Can I start watching The Wire without seeing Season 1?
 

Well? Can I? :)

sure, but I suggest you go to the hbo website and read the bio on all the characters. There are 29 people so far, and while about 1/3 are new, the rest have a history going.

Come on in the water's just fine.

I'd say it's never too late to pick up on a quality show.

But, RoQuEr is right: there's a lot of characters to keep up on.

I wouldn't.

Well I did. I read up on the main characters at HBO and was able to follow most of the story. Now...when's the first season going to be on DVD?