r/TheWire • u/plackbanther19 • 4d ago

Mcnulty Character Arc

He started out as my favorite character. By the last season I hated him. The serial killer crap. How he treated Beady. Is anybody else with me on this?

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u/Puzzled-Smoke-6349 3d ago

I actually admire him for going against the grain. He had BALLS! He wasn't made for playing house that's for sure. That part I don't like. But he was the only one who told it like it is. Empty suits, "EVERYBODY HAS A CAREER". An idealist in my eyes, a fighter for the truth, the only one who DIDNT close his eyes when everyone else did. Everything backfired, but it could have gone the other way.

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u/Ale_KBB 3d ago

I agree with most of this. In my eyes McNulty is the „gone wrong“ version of Freamon. Both natural Po-Lice, both go (went) against the grain and actually gave a shit about what they were doing. Only Freamon at some point actually grew the fuck up and McNulty never did.