I'm almost finished with Season 3 of The Wire. Definitely my favorite season thus far although both Seasons 1 and 2 were kick ass too.
the show is just so 
so many great characters
Agreed. I always try to do a top ten list of characters on the Wire but Its really hard to do. So many good characters and development. That's one of the reasons I enjoyed it so much. Slim Charles and Cutty are definitely in my top 5.
More people need to watch Mad Men. Fantastic show.
Hammonds turned my parents onto that show and if they can actually sit through a television series like that it must be good.
