The writing on The Wire is brilliant, the acting is inspired and the direction is impeccable. A quick search on the web reveals the passion that most reviewers have for this celebrated project.
However, the plot is dense with characters and activity, and much of the splendor of the work is both the eventual entanglement of so many threads and, especially, the carefully crafted manner that earlier events later resonate in unexpected twists. To view the sixty episodes casually and periodically is to lose grasp of much of the wit.
The best way to ingest this rich drama is at a steady pace, with full engagement. As it has not yet been released I cannot say what additions in commentary and documentary might be included in this complete box, but having each episode handy for rapid rotation is not a bad thing. As for myself, having watched the final episode this evening, I fear my current comfortable satiation will be replaced tomorrow by the cold realization that my television will have lost much of it's recent attraction.
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