Letters to the Editor
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Clay Davis
Seriously, overacting aside, the two actors playing Davis and his lawyer deserve some sort of award for all that. Spectacular, if a little overboard.
But, does Clay's testimony bear any resemblance to reality? His stuff about running out of money while he walked down the street? I get that he can play the race card, and convince a jury that it's a different world on the streets, but in the real world, is that really how it works, that life in west Baltimore is a cash-and-carry business?
Obviously, he's totally corrupt, but a character like that in real life would have to be doing something right. So I hope Simon based all that testimony on some semblance of reality.
Omar is turning the corner into a coldblooded executioner. He's definitly justified, but it seems like Simon's making sure the character's violence is going up a few notches before the end. Even Stringer he shot face to face.
It's all going to come apart for everybody. It's going to be great. Poor Carcetti...he thinks the homeless will make him govenor, and they're going to destroy him.
Overall, maybe not the best season of Wire...probably trying to pack too much into too few episodes...but, honestly, so what. The Davis courtroom scene was better than anything in the entire run of L.A. Law....and like every season, you can start seeing how it's all going to fall apart, and it will be a tragedy.