Spoilers for episode 2, "The Detail," coming up just as soon as I show you just how light my trigger pull is.ĭavid Simon modeled "The Wire" on Greek tragedy - every bad thing that happens to characters on this show (and many bad things will happen to many characters) is pre-ordained and unchangeable - but there are also elements of heroic quest narratives, at least from the point of view of our "heroes," the cops. This is the latter scroll down for the Newbies edition if you want to be safe from discussion of things to come. We're going to talk about season one of "The Wire" in two different versions: one safe for people who are brand-new to the show (or who haven't watched all the way through to the end), one where we can talk about anything from first episode to last.
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