Did The Wire jump the shark in season 5? Spoilers if your late ass hasn't seen one of the goats.

[86\*/98]

I don't think so because I feel that manufacturing a serial killer to get what he wants is definitely something Mcnulty would do. My bro thinks that storyline is too far-fetched and that Mcnulty wouldn't have risked jail time and he thinks the fbi not stepping in isn't realistic.

What are the coli's thoughts?

 

[Devilinurear]

I don't think so because I feel that manufacturing a serial killer to get what he wants is definitely something Mcnulty would do. My bro thinks that storyline is too far-fetched and that Mcnulty wouldn't have risked jail time and he thinks the fbi not stepping in isn't realistic.

What are the coli's thoughts?

If it does not cross state lines the fbi really has no reason to step in.

And it was good. It tied up a lot of things.

 

[86\*/98]

If it does not cross state lines the fbi really has no reason to step in.

And it was good. It tied up a lot of things.

I agree that everything was tied up well, and that's the argument my homie is making. He thinks the shyt with the killer was a sloppy way to tie the series up well. Like I said I disagree, but I just wanted to see what Y'all thought.

 

[KevCo]

Rewatching the past week...already on season 4 ep 3 lol.....i think the 5 season is ok, prbably the weakest imo. (The D,bell,stringer,omar stuff is too strong in season two for it to be worse than 5) they did a good job wrapping things up, i actually liked the McNutty stuff

 

[HHR]

No. It's not as effective in excoriating the press as it was other institutions, but the core plot is no less "unbelievable" than Hamsterdam.

 

[Chris Cool]

Newspaper storyline was the worst shyt in the show.

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Nah. It shows how a lie from one person can snowball into so much fukkery. Plus if they don't do a season 5 we never see Gus Haynes and he was one of the top 5 realest nikkas the whole series.

I was lookin at McNulty as a fukkboy halfway through the season. Freamon? I was dissappointed in that nikka.I understood why they did it but still...


Two things that blew me was HOW omar went out, and Scott templeton's bytch ass

 

[Super Cheech]

s5 was definitely the weakest..

that McNulty storyline was

 

[DaRealness]

The did kinda jump the shark with it plus those media/newspaper people were worst part of The Wire and totally uninteresting in every way.

It's still the GOAT show ever, but take away the serial killer storyline and those boring ass media people and it would have been a good season 5.

 

[Kaydigi]

I though 5 was dope, could have spun the non mcnulty stuff off into its own series.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Wasn't that the year of the writer's strike? If it was that might be why you felt it was rushed and not the same quality.

 

[Yogi]

The serial killer angle was ridiculous. Season 5 is the reason I can’t give GOAT status to the wire. It was just too unrealistic.

 

[Shadow King]

Can you jump the shark when your series is ending though?

 

[Zero]

It deserves all the hate season 2 gets.

 

[23Barrettcity]

I didn't like Kima being the one who told . Nor the general bleakness of the ending for most of the people