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escape artist posted:They also force him to consider why drugs can't just be sold without the violence, a sentiment that Dee will take to heart (and Stringer too, eventually). I'm pretty sure that's why Kima goes into the interrogation room with them. Notice that as McNulty asks why they can't just sell the drugs and walk away, the camera settles on her, and she's got her hand over her mouth like she's pondering every word being said. It's one of the most important issues raised by the show, and the first time it's brought up, we're watching not the person saying it, or the person it's being said to, but a third party observer, just like us. She's an audience surrogate.
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In the 'marriage counselor' scene, it's interesting how Omar deliberately picked a figure that was ridiculous so that Avon/Stringer would tip their hand by agreeing to it.
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I saw Poot's killing Wallace as more of a merciful gesture than one of solidarity with Bodie.
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Jerusalem posted:Nick has plenty of black friends on the docks so his vehement racism in this regard always surprises me, and to me it comes down again to his sense of pride - he sees himself as the latest in a long line of hard workers with integrity and dignity, the kind who believes that hard work builds character and will be rewarded, and rankles at the suggestion that he join those he has always been told are lazy, stupid and responsible for their horrible life situation. When you grow up like that and find yourself unable to get work, the reaction is almost always going to be anger because you did everything "right" and yet somehow everything is going wrong, but who does that anger get directed at? Blaming society is what "those people" always did, and you can't blame yourself because you're a worthy, hardworking person... so the anger and impotence just ends up eating you up inside. Jerusalem posted:Once Tilghman is gone, Butchie comments that to Shamrock that Avon has no flex - I've always misunderstood this line to mean that Butchie mistakenly thought Avon had failed to live up to his threat to deal with Tilghman. It's only recently that I've come to realize that the line doesn't refer to flexing muscle but flexibility - as you'll soon see, Avon's solution to the Tilghman problem is incredibly harsh - the price of disrespecting him is high indeed.
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cletepurcel posted:To this end, there's another scene I always note, when Nick sells the drug chemicals to Vondas, he gives them some advice about how to move the chemicals without appearing suspicious (something to the effect of different cars or something). As if guys in an operation like Vondas' don't know that already! Nick is clearly street smart but not as much as he thinks he is, much like Stringer has some business smarts but not nearly as much as he thinks.
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Febreeze posted:The fact that he completely pisses away everything he has at the end for a corner that means nothing really shows you Marlo is hosed. He might not get his onscreen, but you know it won't be long before he's back in the game and done forever (part of his deal was that he'd never be in the game again or he'd be taken down, right?), and it'll be someone else's turn to be the king. The fun thing about that is that Levy threatened to reveal the poo poo about their illegal wiretap if they tried to do that, so that ending means that Daniels, Rhonda, Lester, and especially McNulty are completely hosed.
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