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Originally Posted by Trollheart
After much delaying, humming and hawing, I eventually dove in and tried the Wire, and really liked it. Up to the end of season one, it was becoming one of my favourite progs. Then they all changed for season 2. First there was no explanation or warning given; suddenly we were at the docks, in some place other than Baltimore, and all the characters I'd come to know seemed gone. I was confused, annoyed and after about five episodes I angrily gave up. It was like a totally different show to me.
Thing is, does anyone know if they went back to the usual setting for season 3, and if so, is it possible to pick up again there, without knowing what went on in season 2? I'd like to get back into the show, but season 2 really turned me off it.
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The whole concept of the show is that it deals with different aspects of Baltimore in each season (and, yes, the docks are in Baltimore). There is overlap though, and a lot of it. For one thing the people investigating the situation on the docks (and the various crimes in every other season) are mostly the same group of cops from the first season. Also the story about the Barksdale crew from season one weaves in and out of season two and resolves in season three, evloving into a new situation in seasons four and five. But the most interesting thing is how all these disparate facets of the city turn out to be interconnected, and that web gets more and more complex as the seasons go by—in amazing ways. Season two expanded the scope to include the unions, season three expanded it again to include city hall, season four it was the schools, and season five it was the newspaper. I think the key to appreciating The Wire is realizing that it isn't actually a cop show, even if it looks like one on the surface.