The Sopranos

LT42 The best series by miles was season two when I rewatched the lot a couple of years ago - three and four look dated and a re silly in parts.

Season 3 was, for me, the best.

Proper breddas baddin’ up the game.

bosstrabs Have you watched them since?

I thought three was the best by miles on first watch

Along_the_Wire Yes, did the whole boxset last summer in lockdown.

Got bored midway through the final season, though, didn’t like Seasons 4 or 5 as much as 1, 2 and 3.

bosstrabs I actually found much of The Wire a bit dull. It’s a cracking TV series, just find Gomorrah more compelling.

Along_the_Wire Yeah agreed, Sibotka and the chuckle brothers down the docks, great viewing.

Game of Thrones.

Nothing comes close.

When it comes to RAW SEX nothing comes close to Game of Thrones, even has midgets

Agreed, season 2 of The Wire is the best.

Along_the_Wire Six Feet Under is fucking brilliant.

Agreed. Have watched in its entirety a few times now, and I’ll never not have some dust in my eye at the final scene

zackster All day long

These things usually end up in a fairly straight head-to-head between The Sopranos and The Wire.

Absolutely love them both, but The Wire edges it for me, so you have something else utterly amazeballs © ED SMALLMAN to watch there, Si.

bosstrabs …it does tend to come down to those two but its a weird comparison IMO. The Wire was always intended as a 5-act piece, and although it definitely has it’s slower moments (series!) but when you look back at the scope of it, the storytelling is immense, probably unsurpassed in its ambition.

Sopranos I have a special love for as I worked on the series promos for about 3 years and was totally immersed in it for so long…. incredible performances and lurches between pathos, humour and horror like little else. I’ll never forgive David Chase for trying to sell us that lazy ending as an ‘interpretive’ set piece though.

Anyone mention Boardwalk Empire yet?

Unbroken1 Boardwalk Empire also good.

Narcos original seasons definitely worth watching too. Goes off the boil with Narcos: Mexico though.

Enjoyed Boardwalk Empire.

I couldn’t stand Kelly McDonald in it (no problems with her normally)

Richard Harrow in Boardwalk was immense. As was Gyp Rosetti.

Basically HBO changed the game. Brought movie quality scripting, acting and polish to TV.