| Pull into the garage and put the Mercedes wheels on | | | | about the shows direction, "No hugging, |
| lock for the night and snuggle up with some of the | | | | no learning” summed up what made Seinfeld so |
| best television you've ever seen. These are more | | | | unique. The characters never learn from their |
| than TV shows, they are high art. | | | | mistakes and there are rarely if any lasting |
| The Wire | | | | consequences for their actions. Their lives are static, |
| “Television show” doesn’t even do The | | | | sad, hilarious, unbelievable and realistic all at once. |
| Wire justice. Less a TV show than a carefully planned | | | | There will never be show to match Seinfeld’s |
| visual novel, The Wire is the ultimate TV show for | | | | story-telling arcs and incisive wit ever again. |
| people who don’t want their TV to insult their | | | | Twin Peaks |
| intelligence and who favor character development | | | | The strange brainchild of director, writer and all |
| over fast plots. The Wire changed how people see | | | | around weirdo David Lynch, Twin Peaks broke nearly |
| drama television and the power it can have in the | | | | all the rules of what one thinks of when they think |
| exploration of difficult and often times ignored | | | | of primetime drama television. Slowly moving like a |
| sociopolitical themes. The Wire was more than just a | | | | surreal dream, Twin Peaks was as much about mood |
| cop show or a show about the drug trade in | | | | as it was actual plot. Near the end of Season 1 and |
| Baltimore, Maryland. In its grandest scope it was a | | | | throughout Season 2, the plot began to get a little |
| show about America; a show about how the modern | | | | too weird for even diehard fans, and the show’s |
| American city functions, for good or bad. | | | | ratings dropped off and it was eventually canceled. |
| Seinfeld | | | | For as odd and sometimes unwatchable as Season 2 |
| With the glut of Seinfeld ripoffs today it is hard to | | | | can get, the string of final episodes which Lynch can |
| imagine how groundbreaking the writing of Seinfeld | | | | back to write and direct are some of the strangest |
| was. Not only was their little to no plot, but the show | | | | and most visceral material ever shown on network |
| was filled with unlikable, unchangeable characters. | | | | TV. |
| Creator and writer Larry David’s famous mantra | | | | |