The Wire is Freaking Flawless

Goddamn, The Wire is so great, and just gets better each year. (It didn't air in 2007, or it would have been No. 2 on my Top TV list.)

It started out with some LOL comedy, with Bunk making a perp think he was being strapped to a lie detector. When it was really a freaking copier that would print out "true" and "false." God that was good.

Looks like everyone from last season is back, even the kids. (No Omar yet though, here's hoping...) Plus they added the Baltimore Sun story so there are lots of new characters, but they all have been worked into the story really well so far. The number of people and storylines that this show follows is staggering, and yet the pace is perfect! I think it's because we don't have to take commercial breaks and the stories can just flow into one another. Whatever it is, it's unparalleled in television.

My favorite dirty kid from last season, Dukie, is in a My Two Dads situation with Michael, raising Michael's brother, Bug. Michael wants to take Duke off the corner and have him be a stay-at-home "dad".

Marlo is still kick-ass, and he's meeting with Prop Joe and the rest of the co-op. I love the idea that all these drug dealers get together in a conference room at the Holiday Inn to talk business.

The stories have been set up so well, it's a bummer that there are only 9 left. I'm going to try my best not to count them down.