I’m watching The Wire in two- and three-episode spurts. It’s a Netflix thing.

Netflix is a win-win, really. I get movies without getting in my car and driving the mind-numbing two minutes up the road and I also help keep the US Postal Service relevant. In fact, forget win-win. That’s downright patriotic.

I started watching The Wire because I work in sports and it seemed like everyone else who worked in sports was Tweeting about it and referencing it in their columns and it made me feel like kind of a loser that I hadn’t seen a single episode so I did my patriotic duty and loaded up my Netflix queue and started watching.

So I’m getting towards the end of season two, which isn’t as good as season one, but if anyone spoils the show for me I’m going to track you down and punch you in the face.

Speaking of which: spoiler alert.

Here are ten thoughts on the show with three episodes still to go in season two.

1. Jimmy McNulty: Women want him. Men want to be him … and may also be a little jealous of the girls that get to bang him.
2. There should be a spin-off of this show called Omar where Omar gets a white, suburbanite roommate and they drive around in a van solving mysteries.
3. I’ve decided that it’s absolutely insane that our fate in a court of law is determined by 12 random people who likely know nothing about the law.
4. I caught Remember the Titans on ABC Family last week, and the dude that plays Avon Barksdale is one of the football players that helps bring the integrated team together. I find that movie much less believable.
5. Seriously, Stringer Bell, I’ll never forgive you for having D’Angelo Barksdale killed. Not cool, dude.
6. I almost had to stop watching the whole series when that nine-year-old got killed by the stray bullet. The title of the episode was Stray Rounds. They kept cutting to the mother getting him ready for school while there was about to be a turf battle outside. They did everything but put a disclaimer at the front of the show that read, “That nine-year-old kid in the beginning is going to get shot.” But when his mom found him in his room … I almost called it quits. Wasn’t sure if I could handle it.
7. I’ve never watched a series where an entire episode can be a transitional one. Nothing happens. There’s no story arc. It’s just setting everything up for the next episode. I think it’s an interesting way to tell a story in the TV series format.
8. I also can’t think of a show with multiple gay characters that didn’t feel like it had multiple gay characters? I think it’s rare for a show to pull off the gay character thing without either a.) making jokes (see No. 1) or b.) making it one of the big story lines in the show.
9. Dude, seriously Stringer. D’Angelo was fine. You could have at least given him some space to see if he’d come around.
10. I’m about ready for the docks season to be over. In season one, I was down with characters from both sides - the cops and the drug dealers. Honestly, I just don’t like any of the dock workers.