jonattonyeah And it’s interesting how S.2 of The Wire has become so respected. It was not when it came out. Maybe it was just too different from S.1. I don’t know. But it’s amazing. Frank Sobotka was an incredible character. So well written and acted.

Yeah, I was bang into Seasons 1, 3 and 4 a few years ago. Then on a recent rewatch I started to like Season 2 a lot more, where I found it depressing and ponderous previously (compared to the street stuff and the brilliance Omar Little, Stringer Bell et al)

      wrongun … probably too quickly yeah, but it was the ending that was always intended I believe. To be fair, although I’d rather they’d had the space to do it the way the creators wanted, I didn’t mind the ending and didn’t feel FUCKING RIPPED-OFF LIKE AT THE END OF THE SOPRANOS!!

        Along_the_Wire

        Gotcha. That makes sense. It’s loosely based off of the Rampart scandal (the name of the show was originally going to be Rampart but the LAPD put the kibosh on that). Knowing that story might’ve made me enjoy the show more. The Rampart police division was out of their fucking minds. Robbing dealers. Framing people. One dude was even involved in a bank robbery. Also rumored that one officer killed Biggie which is why nobody has ever been caught. And people wonder why the police aren’t trusted.

          bosstrabs

          Awful. Just terrible. Nice looking women but even they can’t save it. Right there with Big Bang Theory for the worst thing ever filmed.

            I’d rather spend an entire week on holiday with Funky than have to do an Entourage box set.

            It’s no coincidence that an Entourage box set is exactly the same length, to the second, as one of Damo’s mixes.

              Millsy It’s no coincidence that an Entourage box set is exactly the same length, to the second, as one of Damo’s mixes.

              43 hours and 20 minutes. Actually feels like 4 years?

                A mate of mine had an MBB moment and said it was the best thing he’s ever seen. I bought the first season on play.com import and paid handsomely for the US version on DVD. Utter fucking bilge.

                  Mrs Brown’s Boys. It’s the first tab on the spreadsheet.

                  Thought Boardwalk Empire started well but lost interest in it after 3rd series.

                  seanc80

                  The last few episodes of Breaking Bad are up there for me. They’re really good. The two are just very different shows even if at the end of the day they’re about the same thing - family. I don’t really compare them. They seem like they’re in different universes. The Wire and The Sopranos had similar pacing so I don’t mind debating those two. Breaking Bad is very different, to my mind.

                  EDIT I guess I’d say The Sopranos feels like a really long movie. Breaking Bad feels like TV.

                      seanc80 Breaking Bad shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same sentence as The Sopranos.

                      Cunning

                        jonattonyeah Breaking bad had three good series tops. Everyone else should’ve been killed in real life after that.