Doesn't have HBO, dammit.

Me, neither. I have always depended on the kindness of strangers from the Internet. And, of course, Netflix.

And yeah, you don't have to be a fan of Westerns to like The Wire. I think both Simon and Pelecanos have mentioned it in separate articles as their favorite movie, and I've noticed enough quoting of that movie, even down to the visual language Peckinpah uses, that couldn't be random.

So, which guy's your fictional boyfriend, Erika? They're all pretty foul-mouthed, except Omar for some reason. Oh, y'know, this just struck me: all you girls and guys who swooned over Spike will probably love the hell out of Omar. They manage not to overuse the guy, which was my problem with Spike, but he certainly is cut from the same cloth.

Jimmy McNulty. He lies, he drinks too much, works crazy hours and cheats. And yet, completely understand why Ronnie has such a hard time letting go.(Even though he barely has a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of) And I have to watch out so Stringer doesn't make me think things like "Eh, what's a little heroin?" Because It's Wrong. I think I should watch TWB. I should not let a whole genre go unnoticed because I am not large with John Wayne love...more like Bruce Wayne. But I am older and darker and more complicate...um, older and darker, anyway. Omar does rule. One of my favorite scenes, ever, ended with "I got the gun. You got the briefcase."

McNutty? That dawg. My favorite McNulty moment in three seasons: when, drunk off his ass, he drives his car headlong into a column, gets out of his car to figure out where he screwed up his trajectory, gets back into the car, backs up, and does the exact same thing again. Fuckin' brilliant. One of the funniest things I've seen on tv.

Speaking of funny, did you notice how much funnier the show got as it went on? They go and hire all these major crime writers - Pelecanos, Richard Price, Dennis LeHane - and the show just got funnier and funnier.

Who, me?

(I wish they'd cast someone else as this McNulty character. It's an unreasonable hatred, I know.)

Does he give you bad flashbacks to Rock Star?

Hey, here's something else interesting. Check out the second story down about the man who played the Deacon in Season Three: [link]

One of the few times I've ever seen stuff I'd laugh at reflected on TV. Honestly. That thing about the man's fighting dog and his "dawg"...too damn funny. And of course, any excuse to quote BunkN Jimmy makes me happy. But then I laugh at things most people find disturbing, like I would watch a sitcom with Landsman in it. Not that I don't find "Friends" funny, I do. But the humor that comes from me is more like the real-life Landsman asking a rookie if they found the pogo stick yet, after finding an old lady fallen from a window. The kid goes, too. A crime scene tech has to tell him there is no rogue pogo stick. Yes, McNutty would break my heart and fuck up my credit rating, but it would still be hard to stay away, anyway.

there is no rogue pogo stick

Just needed to see that again.

I have spent all morning watching "The Wire" myself, coioncidentally. A friend loaned our HBO-less asses the first season ans we are both totally in love with it. I think Dominic West is terrific as jimmy and do not fathom Nutty's hate on for him. Larry Giliard, Jr, as D'angelo is incredible. Also love the snitch, Bubbles, with a big big love.

Really? That story's in AYOTKS. Landsman hams it up, makes up a big story about how many Americans, especially in Balmer, die every year of pogo stick fatalities, and, go, fast.We need it for evidence because the streets of Charm City may not be safe. He just didn't expect the kid to actually try and find it.Funniest thing ever, esp. after the heartbreak of "Adena" Dee is really awesome and every time some one dies who isn't Bubbles? It's a relief.(well, at least that it's not Bubbles) That will be death that makes me hide with my kleenex box.

Didja know that Jay Landsman is the real-life cop upon whom Richard Beltzer's character on Homicide is based? And that the real-life Jay Landsman does not play "Jay Landsman" on The Wire, but Bunny Colvin's Deputy Major Mello?