The Wire box set released

great column on the show:http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/22/the.wire/index.html

 

I'm never patient enough to wait for these with my favorite shows. I always end up buying them individually long before the complete sets are released.

 

I did that also.

Thanks for the link Dan, great read.

 

You can buy the set for only $89.99 at both Amazon and Best Buy.com right now. I'm hoping those deals last past Christmas should Santa not drop one off on Thursday morning.

 

I wasn't taking any chances. Asked Mrs. Dascenzo if she'd gotten it for me. She said no, so I quickly clicked "add to cart."

Single seasons go for $40-$50 a pop everywhere I see them, so $90 for the series is a steal.

 

Great, great show. I'm only nearing the end of the fourth season. Any spoilers in the link?

 

Top of my Christmas list. Actually, I think it was the only thing on my Christmas list.

 

No spoilers - there is some information in there, but no major plot points.

 

Got it the other day and am midway through Season 1. So far, the discs don't seem to have many special features (1-2 commentaries per season), so you might be just as well to have bought it season-by-season if you've already done so.

 

Dude, seriously? It talks about several people who get killed in Season 5 in like the third paragraph.

 

I read it again - and I don't see what I classify as spoilers, nothing that will wreck the viewing experience.
Another great column on The Wire in comparison with The Shield:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/dec/27/tv-drama-david-simon-wire-shield

 

Warning: Post contains information about characters who did NOT die in Season 5, contrary to what Double Down thinks.

The way the second and third graphs read, I agree, it makes it sound like those three people died (and/or stole from their sister) in Season 5, but anyone who has watched knows that's not the case. Either that's not what the author intended, or he royally screwed up. Hell, Snot-boogie is dead during the first scene of Season 1.