The Wire

     I recently finished watching the HBO show The Wire. I have very mixed thoughts about this show because it went from being so good to just mediocre and at times bad. The first season is what really carried this show and that is what caused me to endure the other seasons. What made season one so successful was the way they developed both sides of the drama. On one end you had the Baltimore Police Department and on the other end you had the drug lords of Baltimore. You got to know the stories of both sides which made their interactions with each other all the better.

     The entire first season is the story of how the Baltimore PD is able to set up phone taps and monitor the drug dealings of the top drug dealers. The first season is so strong because you are getting both sides of the story and you can see that not all of the criminals are as bad as you would think and that not all of the police officers are as good as you would think. The problem with the later seasons is that they not only get repetitive, but after the first season, the major head of the drug scene is put in jail and the show never really makes a full recovery. It’s a shame that they couldn't keep the momentum from the first season going because if it had then this could be the best show that HBO has made.