OT: The Wire :-(

I can't tell you how sad I was that Omar got killed this week--and by
a child!  I knew the character was doomed since Michael Williams said
in a promo that Simon told him not to expect to work past week seven.
It was a foregone conclusion.

Simon & Co. both amaze and irritate me sometimes.  Having Omar go out
in such an anticlimactic fashion is what makes this show so great--the
willingness to knock off major characters not in some grand and heroic
fashion but in the most realistic and nonexciting way possible--caught
with his guard down by a young kid.  I had a bad feeling when the kid
stopped dousing the cat in lighter fluid and watched Omar limp by. But
it's also irritating because some part of me really wanted to see Omar
confront Marlo.  It will be small but sweet revenge if the list in
Omar's pocket ends up helping to catch Marlo.

I can't believe there are only two episodes left of this amazing show.
Todd

P.S.  The scene with McNulty listening to the FBI profile was
priceless as every characteristic described him perfectly.  We may
have seen some foreshadowing as Beadie described his wake.  I don't
think Omar's the only one going down.