With "The Wire" fans facing the last episode of the series this Sunday (March 9), SOHH readers predict the fates of a few controversial characters and rate the overall impression left by the final season.

The first season of "The Wire" premiered on HBO in 2002 and highlighted the drug wars and the failing police efforts to quiet drug activity on the lawless Baltimore, Maryland streets. In each season since, there have been surprise (or not so surprising) murders and plot twists.

This season, which shed light on the media, continued in the bloody tradition. Devoted "The Wire" watchers saw the death of key characters like Snoop, Proposition Joe and Omar.

Of the characters who found themselves on the business end of a gun, 54 percent of those surveyed by SOHH said they were most disappointed to see the death of Omar, the beloved shotgun-wielding homosexual gangster. Of the rest, 9 percent said they were saddest to see the rugged female assassin Snoop take a fatal bullet to the head.

With the prospect of a bloody finale looming, 38 percent of respondents said several key characters -- Marlo, McNulty, Chris, and Mike - will live beyond the season. Meanwhile, 25 percent believe Marlo is likely to be meet his maker.

Those surveyed also predict, by 61 percent, that the kingpin drug charges against Marlo won't stick, while 15 percent say he will be convicted. The remaining 22 percent said the episode won't answer the question at all.

While only 11 percent of those surveyed said they were not satisfied with this season, when asked which season was the best, only 13 percent picked the present one. Most (29 percent) favored season four, which followed a group of teens as they navigated an educational system that failed to meet their needs and the street corners that did.

Julito McCullum, who played Namond Brice, a boy who couldn't handle the pressure of being forced into the shadows of his drug dealer father, said his character had an added complexity. "I loved the way he turned out," McCullum told SOHH. "It takes a real dude to play a punk on TV. He's not necessarily a punk he just had to make choices the average gangster wouldn't do. You saw a boy become a man." [Watch McCullum interview here]

While a diverse group of people call the show their favorite, from soul singer Raheem DeVaugn to NBA allstar Carmelo Anthony and presidential hopeful Barak Obama, some of the actors on the show are ready to move on.

"I'm not sad to see it go," Anwan Glover, who plays Slim, told SOHH. "We have so much to offer it's going to go down in history. This is what's going on, it's always going to be politics, media, violence and education. Nobody [else] touches that."