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Just found out The Wire only had 60 episodes total
I was reading a breakdown on IMDb and saw that The Wire ran for just 5 seasons with 60 episodes. That surprised me because it felt way more sprawling and dense when I binged it last winter. How do shows like that pack so much story in so few episodes while others drag on for 10 seasons?
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robin_roberts8410d ago
Right? 60 episodes is so short for everything that show covered. It feels like they did more with those 60 than most shows do in 150 episodes. It's crazy how tight the writing is, every single scene matters and nothing feels wasted. Really makes you appreciate a show that knows when to end instead of just milking it forever.
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the_tara9d ago
Plus @robin_roberts84, that show reused the same three locations better than most use forty.
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