re: I haven't seen The Wire

quote:

---

If you get hooked, you get hooked.

---

While this is true, some shows do start slower than others. The Shield had an incredibly strong start (and finish, for that matter), but a couple of middling patches. BB has been consistently good, and kind of keeps one-upping itself. The Wire (again, I'm halfway) has been fairly gripping throughout. GOT is like that as well - the more you spread the story out, the more the storyteller has to keep your attention. This also allows for them to off people now and then because there's so much story left to tell - and, although still fictional, this makes it seem more realistic.

BB is, ultimately, all about Walt though and his journey. It's just so well done that it gets compared to these other shows that are also character dramas, but of, realistically a much broader scope - even The Shield.