‘The Wire’ Countdown (TWC): 13 episodes left - Sat. 12:54 AM

If you’re like me, you’ve heard about how incredible The Wire is, considering the company I keep and the amount of TV blogs I’ve read, I’m pretty sure that it’s the best TV show of all time without having seen an episode yet (it’s also important to note that the show is currently syndicated on BET, so that means that it’s obviously pretty relevant to me). In an effort to live up to my self-proclaimed love for television, I’m planning on diving headfirst, albeit pretty late in the game, so that I’m ready for the upcoming fifth season.

When I found out that HBO would be putting all of the episodes so far OnDemand, I knew that this would be my chance to get caught up on the show, unfortunately, the first season is being taken off of OnDemand this Monday, and I’ve yet to actually start watching, that means that I have between now, late Friday night (technically early Saturday morning), until Sunday night to watch the first 13 episodes*.

The cards are kind of stacked against me because tomorrow is a pretty busy day, with Halloween parties and all of that, and Sunday is football, not to mention Fantasy Football in which I’m playing in a game to move into pole position in the league. That being said, I’m not one to give up without even trying, so starting now, I’m beginning my TWC, with the first episode: “The Target”.

*Also remember, since it’s an HBO show, it’s actually a whole hour, whereas if it were LOST or some other network program, it would only be 44 minutes because of the original telecast having had commercials.