One of my quarantine projects is to rewatch The Wire with my partner, who has never seen more than a handful of episodes. It’s my second time going through the series, and while its still a high quality and riveting television show, my understanding of its politics have deepened. While I don’t have a disdain for the show or what it’s trying to say, the last five years have made the show’s politics seem lacking. Nothing makes me roll my eyes or feels particularly dated — but the parts about the politics of policing that have interested me the most seem barely elaborated on in five seasons of The Wire.