The Wire Season 5 premiered on American television on January 6, 2008 and ended on March 9, 2008. With only 10 episodes, it was the shortest season in the show’s run. The series also followed the Baltimore police and city hall, as well as the Stanfield criminal syndicate, and it introduced a fictional version of the Baltimore Sun newsroom.
Season 5 premiered on Sundays at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The season was released on DVD by HBO Video on August 12, 2008, as part of a four-disc boxed set titled The Wire: The Complete Fifth Season.
The Wire Season 5 Production
On September 12, 2006, HBO confirmed that the network had ordered a fifth and final season of the show consisting of 13 episodes (eventually trimmed to ten). On April 30, 2007, shooting commenced for the fifth season. Production ended on September 1, 2007, and the premiere aired on January 6, 2008.
Season 5 would focus on the media and media consumption, David Simon told Slate in an interview published on December 1, 2006. The newspaper would be based on The Baltimore Sun and would serve as a dramatic allegory for the profession of journalism. Simon claims that “what stories get told and don’t and why it is that things stay the same” will be at the center of the narrative.
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The Wire Season 5 Cast
Joining the cast as editor Augustus “Gus” Haynes is newcomer Clark Johnson. Richard Belzer and Clark Johnson, stars of the original Homicide: Life on the Street, were speculated to appear as guest stars in the fifth season back in August of 2007. Johnson was then added to the main cast in the role of Gus Haynes, described as “a city editor who tries to hold the line against shrinking coverage, buyouts, and pseudo-news.”
The New Yorker recounted an early episode in which Haynes goes on a rant about a reporter who puts a burnt doll into fire scenes to get more compassion from his readers. The series finale was likewise directed by Johnson. Belzer makes a brief appearance as John Munch in the episode “Took.” Munch is a police investigator who has played on Homicide (1993–1999) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since 1993.
The Wire Season 5 Finale
It’s easy to forget how revolutionary “The Wire” was in a sea of episodic television with neat endings when you watch it now. David Simon’s Baltimore-set HBO crime drama originally billed as a “cop show” about wiretapping, was a pioneer of the genre now known as “prestige tv”; that is, the kind of literary storytelling that compels viewers to put down their phones and pay attention to a multi-part story over the course of several hours. From drug-selling corners to stevedore-facilitated dockside distribution to a mostly ineffective anti-drug education system, the story’s several chapters each focus on a different setting.
Strong attention to detail was methodically planned from the get-go in the writers’ room, and it paid off in the end, with the series ending on March 9, 2008, after 60 episodes and five expansive seasons. Simon reflected on the series’ long journey to popularity in an interview with Slate Magazine, noting that he believes the show’s ultimate success may be attributed to its creators’ willingness to look at the broader picture.
According to Alan Sepinwall’s “The Revolution was Televised,” a history of small-screen game-changers, “The Wire” was a hard-won success. HBO executives like Chris Albrecht would be hesitant to renew the show for a third season if it continued to chronicle the negative effects of the failed War on Drugs. Sepinwall quotes David Simon, who sums it up as follows: “People say now that when you get to Episode 4, it works. Episode 4 isn’t good, that’s not the point. It’s not just a piece of it; it’s complete. We want to know the complete backstory.
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By season 5, even the show’s naysayers had come around to the idea that “The Wire’s” complex storytelling was an integral part of the show’s overall, gratifying package. After discussing how the American judicial and legislative systems mishandled the drug epidemic, the authors shifted their attention to the media for failing to inform the public effectively. According to an interview Simon gave to Slate, there isn’t much material left for future seasons.
Despite negative reviews, the show’s final season brought depth to the novel-like approach taken throughout the series by exploring the grey areas of a pressing national issue.
Final Lines
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