Season 5 Predictions: The Follow Up

Figure it would be fun to follow up on my Season 5 Predictions post:

Prediction #1: Snoop and Chris are Going Down!
When we left Season 4, Lestor Freamon had finally discovered the bodies in the vacants and got hair and blood samples from Snoop and Chris. He is on to them and if there is one thing we have learned about Smooth Lestor it's that he does not leave any business unfinished. There are too many things that could have gone wrong with the way Chris and Snoop disposed of the bodies. Mainly, I find it hard to believe there is not at least one hair or bit of DNA in any of those vacants that might point to them. Second, Lestor is simply too thorough of an investigator to not leave all stones turned. Unfortunately, I don't think either ends up dead, but both will end up in jail. If there are two characters on this show that deserve to get got, its Chris and Snoop. Though I will miss the humor that Snoop supplies to the show.

Follow Up: True
Technically, they both did go down, but Snoop went about six feet deeper. And the bodies in the vacants didn't end up playing as big a role as the clocks/wire and eventual discovery of Chris's DNA on Bugs Father (who I don't think was left in the vacants). Snoop got got cause, well, Michael Lee had to make his move.

Prediction #2: Marlo Goes Down...At the Hands of Herc!
Yep. You heard it right. Herc is going to be the one who finally gets to Marlo. Why? "Why ain't in your repertoire no more." No, seriously. I look back on Seasons 3 and 4 and the writers have made a point to show more than one confrontation between Herc and Marlo. The stare down in the lot during Season 3; Marlo snatching Herc's camera and sub sequentially getting pulled over and handed Herc card (which leads to that absolutely hilarious phone call Prop Joe makes to track Herc down); and finally, in a show that is about as unpredictable as it gets, wouldn't it just make sense to have the biggest fuck up cop of all be the one to take down the kingpin? Something just tells me that Herc is "accidentally" going to be the one that finally gets to Marlo. He holds a personal grudge against him and for Herc it ain't about the police work, it's about that grudge.

Follw Up: Sorta True
I guess it actually could be totally true since Herc's capturing of Marlo's cell starts the whole thing in order. And damm me if he didn't make a couple of references this season to his camera. Jaded called it. Didn't he? It'd like Jeter calling a blop single in the bottom the ninth.

Prediction #3: Michael Lee & Dukie Are the New Avon & Stringer
It is set up perfectly. At the end of Season 4 Marlo hands Michael Lee his own corner to run and crew to create. We see Prezbo watching Dukie take the money on the corner and realize there is no escape from the easy money. Michael Lee always acted as Dukies protector and now has him running in the game right along with him. They live together, work together, and now will rule together. Michael Lee being the ruthless corner boy that Avon was, with a heart of steel and a coldness unlike any other and Dukie with the smarts and business sense of Stringer Bell. Together they will be standing tall at the end while Marlo and his crew fall. Nothing lasts forever except the game itself and Michael Lee and Dukie are perfectly set up to take it all over.

Follow Up: False
Michael Lee turned out to be the next Omar and Dukie, well, sigh, just ended up as Bubbles. Though I think we all do agree that Michael Lee could run a crew or even be a Marlo or a Chris. He chooses independence. Gotta love the 5-tool player. And I've read a few people writing that the boy rolling with Michael Lee on his stick up of Vinson ("But you just a boy" BANG! "And that's just a kneee") was insinuating that Michael Lee was not only Omar in style but in sexuality. I don't see it.

Prediction #4: We're Going To See How Fucked Up the Press Really Is
This one isn't too much of a stretch considering we know the press is going to be a major theme this season. But I feel that viewers are going to be exposed to sites and sounds and words they have never been before. Just like politicians, the press plays upon the publics' perceptions. We know David Simon was a writer for The Sun so we know we are going to get that unique and genuine insight that we otherwise wouldn't get. What gets reported, why it gets reported, how it gets reported is really going to open some eyes into how we read newspaper articles. My ultimate prediction in how this will play out within the plot line is that there is going to be some reporter that gets wind of the bodies, finds out too much, threatens to go public, and is forced to hold back information by the police department and/or their reporting will give wind to Marlo that they are on to him and help Marlo avoid prosecution.

Follw Up: True. But We're Not Going To Enjoy It That Much
It's more that were going to see how fucked up one particular reporter is while his two senior editors pave his path to the pulitzer. But we never really grew into any of the press's characters. Sure I loved Gus, but why couldn't we have gotten Gus in, say, Season Two? That way by this season we have grown to really know him. I really enjoyed the Fletcher character and Alma. They showed the good side of the press. Overall I don't think many people enjoyed the newsroom storyline all that much but I found parts of it interesting and the way it tied into the homeless case was classic McNulty (including his dressing down--finally--of Templeton when he realized the scheme).

Prediction #5: Daniels Becomes Police Chief and Carcetti Becomes Governor
Again, neither is really going out on a limb here but we know that the storyline of Carcetti mimics that of O'Malley (current Gov. of Murdaland) and that Daniels was being groomed for Chief. The only thing I think might hold Daniels back is Burrell having some "dirt" on him. But I think Daniels will be untouchable at this point and with Carcetti in his corner he is heading to the top. Will this change a thing? Who knows. I am sure it won't. But it seems like Daniels will be all up in the new investigation into the vacant bodies and it's going to be a major news story and theme within the Governors race that Carcetti will be running. All the pieces matter.

Follow Up: True
Neither of these were a stretch going into the season and Daniels stay was brief and Carcetti wasn't Gov till the season ending montage (where many things happen in a short time). Daniels chose to not dirty the stats and go defense lawyer and from what we can tell our little Tommy might be making a future run for the White House? Could you imagine? hahha. That could be the ultimate series: From the creators of The West Wing and the writers of The Wire comes The West Wing with Tommy Carcetti as the president. That would be awesome.

So there you have it. The follow up to the pre season predictions.