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Eason the Fifth posted:He plays Jack Maple, by all accounts a real character: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Maple Regardless of anything else, didn't they get Norris by using the "headshot" that Bond declined to use on Clay Davis?
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Now watch Homicide on Tubi
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Just finished season 4, gently caress i forgot how heartbreaking that last episode is.. argh 
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For some reason I thought the Deuce came out in like 2008 or something, was surprised to see it was fairly recent & got confused about why on a show focused on how exploiting women is wrong, James Franco would be a lead after so much came to light. Turns out yup, but seems that HBO was stuck as if they removed him they thought the show would have to end. That does explain why I’ve heard so little about it, having that guy be the face of your product would be rough.
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When I find myself in times of trouble Omar Comin' up to me Speaking words of wisdom "Oh indeed"
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toggle posted:Just finished season 4, gently caress i forgot how heartbreaking that last episode is.. argh RUN WITH IT, MOTHERFUCKERS! I DON'T GIVE A gently caress! I'M RIGHT HERE! YOU AIN'T PUTTIN' ME IN ONE OF THOSE EMPTY-rear end HOUSES EITHER! 
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I'm so glad that guy, who looks exactly like Bodie, confusing not only Poot but Snoop, Chris and O-dog, decided to join his corner and take the hit for real Bodie, who was in fact at the sandwich shop at the time. Real Bodie then decides he's too old for this poo poo and retires from the game and lives a peaceful life in another city. Yup that's how it went.
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deoju posted:But first he goes marlin fishing. After a brief stop to Cylburn Arboretum and one last lake trout sub...heading to the coast listening to Prairie Home Companion...
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:When I find myself in times of trouble lol
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Let’s check in on how Wendell Pierce spends his weekends https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/...ce=articleShare
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Oh thank god it’s a puff piece. I thought he’d been canceled
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Ainsley McTree posted:Oh thank god it’s a puff piece. I thought he’d been canceled He’s probably at his career high point, with major supporting roles in Superman & Thunderbolts.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Let’s check in on how Wendell Pierce spends his weekends https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/...ce=articleShare Classy way to spend a weekend, Bunk
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When Cuttys in the hospital and complains he only gets 3 channels while the dude in the bed next to him gets HBO (haha he called the guy cocksucker!!  ) and the nurse says "insurance pays for his cable hookup" is this like an actual Baltimore area thing that happens or am I just overthinking an obvious joke line. I have never been to a hospital that had HBO or had different TV settings based on insurance providers.
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banned from Starbucks posted:When Cuttys in the hospital and complains he only gets 3 channels while the dude in the bed next to him gets HBO (haha he called the guy cocksucker!! pretty sure it was just them hating on deadwood for some reason.
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banned from Starbucks posted:When Cuttys in the hospital and complains he only gets 3 channels while the dude in the bed next to him gets HBO (haha he called the guy cocksucker!! I was in a hospital overnight roughly during this era and there was this screen on an arm attached to the bed and you were supposed to put your credit card number in but just an hour after my visitors were telling me to sleep well I discovered you had to put a credit card number in to get internet or TV. I handed my domestic partner my wallet and phone after checking in because why would I need them? Also the phone was driven through that screen so you couldn't call either to say "Hey read my credit card number." Since I spent most of the day asleep in surgery, I then had to spend the night awake with literally nothing to do other than browse the five or six webpages the hospital had available.
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Wow that's crazy. Very interesting!
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banned from Starbucks posted:Wow that's crazy. Very interesting! The point is, Cutty had it made. Unless he had medical debt afterward that put a lien on his gym or deducted from his paychecks or maybe withheld his income tax returns.
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Now hospitals have Wi-Fi so you can work
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when I had to spend a few days in hospital in July, I had no TV but I did take my phone charger this time as opposed to when I had to spend a few days in hospital last December and didn't and was stuck with no phone for two days. Anyway, I would have preferred a TV rather than one of my fellow patients who demanded the attention of a nurse every hour or so and I was so annoyed with her on my second morning that I told her, loudly, to shut the gently caress up
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HootTheOwl posted:Now hospitals have Wi-Fi so you can work Yep. I remember getting trouble tickets that read some variation of: “Cannot get VPN to connect. Please call, I am hospitalized and need to get some work done”
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Apparently Alan Sepinwall is writing a book for the 25th anniversary of the show. 1. That sounds like a cool book. 2. What the gently caress 25 years? 
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Another one for the books, Lance Reddick has a small role as security guard in the extremely not great Michael Douglas thriller Don't Say A Word.
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Sssshhhheeeeeeeee....itttt
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Another book copying Jerusalem
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escape artist posted:Another book copying Jerusalem I tried to convince Jerusalem to publish his posts and write ups into a book. His stuff on The Wire and The Sopranos were far better than a few books I'd read on those shows.
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Who is this Jerusalem?
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Nice try, Judge Phelan 
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Count Roland posted:Who is this Jerusalem? A poster here on the forums who's done rewatch threads on the Sopranos, The Wire and (I think) Breaking Bad and/or Better Call Saul. Not sure about the last two. His recaps, observations and analysis are all top tier, really good effort posting.
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Mad Men, which is an excellent show I got around to watching WAY too late. I'm glad you liked the write-ups 
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I've been watching Law & Order and look who turned up as a Nigerian tribal chief in season 3.  The part where this gets interesting is that The Wire and Law & Order canonically take place in the same universe, which means that Bunk isn't really a local Baltimore boy, he's a Nigerian tribal chief who immigrated and then went on to play lacrosse in high school. There's a 4 hour YouTube video in this! E:  TWO 4 hour YouTube videos! Shaman Tank Spec fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Nov 6, 2025 |
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I just saw him as a lawyer on Law & Order the other day! (Law and Order makes a great background show because you don't have to pay attention to it at all, and it has a shitload of Wire and Sopranos actors). A quick look at the Law & Order wiki shows he was on original flavor Law & Order four times as four different characters and Law & Order TBJ (whatever the gently caress that is) as a fifth character twice. I am sure there is a good way to tie all these character together with Bunk.
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Bread Enthusiast posted:I just saw him as a lawyer on Law & Order the other day! (Law and Order makes a great background show because you don't have to pay attention to it at all, and it has a shitload of Wire and Sopranos actors). Jay Landsman is a lawyer on there from time to time and Bodie shows up. It's basically preschool for The Wire actors
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:Jay Landsman is a lawyer on there from time to time and Bodie shows up. It's basically preschool for The Wire actors Yes, Bodie shows up after he faked his own death and moved to New York to start a new life. THAT IS CANON.
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:Jay Landsman is a lawyer on there from time to time and Bodie shows up. It's basically preschool for The Wire actors What's The Corner then? I loved that show and one of the coolest things about it was watching the same actors take on vastly different roles and still nailing the characters. Seeing Clark Peters as a strung out veteran heroin junkie and Lance Reddick as an abusive ex con crack addict was jarring but delightful at the same time. Same with We own This City seeing Jamie Hector going from Marlo to a police detective. I'd really like to see Hector show up in more stuff, since i'm talking about it. The whole miniseries is up on YT in better quality than when I watched it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMJMOoW8y6o BiggerBoat fucked around with this message at 00:01 on Nov 7, 2025 |
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