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I see this all of the time. I don't understand? During the final season McNulty flipped the script and began behaving in the same way that the city/department

I see this all of the time. I don't understand? During the final season McNulty flipped the script and began behaving in the same way that the city/department behaved. It was purely to illustrate that if a human behaved the way that the Baltimore Police Department behaved you would view it as a self-destructive deranged person surrounded by a cast of enabling supporters with questionable morals. I, personally, thought it was brilliant.

agmcleod 9y ago
mcnulty was a bit more understandable, but Freamon was pretty straight cut, it just felt so out of character. I think part of the problem too is that season 4 was so amazing.
- davewritescode 9y ago
  Part of what made the show great is that it always managed to feel grounded and real. It had an almost documentary quality to it, while still remaining a work of fiction. Season 5 loses that feeling. While it was completely enjoyable, I think it was missing something.
dingbat 9y ago
i thought it was brilliant at an even more meta level: McNulty made up a fictional but fact-based story about a series of killings, with a dramatic flourish of "the Red Ribbon Killer", in order to get resources and attention on what was happening in his city, even if it was at the cost of exploiting real individual suffering. then, consider what the writers of the Wire did throughout the entire series, especially in the previous season's story arc about the "Nailgun" serial killings of Marlo's enforcers Chris and Snoop in the city's vacant buildings.
Murkin 9y ago
Most people I know hated it because it was just out of character for everyone involved. Just a modern hollywood plot (full of holes and forced story line to make it more exciting).
misiti3780 9y ago
did anyone read David Simon's comments on all of this: https://davidsimon.com/the-wires-final-season-and-the-story-everyone-missed/ https://davidsimon.com/the-wires-final-season-and-the-story-...
monochromatic 9y ago
I'm not sure I understand how this is the same as the way the city/department behaved.

agmcleod 9y ago

mcnulty was a bit more understandable, but Freamon was pretty straight cut, it just felt so out of character. I think part of the problem too is that season 4 was so amazing.

davewritescode 9y ago
Part of what made the show great is that it always managed to feel grounded and real. It had an almost documentary quality to it, while still remaining a work of fiction. Season 5 loses that feeling. While it was completely enjoyable, I think it was missing something.

dingbat 9y ago

i thought it was brilliant at an even more meta level: McNulty made up a fictional but fact-based story about a series of killings, with a dramatic flourish of "the Red Ribbon Killer", in order to get resources and attention on what was happening in his city, even if it was at the cost of exploiting real individual suffering. then, consider what the writers of the Wire did throughout the entire series, especially in the previous season's story arc about the "Nailgun" serial killings of Marlo's enforcers Chris and Snoop in the city's vacant buildings.

Murkin 9y ago

Most people I know hated it because it was just out of character for everyone involved. Just a modern hollywood plot (full of holes and forced story line to make it more exciting).

misiti3780 9y ago

did anyone read David Simon's comments on all of this: https://davidsimon.com/the-wires-final-season-and-the-story-everyone-missed/ https://davidsimon.com/the-wires-final-season-and-the-story-...

monochromatic 9y ago

I'm not sure I understand how this is the same as the way the city/department behaved.