Word on the streets has it that Harvard University will offer a course that studies the HBO series “The Wire.”

Without a doubt “The Wire” is my favorite of the HBO drama series. Unlike some of the others series that dragged on, The Wire seemed to have the entire arc mapped out from day one. Where other series ran out of ideas **cough Sopranos cough** and starting introducing new characters that didn’t feel a part of the universe, The Wire managed to glide through 5 seasons where principal characters were removed and new ones introduced without skipping a beat.

On the surface the show can be summarized as a criminal drama series but it really goes so much deeper than that. Ultimately the show is about institutionalism and how various facets of the American city are being destroyed by it. The show examines various areas of the city of Baltimore from the drug dealers on the corners, to port workers, to politicians, to school teachers, and finally to the press. The series examines all of these areas with loving detail and an amazing amount of honesty.

Needless to say I really like this series, time and time again I’ve recommended the show to friends and co-workers. If I was a Harvard student I would enroll in their course in a heartbeat, and I beat I could cruise through it and the get straights A’s.