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I haven’t seen the final episode of The Wire yet (though I hear it’s now floating through the digital ether), but I want to associate myself with everything Matt Yglesias says about the show, except for his line about the final season being a “huge disappointment.” It’s the most flawed of the five, sure, but still strong by any standard, especially in the last handful of episodes.
Spoilers in Yglesias’s piece?
(Yes I’m one of those.)
— Freddie · Mar 7, 09:57 PM · #
No spoilers on the final, and I recall you noting you’ve seen the first 9.
— PeterSuderman · Mar 7, 11:01 PM · #
Daniels and Pearlman tell Carcetti about how the homeless killings were a fraud, Carcetti keeps it quite so it won’t hurt his gubenatorial bid, Rawls is persuaded to keep it quite by being promised to be new head of state police when Carcetti becomes governor.
Levy figures out that the police got the info on Marlo through an illegal wiretap, but is also caught buying sealed grand jury testimoney. Because Carcetti needs the wiretap info to be kept quite, he has Pearlman get Levy to agree not to look into the wiretap in exchange for dropping everything on the grand jury leakes. As part of the deal Marlo walks but is forced to give up crime, Chris on the other hand pleads to all the vacant murders and recieves life without parole.
Daniels is made new commissioner, but refuses to juke the stats to make the crime rate appear to have dropped when it hasn’t. As a result the mayor forces him to resign. He leaves the police force and becomes a defense attorney.
Marlo sells the greek connection to the Coop members for 10 million; retires from the drug game, but has no idea what to do with himself.
Slim Charles kills Cheese in revenge for Joe
Michael having become a wanted man becomes the new omar, and robs drug dealers.
Dukie becomes a dope fiend along with his fellow junk traders.
Carcetti wins the election, promotes Rawls to state police chief, Campell becomes the new mayor, promotes Valchek to police cheif.
McNulty and Fremon are fired from the police department because of the fake homeless killings, but are not arressted because it would draw attention to the fake, which no one wants.
Templeton wins a pulitzer prize for his reporting
— gordo · Mar 8, 09:16 PM · #