Season 5 Awards

'The Wire': Way Down in the Hole

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2020

⏱️ 84 minutes

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On the final episode of the podcast, Jemele Hill and Van Lathan give their take on where ‘The Wire’ ranks all time in television history, and hand out some Season 5 awards. To close the episode, Van delivers a very explicit sidebar on his prom night (1:07:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up on way down in the hole, it's our final episode.
0:03.3	We give you our take on where the wire ranks and television history
0:06.6	and van shares his most epic sidebar ever.
0:11.9	All right, so if I make it to the other end, I win.
0:16.9	If you catch the other dudes king and trap it, then you win.
0:22.1	All right, but if I make it to the end, I'm top dog.
0:26.8	Now, you know, it ain't like that.
0:28.0	Look.
0:29.2	Pond man in the game.
0:32.4	They get kept quickly.
0:34.6	Maybe out the game early.
0:38.0	Unless they some smart ass porn.
0:48.7	Now it's time to say goodbye to all my Negro friends.
0:52.8	Oh, wow.
0:53.8	Am I my wife friends too?
0:55.0	I know wife friends too.
0:56.6	Yeah, you know, I see despite what people say about me, Van, I do have wife friends.
1:03.5	Name a name.
1:04.5	Like now.
1:05.5	You know what?
1:06.2	If I could name them, then that means it ain't real.
1:09.0	That would be a problem.
	...

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