'The Wire' Prequels
Just a week after five promotional shorts for the fifth and final season of The Wire popped up online, HBO has released three new shorts to Amazon.com for their Season 4 DVD page. The videos depict a few characters in earlier, formative times - namely William “Bunk” Moreland and Jimmy McNulty (2000, McNulty’s first day on the job), Young Omar (1985), and Young Proposition Joe (1962).
The fifth season kicks off on Sunday, January 6th and according to The Hollywood Reporter, the shorts will air after each new episode. (So we’ll be treated with more than three?) Beginning January 15th, the shorts will also be available via HBO.com and their On Demand service. As reported earlier, new episodes of The Wire will also appear On Demand a week before their proper air dates (as they did last season), including the premiere, but excluding the finale.
The Wire prequels:
– Bunk and McNulty (2000, Baltimore, Maryland)
– Young Omar (1985, Baltimore, Maryland)
– Young Prop Joe (1962, Baltimore, Maryland)
Related: casual Season Five, Episode One spoilers. Thankfully, McNulty (Dominic West) will be seeing much more airtime as the series prepares to take a bow.
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December 13th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
much obliged!
October 9th, 2010 at 8:22 am
The wire is probably one of the best series ever. At least, The Wire is in my top ten.
I really like the prequels about young proposition Joe…
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