seen it although I know the single major event

 

Oh, it's on like Donkey Kong. The Wire has passed 24 to be my second-favorite show on TV behind Lost.

 

Before Season 4 kicks off, I am going to personally start a media campaign to get people on this site to watch the show. I'm telling you, it's better than the Sopranos, better than 24, better than Lost, better than Six Feet Under, better than The Sheild, and makes CSI look like it was written by a team of freshman creative writing majors.

 

For fans of "The Wire," I would highly recommend the novels of George Pelecanos, who is a producer/writer for the show. He may be the best crime writer working today.

(And I know longer have HBO, so I've only seen a few episodes of "The Wire" - and it's not the kind of show where you can drop in every 10th episode. At some point I'm going to get the whole damn thing on DVD and go through them in order.)

 

Hell, for fans of the show, pick up the original book by David Simon, "Homicide."

 

Read "Homicide: A year on the killing streets" last year. Great book and really fun to find the jumping off points for storylines in the TV series.

 

Amen to all that. And the cool bass line at the end of the show is the cherry on the sundae.

 

Also, if The Wire is your thing, read "Clockers" by Richard Price. It's essentially where David Simon came up with the format of giving the cops and the drug dealers equal time and equal morality. Price also wrote a few episodes during season 3 and appeared as a prison librarian in season 2.

 

I don't have HBO either, but did when Season 1 was on. Loved it. Always meant to rent Season 2, but haven't yet. I'm just now renting Deadwood Season 2. When I get done with that, I'll start on The Wire2.

Saw an ad for Showtime's Weeds Season 1 DVD today. Wanna check that out too in July.