re: Can someone please help me get into The Wire?

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It’s decent, but the best show ever seems like it’s a hive mind of this board. Perhaps people should lay off the best show ever crap so people don’t go in with extremely high expectations

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It isn't remotely M/TV board hivemind, it is considered top 5 or at least top 10 by a predominance of people that watch TV. The aggregated reviews show that. I am not sure anyone here has called it the best show ever, if they have they are in a small minority, IMO top 5 absolutely. That being said if someone thinks it is the best show ever why should they worry about someone else's expectations, if they think it is the best then they clearly don't think they are setting unreasonable expectations.

There is also the idea of criteria when talking about the greatest TV shows. Mine is a mix of importance and personal enjoyment. I enjoy The Wire more than The Sopranos but the wise guys from North Caldwell are a far more important show. Just like I enjoy South Park more than The Simpsons but dysfunctionally functional family from Springfield are far more important to the history of TV than Cartman and Co.