Our favorite character on The Wire, Omar (Little), was killed in last night’s episode. One of the youngest corner boys in Michael’s corner crew walked up to him in a convenience shop and shot him in the back of the head. We knew it was coming the whole episode… for a few episodes in fact. Omar was a desperate, wounded animal looking for revenge. And the baddest guys always win on The Wire.
Not since Big Pussy was taken out by his own friends on The Sopranos have we been as sad to see a TV character killed. And we can’t count on any re-animation of Omar on The Wire. There are only two more episodes, and it’s too realistic a show to indulge in the occasional fantasy sequence.
Goodbye, Omar, you stick-up man with a heart of (tarnished and scratched) gold.
