‘The Wire’ unwraps a little back story
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It won’t make Jan. 6 (the premiere date for Season 5) arrive any sooner, but for those who just can’t wait, David Simon has released three bite-size prequels on Amazon.com’s product page for the recently released Season 4 box set.
Hovering around two minutes in length, the shorts feature a young Prop Joe brokering deals in the schoolyard, the first (alcohol-soaked, naturally) meeting between Detectives McNulty and Bunk, and a baby-faced Omar showing his trademark sense of frontier justice during his first stickup. The Prop Joe story may be a bit on-the-nose in revealing the source of the pragmatic East Baltimore boss’ nickname, but the foreboding mood and sharp dialogue -- oh hey, profanity! -- of the three vignettes are reminders of why we’re so excited for the show’s final season. And if you haven’t seen it yet, also check out the appropriately grim little Season 5 teaser on HBO’s site. Only four more weeks to go.
-- Chris Barton
