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/Obwyn 3d ago

Well, a big difference with We Own This City is that it’s directly about a specific unit and specific named officers in the BPD. None of those guys were good guys at all. They were straight up robbing dealers and committing home invasions.

I would not call it a sequel or anything to The Wire.

Yea, a lot of the plots and characters in The Wire were inspired by actual people and events in Baltimore, but it’s still highly fictionalized.