When I rap about Season this and Season that, without other qualifications, I'm talking about The Wire and only The Wire. The only other show I'd probably talk about as much that has demarcations that are important for seasons would be The Simpsons.
If you're unfamiliar with The Wire, trust I'll set the context for you.
Season 5 is about the institution of the media, specifically the newspapers, and even more specifically, the Baltimore Sun.
One of the sensationalized newspaper stories, rather, the main story that gets highlighted over the course of Season 5, is the (mostly fabricated) serial killings of homeless people.
That very same thing has been happening out here, down in Orange County.
It hasn't been treated by the media in the same way, but this los Diez Sur, so...unless those homeless people were former television or child-actor stars or both, people around here have a hard time paying attention.
But, apparently, they have their main suspect in custody. I was sure to use our very own Long Beach Press-Telegram as that link's source, as a call-back to Season 5 and the Sun.
Season 5 is also, incidentally, one of the reasons I was inspired to subscribe to our local Long Beach paper.
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