“The Corner” got me hooked on Simon.
I didn’t start HLOTS until 2 years in——but caught up.
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Oh, jeez don’t even get me started on The Corner. Incredibly brilliant book and a miniseries that came awfully close to living up to it.
And Homicide was so brilliant in so many ways. The writing was almost always incredible, and the performances - Braugher, Melissa Leo, Kyle Secor, Yaphet Kotto, Clark Johnston - were just sublime.
I’m pretty sure I’m the only person alive who considers The Wire something of a letdown.