Sunday, December 11, 2016

The Wire (Serial)

Season 5

In this final season, we bring in the Baltimore Sun as a major player. The mayor is having difficulty with politics and cleaning up the mess of the police department. Perhaps to compensate, McNulty and Freeman go even further afield to put Marlo behind bars. Here the perfect storm of lies converge, McNulty floats a big one and an aspiring Pulitzer seeker floats his own. These two lies grow and gain a life of their own. The interplay of police, politics and media is fascinating, as is the maturation of McNulty, Greggs and Carver in their life roles. Great final season. Well wrapped.
5 stars (out of 5)

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