The Wire

Everyone who watches The Wire loves The Wire. I think. Proof occurred this weekend when lovely wife went away with some of her friends, leaving me to look after my mother-in-law, who in a tasteful move decided she should watch The Wire. So much did she like it, she stayed up to midnight on Saturday watching the first 10 episodes, then watched the remaining two episodes before lunch the next morning. Then she chose to watch the first seven episodes of the second season after lunch.

Guess what’s happening when she comes over for dinner tonight while lovely wife’s out with some of her friends. I’ve had to order season three on DVD in case we get to the end of season two soon…

Anyway, one of the great things about The Wire is its dialogue. Above is a choice selection of the 100 greatest quotes from The Wire (there be obvious spoilers ahoy if you haven’t seen The Wire). After the jump; the 100 other greatest The Wire quotes.

Incidentally, re-watching the second season of The Wire was interesting, since I was now mostly able to follow the Greeks when they were talking thanks to some evening classes I’ve been going to. Some interesting and amusing stuff going on there.

Ironically, despite the fact we had the subtitles on the whole time so mother-in-law could follow the dialogue, there are no subtitles on the DVDs for the Greeks, and none of the Greek words they pepper their English conversations with get translated. I wonder why…

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OMG! Actual bits of The Wire I haven’t seen! These are all prequels that I think HBO put on its web site before the fifth season or stuck on a DVD or something, so some of you might have seen them already. But it’s actual The Wire footage I haven’t seen. I’d forgotten how joyous that felt.

Before the jump, when McNulty met Bunk for the first time. After the jump, it’s Young Omar and Prop Joe.

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Have they left any out?