If any fans of the critically-acclaimed HBO drama The Wire would like to visit the set sometime in the future, you better bring a shopping list. It's being turned into a Wegman's Food Market.
Yup, The Wire is ending after this upcoming season. I have to admire the show for ending after five seasons even though it's a big hit with critics and loyal fans. I've often said that many shows should be like novels and have a definite end time (Lost, Alias, other shows) so they don't go out of control or overstay their welcome or come up with lame plots in later seasons, so it's good to actually hear that creator and executive producer David Simon feels the same way.
This final season will focus on the slimy tactics some people in the media use (that doesn't include bloggers, of course). The show returns in January.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-04-2007 @ 4:56PM
Usama said...
They finished filming?! I want to see it NOW! Now!!!
Anyway this show is great, and I agree that with Simon having this definite ending in mind I am looking forward to the series finale.
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9-04-2007 @ 5:01PM
Sam said...
fuck yeah
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9-04-2007 @ 5:15PM
Jeff N. said...
I hope HBO is nice enough to broadcast the last season of Ther Wire in HD. The Wire is the only HBO drama not in HD.
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9-04-2007 @ 5:29PM
Ari said...
bittersweet, my friends. bittersweet.
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9-04-2007 @ 5:31PM
Dmitri said...
The Wire really is more than just "another tv show". Will we ever see something with this level of realism\grit again?
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9-04-2007 @ 5:35PM
khamel said...
i cant wait for it to be leaked on the internet months before it airs. im not sure i can handle waiting until 2008. watching the entire season 4 in one week was great.
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9-04-2007 @ 7:17PM
Usama said...
Khamel.. I commend your one week of season 4. I'm afraid I will have to show you up though, as I tried real hard to limit how much I watched but I ended up finishing the fourth season in 3 days.
To be fair, I was only working part-time and didn't have school.
The point is, whether it's one week or 3 days or 3 hours (okay, I guess that's impossible), this show is going to be sorely missed. I hope it gains some popularity once all five seasons have aired, so that people will look back and hit themselves on the head for having missed such a great show.
I had no idea this was the only HBO show not shot in HD. That's too bad. Perhaps it helps to reduce their costs? I don't know.
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9-04-2007 @ 7:19PM
Usama said...
Oh my God! I just realized that it's being turned into a grocery store! I had just glanced at it the first time through.. I just assumed it was the set of another TV show (idiot me). Uh, well I guess that's better than it turning into a set for another TV show. I'm pretty sure it's better, but I don't want to bother explaining why I feel it is. That's just my opinion.
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9-04-2007 @ 9:30PM
David said...
The best show on TV. Period.
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9-04-2007 @ 9:54PM
Vito said...
There has never been a show that was able to find dignity in squalor and extract meaning from the meaninglessness of life. There might never be one again.
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9-04-2007 @ 11:27PM
radwimp said...
I don't want to see this show end when it's still so good. But ending strong is better compared to what other shows usually do, so... I'll enjoy it while it lasts.
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9-05-2007 @ 4:35AM
Media Glutton said...
It's not TV. It's HOBO. Bubbles that is. And he's the most real character ever created for television.
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9-05-2007 @ 5:44AM
Brainfish said...
Heh. I only discovered The Wire a few months ago. I was off work with broken ribs at the time so I got through all 4 seasons in under a week :)
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9-06-2007 @ 8:00PM
Nigel Ray said...
Simon always had a 5 story "novel" in mind for the Wire. This is him just completing his original vision. Also, the 5th season will NOT be in HD or widescreen. Simon has gone on record as saying that he wants a consistency to the Wire such that it could be seen as one huge long story. The only thing that changes in the show from season to season are the opening credits.
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9-11-2007 @ 5:12PM
offarock said...
I just got a call that the "prop" from the show I won at a charity auction is finally shipping. They would not release it until the shooting was done as they needed it for season five, so I know something you don't about the fifth season storyline.
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9-30-2007 @ 1:39PM
Bob Andelman said...
You might be interested in this audio interview with David Simon, in which he talks about Baltimore politics, "The Wire," and "Homicide": http://www.mrmedia.com/2007/02/fridays-with-mr-media-david-simonthe.html
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