re: True Detective vs The Wire

Overall they are very different characters. They are only similar in very vague ways.

They are both disrespectful to authority. They are both skilled detectives. They are both alcoholics. They are both estranged, in a way, from their families. They handle each of these situations very differently though.

Cohle is a dark moral elitist. McNulty is a serial cheater. Cohle would hate McNulty.