Family concerned with local mans' obsession to television show.

Relatives of a local man are becoming deeply concerned over their son’s obsession with fictional television show The Wire. Relatives say that their suspicions over the mental health of Sam Burnett , 22 were raised when he watched the first two seasons of the popular detective show over one weekend. “It started innocently enough, he’s always been someone who gets obsessed over TV shows, so I gathered this was just another instance of that” his mother, 48 said earlier this week. However, her suspicions over her son’s mental wellbeing increased when he began acting strongly. “Whenever I’d ask what he wanted for dinner, he’d look at me and say ‘Shot and a Deer, Delores.’” said his mother, “That’s not my name!” She also said his son would walk up to people on the street and start shouting at them. “Got them Red Top’s, Got them WMD’s yall” was the most common stream of nonsensical words.
Sam’s behavior got even stranger; say’s his younger brother Shannon, 19. “I walked past his room the other night and heard him muttering to himself ’I swear if Mculty hurts Amy Ryan I’ll fucking kill him.’, how does that work? Only one of those people actually exists ”
The final straw came when he was discovered intoxicated on Jameson’s whiskey with a knife to his face. “All he was did when he saw us was start yelling ‘OMAR IN THE CUT YO’”
Hopes for his safety were raised earlier this week when he locked himself in his room for ten hours to watch the final season. When he emerged, it appeared that the self imposed exodus had drastic effects. “When he came out of his room, he seemed normal again, you know, he wasn’t talking like one of…those people.”
While things are looking up for the family, the weeks ahead may prove to be rocky ones. Mrs Burnett said even though her son’s Wire marathon had ended, the new season of shows may destroy his tenuous grip on reality. “Supernatural [the television show] has started again, which means that he’s started putting salt over all the doors and windows.” While tales of demons may be disturbing, the real danger lies in a show usually associated with belly laughs. The popular NBC show The Office, and it’s female co-star Jenna Fischer return to screens this week, something that Mr Burnett is overjoyed about. “He doesn’t think that anybody knows about the shrine to her he was under his bed” said Mrs Burnett, “but we do. We all do.”