When David Simon made it clear that season 5 of "The Wire" would be its last, viewers' expectations exploded through the roof. Though the show was valued primarily for its textured, non-sensationalized portrayal of Baltimore politics, policing, crime and so on, fans couldn't help but get worked up for some kind of big finish. Would the ascendant drug kingpin Marlo Stanfield go down like Stringer Bell before him? Would Detective Jimmy McNulty finally drink himself out of his job? Most importantly, after that heart-rending fourth season, could any of Prez's promising middle-school students break the criminal/addict cycle they were...
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