The Wire (DVD), Season Five

January 19, 2011 by
Filed under: DVD, TV series 

I am in the middle of season five of The Wire. I have loved the other episodes – I think it is one of the best TV series ever.

This excellent series about Baltimore, with the eternal struggles of a group of Baltimore policemen against crime on the streets, against their short-sighted bosses, The Wire and corrupt politics in big-city USA fascinates me. Perhaps most of all the tortured, alcoholic and very charming Irish detective named Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West) who cares more about putting criminals away than he does about departmental rules or, for that matter, even himself.

And, for reasons I don’t much understand, I am also quite intrigued by the homosexual modern day-Wild West gunslinger Omar (Michael K. Williams) who has chosen a very dangerous way of living: he robs and kills drug dealers (“Rip and run” is what he calls it) and lives by a strict moral code of his own.

However, while I loved the first four episodes – perhaps especially the first and fourth seasons – I am not so sure about the fifth season. Is is as worthwhile as the other ones? Should I go on with it? Any advice from people who have watched The Wire??

Links to The Wire (DVD) on Amazon US and Amazon UK.

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