Season Five of The Wire is coming to an end on TG4. I keep missing episodes but I just got the DVD in the post so I'll be filling in the gaps over the weekend. I am really looking forward to watching it despite having discovered some distressing plot points regarding Prop Joe, Omar Little and Jimmy McNulty. I am currently attempting 'Wire-amnesia' and expect I will be left aghast when I actually watch the scenes...

David Simon was in Dublin recently giving a talk about the Wire at the IFI. I would have liked to have attended but at the time I was getting a bit tired of hearing about the Dickensian brilliance of the Wire, although, it would have been great to hear Simon discuss non-Wire projects - he is an inspirational writer.


Below is a clip from the Washington Post as part of Down to 'The Wire': It's a Wrap for Gritty TV Series - the full article can be read here