djack

Is over I guess. It's so art imitating life that it deserves some kind of award. It's set in Baltimore but it could be any city.
The cops aren't being paid because the mayor pissed off the powers that be and promised to end corruption. So one cop fakes a serial killer among the homeless. It gets big headlines and suddenly the mayor finds the money to pay the cops. McNulty the one who faked the killings by tying a red ribbon around a few corpses' wrists uses the money to wire tap the main drug lord. The wire tap results in the cops busting the drug dealer and supplier. However one cop tells the boss and the case is in danger. A reporter fakes stories about the homeless and although people know he's lying they choose not to do anything about it.
In the end

• The cops who did actual police work are fired and almost jailed.
• The reporter who makes up stories wins a Pulitzer.
• The mayor is elected governor.
• The commissioner who refuses to fake statistics to make the city look good is fired.
• The police commissioner who faked them is promoted to head the state police.
• The drug lord walks and retires after selling his business for $10 million to three worse thugs.
• The kids who were busted are replaced by a seemingly identical group only much younger.

Life goes on without anything but a change of the characters. It's like a play. Just new actors.

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