The Wire, season 1, episode 1: "The Target" (Newbies edition)
Follow on Twitter on May 30, 2008 at 7:00 AM, updated June 02,
2008 at 11:56 AM As discussed frequently, it's time to start
revisiting the first season of the best drama in TV history,
"The Wire." Because I know some readers will be starting the
series for the first time, while others will be "Wire" die-hards
not ready to let the show go just yet, I'm going to post two
slightly different versions of each review: one for the newbies,
with minimal discussion of what happens in later episodes (and
seasons); one for the veterans, with a section at the end
discussing ways that each episode ties into things that happened
further down the line. The newbie edition will always be posted
about a minute before the veteran one. Please confine any
comments that would spoil later developments to the veteran
post; anything too spoiler-y in the newbies comments will be
deleted by me.  Newbie-friendly spoilers for episode 1, "The
Target," coming up just as soon as