Best Episode: "Cleaning Up"
Worst Episode: "The Cost"
Favorite Characters: Stringer Bell, Avon Barksdale. Wee-Bey, Wallace, Bunk Moreland, Omar Little, Poot, Herc, Lester Freamon, Jay Landsman, Stinkum
Least Favorite Characters: Major Rawls, Deputy Ervin Burrell, Warren Frazier, Brianna Barksdale. Clay Davis
Overall Grade: 9 out of 10. First of all, I've never been a big fan of crime drama shows, so the first time I watched "The Wire", it failed to suck me all the way in. However, I'm willing to give it a second chance and this time, I promise I'm going all the way through (last time, I didn't enjoy the second season and the show just lost me...). Just like the first time I watched the show, I absolutely loved the first season. The acting is top notch and there's a scene (WHERE WALLACE AT STRINGER???) that is one of the best I've ever seen on TV. There are so many interesting characters on the show, that I was immediately drawn in once again. The show starts off a little bit slow because they have to introduce some people and show the audience just how fucked up of a town Baltimore is. However, once things get rolling around the fourth or fifth episode, it's a non-stop ride that had me captivated, especially when members of Avon Barksdale's crew were on the screen. The mind games between the Baltimore police and Barksdale's crew were some of the best I've seen on television since season four of Breaking Bad when Walter White and Gus Fring traded blows. Yes, it may have ended a little disappointing (has there ever been a season finale as depressing as this seasons?), but once again, I'm excited to see how things play out. Just don't lose me again when we go back down to the docks.
