After five years of watching "The Wire," I confess to a fear of experiencing withdrawal symptoms. The series ended as it began, with a scathing expose of the corruption that exists among drug dealers, and inside the police department, the school system, local politics and the newsroom. With Dickensian detail, the series portrayed why the few who seek social justice and transparency will always be discredited by those who lust after greed and power and why those who ask what is fair will always be destroyed by those who crave dominance over others.

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