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Originally Posted by Frankenhooker  The Wire may take a handful of episodes to suck you into it's world, but it's still immensely watchable from the off. I highly recommend Simon's books, The Corner and Homicide, incidents from both creep into The Wire.
In my opinion the only 'modern' show that comes close to The Wire is Mad Men, I obsessed over both. |
I really want to read the books, I won't have time until next summer.
I agree about
Mad Men, which is a truly outstanding series, but would add
The Sopranos to the list of TV series which are practically flawless from first episode to last.