| 1 | Who besides you has been through the lines to the side of the Republic? | |
| 2 | Even Mr. Morricone's love theme from ''In the Line of Fire'' is more eloquent. | |
| 3 | In 1976, George Pelecanos, creator of The Wire, was an 18-year-old tearaway and a disappointment to his father. | |
| 4 | Therefore, any routine task - a category that includes many white-collar, nonmanual jobs - is in the firing line. | |
| 5 | "The Wire" might be too slow-paced andcomplicated for a lot of viewers -- it's no "24, " after all. |