re: The Wire

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I hate when people say "oh people don't like season 2 because it's not in the hood" no people don't like season 2 becuase of ziggy. that is literally the only reason. It deals with the fricking mob how can you not like that? Ziggy is THAT bad.

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While i agree with you on the first part, saying people don't like season 2 becasue of Ziggy is just as bad. I admit watching season 2 the first time, i too was rooting for him to be taken out, but i came realize he was annoying for a reason. I don't "like" him, but that was kind of the point, he was an important character and no where near the utterly useless JarJar Binks.

As far as season 2, i put it this way, it is not as good as Season 1 (or 3 or 4) in the same sense that Charles Barkley isn't as good as Michael Jordan. It is still as you said better than 90% of shows that have been on TV, but still 4th of the 5 seasons of the Wire. My issue with it is that I think Simon is trying to hard to make his point. I won't get into spoliers, but I think he was beating us over the head with the main theme about the working class vs capitalism etc.