The obvious exception to that notion is its penultimate episode, Cleaning Up.

Meanwhile, the police unit finds the pressure on them mounting as success eludes them.

Granted, the second season starts slowly and contains several uneventful episodes throughout, but it concludes perfectly.

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Mission Accomplished is a perfect example of this.

Colvin (Robert Wisdom) is similarly reflective as he contemplates his dismantled Hamsterdam experiment.

Elsewhere, the detail closes in on Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris).

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Thankfully, however, it still had the wherewithal to ensurethe series concluded in the right fashion.

Such depth and drama are whyThe Wirestands tall amongthe greatest series of the 2000s.

Omar and Brother Mouzone (Michael Potts) form an alliance to exact revenge on Stringer Bell.

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NcNulty (Dominic West) arrests Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris) in a major police bust.

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