Having almost given up on TV drama in despair at the apparently unstoppable tide of melodramatic banality (there's a tautology for you) and resigned myself to a life of reruns of Scrubs and QI, I am currently utterly obsessed with one particular show, and an American cop show to boot.
I'm talking, of course, about The Wire.
The boy's brother gave him the first season box set, which we cracked open on Sunday and we're scheduled for Episode 5 tonight. Yes, that's an average of two episodes a night, such is the power of The Wire. Totally compelling scriptwriting, powerful performances and narrative pacing to rival Dickens, I am like a junkie searching out the next fix - an apt metaphor given the subject matter.
If you haven't seen it, watch here! Aie?
