The Wire General

i haven't ever seen the season 5 and i guess it is optional to watch after all. i haven't seen it mentioned ever.

>>84825883
Templeton and Haynes and Alma and Fletcher were horrible characters with all the complexities of a hand turkey. Season 5 was a mistake.

>>84825915
the best scene of the season is the last ~minute

>>84825915
OP is trying to be edgey.

He works for the local newspaper, is trying to get a Pulitzer prize or some shit like that.

In an attempt to get more funding for the police force, McNulty frames a series of overdoses by homeless individuals as a series of strangulations to make it seem like there was a serial killer out there. This guy says that he met with the guy, did an interview, etc. McNulty plays along with him, actually calls him, trolls him a bit, etc. Eventually McNulty calls him out on his bullshit in private, I think the guy wins some award or some shit too.

>>84825883
the only ok part of season 5 was the ending and seeing the cycle of destruction continue with the new generation.

>>84826062
He makes multiple stories. Literally fake news.

>>84825883
He wasn't talented enough. He'd be found out as a fraud and eventually phased out

>>84826077
yeah, I liked how Mike replaced Omar, Dookie replaced Bubbles, and the cycle repeated itself. Other than that the season was garbage.

I did get feels when McNulty stood on that overpass looking over the city

>>84826197
>fraudulent journalists are phased out
one of the funniest posts i've read this week tbqh

>>84826197
He'd be making bank with clickb8

>>84826377
They are though. Look at what happened to Brian Williams.

>>84826377
>Writers had only one or two sources and rushed publication
>CNN ethics team looked over the article, furious that it was rushed and weakly sources
>CNN retracts article, demands resignation of individuals who put out a rushed job trying to get it.

Dunno desu, sounds like they did pretty good.

>>84825883
DUDE FAKE NEWS LMAO

>>84826086
Like what comes out of every news site OP obsessively reads for his opinions.

>>84825915
Season 5 is thematically important to the series, and the plot doesn't get as fantastical as 3's.

Absolutely finish it off.

>>84825883
Do you ever get tired of being a mindless directed attack dog?
Have a opinion or a goal or a purpose of your own, please.

Season5 is unfairly maligned.

It seems shittier in hindsight because it was such a change from the previous four seasons, especially the previous two. But it's 100% The Wire, in full stride. Webs of corruption are being exposed, it's grander than ever before.

I loved it.

>>84826929
>mindless directed attack dog?
Did Trump tell me to hate CNN when they were spreading fake news about George Zimmerman trial?

Kys, cuck