I'm just not feeling season 5 as much as the other seasons.
For starters, the resurrection of obsessive and destructive McNualty feels contrived. I found his sudden lack of absence and change of character in the previous season more bearable - at least more interesting characters and plot lines were allowed more screen time. This season just feels like the same old same old with the addition of the news room.
Secondly, the news room was an exciting addition at first but is not as interesting as the story progresses. It was an ingenious addition to the series but the execution did not land like the school system from season 4 or the politics from season 3, although, it has led to some funny interactions between the "serial killer" and Scott.
Anyway, this episode in particular (and the last one as well) was kind of a lull. Everything has been played safe - except, of course, for the death of Omar. It pissed me off how silently he went out initially but it was inevitable. His character had been a fantastical wild card in a series that is sometimes eerily grounded in reality. His arrest or death was bound to happen any episode now.
For starters, the resurrection of obsessive and destructive McNualty feels contrived. I found his sudden lack of absence and change of character in the previous season more bearable - at least more interesting characters and plot lines were allowed more screen time. This season just feels like the same old same old with the addition of the news room.
Secondly, the news room was an exciting addition at first but is not as interesting as the story progresses. It was an ingenious addition to the series but the execution did not land like the school system from season 4 or the politics from season 3, although, it has led to some funny interactions between the "serial killer" and Scott.
Anyway, this episode in particular (and the last one as well) was kind of a lull. Everything has been played safe - except, of course, for the death of Omar. It pissed me off how silently he went out initially but it was inevitable. His character had been a fantastical wild card in a series that is sometimes eerily grounded in reality. His arrest or death was bound to happen any episode now.