"The Wire's" finale was the antithesis of "The Sopranos"
"The finale," says Alan Sepinwall, "provided closure by the barrelful for all the human characters -- in many ways, it was the antithesis of 'The Sopranos' ending -- but the one character whose fate remains very much up in the air is Baltimore itself. When the cycle turns round and round -- when a Bubbles escapes the junkie life only to be replaced by Dukie, when Carcetti sells out every last principle in order to become governor, when the keys to the police department are taken from Cedric Daniels and handed to Stan Valchek -- what can be done to save the city (and, by extension, America)? Can anything? Or was Bunny right last week when he said that there was nothing to be done?"
Baltimore Sun slams finale, saying it's more suited for the Hallmark Channel
David Simon reflects on the end // On McNulty's fate // More Simon
Finale was perfectly satisfying // "Wire" ended at just the right time
"Wire" finale "not crappy" after its worst season // No neat package
Sad, lovely, poignant // Final 20 minutes was an "unapologetic fan service"
ABC News profiles Omar Little // What if "Survivor" met "The Wire"?
Final montage: A shot-by-shot commentary // Chris: I don't have cable
David Simon is Dickens, David Chase is Dostoevsky and Larry David is...
HBO puts up a "Wire" virtual wall // More "Wire" venting
Behind the scenes: Watch filming of the final "Wire" scene
What are the greatest moments? // BET's Top 10 // Top 15 Brilliant Moments
7 "Wire" stars reflect on 5 seasons // Steve Earle will play playing Waylon
"Stuff White People Like" pays tribute to "The Wire"
HBO puts "Wire" specials "The Last Word" & "The Odyssey" on YouTube
Philly City Hall gets Omar, Bunk, Dukie, Haynes, Freaman, Carver to show up

"Wire" writers use Time mag to urge jurors to acquit nonviolent drug cases
In a Time magazine piece, Ed Burns, David Simon, and George Pelecanos, Dennis Lehane and Richard Price admit that "we write a television show. Measured against more thoughtful and meaningful occupations, this is not the best seat from which to argue public policy or social justice." The writers then go on to urge their audience to make a difference in the drug war: "If asked to serve on a jury deliberating a violation of state or federal drug laws, we will vote to acquit, regardless of the evidence presented. Save for a prosecution in which acts of violence or intended violence are alleged, we will — to borrow Justice Harry Blackmun's manifesto against the death penalty — no longer tinker with the machinery of the drug war."
"Wire" should've cut Baltimore Sun -- the weakest and worst-acted subplot
John "Commissioner Rawls" Doman: "People always say, 'You're gay, aren't you?'"
David Simon talks to "Fresh Air" // Simon loves being TV's "angriest man"
Clarke "Lester Freamon" Peters talks about a possible "Wire" movie
Simon responds to criticism of his newspaper portrayal
Finale leaked on Web // More "Wire" chat // Finale is unlike "Sopranos"
Remembering Robert Colesberry, Simon's "Wire" partner/Det. Ray Cole

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