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Best thing about the Wire is the amount of great characters. Bodie is one of my favorites for sure.

In no particular order:

- Bodie
- Omar
- Wee Bey
- Stringer
- Prop Joe

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09-20-2018 , 03:27 AM

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Where the F#¥& is Wallace?!?!

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09-20-2018 , 07:00 AM

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I'm pretty sure Bodie was a fave for a lot of people in the last thread. Dude was a beast and an awesome character. I'm surprised we havn't seen him in any new HBO shows as they have been using a ton of The Wire actors as well as people from other shows.

My fave reuse of an actor has to be the guy that played Chris in the Wire, went from hardcore killer to now he's a poofy haired fancy dressing pimp in The Deuce.

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09-20-2018 , 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Sir Huntington

I'm pretty sure Bodie was a fave for a lot of people in the last thread. Dude was a beast and an awesome character. I'm surprised we havn't seen him in any new HBO shows as they have been using a ton of The Wire actors as well as people from other shows.

My fave reuse of an actor has to be the guy that played Chris in the Wire, went from hardcore killer to now he's a poofy haired fancy dressing pimp in The Deuce.

He was in *The Night Of* but that's it for HBO shows.

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09-20-2018 , 08:12 AM

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Starting season 4 now (ep2) To bad the intro cover song sucks pretty hard this season, it was really good previous seasons. (S3 favorite so far, also best season)

Boy, are you in for a treat. Enjoy!

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Originally Posted by gregorio

Disappointed Bubs not getting any love itt.

FYP

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09-20-2018 , 08:54 AM

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Bodie, slim charles and wee-bey were my favorite street guys

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09-20-2018 , 08:18 PM

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Slim Charles and Wee-Bey were the coolest. just the way they talked and acted was awesome.

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09-20-2018 , 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sir Huntington

He was in an episode of the Sopranos also. He was one of the truck robbers.

I’m currently rewatching about to start s4. Forgot how stupid/farfetched Hampsterdam storyline was. Forgot about this too:

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09-21-2018 , 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by gregorio

Disappointed Bodie's not getting any love itt.

am i the only one that likes michael? a whole season of keeping kids off the streets and hes the one that goes against it. not gonna let anyone think hes shook.

i think omar deserves more love too, so many scenes and plots revolve around him and despite being the ultimate villain of the game, he plays each one cool (except the scene with bunk which has been mentioned a lot elsewhere). the tie scene/ court trial is great. and who cant love his poker reference?

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09-21-2018 , 01:25 AM

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Hamsterdam wasn’t far fetched at all. It was based off a Baltimore mayor who had the idea of legalizing all drugs back in the 90’s. Here we are in 2018 with heroin safe zones in numerous cities in the U.S. and Canada.

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09-21-2018 , 05:22 AM

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Hamsterdam also kind of like Skid Row in Los Angeles.

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09-21-2018 , 07:20 AM

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The idea isn’t far fetched I just meant how Bunny was able to get everyone on board and how long it took for someone to tell on him. In reality I’d imagine much more pushback from a large group of police officers. Even if no one wanted to out him immediately for GP someone would certainly be tempted to do so in order to gain favor with their superiors/further their careers etc. The fact that they carried out such a large scale operation without word getting out is stupid/far fetched imho.

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09-21-2018 , 08:07 AM

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In s3 Bunny Colvin speaks the line that rings true even today:

"The war on drugs ruined this job."

Perfect commentary on why the public/police relationship in the US has gone bad.

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09-21-2018 , 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Kurn, son of Mogh

In s3 Bunny Colvin speaks the line that rings true even today:

"The war on drugs ruined this job."

Perfect commentary on why the public/police relationship in the US has gone bad.

“Instead of a war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me” (famous deceased rap artist)

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09-22-2018 , 02:56 AM

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No mention of Clay Davis itt. Him getting mad when they deliver subpoenas in s4 is A++

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09-22-2018 , 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by The Apex

No mention of Clay Davis itt. Him getting mad when they deliver subpoenas in s4 is A++

wonder why, lets sum up clays lines in the show

"sheeeet"

"sheeeeeeeet"

(your ref) "sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet"

"haha we scammed this guy so hard, sheeeet"

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09-22-2018 , 05:32 AM

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“Obonda”

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09-22-2018 , 10:25 PM

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Brodie is forty irl.
Top five : Omar, Clay Davis, Boris, Slim C ,Stringer
Not low : Ziggy, Nick, Frank, The Greek, Ziggy

How was it that PropJoe and the east side ran smoothly w very little street violence but the west was like the Middle East.

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09-22-2018 , 11:35 PM

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bc of Prop Joe and his philosophy.

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09-23-2018 , 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MrAdvantage

How was it that PropJoe and the east side ran smoothly w very little street violence but the west was like the Middle East.

they never really mentioned it either way, as the story was focused on west side. afaik the only mention was "walmart" and marlo dropping people for them all over east side (also alluded to in opening vacants for bodies)

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09-23-2018 , 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by MrAdvantage

Brodie is forty irl.
Top five : Omar, Clay Davis, Boris, Slim C ,Stringer
Not low : Ziggy, Nick, Frank, The Greek, Ziggy

How was it that PropJoe and the east side ran smoothly w very little street violence but the west was like the Middle East.

saying frank and the Greek are among the 5 worst characters in the show is LOL wrong. Frank is the character that represents what season 2 is about. A dying union and blue collar class who gets swallowed up by politicians for their own personal gain and other outside forces.

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09-23-2018 , 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MrAdvantage

Top five : Omar, Clay Davis, Boris, Slim C ,Stringer
Not low : Ziggy, Nick, Frank, The Greek, Ziggy

Any top 5 Wire character list without Bubbles is nonsense

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09-24-2018 , 12:33 AM

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I liked Bubbles as a character, like, he was really well written. But he suffered so much **** that I couldn't stand it anymore by the end. I got more enjoyment out of characters like Rawls or Davis. SHIIIIIIIIIET

can't recall who's Boris tho. I've only watched the whole thing once.

edit: k just checked youtube. can't really remember any standout scenes with him so I can't say he's one of my faves.

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09-24-2018 , 12:56 AM

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“Did he have hands? Did he have a face? Yes? Then it wasn’t us”.

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09-24-2018 , 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by The Apex

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I would give this very short no dialogue scene as possibly the best example of what made The Wire so great. Everything about this scene is perfect and the fact that nothing is ever mentioned before or after it, is tv mastery.

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