Season 4 of The Wire Is the Best Single Season of Television Ever Made. Here's the Case.

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Season 4 of The Wire Is the Best Single Season of Television Ever Made. Here's the Case.

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Season 4 of The Wire Is the Best Single Season of Television Ever Made. Here's the Case.

There is no competition. Critics agree. Showrunners agree. Writers who have spent careers trying to replicate it agree. Season 4 of The Wire is the standard against which every ambitious television drama measures itself and comes up short.

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The premise sounds simple: follow four boys through a single school year in Baltimore. Michael, the protector who hides how frightened he is. Randy, the entrepreneur who just wants to run his candy business. Dukie, gentle and voiceless in a world that rewards aggression.

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