The Wire: Season 5

Best Episode: "30"


Worst Episode: "The Dickensian Aspect"


Favorite Characters: Jimmy McNulty, Bunk Moreland, Lester Freamon, Omar Little, Slim Charles, Tommy Carcetti, Chris Partlow, Snoop Pearson, Bubbles, Michael Lee, Dukie, Ellis Carver, Sydnor, Prop Joe, Norman Wilson, Augustus Haynes, Kima Greggs


Least Favorite Characters: Ervin Burrell, William Rawls, Clay Davis, Cheese Wagstaff, Proposition Joe, Marlo Stanfield, Scott Templeton, Maurice Levy, Michael Steintorf


Overall Grade: 8.0 out of 10. And here we are at the end of one of the greatest television shows of all-time. I have to admit. When I first started this "Wire" re-watch, I never thought I would enjoy the whole overall series this much, but I did. It's more than likely definitely jumped into my top 5 shows of all-time and that's something I never thought I would say back in January. As great as the series itself is, it's unfortunate that the show went out on a shortened 10-episode season that seemed extremely rushed when compared to other season's of the show. The fifth season gets a lot of flack from "Wire" fans for not being as good as the others, but I thought it was fine. The whole McNulty/serial killer storyline was interesting and was a great way to send McNulty and Lester out with a bang. The newspaper storyline wasn't the most interesting thing in the world, but it served it's purpose and helped shed some light on an industry few people know the inner workings of. We also saw the end of one of the greatest television characters of all-time and it came at the hands of someone that no one expected.

As for the ending, I was completely satisfied with everything that happened. All throughout the series "The Wire" has felt like a horrible reality show (in a good way...) and we all knew it wasn't going to end with everyone holding hands and singing songs. Some people got what was coming to them in the end (Cheese) and some people ended up getting the short end of the stick regardless of how much we like them (poor ol' Dukie). That's how life is on the streets of Baltimore and god bless "The Wire" and David Simon for taking us along for the ride. I highly recommend this series to anyone who hasn't watched it. It's one of the best written and acted television shows ever produced and there's a reason Entertainment Weekly named it "the best television show of all-time". It's pretty damn good people.