The Wire - The Complete Third Season (DVD)

When I started watching the second season of 'The Wire' I was surprised to see that the storylines did not necessarily continue directly from the first season. Season 1 dealt with inner city drug dealers, whilst Season 2 continued with this, but concentrated more on the docks that provide access for the drugs. When Season 3 arrived I was therefore not as shocked when the show took on yet another facet. How do you tackle a problem like drug addiction on the massive scale that Baltimore suffers? The so called drug war does nothing but lock up young men who are easily replaced by others willing to do anything to get out of poverty. Is it about time that something ...  Read the complete review

Ok, after reviewing the last two series, I feel it is only right to plough through the others to express how good they all are. Once again I refuse to give away any minor detail to the plot as this will definitely spoil the die hards amongst you. Whilst i was watching the Wire from scratch, a (now ex) friend mentioned to me on Facebook about a certain character getting 'a cap in his a**' and though I still enjoyed the show I had this disappointed groan when that event happened as I had been given a heads up. Anyhow, Season 3 on the surface seems to dive right back into the West Baltimore street level drug dealing of the first season, after the dockland ...  Read the complete review

Having devoured the first two series of The Wire, I had already bought series three and four before finishing the second. This meant I could move seamlessly into the third. I was definitely addicted, although programmes of The Wire's calibre make me wonder about their sustainability. The scope and pace of the first two series were incredible, a tour-de-force of substance combined with style. Could they repeat the magic for a third time? Whereas the second series could be enjoyed without seeing the first, in my opinion the third cannot. So, if you've not watched it, go and get it now...it's totally worth it! However, if you are still not ...  Read the complete review

I have to admit that am in complete awe of this program. So far I have watched a series every two weeks, it is that brilliant. I'm struck time and time again at how much TV drama now has to change. In the 50s John Osborne wrote the kitchen sink drama Look Back in Anger and the theatre world changed forever. This is how I feel about The Wire. I have done some research on this program and I have discovered that this TV series hasn't won any major awards, doesn't get particularly amazing viewing figures, yet HBO have decided to stick with and for that they are to be applauded. The BBC has a habit of allowing a TV series to continue for at least a second series even if ...  Read the complete review

80% of the recent so-called US sub prime debt was run up by black Americans, the last group in America to be cynically offered credit to keep those erroneous bonuses coming in for those greedy bankers, the city of Baltimore (65% black) and the setting for 'The Wire' a classic case study of who's bearing the brunt of the consequences, that contrast between poverty and wealth in Baltimore one of the reasons why the show is so authentic, that financial, criminal and political aphartied of the city dissected here through David Simons brilliant script. The banks knew the black families didn't have a cent but offered them 110% mortgages at high interest rates they could never ...  Read the complete review