Took everything The Wire does exceptionally (epic cast of fully realized characters, moral complexity, in depth social criticism, empathy, documentary realism, diagetic music, humor), and does the exact opposite but worse. This has two compelling ideas touched on that The Wire doesn't (the role of older surrogate fathers in indoctrinating young men to crime, and the dehumanization of the victims of urban crime) and Lee bungles both terribly.

laughing at how fast Lee went from the voice of a generation…