Carcetti. Word.


Reginald?


McNulty. Slurs when tired.


Marlo. Brief.


Omar. Straight up.


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For those under that proverbial rock

Oprah blames the kids

Oprah obviously didn’t watch Season Four of The Wire.
In an interview in Newsweek’s January 8 issue (out January 1), Winfrey discusses building her $40 million Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls school in South Africa for impoverished teenagers, and more:
Oprah also knows that some people will complain that charity should
begin at home, even though [...]

So, where are we?

[WARNING: This is not spoiler material, as it's already been made public, but if you don't want to know anything ahead of time, don't continue.]
I’m curious to know what everyone here is thinking about on the eve of Season 5. As we all know, the vast scope of the series and size of the [...]

The one that got away

While we’re still doing introductions, I’d be remiss not giving a shout out to Jim King, the force behind the deeply excellent The Wire on HBO: Play Or Get Played In David Simon’s Baltimore. Jim turned down our invite, referring to himself as “more of an aggregator than a writer,” [...]

First day: everybody all friendly an’ shit

“Had a tip and I worked it…”
This all got started with one fairly simple idea. Actually, not even an idea as much as an enthusiastic impulse:
I wanted to engage with some favorite bloggers in an extended discussion about the final season of The Wire and I thought other people might want to read something [...]