Finished The Wire the other day for the first time. I get why people loved it, and I think I would have liked it a lot more 15 years ago when it came out. As it stands it isn't an all time favorite for me, like some, but I did like it a lot. Great characters most of all. You find yourself rooting for guys like Omar, while hating some of the main characters. i think my biggest problems were how unbelievable some of the situations were, such as New Hamsterdam and McNaulty's whole serial killer thing, and how long they went on and nothing really happened for such a long period of time. The first few seasons were definitely the best, though one of the great jobs they did was portraying the complete lack of a future the really young kids had for themselves, and their parents being the direct cause of it because their lives sucked. The acting and characters were awesome. It was one of the best casts around.