Now Available For Your Viewing Pleasure: The Wire Season 5

The Wire has been that under the radar show since its premiere on HBO 5 years ago. What makes The Wire unique from other shows is that each season the series focused on a different facet of the city of Baltimore. Throughout its 5 season run, the series focused on the Drug Trade, issues with the Baltimore Port, the city bureaucracy, the school system, and finally dealing with the print news media. The Wire's portrayal of crime drama is one of the best portrayal to have ever been show on television.


The fifth season focused on the effects of media and the public consumption of media, specifically the activities of The Baltimore Sun, which acts as the main newspaper on the series. Most of the episodes throughout the season are based on actual events in the history of the news media in Baltimore. Throughout the season issues that were dealt with were the activities of the news media, why certain stories are priority, why other stories are not told, the quest for profit and fame, and the decrease in the quality of the media. The new theme reverts back to the old themes of the series and each of the characters' lives are again intertwined in the world of The Wire. The Final season is amazing, even if the Emmy's pretty much ignored it.

Available today everywhere good television is available

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