thanks

"Whatever institution you as an individual commit to will somehow find a way to betray you... Unless of course you're willing to play the game without regard to the effect on others or society as a whole, in which case you might be a judge or the state police superintendent or governor one day...."

Or, for your loyalty, you still might be cannon fodder... No guarantees. But only one choice, as Camus pointed out, offers any hope of dignity.

"The proof in that is that a guy with a C-average degree from the University of Maryland and 13 years of covering cops for a newspaper in Baltimore has a television show, and everyone's arguing over whether it's brilliant or not. OK, that's a culture that's in serious decline."

thank you david simon, george pelecanos and richard price and dennis lehane and bill zorzi (and cast and crew) for the last 5 years and 60 episodes of the wire

i got the ending i wanted but probably not the ending i deserved.