Tried to binge The Wire in a weekend and totally crashed by season 3

I thought I could power through all 5 seasons of The Wire in one weekend because I had nothing going on. By Saturday night I was already on season 3 but my brain felt like mush and I couldn't even tell you what was happening. I kept mixing up the characters because there's like 50 of them and they all talk in that slow Baltimore way. Ended up falling asleep during episode 4 of season 3 and woke up to the credits rolling. Learned that you can't just marathon a show that's that dense and detailed, you gotta take breaks. Has anyone else tried to binge a super complex show too fast and ended up lost?

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oscarcooper1mo ago

Bro you fell ASLEEP during The Wire? That's absolutely insane lmao. I get that it's dense but Stringer Bell literally had a meeting with the cop in that exact episode and you were drooling on the couch? That scene alone is peak television. I think you shortchanged yourself big time because the back half of season 3 is where things get real. But yeah mixing up the characters is a legit problem, I had to start keeping notes on my phone like a lunatic just to keep McNulty and Freamon straight.

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rivera.henry1mo ago

Gotta say the notes thing is genius actually, wish I thought of that sooner.