Farewell to The Wire: 10 great scenes
I drank some Jameson last night for Det. Jimmy McNulty and the rest of "The Wire." It was the final episode of my favorite TV series-- and the series I believe is the best ever, period.
Compared to "The Sopranos," there was little fanfare for The Wire's finale. But last night, a couple of friends and I sat and talked about the best scenes from the show's five seasons. I picked out 10 that I wanted to post in tribute -- though even picking just 10 is hard in a series where every scene matters and every word is important. I didn't post anything from Season 5, just in case people haven't seen it yet.
Note: All of these contain foul language and are NSFW. Thanks, HBO.
Omar in court (Season 2)
Snoop goes shopping (Season 4)
The best crime scene investigation ever. Warning: Lots of F-words. (Season 1)
Brother Mouzone vs. Omar in a dark alley (Season 3)
"The king stay the king ..." (Season 1)
The demise of Bodie (Season 4)
The man who invented the Chicken Nugget (Season 1)
Stringer and Avon (Season 3)
Bunk and Omar meet (Season 3)
A detective's wake (Season 3)
Comments:
Mike --
Thanks, dude. What a wonderful reminder of the greatness of "The Wire." But I would include the scene from season four in which the middle school students pelt the corrupt beat cop with water balloons. It was an inspired scene.
The series ended with grace and dignity -- and I'd say as for great television shows, it's right up there with "Six Feet Under" and "Hill Street Blues." If you have not seen any of "Blues" put it on your Netflix que. It's an amazing show too.
I think it's fair to say if there was no "Hill Street Blues" there would have been no "Homicide: Life on the Street" and then no "The Wire."
Posted by: Media Hack at March 10, 2008 10:01 PM
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