The Wire episodes 1x04-1x09, or: what even is this show?

More The Wire! In the vague way that I write because I can't do it any other way.

Why is Jimmy McNulty the protagonist of The Wire?

A big part of what makes The Wire special is its ability to show us this world “as is”. David Simon is interested in presenting a documentary aesthetic and going for his journalistic sense of prioritising accuracy over much else, and this gives the show a sort of cheat. The Baltimore of The Wire feels so …