The Wire

My most recent TV discovery is the HBO series The Wire. Yes, I know, its been around for years, but not being much of a tv watcher it takes me a while to catch on. Kelly and I didn't start watching Friends until after the series ended. Anyway, a few months back I read Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets which was written by David Simon who is also the creator of The Wire. I've been hooked on his dreary and depressing vision of inner city Baltimore ever since. Living right next to a poverty-stricken Chicago neighborhood, his writing seems like a small window into that world. Our long dormant Netflix cue is revving up.