The Wire: The Rewatch... and all the pieces matter.

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WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

StashAugustine posted:

idk mcnulty indirectly causes a ton of awful poo poo but i don't really think bodie was his fault- dude honestly wanted out but through no real fault of anyone's got caught

McNulty picked Bodie up at jail, without Bodie knowing about it. That is directly why Bodie got shot.

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WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

She plays/played the mom of the (drug dealer) main character in Snowfall, too.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2019 01:22

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Jerusalem posted:

He showed up at cultural events that should have been a little outside his pay bracket to be comfortable with etc, but not enough to do more than raise a few eyebrows.

Huh? The only social events I remember were the ones they attended because his wife was running for council.

# ¿ May 9, 2020 01:57

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

General Battuta posted:

I think about this a lot, what is 'real power' in the Wire?

The ability to put six syllables into the word “poo poo”.

On a different note, here’s a question that I can’t google an answer to: anyone know how many times in the series Bodie said “poo poo is on”?

# ¿ Sep 3, 2020 02:46

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Kosmo Gallion posted:

Like, ain't you supposed to be smart Stringer?

Stringer is an extreme fuckup. Just about everything he initiates ends up being a bad idea that turns out poorly.

Having Omar's boyfriend killed.
Trying to play Brother … Mousad?
Starting the co-op that he quickly loses power over.
Like you mentioned, playing at being a developer and losing a ton of money.
OK'ing a hit on Omar on a Sunday.
Killing D'Angelo.

He’s just a bad idea factory.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2022 19:44

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

pokeyman posted:

Stringer going along with the co-op was maybe the one thing he didn't gently caress up.

At the beginning, Stringer was pretty much calling the co-op shots. Later on, not so much.

He didn’t gently caress up the co-op, he just hosed it up for Stringer.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2022 22:05

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

He did know that. It was never determined whether or not he knew we're gonna look like some punk rear end bitches out there.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2022 22:42

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Count Roland posted:

In the show it was a bit of a stretch. They set up a fake phone store... with what budget?

$20 and “hey Jim why don’t you go get some dinner on us and come back in an hour and we’ll forget about that thing last week”?

# ¿ Mar 19, 2022 20:52

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

My brain is chuckling at Police Commissioner Jay Landsman.

# ¿ Apr 27, 2022 23:08

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

They never told us who shot Snot, did they?

# ¿ Jun 23, 2022 23:18

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Solkanar512 posted:

Does anyone have any thoughts on the significance of this, if any?

He/they realized they had a little value, but not enough to really matter. Later, when Burrell tells the mayor what’s going on, he hands over the stack and says as much.

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# ¿ Mar 21, 2023 21:19

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Jewmanji posted:

Peanut is in it too, keep an eye out

Look man, if you want guns, I can get you guns.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2023 02:03

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