Customer Ratings & Reviews

It doesn't get better than The Wire - a crime drama series that set the bar. Set in my hometown of Baltimore, this show is a must for those with a taste for intriguing, real-life characters and complex plots. Highly recommended!

Loved the season. It can get a little slow in some spots, but I like how it is filmed. I hate how other shows solve an entire case in 1 hour. This show goes through one case in the entire season. Much more realistic and very enjoyable.

This is my show! Every season of this show has been terrific! I bought every season and all disc were in perfect condition and played well! If you haven't watched this show..JUST DO IT!

It was hard to follow up the greatness that was season 1, but season 2 does a good job. This time we look at the docks and the shipping industry and how it is related to the drug trade in the city.

Captivating story line and great characters. I definitely recommend this series and will be getting Season 3 once I complete Season 2.

This is one of the best shows I've seen in a long time. From start to finish this show will have you hooked! Its a must watch!

The WIRE was one of HBOs greatest televison shows because it was raw and real. I only wish this show was still on the air.

I'm a little behind, but just finished Season 1 and am so excited to start Season 2.

The show is a great and will most definitely recommended to others to watch.

Often called the greatest TV series in history! Simply great!

good series and I would recommend to anyone who likes good tv

No hesitation when buying all 5 seasons on a whim!

great series show: great writing, plot. Binge worthy

The characters are so developed that they feel like part of the family after only a few episodes.

The Wire is the best show on TV. Period. Nothing else compares to its bold realism and refusal to shy away from the harsh underbellies of Baltimore. For those who don't know the show, it began in the first season with a police unit being put together to take down a gang of drug dealers. There is no simple solution to anything in this show, however, since whenever the characters in the unit try to do anything, they must fight through politics, corruption, and even the law itself to get the job done. And it never gets completely done. Nothing is that easy. This season begins with all of the previous season's major police protagonists in career slumps. Daniels is in charge of storage, which is the lowest of the low, and is planning to quit the force. Greggs is behind a desk to satisfy her girlfriend, who can;t stand the thought of her getting hurt in the line of duty again. Presblewsky is back to being a nobody. The worst of the group is McNulty, who, having stepped on every toe he ever came in contact with, now finds himself in the one place he can' stand being: the marine unit, in what he calls "retirement". The others aren't doing much better. The only crew member who's really profited from the last case was Freamon, who has been brought back into real police work after thirteen years of being stuck in filing. The new case beings when patrol officer Beatrice Russell discovers a canister full of dead girls on the Baltimore docks. The docks are run by union leader Frank Sobotka, who is secretly involved with a gang of criminals who use him to steal from the docks. Sobotka himself is only into the deal to try to advance his union, whose members are facing not only insignificant amounts of work, but possibly outright extinction. Unfortunately for Sobotka, he steps on the toes of Baltimore police Major Valczek, who uses his influence to get a unit together to investigate Sobotka, and soon enough, Daniels is back in charge of the same unit as in the first season, only now he's managed to get guarantees that they'll be kept together permanently as a special case unit. The show's greatest strengths all remain for this second season, and in fact only get greater. Its unflinching look at what it takes to enforce the law in the face of politics and corruption of the system are both shocking and revealing. Also, the show incorporates several storylines into its narrative, and isn't afraid to not wrap them all up. It is truly meant to reflect the reality of police work in the modern day. One of the greatest surprises for me was how this season continues to show the ongoing struggles of the gang of drug dealers from the first season. Though many of its members are in prison (and their situation is shown in plenty of detail), the gang continuesto do its business. If anything, seeing the many issues that come up for the group now that it's missing some of its key players is even more fascinating than seeing the gang's inner workings in the first season. This is an excellent show. i would recommend not seeing this season before the previous one, because they are very much interrelated. However, if you have seen the previous episodes, know that this is even finer storytelling than the previous efforts, and that the show is a must-see for fans.

HBO's finest....watch from beginning to end. For extra viewing pleasure...turn close-caption on.

It begins slowly, defining characters and setting the plot. By the third episode, you'll be staying up all night...