So, even though movies have been disappointing lately, TV has not been that way at all. I zipped through season two of The Wire last week and I really think this is the greatest television show of all time. It's just unbelievably good. I don't even feel like I'm watching TV - it's like reading a great, complex novel.

There are just SO many interesting characters. It's almost impossible to pick a favorite, though I try - my dad's is Bunk, Jesse says he thinks Prez has the best storyline over the course of the series, but I think I have to agree with my mom, who loves Omar the best. He just KILLS me.

As for upsetting character deaths...lord. You think Joss Whedon is bad? You think J.K. Rowling is bad? You think Lindelof & Cuse are bad? You think GEORGE R.R. MARTIN is bad? NOTHING compared to David Simon.

( spoilers up till the end of season three )

I'm going to take a break before watching season three. It was a lot of fun to see Amy Ryan as Beadie Russell. She can pull off a slightly naive cop just as expertly as she can play a cracked-out neglectful mother in Gone Baby Gone. Wonderful actress.