The Wire - best TV series ever?

[scotchedpommes]

Superb characters, and [unashamedly trivial point that springs to mind] some of the best drunken scenes in any series. Not watched enough television myself to feel I could offer a view as to whether it's the best ever, but without doubt it must be the best from the US in the last decade.

[OverKnight]

Just finished the show on DVD and I concur. Great stuff. I felt like David Simon was a bit heavy handed when it came to his old profession, journalism, compared to the other themes, but overall it was great.

I did want to reach through the screen and slap Herc a few times. Also a drug meeting being run by Robert's Rules of Order was great.

Also give it up for Cool Lester Smooth.