The first season of The Wire (2002) concentrated on the often-futile efforts of police to infiltrate a West Baltimore drug ring headed by Avon Barksdale and his lieutenant, Stringer Bell. In Seasons Two and Three, as the Barksdale investigation escalated, new storylines involving pressures on the working class and the city's political leadership were introduced. Season Four focused on the stories of several young boys in the public school system, struggling with problems at home and the lure of the corner - set against the rise of a new drug empire in West Baltimore and a new Mayor in City Hall. The fifth and final season of The Wire centers on the media's role in addressing - or failing to address - the fundamental political, economic and social realities depicted over the course of the series, while also resolving storylines of the numerous characters woven throughout the narrative arc of the show.
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8.9 (233 votes)
Previous Episode
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Episode 5x10; Mar 9, 2008
Carcetti maps out a damage-control scenario with the police brass in the wake of a startling revelation from Pearlman and Daniels. Their choice: clean up the mess...or hide the dirt.
Previous Episodes
| Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
|---|---|---|
| 5x10: -30- | Mar 9, 2008 | |
| 5x09: Late Editions | Mar 2, 2008 | |
| 5x08: Clarifications | Feb 24, 2008 |
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This didn't age particularly well.
To say nothing of the stereotypes, around a year after this premiered, and five years BEFORE it ended, the war in Iraq post 9-11 started. This opened the US budget and legislative spigot for new war toys. Movies have been made about the fortunes made from the most grotesque amount of black money ever spread around a war zone that were fully based on the situation.
All any law enforcement agency around the country had to do, to get the latest equipment prior to the war, [anything from military vehicles and weapons, to top level (prior to the USAPATRIOT ACT) surveillance gear and software], was ask for it. This really kicked off full-on militarization of municipal, county, and state police. It was eerily convenient, because in a more peaceful and informed society than after the last major wars, the only job ex- 'roided and amped-up killers can really do without getting arrested is join a police force. (They were then connected with federal military, intelligence, and law enforcement infrastructure via "fusion centers," where agencies with the legal ability to gather certain information on people without probable cause or warrants share that information with agencies and people that shouldn't have access... but I digress).
A decade-plus after that, Snowden revealed that the capabilities were even more pervasive and invasive than even the most (reality-based) technophobic "conspiracy theorist" imagined at the time.
TLDR: this series was outdated within months, (if that), of the first episode's premier, and ugly things have happened to US policing since. Treme was Simon's masterpiece. The Baltimore shows were just natural offshoots of his work as a police/crime journalist for the Baltimore Sun. It's clear New Orleans is where his soul lives.
Clay Davis on the stand in this episode was one of my highlights of the show.
R.I.P Isiah Whitlock Jr. - So sad to hear he has died.
good episode
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