“The Wire” Back Stories

To get you ready for the final season of the Wire, one of the best shows on television, creator David Simon has produced three shorts highlighting different characters.

Two of the shorts are devoted to the characters Proposition Joe (Robert F. Chew) and Omar (Michael K. Williams), depicting them as children who show flashes of their adult personality traits. A third short features William “Bunk” Moreland (Wendell Pierce) and Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West) in McNulty’s first day on the job, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

You can see the shorts now on Amazon.com. The new season starts on January 6th. Here are some clips from the upcoming season as well.

McNulty

Omar

Marlo

Carcetti

Bubbles aka Bubbs

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