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Mission Accomplished (The Wire)

"Mission Accomplished" is the 12th and final episode of the third season of the HBO original series The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Ernest Dickerson. It originally aired on December 19, 2004.

"Mission Accomplished"

Season 3
Episode 12

David Simon
Ed Burns

"Fast Train" by Solomon Burke

December 19, 2004 (2004-12-19)

63 minutes

as Crime Scene Technician

Cleve Gray

as Officer Anthony Colicchio

Benjamin Busch

as Officer Michael Santangelo

Michael Salconi

as Officer MacGaul

Paul Majors

as Officer Turner

Darrell M. Smith

as Narcotics Detective

Dirk Pratt

as Narcotics Detective

Michael Ahl

as Undercover Detective

Kahil Dotay

William Shipman as Western District Detective

as Gerard

Mayo Best

as Perry

Perry Blackmon

as Sapper

Brandon T. Tate

as Puddin

De'Rodd Hearns

as Big EL

Mohamed Elba

as Stringer's Bodyguard

Raw Leiba

as Tyrell

Rico Sterling

as TV Reporter with Banisky

David J. Smolar

as TV Reporter

Sheila Hennessy

as TV Reporter

Kerry Meushaw

as Mr. Lake

Jerry Walsh

Doug Roberts as

State's Attorney Steven Demper

as Health Commissioner

Kurt L. Schmoke

as Mayor's Assistant

Alana Cambelle

as Carcetti Campaign Staff

Jennifer Rouse

Unknown as

Eunetta Perkins

Reception[edit]

The Futon Critic named it the second best episode of 2004, saying "Every year, The Wire builds up to a boiling point where you think the good guys will win and the bad guys will lose – and damn if every year The Wire doesn't find a new way to show that real life never works quite like that. From the demolition of its pseudo-'Amsterdam' to McNulty's realization of 'who the hell have I been chasing,' season three once again proved why this series is an American classic."[4]

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