>>In one episode of the late, great HBO series "The Wire" ...
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>OK, what's the meaning of "late" here:
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>- deceased
>- was broadcast after 23:00
>- should have been broadcast few years earlier than it was, and when it was it was too late
>- if was broadcast lately
>- ?

Deceased -- no longer on. The series concluded this spring.

BTW, did you notice the assumed name Radovan Karadzic was using while on the run? He had also grown a beard to disguise himself. HMMMM.