Title: believe every other five star testimonial
Product review: I'll try to be as succinct as possible, but I may not succeed because enough can not be said about the quality of this HBO production. Season three, starting now (Fall 2004), looks like the overall excellence will be sustained. Enjoy skilled acting, compelling drama, dialogue with humor and cultural references both overt and obscure? Can you handle complex stories that have depth and human understanding? Did you appreciate CBS' "Wiseguy" for the landmark groundbreaking show it was and do you regret the aforementioned network's (mis-)handling and subsequent cancellations of Falcone or Easy Street? If your answer is yes, fine, but do not expect a disguised retread. Kind of a complex elaboration on HBO mini-series "The Corner"'s story lines, this one stands well on its own, and truth be told, lives above the tree line of the (richly deseerved) television gold-standard "The Sopranos."
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