Sopranos, Breaking Bad and The Wire are the best in no particular order.. Totally agree. I'd also like to add Boardwalk Empire, although a notch below these. I've only seen the first three seasons of Boardwalk Empire and it has nothing on the three i mentioned.. Hence why I said it's below these three. 
-I shot him a coupla' times.
-What's a couple?
-Hmm, more than a couple... Really I don't know the exact amount, maybe I shot him 10 times, 12 times?
-Maybe fifteen?
-Hmm, it could've been fifteen...
-Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso
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