One episode down and I’m unsure if I’m going to be able to enjoy the fifth, and final season, of The Wire. It’s not that the quality is down, (although I worry about how they can possibly find a way to give it a fitting finale) it’s just I have way too much invested in the characters and those wonderfully crafted, slowly to earth story arcs, that my enjoyment of the show is massively tempered by the growing realisation that this is it.

The clock is ticking.

Ten(?) hours and no more B-more.

Shheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!

I guess come spring I’m gonna need some serious, serious  grief counseling. Till then, there is much to enjoy and plenty of time to plan way to ease the pain.

Three choices spring to mind.

Buy the Homicide box set (122 episodes of balitmore police-that’s 2008 booked then!)

Sit tight and wait till Generation Kill -(David Simon/Ed Burns latest project)

Try and get my quality US TV fix somewhere else-Mad Men or Kill Point are the most likely candidates at the moment.

More likely, I’m just going to have to ‘be an adult’ about all this.

Accepting the unavoidably finite nature of life and that the things we love will one day end is one of those healthily, difficult lessons that to pass is a baby step closer to what some people would call maturity.

There is an amazing (and humbling) what is the wire all about? discussion you should really read here (and make sure you read the comments !!!)

Fittingly for the swansong it’s Steve Earle doing the theme this time.

I thought you might like to listen.

Steve Earle-Way Down In The Hole