I lost it, Matt. It was hilarious.

No thoughts on the penultimate Wire of S4?

I'm still sniffling, bunk. Heartbreaking shit. Poor Namond and Randy. And Bubbles. Poor Baltimore. My own unspoiled spec is that the closest to a moral is that good things will happen for Duquan *because* Presbo stuck his neck out and took a personal interest. That when institutions fail, we still have our humanity. That stuck in my mind all night and I'm not afraid to admit that I cried over it. And not that misty, ER, Jeff Buckley "Hallelujah" kind either. It wasn't pretty, but in a way I was glad. I can't remember the last time that happened from TV where I was actually disrupted by it. I wouldn't want to just be able to consider that all in the day, but I'm torn between "Damn. Crowning achievement." and "Pelecanos, you bastard!"

Cereal: And I can always tell when it's George's cause there's always music on and a conversation about food. Like Colvin and the Deacon talking hot dogs.

Over on some of the other forums, there's some disillusionment about the paintball segment and the hotshot. I didn't mind the former, because I knew it was a training as soon as it started and figured it was an ok lighthearted before-the-credit moment, but the hotshot was too predictible and not-so-Wire-ish.

Don't forget next week's ep runs long!

What? Cutty taking a bullet? Sort of reminded me of Hill Street. (Without Belker growling "Don't die on me you son of a bitch!" of course.) Yeah, a bit of a 'your father's cop show' moment, but, much like actual drugs, if The Wire were completely pure, it would kill us. But they could've lost that and not hurt the show. The teaser? Well, it was no worse than the other teasers, imo. Wirefiends be some picky-ass motherfuckers, yo. What? They actually wanted* more* emotional weight this week. Why does fandom want me dead, bunk? I didn't even take their stash or nothin'.(yet.)

Cutty's bullet? Hell, no! I think that's a fan favorite everywhere and for generally the right reasons. I'm talking about the Bubbles/Sharrod subplot.

A little telegraphed, coming the way it did, but I seem to recall that something like that happened to the "real" Bubbles. I've no complaints though, apart from "George, you bastard!" Caught me without a tissue and everything. And somebody even warned me. But I thought, you know, I can carry it. I'm nobody's punk. But the Greek got me again.Pres blushed during the marriage discussion...how'd he *ever* survive a squad?(it was cute, though) ETA: My mother thinks my devotion to a show that can upset me this much is really crazy, btw.

Did anyone else crack up at Dexter's expression after he beaned Paul with the frying pan?

At chez shrift we had to pause, shriek, roll around on the couch, breathe, then rewind and watch it again. And possibly again. Roommate compared his expression to a child's "I made a poopie!" face.

Michael C. Hall deserves so many awards for this show.

Wireheads: check out the conservabot rant partway through the comments. Amusing!

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Also revealed: the state trooper who stops Carcetti on the way out of the building and tells him that the governor will finally see him is played by Maryland's real-life Republican governor.

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