That's also Marlo, all of him, in five words. The longer the Game goes on, the more the logic of it means that the only winners will be those who ignore money, loyalty, family, honor, delusions of respectability, anything, and play it strictly for its own sake. All you get is your name on the corners, at least for a while.
When HBO sent preview copies of Season Five around before the season started to generate advance coverage, they only distributed the first seven episodes. I'm guessing that was to keep the news of Omar's shocking murder by Kenard under wraps, which in understandable, but I think they could have saved David Simon some mixed review by releasing all ten, because eight and now nine were great, vintage great. On some level all five seasons have worked this way, with patience at the beginning paying off at the end.
Summary: Gus is on the hunt for Templeton, while Lester finally pulls off the big bust, taking down Marlo, Chris, Cheese, and Monk, with handshakes and photo-ops all around. Steintorf tells Rawls and Daniels to juke the stats. Clay Davis puts Lester onto Levy. Bubbles makes it to his anniversary, and frankly this has all been worth it for that alone. Kima is true to her word, and McNulty's days seem numbered.
It's interesting how the Stanfield crew have adopted almost a predestinationalist view of the the world. When Snoop was staring down the barrel of the gun, did she really believe that deserve had nothing to do with it, that it was just her time? There was a lot in those last few moments, telling Michael that their promise to him--you're part of our family--was always a lie, pausing at the end to wonder if she looked pretty, knowing she wouldn't anymore.
This week's past-season role call: Namond, Bunny, and the Deacon, leaving only Prez...yep, there he is in preview for the finale. Well done. Also, who was the guy in the evidence room?
One of the interesting things about The Wire is the way certain elements of the story kind of sneak up on you. With all the hubbub about fabulism earlier in the season, I had kind of assumed that the parts with Dukie and Chris were mostly texture, just a way to provide continuity from last season. Nope, it's all connected--I should have known.
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