game of thr0nes is much better
it does have a lot of hype to live up to, but the writing in some scenes -- like the one in the last episode of season three where avon and stringer are together on his balcony, reminiscing about their youth -- is damn near modern-day shakespearean.
Always surprised that the Avon guy didn't do more stuff. Did that role as well as Stringer and is super handsome but Elba became a superstar and he... well he turns up every now and again I guess.