Now that The Wire is over . . .

I started to write an intro. review about the finale of The Wire and it got a little long. Evidently, I have a lot to say about it and was nowhere near finished when I realized it would have to be a separate post. Long story short, I avoided  anything that even mentioned the show for the last week out of fear of spoilers. I was spoiled about Omar but I didn't want to know a damn thing about the finale. These are two interviews with David Simon that offer a little insight into the background of the show:

An interview with David Simon from last Thursday's Fresh Air on NPR with David Simon. It's 39 minutes long, so settle in for a good listen

Here's another actually just posted today on Salon.com with David Simon that spends a lot of time covering the Baltimore Sun storyline, the truth and fiction behind it.

And because you can't watch the ending without thinking about the beginning, here's the famous f*cking McNulty and Bunk scene from season one. The boys doing old-fashioned police work with limited dialogue, maybe a stretch at times but entertaining as hell, always makes me grin. And I love the backstory. I'm gonna miss Wendell Pierce and his sidekick cigar.