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Jemele and Van return to close out the fifth and final season of ‘The Wire’
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Jemele Hill and Van Lathan return to close out the fifth and final season of The Wire. Jemele discusses why she thinks it’s the most disappointing season of the show (1:20) before the duo does a deep dive on a new character, newsroom editor Gus Haynes (14:30). Van jumps into a sidebar on a challenging newsroom experience (39:55) before crowning a winner of the episode (53:39).
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