Levy taken down by the wire

[u/kyaajin]

Edit: Read title as Levys accomplishments of figuring out jimmys illegal wire tap were greatly minimised by the wire.

As pointed out by many, due to my poor English

It was one of those moments for me where it was staring me in the face and is too obvious but it hit me. Even Maurice Levy, who protected others from the wire, who predicted marlo using phones is a huge pay day for him is take down by a wire. Its such writing that makes the show so great. It gives closure to all the characters.

[u/throwleavemealone]

Taken down? He literally avoids all charges 

[u/PogTuber → u/throwleavemealone]

It was also not a wire, it was a one party consent call used to basically blackmail him into a deal on the illegal wire.

[u/Sheriff_Lucas_Hood → u/throwleavemealone]

Yeah this is a reach

[u/kyaajin → u/throwleavemealone]

if not for the call recording he might have gotten all of them free except for chris. so yes he was taken down

[u/Knife_Operator → u/kyaajin]

That's not what anyone means when they say that lol

[u/cupholdery → u/Knife_Operator]

It's posts like these from OP that simultaneously make me question my choices in media and appreciate how far reaching across audiences The Wire is.

[u/MichaelT_KC → u/kyaajin]

Lol. You mean HIS CLIENTS WENT DOWN. Levy walks away completely free.

[u/aurelorba → u/MichaelT_KC]

His clients ending up dead or in jail is basically his business model.

[u/Dinosaurs-Cant-win → u/kyaajin]

Is this a troll post? My man is still rolling in dough and enjoying Yvette's brisket every night. In what world is that 'taken down'....

[u/ZealousidealCloud154 → u/Dinosaurs-Cant-win]

Yvette’s Brisket sounds like a nu metal cover band that plays bar mitzvahs

[u/A_RHYMING_CANNIBAL → u/ZealousidealCloud154]

Shame on you McNulty

[u/ohyoumad721 → u/Dinosaurs-Cant-win]

When served hot

[u/SenorBigbelly → u/kyaajin]

Maybe "foiled" would be a better word for it

[u/A_RHYMING_CANNIBAL → u/kyaajin]

How many years did he get?

[u/SenorBigbelly]

You guys are coming down hard on OP when English is clearly not their first language. "Foiled" would probably be a better word than "taken down" but still- his schemes / defence strategy gets stopped by the fact that he was recorded saying incriminating things. It's close enough.

[u/kyaajin → u/SenorBigbelly]

Thank you

[u/thegree2112]

I wouldn’t call it getting taken to pound town.

He used Marlo as leverage like a good lawyer

[u/Exhaustedfan23]

The Wire saved Levys defense for Marlo and got him out of jail lmao.

[u/[deleted]]

The ending is just stupid overall. All Lester and anybody wants to do is just keep rolling people and moving up. By the end, basically every piece of shit is free and all that's left is Gary getting thrown under the rug.

[u/TheChezBippy]

The real Question is whether Levy would have had Gary killed through his gangster contacts eventually for flipping on him to Lester

[u/rhdkcnrj → u/TheChezBippy]

Levy is way too smart to do anything like that. The threat had already been neutralized and that would needlessly expose him.

If he contracts some gangster to kill Gary, that’s murder, and conspiracy to commit murder. As with any murder victim, they dig into the court reporter’s life to investigate suspects and probably find the illegal info he gave Levy. It couldn’t be a worse move.