Good choices, especially Omar. And I wholeheartedly agree that if you've never seen the Wire then you're missing out on some of the greatest television ever.
I like complex characters. Life is complex and humans are dynamic beings. Television tends to simplify, but once in a while there's one that you can actually relate to because he or she is, on some level, as complex as you are. Omar and Don are very much those characters. Johnny maybe, Ari not so much. But maybe that's just me.
Of course it works both ways, sometime there's depth in simplicity. I'd submit that Homer Simpson is more American than a bald fucking eagle.
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