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/SCastleRelics 3d ago
The main story is pretty damn good. The fact that it happened irl is tragic. Bernthal is incredible in it. I really hated the very shoehorned trump shit in it. I'm not a fan of that POS but some of the writing around that in the show is going to age poorly and it felt extremely unnecessary.
I don't remember the exact quote but there's a part where a character is like "trump? Hes never gonna win" and it's such a fuckin eye roll. Some shit you'd see in much weaker television.
Good show all in all tho. 7/10.