CHRIS ALBRECHT (CHAIRMAN AND CEO, HBO): After Season Three, you went, “This story is over, man. What are you going to do?” Then, when [David Simon] came in—it’s always really impressive and important when a very talented writer-producer comes in, and has a very clear, strong point of view about something that’s pretty interesting. So, David had that. He said it’s two more seasons. That was the other thing. It’s not one more season. It’s two more seasons. “Oh, Jesus Christ. Let’s get rid of this guy.”
