r/TheWire • u/Desperate-Cream-6723 • 4d ago

Thoughts on We Own This City

Going through a little The Wire withdrawal after watching the entire series. I've heard We Own This City is the same vibe and somewhat of a sequel of sorts to the Wire... just curious what you all think of this series and if it holds a candle to the Wire?

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u/General-Zombie5075 4d ago

You'll be chasing that Wire high your whole life.

SOURCE: Watched most of The Wire as it aired.

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u/Melodic-Army-6776 4d ago

Woah. I'd say that's the TV equivalent of having known about and bought bitcoin in 2010. There should be an OG watchers thread. 

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u/EGB_Chi 3d ago

I also watched it as it aired (I first watched S1 E3 the week it aired then watched the first 3 back to back to back that weekend when they re-aired then in order).

The benefit of the episodes coming out a week at a time was I watched each episode 2-3 additional times during the week (it would first play Sunday night on HBO East then I might watch it again 3 hours later on HBO West; then it would be replayed on HBO 2 in the middle of the week and again on one of the channels either Friday or Saturday). So some of the things you catch on a full rewatch I might catch on my 2nd or 3rd watch that week before the next one aired.

Then they would usually replay the previous season - week by week - leading up to the premier of a new season. So I might do a rewatch while jonesing for the new season.

And yeah that almost 2 years between S3 and S4 was rough. But there was also speculation that it was cancelled right after S3 aired because S4 wasn't announced right away and the way S3 ended.