“when you walk through the garden, better watch your back.”

there was this girl i used to date. we broke up for whatever reasons and that’s not really what’s important. the thing about her is, she was too beautiful. as far as looks are concerned, every girl i will date after her, short of natelie portman herself (why won’t you return my emails, natalie?!) simply won’t measure up.

this is kind of how i feel about the wire.

i finished it last week and now i’m left with a weird empty feeling. i can’t watch law and order or 24 without scoffing at how unrealistic they are. dna results back in half an hour? bah! instant wiretap and satellite link-ups? science fiction! the wire has ruined me for all other television. as much as i love battlestar galactica (it’s the best show currently on television, hands down), nothing will ever compare to the wire. i could watch these characters for ten more seasons. they’re all so brilliantly developed and complicated. i wanna know what happens to mcnulty, bunk, lester, bubs, daniels, carcetti, and everyone else.

omar, i think i’m going to miss you most of all.

-srd