Quote: zooo @ July 13 2009, 2:11 PM BSTThe Wire just seems like one more CSI type thing, nothing special.
There was a running gag a The Works about a girl who was socially ostracised for saying that The Wire was just a cop show. I am a big fan of CSI but The Wire is something else entirely. I came into it late, determined not to be taken in by the hype, but was gripped from the outset.