Originally Posted by
Kano
He's British but that shouldn't be an excuse but no, it doesn't get any better.
You won't be able to stop once you get past 4 episodes. It goes pretty far and wide into Baltimore across the five seasons.
A complimentary mini-series to watch after is The Corner, which I've just started. Same writer and city, made before The Wire and looks exclusively at the addicts in Baltimore. Bleaker and without the humour of The Wire. A lot the same actors too, although in vastly different roles.