THE reWIREd: Rushing through the episodes

As happy as I am that BBC2 is rushing through The Wire, showing four or five episodes of the series a week, it does mean that I am having to record the episodes and watch them in mini-Wire marathons.

This weekend I watched four episodes over four days, and have now caught up with the Beeb. Hopefully all of you have as well, but if you are finding it too hard to keep up with the BBC’s one episode a night policy, then perhaps you might want to watch The Wire on FX, who are showing the entire series in a easier one episode a week format.

Whichever way you choose to watch this series, you will find it a television experience that comes at you in waves. At first you will be confused. So many characters, and difficult street slang. In fact some of the dialogue was so difficult even the actors needed a glossary to learn what the lines they were presenting meant as you will discover if you watch click here and watch the HBO companion piece to The Wire.

For me though rushing through the episodes as the BBC are doing makes the series easier for me to watch and understand as I have less time to forget… also having seen most of the episodes already is a bonus.

If you are getting lost though, don’t worry at the end of the each series (there are 5) I will try to recap the action for you!

Until then, keep watching I am sure you will catch-up, and like Bubbles struggles to get clean, eventually you will have a moment of clarity, when all the confusion will make sense!