 Solomon Burke's cover of Van Morrison's "Fast Train" plays over the episode's closing montage.David Simon credits co-executive producer Joe Chappelle with choosing the song.The Futon Critic named it the second best episode of 2004, saying "Every year, "The Wire" builds up to a boiling point where you think the good guys will win and the bad guys will lose – and damn if every year "The Wire" doesn't find a new way to show that real life never works quite like that.