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The Wire - The Greatest TV Show Ever





Snoop buying a nail gun, but since she is an enforcer for a drug kingpin, doesn't sound like it's for home construction.



Snoops demise by a kid working for another drug organization. I thought this was a sad scene: why would she be concerned with her hair?

HBO filmed this 5 year series and just google 'greatest TV show' and you'll likely come up with The Wire. I mentioned this series last year in this blog and started it off for family down here a few weeks ago. Needless to say we eagerly anticipate Wire Nights. Be warned: it is gritty, profane and real. Here is Snoop Pearson, who Stephen King called "the most terrifying female villain ever to appear in a television series."


It is, on the surface, a cops vs. drug dealer drama but the focus changes from year to year to other crime situations or motifs, e.g. schools, police corruption, political corruption, the press. But always the streets: the soldiers, players, winners and losers of the drug trade.


Watch the first few episodes and you'll be hooked. Perfect for those who hate winter and can't decide what to do when its too cold to go outside to the garage and play.


guardian.co.uk, Thursday 30 July 2009 16.14 BST
Some of the best TV of the decade: Peep Show, Planet Earth, West Wing and The Office. Photographs: Channel 4/BBC/Channel 4/BBC

What's the best TV show of the noughties?

Despite never seeing large commercial success or winning any major television awards,[2] The Wire has frequently been described by critics as the greatest television series of all time.[3][4][5][6][7][8] The show is recognized for its realistic portrayal of urban life, literary ambitions, and uncommonly deep exploration of sociopolitical themes. Wikipedia


0% 24
0% 30 Rock

0.1% Arrested Development

0.1% Band of Brothers

0.1% Battlestar Galactica
0% Big Brother
0% Black Books

0.1% Buffy the Vampire Slayer
0% Curb Your Enthusiasm
0% Deadwood
0% Dexter

0.1% Doctor Who
0% Extras
0% Family Guy

0.1% Firefly
0% Flight of the Conchords

0.1% House
0% Jam
0% Life on Mars

0.1% Lost
0% Mad Men
0% Oz

0.1% Peep Show

0.1% Planet Earth

8.6% QI
0% Rome
0% Shameless

0.1% Six Feet Under
0% South Park
0% Spaced
0% Spooks
0% State of Play

0.1% The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

0.2% The Office
0% The Shield

0.2% The Sopranos
0% The Thick of It

1.5% The West Wing

44.7% The Wire

43.3% Top Gear

This poll is now closed

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  1. AnonymousDecember 6, 2009 at 6:43 PM

    I think Snoop's comments about her hair could have meant a few of things: 1. She's not worried about dying, nothing rattles her, and she shows it by making this casual comment despite knowing what is coming. 2. Maybe related to the above, knowing she is going to die, she says that if she is going down, at least she is doing down as a good looking beech. 3. Coulda been outright denial - making a comment as if the other mug ain't gonna do it, so let's change the subject.

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