All right, so I'm rewatching The Wire and got reminded of how people seem to compare The Shield to this for some dumb reason, despite them being incredibly different kind of shows. And then I remembered something: Did Pat ever mention finishing The Shield?
They are like polar opposites. Couldn't see how anyone could compare them outside of them being about cops. One is pretty much Social-science fiction and the other is just pulp. They are both good though but for different reasons.