The Wire Season 5
Overview
The final season indicts the press — and one desperate detective. McNulty, starved of resources, invents a serial killer to fund real police work, and the newsroom swallows the story whole. It's the show's most argued-about year: some call it a stretch, others the perfect capstone. The closing montage — 'all the pieces matter' — still stings. A flawed, furious farewell to Baltimore.
Cast
Dominic West
Lance Reddick
Idris Elba
Wood Harris