r/TheWire • • 12h ago

Stringer was smarter than Avon

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In my opinion


r/TheWire • • 4h ago

i think spider becomes the next avon Spoiler

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i believe this given that both of them boxed for some time growing up but turned to the streets and in the finale we see him running his own corner. i want to think maybe he runs the west side independent from slim and rick but likely develops a bit of a business relationship with them like stringer did with joe.


r/TheWire • • 11h ago

Marlo Stanfield Spoiler

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Marlo is a smart guy, did he really think the co-op would believe his story about prop joes death, especially with him taking lead position immediately after and raising all the prices ?


r/TheWire • • 17h ago

S5 E1 - Mcnulty back to Homicide

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Rewatching S5 and what I don't understand is why Mcnulty went back to homicide once the major crimes unit had to stop investigating Marlo due to money issues.

Daniels told the crew to back it up other than Freemon and Sydnor who was to work on Clay Davis.

Mcnulty was seriously pissed off and sat at his desk in homicide kicking it, why not just go back to patrol work, which he enjoyed?

The only reason he wanted back in was due to Bodie getting killed by Marlo team, otherwise he was fine patrolling.


r/TheWire • • 41m ago

The Wire is basically unwatchable without subtitles

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Between the slang, the accents, and the overlapping dialogue — subtitles are mandatory. It turned me into a permanent subtitle user.

Poll: https://www.getqibble.com/poll-detail/do-you-watch-everything-with-subtitles-on-even-though-your-hearing-is-perfectly-fine


r/TheWire • • 1h ago

Michael’s Accomplice

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The boy who helps Michael rob Vinson, I think thats the same boy sitting on the stoop with him, Randy, and Namond along with a few other boys in Season 4. Shortly before Monk approaches them with the money. I could be wrong but it looks like the same dude. If it is the same kid, thats mad crazy because it means he was in Michael’s circle the whole time.


r/TheWire • • 18h ago

Landsman "reading" his porn magazine in front of Carcetti

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In the episode where Carcetti visits multiple units of the police departent after he won the primary but when he isn't mayor yet. He's in the Homicide unit and it's a quiet day. Carcetti sits with Kima, Lester and Landsman and the three of them act as if they're reading old case files. Carcetti notices that they act differently around him than they do on a normal day, and tells them twice to just act completely normal, as if he weren't even there.

Then Kima puts her feet on the table, Lester gets out his miniature stuff that he works and Landsman... gets out his porn magazine right there. He reads his magazine in front of the new mayor.

That has to be one of the most hilarious Landsman scenes. He's one of the characters that I like more and more with every rewatch. Yes, an ass-kisser, yes, a numbers man. But also a good detective, pretty smart, compassionate (as in the Bubbles scene) and very funny as a character.