http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2008/01/28/THE-WIRE----Not-For-Attribution.aspx Editor's note: due to a technical glitch that we like to call "A mischievous badger broke into our server and had its way with our inner workings," this episode of THE WIRE should have been posted in place of last Sunday's episode. We apologize, and have since sacked the badger. If there is a show bleaker in its outlook than THE WIRE, I do not know what it is.  It actually makes global warming look like a good thing.  And by bleak I don’t mean that the show is bad.  On the contrary, it is the best drama on the air right now.   But it is so overly negative in tone it is almost oppressive. en-US Critics Rant headersrock@yahoo.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2008/01/28/THE-WIRE----Not-For-Attribution.aspx 77 60