5 is a really important look at money in politics, the dysfunction of bureacracy, and the decline of journalism (20 years later, the Sun is now a conservative rag)
i’ll die on the hill that it’s still great tv but it does lack the edge that the earlier seasons had since its premise is about wrapping up the crimes of season 3 and 4, not introducing new ones
The Wire
1-4 yes. 5 you can take or leave.
5 is a really important look at money in politics, the dysfunction of bureacracy, and the decline of journalism (20 years later, the Sun is now a conservative rag)
i’ll die on the hill that it’s still great tv but it does lack the edge that the earlier seasons had since its premise is about wrapping up the crimes of season 3 and 4, not introducing new ones
I would still recommend watching all 5 seasons, but McNulty was close to shark jumped territory in the last one.
if you liked The Wire, you should check out the other shows from David Simon and the rest of them. Especially Generation Kill and The Deuce.
And the original, Homicide:Life on the Streets. What a great show