I've referenced this series a couple of times in class and I thought I might direct you to the homepage. Excellent series from HBO, and if you look around on the web I'm sure you can find it for free (or just go to your local Blockbuster store while there still around). I believe there are five seasons, each focusing on a different "urban institution" and it's ultimate decay: gangs/cops, unions, politicians, schools, and newspapers. Great series and highly entertaining in terms of character development and issues addressed. Some universities have used The Wire as an elective course of study to address urban issues.
From it's Wikipedia entry:
The website Metacritic, which gathers reviews from published news sources and translates them into a percentage score, has assigned to The Wire's fourth season a weighted average score of 98%, the highest for any television show since Metacritic began tracking them in 2005.[3]
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