# The Wire, Transitions, 1/27/07 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-transitions-1-27-07/435237 "2008-01-27T22:03:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-transitions-1-27-07/435237/41 "2008-01-30T07:46:46Z")
Are fans expecting too much of the fifth season after its deification? In other words, would someone who has never heard of _The Wire_, and is locked up in a room to watch all 5 seasons on DVD, have roughly the same opinion of the fifth as many of the folks here? ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-transitions-1-27-07/435237/42 "2008-01-30T08:14:03Z")
[QUOTE=II Gyan II] Are fans expecting too much of the fifth season after its deification? In other words, would someone who has never heard of _The Wire_, and is locked up in a room to watch all 5 seasons on DVD, have roughly the same opinion of the fifth as many of the folks here? [/QUOTE] Oh, I definitely agree that my expectations were sky-high for this fifth season. How could they not be, as The Wire’s first four seasons were head and shoulders above anything else I’d ever seen? I may be complaining about things I don’t like, but even this fifth season is as good as anything non-Wire I’ve ever seen; it just fails to utterly blow everything else away, like it did previously. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-transitions-1-27-07/435237/43 "2008-01-30T16:57:03Z")
A friend just forwarded this to me, just in time for the Maryland primaries in two weeks: > **[Reelect Clay Davis](https://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/24989041/reelect-clay-davis)** > > \[cite\](http://twitter.com/hotdogsladies/statuses/656141602) I'm serious. I totally need this. edit 2008-01-29 11:09:53: Actually posting to Flickr with a... BTW, don’t miss the fine print in this one: [clay | merlinmann | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/merlin/2229029375/) And there’s more than meets the eye in this one: [Re-elect Clay Davis | Neven Mrgan | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/neven/2229269866/) I want one of the T-shirts! ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-transitions-1-27-07/435237/44 "2008-01-31T00:55:13Z")
[QUOTE=commasense] [Good idea!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9421818#post9421818) [/QUOTE] Too bad we can’t start contest thread here and link to a contest to see who can come closest to Clay Davis’ “Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-it!” ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-transitions-1-27-07/435237/45 "2008-01-31T01:20:14Z")
I tried. Didn’t even come close. I’d love to see videos of Dopers trying it. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-transitions-1-27-07/435237/46 "2008-01-31T01:42:17Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] I tried. Didn’t even come close. I’d love to see videos of Dopers trying it. [/QUOTE] I have it down pat ‘cause I’m southern (we always say it that way) and have been cussin’ like a sailor since I was five. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-transitions-1-27-07/435237/47 "2008-01-31T12:18:01Z")
[QUOTE=commasense] A friend just forwarded this to me, just in time for the Maryland primaries in two weeks: > **[Reelect Clay Davis](https://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/24989041/reelect-clay-davis)** > > \[cite\](http://twitter.com/hotdogsladies/statuses/656141602) I'm serious. I totally need this. edit 2008-01-29 11:09:53: Actually posting to Flickr with a... BTW, don’t miss the fine print in this one: [clay | merlinmann | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/merlin/2229029375/) And there’s more than meets the eye in this one: [Re-elect Clay Davis | Neven Mrgan | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/neven/2229269866/) I want one of the T-shirts! [/QUOTE] My wife saw a “Carcetti for Mayor” in a window the other day. I saw (online) some bumper stickers and t-shirts to that effect. Those came out either after S3, or during S4. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-transitions-1-27-07/435237/48 "2008-01-31T16:07:43Z")
There’s also a tee-shirt with a shopping cart on it, and “Bubbles Depot”. I was tempted to buy it, but I bought a Deadwood tee – Wu’s Deli, I think it said – and was disappointed with the quality. Thin material and sized funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-transitions-1-27-07/435237.md?page=2)