It was contemporary because when the show was made all that shyt was the normal.nikkas was rocking beepers and using payphones? it's set during a certain period right. Period piece doesn't mean antebellum south.

Season 2 tells you how the drugs and other things come in threw the portsThe Wire is only good for season 1 and 3. I prefer Snowfall.
I'll never understand why The Wire is considered so good when you can literally skip a season (season 2) cuz of how boring and trash it is.
Season 2 tells you how the drugs and other things come in threw the ports

and I like Power.Neither does Snowfall honestly. The Wire is legitimately in the running for best tv show ever.Power and The Chi don’t even belong in the conversationand I like Power.