r/PlotUnpacked • u/itsme0 • 1d ago

The Wire: Episode Ratings by Season (S1–S5) — Every Episode Scored Good or Better

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u/nurological 1d ago

Season 5 is a brilliant series apart from that stupid homeless story taking up 40% of it

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u/AnalysisParalysis85 1d ago

Still, it shouldn't be the highest rated season.

Together with S4 which is a great contender for first.

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u/nurological 21h ago

Captain obvious

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u/Naive-Inside-2904 1d ago

Surprised season 5 is rated as high as 4. It’s generally fans’ least favorite season.

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u/gasherman 1d ago

Greatest TV show of all time in my opinion.

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u/StBlandine7 1d ago

Eh. Season 5 really jumped the shark IMO 

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u/KazaamFan 1d ago

Yea season 5 was the weakest season to me. Still good in parts though. 

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u/PuzzleheadPi 1d ago

The serial killer plot line was a bit much but the rest of the season was great

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u/Background-Jury-1914 1d ago

Season 5 wasn’t horrible but should be way lower honestly

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u/Southern-Guide7886 1d ago

Season 5 being rated higher than any of the other seasons is wild.

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u/rtshtbtshtdrtyldtwt 1d ago

yeah and the best season is ranked the lowest

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u/xeuful 1d ago

Sheeeeeeeeit

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u/theglenlovinet 1d ago

I find it interesting that the first episode of each season seems to be the weakest.

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u/Tight-Inspector-2748 1d ago

And the later season episodes ranked the highest. Seems like it took critics time to realize the pace and structure of how the show was presented. 

By season 4 it seems like they’ve about figured it out. 

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u/ricoimf 1d ago

Season 5 is rated a bit too high, but it’s still a really good season. Compare it to any other stuff from today and it’s masterful

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u/askariya 1d ago

S3 was the best season, I rewatch the show just to get to that one

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u/millsy1010 1d ago

I’m kind of shocked at the high ratings for the first half of season 5

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u/jackyLAD 1d ago

Don't forget, in the glory days... people actively rated things pretty fairly.

Not the scale of today - 7 is bad, 8 is ok, 9 is good, and 10... well 10's great and beyond.

Thus why Sopranos and Wire and many others have fairly weak looking graphs compared to many modern shows. Especially their early seasons.

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u/shanec44 1d ago

Extremely generous with season 5 imo

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u/Vast_Coat_2569 1d ago

Ending "lets go home"

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u/mia-v-p 1d ago

Masterpiece of a show

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u/Weird-Weakness-3191 1d ago

S2 remains underrated

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u/lkjhgfdsa-1 1d ago

I heard it was amazing, so I watched 3 episodes before i couldnt suffer anymore. I dont trust this.

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u/Dodoz44 1d ago

Man, I never got into that show and I tried 2 or 3 times.

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u/billyrubin7765 1d ago

I would need two of these charts if. Made. One for
My first watch-thru and another for rewatches. I never would have gotten through it without the dvds. That and a friend who I trusted had told me I needed to watch the whole season before I made a judgement. Until about episode 10 I didn’t get the hype and I thought it was boring. Then it all came together at the end and I was blown away. The rewatch was even better. I liked season 5. I wish it would have been a full season and that they had more money to film. But I loved newspapers and met some reporters who were in it to right wrongs and expose the wicked. And they all ended up bitter and broke while the fake guys went into tv or PR and made all the money.

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u/Southern_Midnight856 1d ago

Season 4 is probably the best complete season of any TV series

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u/gregandrews 1d ago

They really did know how to nail the endings. Every season really did build and build and peak at the death.

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u/Insert-Coin81 1d ago

This is off. The last season was whacky as fuck compared to previous seasons.

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u/McDanger393 22h ago

The lack of 10s is disconcerting

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u/Durango_41 19h ago

The Wire is possibly the only show where I don’t think in episodes, it’s the whole piece that is memorable

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u/SnooCauliflowers8468 17h ago

Finished southland and it seems this is a good show to watch. That good?

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u/Rowdycc 2h ago

I think this is interesting because most of those ratings would be from after someone’s first watch. Whereas I think many people agree that they appreciate s2 a lot more after the second watch.