re: I'm a free born man of the USA! (The Wire finale, spoilers)

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I am currently in a frenzy of Breaking Bad worship, but I never forget the effect The Wire had on me. It's been about three years for me, and its high time I re-watched it.

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I was way late to The Wire party, I watched it this year for the first time. As hyped as it was, as good as people said it was - it met (and sometimes exceeded) those expectations.

How often does a show do that?

Oh - and 1 more plug - this time for Clark Johnson.

Clark played Gus Haynes (the editor with ethics in Season 5 of The Wire) - but he has done much more work as a television director.

As a fan of both shows, Johnson directed the pilot/finale of both The Wire AND The Shield. There is little doubt in my mind those shows have THE best Pilot/Finale episodes of any television series in history - so I'm nominating Clark Johnson as best television director of all time - based on the strength of those 4 episodes.