Just watched the first episode of The Wire. Jeezus. The writing is horrendous — besides the premise being boring, every character talks in the same smart-ass potty-mouth style. How does this garbage get such high ratings?

I doubt I'll power through this series like I did Breaking Bad. And I may have to intersperse episodes with Ingmar Bergmann films to liven things up a bit.
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