I was a latecomer to The Wire (though my husband watched it religiously from near the end of its first season), only starting to regularly watch in its fourth season, and I was stunned week after week at how astoundingly good the show was.

Having been a professional newspaper journalist for nearly 20 years, the final season’s depiction of a newsroom was probably the most accurate I’ve ever seen, too. I can only imagine the other worlds portrayed (education, police, drug dealers) were shown as accurately.

So glad you’re getting a chance to watch.

And thanks for joining me in my “boycott,” not that anyone who matters will care.

I rarely pay attention to the Emmys but I am currently paying a lot of attention to The Wire – it finally having made its way into the consciousness of the Australian public.

And to read that no Emmy has ever been tossed it’s way? What the f*ck?

I’m boycotting the Emmys now too – as much as boycotting something you never pay attention to anyway is actually effective.