I’ve been covering The Wire in my Jane After Dark column at TV Squad, and I can’t help but think about the similarities to another favorite HBO show: The Sopranos. They’re both edgy and well-written and filled with knock-out characters, but they’re also very different. Here’s my rundown on these two top-notch shows:
Reality vs. Storytelling. [...]

(Season 4, Episodes 5-7)
Season four just keeps trucking along! I have to admit that I don’t think I’m enjoying this season as much as the previous three. That’s not to say that there is a degradation in the quality of the show, because there isn’t; the show is still top notch. It doesn’t even mean [...]

(Season 3, Episodes 1-4)
Another season begins! I’ve really enjoyed the first two seasons of The Wire, and so far I’m enjoying season three as well. Much like season two, the beginning of the season seems to have a lot of focus on character development. New relationships are blossoming, old relationships are coming to an end, [...]

(Season 2, Episodes 8-10)
I guess I was wrong in my last diary when I was lamenting McNulty’s future on the marine unit. It just took one more episode for Daniels to pull him off the boat, even with Rawls kicking and screaming the whole way. I really enjoy seeing the politics at work within the [...]

(Season 2, Episodes 5-7)
Well, I’m more than halfway through season two at this point and things are just starting to come together. The jigsaw puzzle isn’t quite done yet, but I’m pretty sure that all the pieces are on the table and all the edge pieces have been put together. Now that tricky middle portion [...]