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Mouth Ze Dong
Jan 2, 2005

Aint no thing like me, 'cept me.
I'm doing my first re-watch and am showing my girlfriend the show for her first time.
We've finished S2E1, and she's having the same issue I did the first time I watched it: It's hard to start giving a poo poo about all these dock workers so abruptly. The show just throws them at you after you've invested so much time building up feelings for all the people in the first season.

Another reason, perhaps equally responsible for my feelings towards them, is that she got me watching True Blood before I ever saw The Wire, and I can't take the actor who plays Frank Sabotka seriously because he plays a bumbling-idiot, backwoods sheriff on True Blood. I refuse to believe that the school scenes in season 4 are anything but a documentary because the kids are all fresh faces, but every time I see Sheriff Andy Belfleur put on a safety vest, I'm reminded that this is a scripted show, and my interest wanes. I'm not saying I'm correct in my views, but it's difficult to suspend disbelief for all the shipyard scenes.

I'm not sure I remember much of their plot either, so I'm finding it hard to give her compelling reasons to care about these new characters when I'm not sure that I even do. I'm gonna get us through it for no other reason than to see Hamsterdam and the kids in Season 4 again.

Can you guys remind me of some reasons to pay closer attention to these union folk on our re-watch journey?

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Mouth Ze Dong
Jan 2, 2005

Aint no thing like me, 'cept me.

Fragmented posted:

gently caress Belfleur, this is where it's at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NmUsG9eQKg (One of my favorite scenes of The Wire)

Hah, they whistle to warn of the 5-oh just like the hoppers and look-outs in the pit.

Mouth Ze Dong
Jan 2, 2005

Aint no thing like me, 'cept me.
Robert Chew (Prop Joe) died today. Sadly, I've not the show knowledge for a sentimental/appropriate quote.

http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/18/prop-joe-dead-robert-f-chew-the-wire/

Mouth Ze Dong
Jan 2, 2005

Aint no thing like me, 'cept me.

Spoilers Below posted:

"You earned that buck like a motherfucker, man. Keep that poo poo."

I thought she said "that bump" like a bump up in his pay.
Is it "buck" ? It's hard to tell.

Mouth Ze Dong
Jan 2, 2005

Aint no thing like me, 'cept me.

Benny D posted:

"How my head look, man?"

"...it look good girl."

From a Nickelodeon show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmYFzKbeIPA&t=1m40s

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Mouth Ze Dong
Jan 2, 2005

Aint no thing like me, 'cept me.

cletepurcel posted:

I think he probably picked it up while he was in the pawn shop.

Personally I always wondered how the hell he knew so much about money laundering and property laws (ie he knew the instant he saw the document that they could bust Clay Davis with the "headshot".)

Off topic, but a buddy of mine was in the same boat buying his first house. He'd had a steady job for 8 years and the payments were going to be 1/3rd of what he paid in rent in a similar neighborhood, but he just didn't have the $ for a down payment and the closing costs. He called me to tell me that his dad had loaned him some money and I said "Don't ever tell another living soul about that. It's illegal as a mother fucker."

Thanks, The Wire, for helping me keep my friend out of jail.

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