It’s easy to sound hyperbolic calling anything the “best” thing of its category, but no TV has even come close to The Wire for me. Season four broke my heart w

It’s easy to sound hyperbolic calling anything the “best” thing of its category, but no TV has even come close to The Wire for me. Season four broke my heart with the adolescent kids. I can’t believe how good they all were in their roles, phenomenal performances. The one minor scene that always wrecks me is where Bodie is talking to McNulty near the end of the series and says, “I feel old...” The character is supposed to be a late teenager in that scene, and is already feeling worn out of life he has almost no chance of escaping. That to me was the big takeaway. Too many things are stuck where they are: people, systems, etc. As Marlo says, “You want it to be one way, but it’s the other way.” Okay I’m done fan-boying. Yes, I’m this annoying when I tell my irl friends about the show as well.