"The Wire"

I'll give that one a shot, I just added it to my Queue. (has decent user reviews as well)

 

Five seasons, actually. A really great show. One of the best things I've seen in a long time.

 

wow, as long as i have been with netflix, i am amazed at how much i fail to find. their search options really need to be looked at.

i have the first 2 seasons queued, should get the first disc in a few days... its an HBO series... have had waaay too much success with previous HBO offerings to even think that i would be disappointed.

thanks for the info!!

 

I agree. Best series ever.

I recommend watching with closed captioning or subtitles because the combination of Baltimore accents and street talk can be daunting.

As soon as I have some extra money I'm going to order the complete series and will probably watch it a gazillion times.

 

How could you not love Omar? Without giving too much away to those who haven't seen it, one of my favorite parts in the series is when Omar is testifying in court; so good.

While Omar and the "Bunk" are entertaining, on balance, I have to say that my favorite characters are either Cedric Daniels (i.e. the Lieutenant that heads the detail) or Stringer Bell; both of them are just so interesting as characters. Actually, as I was writing that previous sentence, I thought of 3 or 4 other great characters that could make that list. That's the thing that's so great about this show; all of the characters are so interesting and three-dimensional.

 

Better than Mad Men?

 

Sheeeeeee-it! What about Clay Davis?

Wallace? D'Angelo? Bodie? Slim Charles? Snoop? Marlo? Michael? Lester? Herc and Carver? Bunny? McNulty (aka What the F__k Did I Do?)? Kima? I could go on for hours.

 

Pay tenshen, hon:

Merlin: Ah herd sarns at sod the hass a bat hunnert toms lass not.
Itsem Ann Earl Canny farn gins.
Standard: I heard sirens outside the house about a hundred times last
night. It's those Anne Arundel County fire engines.

Merlin: She raider boskle from Droodle Pork to dantan Ballmer wither
oz clazed.
Standard: She rode her bicycle from Druid Hill Park to downtown
Baltimore with her eyes closed.

Merlin: The Hard Canny Toms sayz the canny cancel pace pained bon
ambalances.
Standard: The Howard County Times says the County Council
postponed buying ambulances.

Merlin: Pitcher bane seat owen. Weer goon danny ayshun.
Standard: Put your bathing suit on. We're going down to the ocean.

Merlin: Ah sawn ambalance good dan Rosters Tan Raid a bat a huunert
molls an air, nit was porn dan rain.
Standard: I saw an ambulance going down Reisterstown Road about a
hundred miles an hour, and it was pouring down rain.

Merlin: It spaced a snaid mora. Better pitcher snay tars owen.
Standard: It's supposed to snow tomorrow. Better put your snow tires
on.

The above and more at:

Maryland Humor

Hon, you'll only hear heavy duty Ballamerese like this from older
natives, still living in historically blue collar sections like Dundalk,
Highlandtown, Pig Town, Hamden, etc.

In reality, real Ballamerese is dying out... blame it on language
homogenization by TV! A sad thing.