More with Less
| "More with Less" | |
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| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Joe Chappelle |
| Teleplay by | David Simon |
| Story by | David Simon Ed Burns |
| Original air date | January 6, 2008 |
| Running time | 58 minutes |
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"More with Less" is the first episode of the fifth 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 Joe Chappelle. It originally aired on January 6, 2008.
The title refers to the cutbacks and buyouts at The Baltimore Sun; managing editor Thomas Klebanow states that they "simply have to do more with less". It also refers to the unstable fiscal situation in Baltimore, which affects many other institutions, including the police department. In interviews, creator David Simon has professed that despite being an oft-repeated command to dying institutions, the ability to do more with less is an inherent impossibility.
Bunk makes this remark after perpetrating an elaborate hoax to trick a young suspect into confessing to a crime. Season 5 of The Wire will revolve around a series of lies, both public and private. This episode also marks the second time the epigraph is spoken during the cold open sequence. The other time was in the first episode of season 3.
The U.S. Attorney mentions the federal statute U.S. Code 18, Art. 924, whereby possession of firearms while committing "a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime" carries a minimum 5-year sentence with no parole, as a tool Carcetti can use to bring down the drug related crime rate, despite having less police budget.
The fifth season starring cast consists of: Dominic West as Jimmy McNulty; Reg E. Cathey as Norman Wilson; John Doman as William Rawls; Aidan Gillen as Tommy Carcetti; Clark Johnson as Augustus Haynes; Deirdre Lovejoy as Rhonda Pearlman; Tom McCarthy as Scott Templeton; Clarke Peters as Lester Freamon; Wendell Pierce as Bunk Moreland; Sonja Sohn as Kima Greggs; Lance Reddick as Cedric Daniels; Andre Royo as Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins; Seth Gilliam as Ellis Carver; Domenick Lombardozzi as Thomas "Herc" Hauk; Michael Kenneth Williams as Omar Little; Gbenga Akinnagbe as Chris Partlow; Jamie Hector as Marlo Stanfield; Neal Huff as Michael Steintorf; Jermaine Crawford as Duquan "Dukie" Weems; Corey Parker Robinson as Leander Sydnor; Tristan Wilds as Michael Lee; Michael Kostroff as Maurice Levy; Michelle Paress as Alma Gutierrez; Isiah Whitlock, Jr. as Clay Davis.
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