. "It took me about four tries to even make it through the first couple seasons, and I thought everyone who gushed about it so much was a sanctimonious asshole who simply hadn't watched enough tv to know what they were talking about (which yes, I know makes me a sanctimonious asshole myself.) But seriously, it became lumped in with The Wire and Deadwood and Mad Men, one of those shows that elitists w" . . . . .