John Singleton's story of how crack reached South Central, six seasons of it, and the 1990 spin-off following two survivors into the record business.
Two ways in, and both are defensible. The long way is Snowfall from the first episode, which is sixty hours and the reason the show has the reputation it has. The short way is to start with The Drop, which is designed as a front door and is only five episodes behind.
Seen some of these already? Tap the circles to tick them off. The full list below fills in as you go.
Ten episodes, 1983, and a nineteen year old deciding to sell something nobody in the neighbourhood has seen yet. Highly serialised from here on, so there is no shortcut through it later.
Watch two through five first, obviously. This is here so you know the show has a real ending rather than a cancellation: ten episodes, finished April 2023.
1990, and the two characters who got out. Five episodes so far and a new one every Tuesday until the end of October. You can start here if you would rather watch something live, and go back for Snowfall after.
Then what? There is nothing after The Drop and no second season has been announced; it is still airing. If the era is what you came for rather than these characters, the related pages at the foot of this one are the closest neighbours the site has.
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