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Reviving an old one here. I finally watched it after skipping on it for 20 years. It was really good but I can't call it the best ever. There's a few shows I'd put ahead of it. I'm wondering if I would have been blown away more if I hadn't heard all of the "Best Show Ever!" claims since it came out. My expectations might have been set too high.

S1 & 3 were the best for me with the Stinger and Avon story lines. The cat and mouse play with the phone systems and wire held my interest the best. S2 I was mixed on. S4 is probably my least favorite. I really didn't care for the school story line. It was nice to see Wee-bey do the right thing though. S5 was mostly great but I the newspaper story line didn't really grab me. I wouldn't have cried if they cut it for a different story line but given the creator's background it's not a huge surprise that it was in the show.
 

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Reviving an old one here. I finally watched it after skipping on it for 20 years. It was really good but I can't call it the best ever. There's a few shows I'd put ahead of it. I'm wondering if I would have been blown away more if I hadn't heard all of the "Best Show Ever!" claims since it came out. My expectations might have been set too high.

S1 & 3 were the best for me with the Stinger and Avon story lines. The cat and mouse play with the phone systems and wire held my interest the best. S2 I was mixed on. S4 is probably my least favorite. I really didn't care for the school story line. It was nice to see Wee-bey do the right thing though. S5 was mostly great but I the newspaper story line didn't really grab me. I wouldn't have cried if they cut it for a different story line but given the creator's background it's not a huge surprise that it was in the show.

It has been a minute since I watched it. For me season 4 was my favorite. I don’t remember exactly why, but I remember liking the HS stuff. For me, season 2 was my least favorite. In fact, I watched season 1 and 2 back to back, and then it took me a couple of years to have the desire to watch 3. I do agree that I don’t think it was the “best show ever”, but I may be inclined to put it in the top 10.
 

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Reviving an old one here. I finally watched it after skipping on it for 20 years. It was really good but I can't call it the best ever. There's a few shows I'd put ahead of it. I'm wondering if I would have been blown away more if I hadn't heard all of the "Best Show Ever!" claims since it came out. My expectations might have been set too high.

S1 & 3 were the best for me with the Stinger and Avon story lines. The cat and mouse play with the phone systems and wire held my interest the best. S2 I was mixed on. S4 is probably my least favorite. I really didn't care for the school story line. It was nice to see Wee-bey do the right thing though. S5 was mostly great but I the newspaper story line didn't really grab me. I wouldn't have cried if they cut it for a different story line but given the creator's background it's not a huge surprise that it was in the show.
You had to have the media side of it for all the puzzle pieces to mesh at the end. I took away from how all these pieces were dependent on each other, even though you would think they were in opposition.
 

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It stands up to rewatches. The social commentary was just so compelling back when it was first on tv.

Season 4 is a masterpiece IMO.
 

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Great show outside of the season In The docks…. Well worth the watch
 

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I watched this for the first time during the pandemic. Definitely one of all the time bests, but I hated the ending to McNulty and Lester’s characters. Felt it was lazy writing. If I recall, there was a strike at the time that impacted the last season.
 
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