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The Wire at Costco

kellygirl

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I know there are lots of Wire fans here. I stumbled upon the series (by season) at Costco for $12.99. Each season is $16.99 but there is a $4 rebate until mid February. I've had this in my queue for quite awhile and haven't seen the price any lower anywhere. Just thought I'd let you know!

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Angie

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The Wire rates as my third favourite TV series of all time. I HIGHLY recommend watching it. Season 4 is gut and heart wrenching. Thanks, Kelly. xo

Mona

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I want to watch this show after hearing so many strong recommendations. I will check out my Costco this week. Thanks for the heads up, kellygirl!

kellygirl

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Remind me, Angie. What are 1 and 2? BSG, FN Lights?

kellygirl

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I really have no business buying a DVD since I can't even get through my Netflix queue. My list of series not yet finished is very long and includes FNL, Breaking Bad, Dexter and probably some others that I already forgot I started. I love watching BBC mysteries (Lewis, Case Histories, Broadchurch, Miss Marple, Poirot) and tend to watch those whenever I manage to record them. The one series that I did finish was Luther. Loved that.

Angie

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Dead right, Kelly.

1. BSG
2. FNL
3. The Wire
4. Breaking Bad
5. Justified
6. Wallander (British version)
7. Homeland

I like my TV shows gritty. (Although The Office and Seinfeld are my favourite comedy shows of all time). xo

Mad Men was a visual feast, and it might even make my top ten for that reason. The Good Wife comes in first as a second tier TV show. The ones above are first tier.

kellygirl

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Thanks, Angie! I'm marking this as a fave like I have with the book threads. So much to watch, so little time!

Janet

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Ah, The Wire, near and dear to my heart…and my studio (I can look out my window and see some of those neighborhoods). But seriously, that show has given Baltimore such a bad rap! Everyone asks before they come here now if it's really all like that. No, it's not.

But anyway, I've been in a little TV viewing slump after catching up on The Good Wife. I have not tried Justified yet -- perhaps that needs to be my next obsession. Fargo was great (yes, the TV show, although I love the movie too), and I also liked True Detective. Oh, and Top of the Lake was excellent as well. Sometimes I'm tempted to start watching BSG from the beginning all over again.

Angie

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High five, Janet. We will watch BSG all over again at some point - hopefully soon.

I liked True Detective - but did not love it, despite the fact that the A-list actors were sublime in that show.

I liked Top of the Lake too. Fun to be in NZ.

Kim

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Ok, I have to know, what is BSG and FNL? We like almost all the other ones you all liked, but need some new shows to get hooked on. Watched Breaking Bad, the Wire, and Justified. So if they are like any of those I'm in!

kellygirl

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BSG=Battlestar Gallactica and FNL=Friday Night Lights

I really liked True Detective too. I saw that when we had the HBO free trial. Everyone I know loves Game of Thrones but I'm determined to read the books first. Will have to look into Top of the Lake. I tried watching the first few episodes of Fargo but gave up. Will have to try that one again someday.

Mary Beth (formerly LBD)

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Kellygirl, you and I are on the same page: BSG! I LOVED that show!
And True Detective. I've watched Season One all the way through twice. Matthew McConaughey really set the gold standard for method acting in that series.

I loved Halt and Catch Fire, and House of Cards, but I've only seen the first season of each. Ditto for Game of Thrones (I read about half of the first book, set it down, came back to it, and found myself lost in a sea of secondary characters getting 'promoted' as primaries got killed off - and I was lost).

So I have some catching up to do on a lot of faves.

I can't wait for Mad Men. I love that show!

I wish someone would take the entire Dune series and make a long-running drama series. Sci-Fi Channel did such a great job with the first book as a mini-series in the early or mid-2000's, but threw together Dune Messiah and Children of Dune and it was kind of a hodgepodge mess.

Mona

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ooh! BSG and FNL are on my to watch list now. I was looking for some good TV shows to watch on netflix and now I know which ones.

Janet

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Oh, and I'm too darn excited for The Walking Dead to start back up on Sunday…

CocoLion

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Love the Wire. And I just finished the first season of Dexter. I thought Fargo was one of the better recent series.

I have to put a plug in for the Swedish version of Wallander. I loved everything about it, the Swedish landscape is so moody.

I'm going to have to check out Friday Night Lights.

Marley

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Agree with those shows mentioned above - AND want to put in a plug for 'Getting On' - a dark, bleak HBO comedy that features a slew of extremely talented female actors. Unlike anything I've seen before - set in a geriatric extended care ward of a hospital - depressing, uncomfortable (will make you fidget in your seat and want to look away but you can't) and also has brought on many talented female actors in guest roles (Jean Smart, Betty Buckley, Mary Kay Place to name just a few.) HIGHLY recommend!
Oh - and the actors and actresses are filmed under fluorescent lights with NO makeup - now, has that ever happened before?