The Wire

This is getting better everyday.

Pirated movies were always there. But when it came to classy American television (primarily HBO), we were thoroughly out of the loop. Things have improved in the last few years with domestic television channels (especially Zee Cafe) giving us fantastic series like Oz (superb season 3), Sopranos, Deadwood and Lost, albeit a bit late. But that is expected.

With the current DVD boom, we can now bypass the Indian channels altogether. Lead-time has shrunk dramatically. Seven DVD set of Prison Break first season was available months before Star World had started showing it. Same with Lost season 2.

Now the great 'Andheri station' pirates give us the awe-fucking-some first two seasons of The Wire (Tops the Time Mag's list). Mark my words. This shit ain’t coming to Indian TV anytime soon.

Like I said before, these motherfucking pirates know their shit. And know it pretty well.

BTW, HBO (a Time Warner subsidiary) has over the years shown that it is not always money that matters.