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God Hole
Mar 2, 2016

I know it's time for my bi-annual rewatch when I accidentally lose a whole day watching random Wire clips on youtube

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God Hole
Mar 2, 2016

Xiahou Dun posted:

It’s not worth watching to the end, but this is some superlative dipshittery.

I hope no one was hurt when he just loving mag-dumped down a residential street. Holy poo poo.

mag-dumped into his own car with a person handcuffed inside (no injuries, miraculously)

God Hole
Mar 2, 2016

Ainsley McTree posted:

That and the scene where he tries to go on a date with the lobbyist (or whatever her job was) and humbly is confronted with the fact that the only thing he has to talk/brag about is policing and nobody but cops are impressed by that

she was also unimpressed with how McNulty implied that her job was completely worthless after she just got done explaining how much she loved her job

God Hole
Mar 2, 2016

...how good were the casseroles

God Hole
Mar 2, 2016

this America man

God Hole
Mar 2, 2016

surf rock posted:

People here are so wild for Poot; I thought there would be something this season to justify it but I guess it's just a meme. What I remember about Poot: awful name, wore lovely polo shirts, pushed Bodie over the edge to kill Wallace, sucked at running the pit, fled Bodie's death on the corner, worked at Footlocker. Terrible.

Wallace's ticket was punched and they were the ones tasked to do it. They didn't really have a say in the matter. The only other option Bodie and Poot would have had would be to straight up abandon their lives and leave Baltimore, which is apparently an impossible task even for people who are otherwise doomed (Old Face Andre, Wallace)

God Hole
Mar 2, 2016

*Stringer held at gunpoint by Mouzone and Omar in an unfinished loft*

"the gently caress did I do?"

God Hole
Mar 2, 2016

Jerusalem posted:

Most hilariously tonedeaf and counterproductive monologue?

It's probably a tie between Frank Sobotka declaring that his union has survived everything and it will survive this too (spoiler: it doesn't), and Carver getting up on the roof of the car and screaming about how the drugdealers won't win, the cops will win (spoiler: they don't).

"Ya know Lester there aren't 5 swingin' dicks in this whole department that can do what we do."

which is followed by one of the best monologues in the whole series. The job will not save you Jimmy.

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God Hole
Mar 2, 2016

The impression that I got with Daniels was that he was basically a successful Stringer; he managed to leapfrog into an entirely new economic class due to his criminal activities but was actually able to diversify enough through legitimate channels to maintain his new position.

Like compared to who he was rubbing shoulders with in the Eastern district or whatever, Daniels was not that bad, but he was prob on the take for a good long while and did very well for himself as a result. How actively dirty he was at this time is an exercise left to the reader but I like to think he saw a lot of himself in Carver

Ainsley McTree posted:

I thought she left him because he decided to stick with his job and actually try and solve cases instead of climbing the ladder to further their shared ambitions. I got the sense that it was as much a political marriage as a romantic one, but I don’t remember if the show ever goes too deep in it.

And yeah I think Daniels was just stealing money but I can’t remember if it’s ever spelled out.

also my takeaway

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