The Wire’s Final Season - SURPRISE

Reading David Simon’s post on Huffington Post was a lot fun.  He pushes us to see beyond what is obvious to the real story behind the story:   the failure of the media to report honestly on the important stories.   The story’s arc for the newspaper room was transparent enough, but it kept us, at least [...]

The Wire is Down

I don’t know what we’ll do on Monday nights now. The Wire, is down. Over. Kaput. Finished. Right along with 6 Feet Under, The Sopranos and Rome. What a great show. Complicated as all get out, the characters are hard to separate in season one: Pooh, [...]

The Wire

Tonight the Wire ended.  Five amazing seasons of brilliant television ended with the Pogues and the sun setting on Baltimore.  The video clip below is from an earlier season, but it tells you what you need to know.  We’re all just trying to find a way to get through life.The Wire doesn’t give us a pretty picture [...]