9 Major Reasons It's Never Too Late to Watch The Wire

As a terrorizing vigilante who robs drug dealers, Omar Little (Michael K. Williams) is a Shakespearean antihero for the ages. Everything about him frightens street-level dealers and bigger players alike — his hyperbolic shotgun, his complex masculinity, his homosexuality, and his moral code — because while he is deadly, his refusal to harm innocent civilians and bystanders makes him sympathetic and almost justified in his actions.