From: John Cuccia 

On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 16:10:03 -0500, Monte Davis
 wrote:

>BTW, Karen saw my comment about no single role as strong as Swearingen
>or Tony Soprano and asked: "What about Omar?!?"

There are some similiarities.  Both are larger-than-life anti-heroic
characters with consciences, and both achieve some measure of redemption,
but Swearingen is necessarily more central to the story of Deadwood than
Omar is to the Wire, with its sprawling urban setting and plot lines
ranging from the docks to the ghettos to city hall.

Besides Ian McShane stole the show in Deadwood, making every other role
revolve around him.  Michael Williams isn't allowed to do that in the Wire.

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