I haven't seen it yet, but my sources indicate that John Munch appears in the most recent episode of The Wire. Concurrent with the appearance of Munch [which is entirely expected in a Baltimore police drama] means that The Wire has entered into the Tommy Westphall Universe. The Westphall hypothesis states that by linking characters common to the series St. Elsewhere, which took place in the mind of the character Tommy Westphall, a large proportion of all television has taken place in the imagination of Tommy Westphall. I personally find the entire proposition more than a little silly, but it is kind of fun to track Munch in his various iterations across the television landscape.The actor who plays Much is pretty unique in his predilection for conspiracy theory, glasses, and misanthropy. Munch himself is pretty similar in general. I don't know a single other character as prolific as Munch, so for that reason, Richard Belzer and his character pleases me greatly, especially in The Wire.
