best dialogue ever.
"- James McNulty: I mean, who is there out there that can do what we do with a case? I mean, really, how many are there? We´re good at this, Lester. In this town, we´re as good as it gets.
- Lester Freamon: Natural police.
- JmN: Fuck yes. Natural police.
- LF: Tell me something, Jimmy. How exactly do you think it all ends?
- JmN: What do you mean?
- LF: A parade? A gold watch? A shiny Jimmy-McNulty-day moment, when you bring in a case sooooo sweet everybody gets together and says : "Oh, shit, he was right all along! Should´ve listened to the man..."?
The job will not save you, Jimmy. It won´t make you whole, it won´t fill your ass up.
- JmN: I dunno, a good case...
- LF: ...ends. They all end. The handcuffs go clipped and it´s over. And the next morning, it´s just you in your room with yourself.
- JmN: ...Until the next case.
- LF: Boy, you need something else outside of this here.
- JmN: Like what, dollhouse miniatures?
- LF: Hey, hey, hey, a life. A life, Jimmy, you know what that is?
It´s the shit that happens while you´re waiting for moments that never come."