Potential spoilers for Season Five of The Wire abound online at New York magazine. Aileen Gallagher, writing in the magazine's (Culture) Vulture section has attempted to decipher possible plot clues hidden in a print ad promoting the series' fifth and final season, which begins this Sunday, January 6, on HBO, and focuses on the media.
Perhaps all the prognosticating is only fair, given that the Wire ad includes bits and pieces of fictional newspaper articles from the upcoming season and encourages viewers to "read between the lines." If you'd like to try your hand at doing just that, visit nymag.com.
On Tuesday, January 8, the series soundtrack will be available on two different CDs from Nonesuch: one with music from the show's five years, ... and all the pieces matter, and one with just the Baltimore tracks, Beyond Hamsterdam.