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grading essays nude posted:From 2 pages back, but this is quietly one of the most heartbreaking lines in season 2. The Greek knows what Frank will never realize: that no amount of smuggling can ever allow him to outspend the developers and save the union. I don't think that's what this line is. This line is showing the Greek hosed up and hasn't got a clue as to Franks motivations.
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Question: in Mission Accomplished, the last episode of S3, Bunny is irked by McNulty when he explained that he showed Avon that Stringer was the CI on the warrant. Bunny says something like "Always cutting corners, Bushy Top." What's the problem? They both know Avon is locked up and Stringer is dead.
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I figured it was in regards to using a dead CI for the warrant...if that'a a thing? Otherwise I have no idea.
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Jan 21, 2015 02:53
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McNulty guessed that Stringer was the CI, but he had zero proof (at least that he could use) and identified ANOTHER OFFICER'S confidential informant just to get what he wanted. It basically goes against everything the CI system is meant to do, as well as intruding into a fellow officer's case/work (and a superior officer at that), and it's all because McNulty didn't want to jump through the hoops of regulations (and, you know, the actual LAW) and wanted to just shortcut his way to the result he wanted using "common sense" (which is an incredibly dangerous and potentially hazardous/corrupt way to think).
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Jan 21, 2015 03:06
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McNutty is a gaping rear end in a top hat and the world loves it.
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Jan 21, 2015 04:19
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My favorite moment is kima going "man, I feel really bad what I did to lester" McNulty: "You get used to it."
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Jan 21, 2015 04:23
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Jan 21, 2015 04:34
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I love how everyone in this show has HBO 
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Jan 21, 2015 04:42
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I just realized what the train tracks represent... Erectile Dysfunction. Or Impotency.
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Jan 21, 2015 05:06
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MrSlam posted:Impotency. No, that would be the docks. 
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Jan 21, 2015 05:21
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Jerusalem posted:McNulty guessed that Stringer was the CI, but he had zero proof (at least that he could use) and identified ANOTHER OFFICER'S confidential informant just to get what he wanted. It basically goes against everything the CI system is meant to do, as well as intruding into a fellow officer's case/work (and a superior officer at that), and it's all because McNulty didn't want to jump through the hoops of regulations (and, you know, the actual LAW) and wanted to just shortcut his way to the result he wanted using "common sense" (which is an incredibly dangerous and potentially hazardous/corrupt way to think). Don't they have Bell's wiretap showing that he called the Western? I recall this being of of McNulty's lesser transgressions, mostly because the rest of the unit (including Daniels) agrees to it without much fuss.
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Jan 21, 2015 09:24
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Hah David Simon's commentaries are great. IT'S ABOUT THE WAR IN IRAQ, HOW COME YOU DON'T GET THIS?!?!? But seriously, him being a tease about the railway in the commentary is pretty great.
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Jan 21, 2015 14:31
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LordPants posted:But seriously, him being a tease about the railway in the commentary is pretty great. Anybody got the goods on the railroad track thing? I refuse to take "an explanation would ruin it" for an answer.
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Jan 22, 2015 21:18
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McNerd posted:Anybody got the goods on the railroad track thing? I refuse to take "an explanation would ruin it" for an answer. quote:I have a fondness for trains. I grew up in a place where the Erie, Pennsylvania, and Reading lines all ran. I love the sound of them. So it was an easy emotional marker to pick up on after the first scene of McNulty and Bunk drinking on the tracks.
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Jan 22, 2015 22:42
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McNerd posted:Anybody got the goods on the railroad track thing? I refuse to take "an explanation would ruin it" for an answer. In that episode, in season 3 the train isn't heading in their direction (in fact it's stopped), which makes me think it's probably just a metaphor for McNulty and the police force because McNulty's on his last case and isn't trying to gently caress things up, unlike in season one where he's deliberately pissing people off.
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Jan 23, 2015 00:02
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tastychicken posted:McNutty is a gaping rear end in a top hat and the world loves it. "These are for you" That's a great line to use with your buddies if they've seen the show.
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grading essays nude posted:In Canada, they only aired the HD remaster on Bravo for a bit. I couldn't stand the commercial breaks and I'm not sure if they're still airing it. But all the talk somehow has me doing what has to be like a 12th rewatch, about to start Season 2. I genuinely cannot imagine a version of The Wire with commercial breaks. It always seemed like such an impossible show to syndicate.
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Dangerous Person posted:I genuinely cannot imagine a version of The Wire with commercial breaks. It always seemed like such an impossible show to syndicate. They used to show it on BET. With most of the stevedores storyline cut. 
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Jan 23, 2015 02:26
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Man I could watch a season of nothing but Valchek getting pictures of his surveillance van from various places around the world. Shame about the rest of season 2 
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Red Crown posted:Don't know - not Butch, Butch's muscle. You first see him when he gears Omar up for a shivvin' in jail.He's killed when Omar raids the 5th floor apartment. Whoa, I didn't know about the real Ed Norris. One of the things he got popped for was the same thing they use to scare Clay Davis into giving up Levy and the leak in the courthouse aka the head shot.
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Red Crown posted:The scene where Chris realizes why Michael wants Bug's dad murdered is amazing, because it only takes one brief shot to make the audience understand exactly where Chris is coming from. Chris has a family who he misses and wants to keep safe. For someone with relatively few lines and comparatively simple dialogue, Chris is a fantastic character. I love this show. What? This is Chris's motivation for defending and sympathising with Michael? I thought it was very clear that Chris is himself a victim of child abuse of some kind, if not outright rape.
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Jan 25, 2015 15:42
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Keeping family safe might have been his motivation for dealing with the problem in the first place, but it certainly wasn't his motivation for beating the guy to death with his bare hands before even getting him into the vacant.
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Smudgie Buggler posted:What? This is Chris's motivation for defending and sympathising with Michael? I thought it was very clear that Chris is himself a victim of child abuse of some kind, if not outright rape. I think those were separate points both demonstrating Chris's humanity. That poster left the abuse victim part implied and went on to another example.
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Smudgie Buggler posted:What? This is Chris's motivation for defending and sympathising with Michael? I thought it was very clear that Chris is himself a victim of child abuse of some kind, if not outright rape. Looking back at my post, it's unclear - I meant Chris' motivation for being a hitman for a drug lord to begin with, as opposed to Snoop, who just seems to kind of enjoy it. I'm just kind of rambling on how much I like the actor 
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Jan 25, 2015 23:39
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Ah, I see. Where is it mentioned that Chris has a family? I sounds right to me, but I can't remember when or how it's brought up in the show.
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Smudgie Buggler posted:Ah, I see. Where is it mentioned that Chris has a family? I sounds right to me, but I can't remember when or how it's brought up in the show. I forget if he hides them or just tells them he's gonna be away for awhile, but it's after they kill butchie and he's worried about omar coming back on him.
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Smudgie Buggler posted:Ah, I see. Where is it mentioned that Chris has a family? I sounds right to me, but I can't remember when or how it's brought up in the show. When they go to war with Omar, they have him stop by before-hand. Also, he mentions that he has to go underground so Omar won't get to his people. Marlo explicitly uses the term "your people" at one point. It's season 5 after killing Butchie, I think. e:f;b
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Jan 26, 2015 02:53
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And when Chris is low over something or another, Snoop suggests buying a bunch of toys for his kids.
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Jan 26, 2015 03:42
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IIRC Marlo says something to Levy to the effect of: As long as we take care of his people, he is rock solid.
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Here's a new interview/profile of David Simon, who's developing a miniseries for HBO starring Oscar Isaac called "Show Me A Hero", the real story of the young mayor of Yonkers struggling to desegregate the city in the 80s. Looks great, classic Simon stuff. http://grantland.com/features/david-simon-show-me-a-hero-hbo-the-wire-treme/ He also apparently has several shows he's pitched to HBO already with multiseason "show bibles" and multiple scripts that are in development hell:\ quote:There was a partial adaptation of Taylor Branch’s massive civil-rights trilogy America in the King Years. A collaboration with George Pelecanos on Times Square in the ’70s and ’80s. A “very careful treatment” of the CIA from 1945 to 2001, written with his Wire buddy Ed Burns. And a telling of the Lincoln assassination with “crackling” scripts that “avoided the marble men of Lincoln and Booth who have been written to death” and functioned “as a sort of post-9/11 allegory.” He describes it as a “traumatizing act of terror” followed by “paranoia and military trials with indefinite detention … the smell of rendition in Guantanamo and overreach and wartime fear.” The first one is a bit ironic because HBO once had to choose between a Branch miniseries or The Corner and decided on the latter because it was an "only on HBO" type of thing, and the rest is history. The CIA one sounds the most interesting.
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The Lincoln one sounds pretty great too. I'd probably watch all of them, to be honest.
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I'd really like that CIA thing. 
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Jerusalem posted:The Lincoln one sounds pretty great too. It was the best show ever made in this alternate universe: http://whenwillthehurtingstop.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-secret-history.html
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At the end of season 3, after they get up on Stringer's cell, they catch this conversation... Someone: One other thing, those two hitters you asked about? They good with it. Stringer: Not on the phone, man. and pretty much start jizzing all over the room, saying they caught him. What the gently caress kind of evidence is that? Of course they're talking about a murder, but I can't imagine that weak poo poo would stand up in a courtroom.
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Kevyn posted:At the end of season 3, after they get up on Stringer's cell, they catch this conversation... Conspiracy. Think back to season 1 when Freamon tells Prez to mark a call between Stinkum and Bodie pertinent even though they don't mention drugs, just the whole "don't use names on the phone" bit.
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Jan 27, 2015 18:35
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Who was Stringer actually arranging to have hit?
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joepinetree posted:Conspiracy. Think back to season 1 when Freamon tells Prez to mark a call between Stinkum and Bodie pertinent even though they don't mention drugs, just the whole "don't use names on the phone" bit. So if Stringer was a little bit smarter, instead of saying "not on the phone" he should just always end a call like that by saying "I have to go"?
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It also seemed weird to me that the team made a big deal about learning that pager code 07 was Wee-bay, since Omar knew that and could have told them.Toph Bei Fong posted:It was the best show ever made in this alternate universe: http://whenwillthehurtingstop.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-secret-history.html This was awesome and if I hadn't read your post I might not have figured out it wasn't real. What is that blog? Jeffrey of YOSPOS fucked around with this message at 19:15 on Jan 27, 2015 |
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bucketybuck posted:So if Stringer was a little bit smarter, instead of saying "not on the phone" he should just always end a call like that by saying "I have to go"?
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:It also seemed weird to me that the team made a big deal about learning that pager code 07 was Wee-bay, since Omar knew that and could have told them. Didn't Omar get that info from reading the details wall charts?
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