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Cheers: The Wire's Latest Shocker

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Michael K. Williams in The Wire by Nicole Rivellli/HBO
Cheers to The Wire for aptly dispatching Omar (the Emmy-worthy Michael K. Williams) with a bang. The seemingly indestructible stick-up artist was suddenly gunned down by a child assassin during an otherwise mundane scene at a grocery store. It’s the kind of stunning dramatic moment that made HBO’s sprawling urban tableau TV's finest drama during its soon-to-conclude five-season run. May Omar — and The Wire — rest in peace.

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Posted by Bruce Fretts
Feb 25, 2008 11:32 AM
Genius show. How everything is paying off, major characters are dying, and minor characters are making a final appearance, is brilliant and rich in a way the Sopranos final season only wished it could have been.

Not only was it a dramatically fitting way for Omar to go, but it was set up years ago...after Omar's stashhouse robbery in Season 3, Bunk admonished Omar for glorifying violence and the fact that kids wanted to emulate him. One of the little kids who Bunk watched playing...the one who said "it's my turn to be Omar"...that was Kennard in his first scene.
Posted by socalj
Feb 26, 2008 7:49 AM
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