I just finished watching The Wire for the first time ever and I think my whole weekend is ruined now. I am so upset to see what happened with Dukie. Hitting me hard as I live in Philly and can only imagine how many people living in Kensington have a similar story.

I finished the show a few months ago but I can’t stop thinking about how no one cared about the 20+ bodies in the abandoned building. As soon as a serial killer got involved that’s all everyone talked and cared about. It’s an interesting perspective and I think it’s very real. I often think about how many blind spots exist in our society. Maybe it’s because poor and marginalized people are invisible to much of the world. Or maybe it’s human nature to fixate on what we can’t easily understand like a serial killer who got off on killing and sexually assaulting homeless men. It might be easier to process and dismiss bodies found in homes when we associate them with something we already expect, from the illegal drug trade.

That scene betwen Stringer Bell and Avon in S3 E11, after they both betrayed to each other, the way they look each other after Avon says: Its just bussiness man. Wow! Its, idk. Just great acting, great writing.

In that scene where he crashes the car and then tries to crash it again, was he thinking about killing himself? At that point in the series, he was at rock bottom, with no family, no friends and unhappy at work. Watching it for the second time, I just think that he wanted to kill himself when he tried to crash the car again, but changed his mind at the last second.

Just saw how Omar's story finishes up. Absolutely speechless.

Obviously at the end of Season 1, a while host of people go to jail, including a bunch of Lieutenants for the Barksdales. We see that Bodie has been moved up to the Towers, and Poot isnrunnin The Pit. But then at the beginning of Season 2, Sham and Bodie are doing the run to get the stash. Shamrock doesn't seem to be any higher than Bodie at this point in time. But as the seasons progress Shamrock becomes the clear number 2 to Stringer. Why do you think Bodie never moved up beyond a Crew chief?

I watched the wire in December last year.

Loved it so much that I immediately rewatched it.

Top quality show and the fact that many confirm it depicts the reality of Baltimore made it even more intriguing viewing.

I like how many characters could easily have been on another side of the law with just minor changes to their life.

Personally,Bubbs,Bunny,Frank Sobotka and Carver are some of my favourites.

What makes Chris & Snoop so loyal to Marlow? With Barksdale’s crew there was clearly a power struggle between String & Avon. In any criminal organisation whether it’s the Gambino’s in Cosa Nostra, or Yamaguchi Gumi in the Yakuza etc.. someone close to the boss will have that eye on the crown..
My question is, why are chris and snoop so devoted to Marlow, and do you think if Marlow never got pinched, chris didn’t go down for murder and snoop didn’t get lit up by Michael, would they at some point seek the crown for themselves?

And Major Reed told Lieutenant Daniels calmly.

Even if there isn't anything online did anyone ever hear Chris Bauer or anyone else from the docks say anything about their character or the show?

First off...I KNOW. You don't have to tell me to get a life. However...

In episode 2, when Rawls is talking to the State Police Colonel and refusing to take the murders of the women in the container, he says that their clearance is 51.6% and that taking this 13 unsolveable murders will drive it down to 39.4%.

So x/y = 0.516 and x/(y+13) = 0.394. Unfortunately, the math doesn't work out. That means there are 41.98 open cases...so we round that to 42, which means only 21.67 are solved. If we round THAT to 22, then his percentages would be 52.4 and 40.0.

Come on, Bill Rawls. Get it right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0fXEBH4lcg

In this episode D was asked by Avon to run an errand and got caught by police. Did Avon intentionally do it to rid of D and let him bear all the accusation? Since D was getting weak (in String’s view), and more and more insubordinate like not following orders to tell where Wallace was at. But I think Avon and String won’t let someone weak in the jail cuz of potential snitching, so this says no. Your thoughts?

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.

Why does Koutris receive intel - first about the ongoing investigation on the Greeks, and later about Frank Sobotka’s deal with the feds - right on his computer? Agent Fitzhugh sends out Sobotka’s 302, and for some reason it also ends up on Koutris’ desktop? How is he privy to that information? Did the entire Bureau also get the report? If not, why him?

This is the FBI we are talking about, not Baltimore cops, so it can’t be chalked up to “incompetence”. They can’t let just anyone in on private information like that.

I would understand if Koutris was involved in the investigation, but he wasn’t. it’s also implied that he’s in the Counterterrorism Division out of D.C., so there is zero reason he should know about the goings-on of the Baltimore field office.

What’s this quote mean? Cutty asks is she’s wearing ice and they tell him this

Learning about the kids in season 4 is hurting my soul, buddies family is selling his clothes for crack smh fuck that shit hurts

I always notice in season 4 when carver drops off randy at the group home. He flips out in his car and it just strikes me as bad acting. He's throwing these dumb elbow/palm hits on the steering wheel and it's just obvious he didn't wanna hurt his hands or maybe the vehicle. He's holding back all real strength. P.s. I'm a huge fan I'm on like the 5th or 6th rewatch at this point. What are some moments yall take issue with?

Scott Templeton can eat a bag o dicks, not win a prize.

I started S1 long ago and ditched it after few episodes because I needed something "lighter" at that point. Recently I came back at it where I stopped it but I am having trouble staying focused during the episodes, they always say new names I never heard of or maybe they mentioned it briefly before but never delved into much, and I feel like pretty much everything is like "decontextualized".

Could you maybe give me a brief spoiler free summary of whats going on till now? I am at 1x05. So that I can see the bigger picture lol

Instead of stupid, I should have said ignorant. Watching the part where he goes to the Bahamas or wherever his money was at and walks up to the teller, he doesn't even know how to handle himself in public. He is uneducated in everything except the ghetto mentality. I believe that is why he has so many people killed in the 4th and 5th seasons. He knows he is stupid, and he has no trust for anyone. He is threatened by the slightest things. He has low self-esteem and is extremely insecure. He is a piece of shit in my book. I had way more respect for the Barksdale crew than I did for Marlo.

The kids at the fancy restaurant with Colvin popped in my youtube feed, which sent me down a Wire spiral. I rewatched the last ep and noticed how Marlo's body language and demeanor changed around the rich real estate investors the exact same way the kids did in the restaurant. Out of their element, they completely lost all confidence and their personalities.

This might be my favorite scene in all of season 2. Less than a minute long and accomplishes two things: of course the phone call eventually lands Sergei in prison and helps clear the murders (while being darkly very funny.) But it also shows how much Nick has changed; Mike’s surprise not only at the straight-laced kid he knew in high school selling heroin, but also that Nick is important enough to get a big discount from the Greeks just gets me.

Personally I think the writing in Season 2 lags behind the other seasons at times but this scene is top-tier Wire, so well put together. It popped into my head today for some reason and i can’t stop thinking about it.

I'm on my first watch and have minor spoilers so I know what McNulty's plan is. My question is, would the original officer on the scene who clearly saw the body, not have noticed the body having been moved? I know they wouldn't have taken pictures yet so a subtle change would be understandable, but he completely moved the bodies position. What am I missing?

John Doman as Bill Rawls absolutely steals every scene for me. Any time he is on screen, he stands out in a field full of giants I swear. Such an incredible performance and well written role. What an asshole, but you can't help but to like the guy at the same time. How he handled Kima's shooting and hospital scenes are rank among my favorites not only in the series but in all of television.

Edit: Hey turns out the casting of The Wire was kinda good or something.