Anonymous
Post 09/14/2011 21:23     Subject: Re:S/o if you liked The Wire...
This is ridiculous! I would really love to watch Spiral but how can Americans access this show? The BBC content is not available if you play it straight and access the site from the U.S. I don't see it on Neflix or itunes. Amazon has the DVDs but only in Region 2 format. Blast! I speak fluent French so would watch the show (and even prefer to see it) in its original version. Any tips?
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2011 09:19     Subject: Re:S/o if you liked The Wire...
Homicide: Life on the Streets was done by some of the same folks as The Wire. Amazing acting. Great stories. Tailed off in later seasons but first 4 or 5 were amazing.


Forgot about that! Everyone who loves the Wire should Netflix the first seasons of Homicide.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2011 09:10     Subject: S/o if you liked The Wire...
My list:

The Shield
Deadwood
Justified
Sopranos
Dexter
Six Feet Under
Mad Men
Damages
Breaking Bad
Carnivale
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2011 08:47     Subject: S/o if you liked The Wire...
TheManWithAUsername wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I loved the idea of Deadwood ... but I kept falling asleep! It moves very slowly, which I'd normally appreciate except the kids were small when we were watching it, and I wasn't getting enough sleep.

Deadwood requires a lot of concentration. Despite all of the cursing, a lot of the dialogue is very subtle. It would take me well over an hour to watch each hour, with all the rewinding.

This was my problem with Deadwood. I had just gotten my first Tivo when it first came out and don't think I could have ever watched the show without it.
TheManWithAUsername
Post 09/14/2011 08:32     Subject: S/o if you liked The Wire...
Anonymous wrote:I loved the idea of Deadwood ... but I kept falling asleep! It moves very slowly, which I'd normally appreciate except the kids were small when we were watching it, and I wasn't getting enough sleep.

Deadwood requires a lot of concentration. Despite all of the cursing, a lot of the dialogue is very subtle. It would take me well over an hour to watch each hour, with all the rewinding.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2011 08:11     Subject: S/o if you liked The Wire...
Lost
Deadwood
Breaking Bad
Weeds
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2011 07:46     Subject: Re:S/o if you liked The Wire...
Anonymous wrote:Battlestar Gallactica
The Tudors
Mad Men
Sons of Anarchy


I could have written this list - add Dexter to it.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2011 07:08     Subject: Re:S/o if you liked The Wire...
Battlestar Gallactica
The Tudors
Mad Men
Sons of Anarchy
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2011 23:15     Subject: Re:S/o if you liked The Wire...
Battlestar Gallactica -- the 2003 version.
Mad Men
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2011 22:18     Subject: S/o if you liked The Wire...
Second Justified.
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2011 22:14     Subject: S/o if you liked The Wire...
I know some of these have been mentioned:

Deadwood
Sons of Anarchy
The Shield
MI5
Justified
Damages
Rescue Me
and for lighter fare, Keen Eddie
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2011 22:13     Subject: S/o if you liked The Wire...
Homicide: Life on the Streets was done by some of the same folks as The Wire. Amazing acting. Great stories. Tailed off in later seasons but first 4 or 5 were amazing.
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2011 22:11     Subject: Re:S/o if you liked The Wire...
Dexter
Lost
MI5 (BBC show)
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2011 22:04     Subject: S/o if you liked The Wire...
The Office, both the British (darker) and American versions.
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2011 21:56     Subject: S/o if you liked The Wire...
Treme
Dexter
Good Wife (The weekly court cases are crap, but the character development and larger story arcs are pretty great over time.)