There are many isolated moments of brilliance, but it's the cumulative effect of having seen every chapter of this novel for television that makes them really powerful. So much of what makes it great comes from everything we've seen before: our knowledge of the Bodie/Poot/Wallace friendship of how much work the detail has put into getting Avon and Stringer, of how far Daniels has come from being a company man to being someone who cares about doing good policework, politics be damned of how much D'Angelo sees of himself in Wallace, and of how he tried desperately to nudge Wallace out of a life he knows himself to be trapped in by circumstance and blood. "Cleaning Up" is considered by many "Wire" fans to be the series' best - and most painful - episode ever, but its genius illustrates why even asking the Best Ever question is besides the point with this series. "Where's Wallace? Where's the boy at, String?" -D'Angelo Barksdale
Spoilers for the penultimate, Pelecanos-ian episode of season one, "Cleaning Up," coming up just as soon as I find out who makes the best chili dogs in Newark. This is the latter scroll down for the newbie-safe version. Almost to the finish line, and you should know the deal by now: we're going to talk about season one of "The Wire" in two versions: one for viewers new to the show who don't want later events spoiled for them, and one for people who have seen and can talk about everything from first episode to last.
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