My buddy told me to stick with The Wire for 4 episodes and now I get it

So my friend Kevin kept saying The Wire was the best show ever made but I couldnt get past the first episode. Too slow and too many characters to keep track of. He told me to just power through 4 episodes and if I still hated it then quit. Took me three days to watch those but by episode 3 I was hooked. Finished all 5 seasons in about 3 weeks after that. Has anyone else had a show where you had to push through a slow start before it clicked?

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sage_moore374d ago

Oh man The Wire is the perfect example of this... I had the same thing with Breaking Bad actually. My brother kept telling me it gets good after the first season and I almost quit like three times but then by the end of season 2 I was completely hooked. Some shows just take a minute to build up all the pieces before they really start moving. That payoff is so worth it though when you finally get into the rhythm of it all.

the_wade4d ago

Right, because who doesn't love watching twenty hours of setup for twelve hours of payoff?

pat_moore4d agoMost Upvoted

Nah, I'm the exact opposite of that. lmao. Give me a show that jumps right into the action and doesn't waste my time with a bunch of boring groundwork. If I need a full season of homework before things get interesting, I'm out. Life's too short to wait that long for a payoff that might not even land. A good story should grab you in the first episode, not six months later.