When it comes to deciding the best TV shows of all time, you know The Wire is going to come up. It's a beautiful deconstruction of the city of Baltimore and both the cops and criminals that inhabit its borders. Every time I do a rewatch, I'm kind of stunned at the worldbuilding and the scope of the show. And how much I love the characters. Today, I performed the incredibly hard task of trying to pick the 10 best episodes of the show all time. Let's dive in. 1. "Middle Ground" (Season 3, Episode 11)The end of the third season sees the disintegration of the Barksdale empire as Avon Barksdale and Stringer Bell basically decide they hate each other and are playing different games. But Stringer should have realized you can't leave that world behind, because he's isolated and murdered by Omar Little and Brother Mouzone, is a moment that has been etched into television history. And McNulty is sad, because the case he's been building is now worthless; he never got Stringer, even though he had him, because the streets got him first. 2. "Final Grades" (Season 4, Episode 13)You're going to see a lot of episodes from the fourth season on this list because I think it's the best of the series. The culmination of the Baltimore school system season sees Randy's life ruined and his mother murdered because he talked to Carver and Namond as if he were a kid who would make it out of...
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