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I like at this point that the contempt the other dealers feel for D is already palpable. The smirk on Stringers face as he delivers: "Now what you think". It's clear that they think he owes his position to nepotism, which is a fair assessment. I like that, while McNulty and D are both skilled at what they do, D's problem is that he isn't "built for the game" and isn't personally invested enough, whereas McNulty's problem is that he's TO invested, and they're both punished for it.
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I do like that they bought it back for the series finale, McNulty and Daniels in the elevator!
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Not to mention, if you gently caress up, ala Little Man, you get dealt with rather harshly.
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escape artist posted:You make a good point. But what's strange is that Wallace gets a $500 bonus for pointing our Brandon, too. I know he ends up getting high, but still, where did that $500 go? $500 of chips and juice boxes for the young ones? He wasn't working while he was getting high, and yeah, raising a bunch of kids will drain $500 quick.
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EvanSchenck posted:That would have been my own first guess, because it's so obvious. I guess an alternative interpretation would be, uh, I don't know... but if we're just bullshitting... It's gotta extend beyond McNulty, since the trains are referenced even in scenes without him.
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One thing that stood out for me is when Ziggy aces Double G, they use that shaky blurry camera to demonstrate his mindstate. I don't think they do anything like that anywhere else. I can't remember off the top of my head, but I'm fairly sure there's a few other scenes in S2 that were of that nature: more traditional TV and less "strictly observational".
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I can't really be mad that people think Breaking Bad is the greatest show of all time. Some people believe Sons of Anarchy is the greatest show of all time. I'm certain people feel the same way about Real Housewives of Cityname.
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cletepurcel posted:
This I think was regarding the low viewership. Theres a strong and well documented negative correlation between the number of POC's in your main cast, and viewership in TV and Movies.
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I feel like the way Omar and Rawls handle their homosexuality is almost a perfect metaphor for their personal relationship with the system. Omar flaunts his homosexuality in the face of the system and dares anyone to challenge him over it. Rawls suppresses it in order to advance within the system. I feel like Rawls could have being a Lester or McNulty, given his skills and what he is capable of observing, but suppresses it in order to advance his career.
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Jerusalem posted:I'm glad you're not Cheese. He's your dog, and he'll always have much love for you. Ya'll are cold-rear end motherfuckers.
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By the same token McNulty is not smart for continuously bashing his head against the system. Prop Joe is not smart for bringing Marlo under his wing. Stringers not smart for trying his hand at a game he didn't fully understand. They did dumb things, but one can't reasonably say these were unintelligent people, the same goes for D, Wallace and Bodie. Also one need not look much further than Namond for street vs book smarts.
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pokeyman posted:We see the police doing exactly this in S03E01, though their gang has twice as many people. A testament to Omar's efficiency. Also Omar was successful.
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Wow, there are people who thought Joe was illiterate or that Avon thought Joe was illiterate? Anyone who thinks that is more illiterate than Joe. How is it not obvious that it's just Avon poo poo-talking. They were cheering for opposite teams, and he decided to talking poo poo, how could that not be clear?
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Randomly Specific posted:Even on the first viewing I felt Stringer got exposed for his shortcomings on multiple occasions. His problem was that he was too street to play with the big boys, and too much wannabe businessman to fit in with the game. Stringer is the kind of guy who handles things fairly well when he's rehearsed and planned them out ahead of time, but tends to gently caress up when he's confronted with the differences between theory and practice. Do you know what I see when I look at you? I see a man without a country.
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Yup, and these are the scenes Random was talking about, watch side by side to highlight the differences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qT0nX6I6iA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwuckTkE7T4
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Thaddius the Large posted:It's been ages since I've watched that episode, but does anything happen to Marlo prior to the store scene that might trigger his insecurity, and make him abuse the guard like that? Your calling it a petty act definitely resonated, it was so ridiculous it almost feels like he was trying to get the guy to call him out, so Marlo could make a point. Or I guess he was just always that in need of validation, and there isn't an immediate antecedent? He got cleaned out in poker.
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Spoilers Below posted:I guess what I was going for was that Zig could have become Marlo with the right set of circumstances. Marlo killed that girl that worked for Avon. There was also that snitch who ended up dead, shot in the same way. Marlo was in the same position that Avon was in at the start of Season 1. Avon had Weebay muscling for him, but there's no way either Avon or Marlo got where they were without a rep, and without putting in work.
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cletepurcel posted:One thing I do wonder is how Joe got to the top. It can't have ALL been just deal making and double crosses; he must have done poo poo to earn respect, yet it's difficult to imagine this enormously fat man who avoids violence at all costs personally killing people. Yeah, but he's middle aged. 20 year old Joe may not have the wisdom he has now. Besides, he talked to Stringer about how "when your against a wall you go to the gun, I know, I've been there".
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At the end of Season 3, all those guys they had cuffed were dudes that were caught on the wire. Bunk says as much to another detective. Not all of those guys were selling in Hamsterdam presumably. Bodie was one of the few who was primarily selling in Hamsterdam, so he get's to claim entrapment.
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Obviously The Wire and Sesame Street are in the same universe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLdim8hWR44
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CPFortest posted:The only real reason that Kintel Williamson was never that important is that The Wire mostly concerns itself with the major kingpins and their operations in West and East Baltimore. While this is true, Kintel could have been airlifting metric tons of dope straight into Baltimore on a daily basis and driving through schoolyards shooting children, and McNulty would still be gunning for Stringer because Stringer was the one that "beat" him in Season one.
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Frostwerks posted:Great, then everyone watches The Wire and we're right back to depression. Smooth idea. But in this alternate reality we would just watch The Wire and go "ahahaha, look at this silly assholes, how could they let their world get this way." Which makes me in THIS world depressed  .
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