The Wire: Season Five (see post #1 re: SPOILERS)

the FBI meeting was pure comedy.

Yeah, watching Mcnulty realize that they pegged him was too funny

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The Omar thing was telegraphed, the empty corner a tribute to his "badassness." I knew it from the moment that fucking lil punk didn't run like the others. Still, fuck I am so upset. It was always a near certainty but goddamn it's hard to come to terms with. At least he never saw it coming. And i am glad it wasn't any of his long time foes. Still, I always knew that little fuck was up to no good. The other lil punk, "Donut" (car thief extraordinaire last season) was a lot more fun )

One of my favorite aspects in the last 2-3 eps was seeing Chris and Snoop deeply unsettled. 'bout friggin time.

It's funny, a few minutes into the episode (the briefing) I thought about what I wrote earlier about the police side of the serial killer being boring, and how so NOT true that was . I was just hit by the enormity of what McNulty was doing during that briefing, and could barely stand it. The recklessness of the guy is just off the charts.

So is Carcetti now in bed with Davis or is he running a (long ) con? The former was kind of inevitable -- this is Baltimore, we sorta knew from day 1 that C would eventually join the dark side. The scene with his wife was subtle but telling. I think we've lost Carcetti to B'more.

Amy Ryan delivered one of the best (perhaps THE best) "what really matters" speeches I have ever heard. This is the sort of eye-roll inducing wisdom often attributed to females. I am no McNulty but somehow it just hit home this time around.

After episode 8 I was really disappointed with the previews they decided to show. They should have shown nothing of Michael in the SUV. It was pretty obvious who he shot.

It was nice to see cameos from all living characters from the previous seasons. Looks like Namond made out best being taken in by Bunny.

Is it me or are they setting up Michael to follow the path of Omar and Dukie to be the next Bubbles.

Yeah, normally almost all HBO commercials are fakeouts that make every episode look like it's going to end up with every character dead but this time, the commercial might as well have shown the entire scene.

OK I had to come up and write this down in the middle of the episode: Marlo pissed off is a fearsome thing

I was beaming like a mofo when whatshisname was relating to Michael a vastly exagerated, Rasputin-like version of Omar's death. I didn't see this coming, but like all good plot developments, it makes perfect sense after the fact: Omar's legend is gonna be even bigger than the notoriety he enjoyed in life. It makes his death pretty much worth it!

"They the ones these ghetto mothafuckas always listen to when it comes to cash money" -- Clay sounded a tiny bit resentful there

Best ep of the season. And NO idea where things will go from here. Man, here I am wishing that Daniels gets reacquainted with the evils of his past, i.e., just let it go. Don't screw everyting up.