Anyone out there watch The Wire?

It is simply one of the best shows to ever air on TV. And so scary realistic it is almost amusing. The jabs it takes at politics and society are unmistakable and totally warranted.

The final episode ever airs in a few days. And in the final season, they have added the fictional newsroom of The Baltimore Sun to the mix. Why mention that? Because based upon what we read in the newspapers and on the web, can it be said the story is familiar?

Anyway, apparently Mayor Michael Nutter is having a Wire Finale party in City Hall. Are taxpayers paying for this? (Hope not) Think The Philadelphia Inquirer will have a Wire finale party too?

Daily News: Monday, March 3, 2008
Nutter to screen "The Wire" finale in City Hall

...Mayor Nutter is such a huge fan of the gritty HBO drama, The Wire, that he has organized a special City Hall screening of the series finale Sunday night.

...Wendell Pierce, the actor who portrays affable Detective Bunk Moreland, is scheduled to attend. Nutter hopes other actors from the show will sign on also.

(We're keeping our fingers crossed for Michael Kenneth Williams, AKA Omar Little.)

City Representative Melanie Johnson said that after the 8 p.m. screening in the Mayor's Reception Room, Nutter will host a question and answer session with the actors.

(To quote fictional Wire character State Senator Clay Davis would be delightful about now, but sheeeeesh....LOL)