“This might be the first crime documentary fronted by someone who genuinely knows these worlds; throughout Black Market he meets people he knows from “back in the day” and discusses his own experiences with poverty, committing crime and addiction...

After finding fame in The Wire, though, Williams struggled, and the lines between Omar and his real life began to blur; he began using cocaine and wrestled with on-again, off-again sobriety. When he died, this second season was in post-production; he hadn’t finished the voiceovers, so Vice TV has three of Williams’ colleagues – Tracy Morgan, Rosie Perez and The Wire’s Felicia “Snoop” Pearson – provide the voiceovers for three episodes.

In this season, many aspects of the black economy have changed markedly in the six years since the first, particularly with regard to the dark web. Using crypto-currencies, scammers now buy and sell goods as if with cash, and complete anonymity.

One scammer Williams meets tells him the drug game has changed: “Selling crack on the corner? Nobody’s doing that.” He also reveals how scammers work in teams, and watches a phisher stealing and selling dozens of identities in an astonishingly short time – although the young crew he meets who are scamming US government relief funds might be the most shocking.

Williams is surprised at these scammers actively flaunting their proceeds, particularly on social media. “These guys are blowing my mind,” he says, “and making bank in a way I never dreamed of when I was in the game.”

In this season, though, Williams seems to be seeking some hope for redemption from some of his interviewees, even imploring a couple of them to consider what they could achieve if they used half the energy they put into committing crimes.

It’s also hard not to watch this season through a more poignant lens. Each episode opens with title cards reading “Michael K. Williams dedicated his time and his heart to his community … this series is a tribute to those he lifted up”.”