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02-03-2019 , 07:35 PM

#101

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02-03-2019 , 10:31 PM

#102

CheckRaise

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Wat

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02-04-2019 , 12:00 AM

#103

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Originally Posted by CheckRaise

Wat

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EeYwa-DCiWk

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02-04-2019 , 12:34 AM

#104

CheckRaise

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That is quite the recall I'm impressed

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02-04-2019 , 10:04 AM

#105

PocketInfinities

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a few episodes later McNulty (has to be the smartest guy in the room) uses the word in a way that would make Gus proud:

Rookie: "The guy stinks."
Jimmy: "Yea he probably evacuated."
Rookie: "What, he left and came back?"
Jimmy: "No, he sh*t himself."

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02-04-2019 , 10:28 AM

#106

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Originally Posted by The Apex

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.

the police department is all about chain of command.

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02-09-2019 , 01:15 AM

#107

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Originally Posted by gamboneee

except he mostly "worked" in nyc until a contract comes down. he was pretty bad ass but you cant tell me that cheese gets shot and punked like he did and lets him sit reading his books for however long after. bodie went to a full on battle over a corner, but he gets to sit there not paying attention by himself? and omar gets him solo no problem?

I will take a crazy shot and it wasn’t actually BroMo they feared, but the Muslim Brotherhood who ran things on the inside. He was their guy. Maybe he kicked up but if u xxxx w him any family friends on the inside (&#128175

get killed. If u end up locked up (almost &#128175

u get killed

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02-09-2019 , 01:35 AM

#108

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Originally Posted by magking1

Cant believe Ive never seen this till today
I want one

He seems like he is still in character, conning away.

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02-09-2019 , 01:39 AM

#109

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The Duece on HBO is decent enough as is. Watching at least 4 of The Wire’s characters made it awesome for me. Chris was incredible and Slim Charles cooler than ever .

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02-09-2019 , 01:10 PM

#110

MagnumMike 357

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Originally Posted by MrAdvantage

get killed. If u end up locked up (almost &#128175

u get killed

Never thought of this and always questioned why Brother Mike was so feared and got a "pass." I imagine the Muslim Brotherhood is not to be messed with. Probably would have added to the fear of the Brotherhood if they had Stringer's DC contract killer for D'Angelo be affiliated with the MB.

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05-27-2019 , 08:11 PM

#111

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Pointless bump but since I have a few weeks left on my HBONow subscription, I figured I was overdue for a rewatch.

This show really does get better and better over time!!

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06-11-2019 , 02:46 PM

#112

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After 1 viewing:

S1>S4>S3>S2>S5

Although, I did probably watch S1 through S4 at least 2x before S5 came out.

After a 2nd watch, S1=S4>S2=S3>S5

10+ years later I've arrived at S3>S1>S4=S2>S5

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06-13-2019 , 06:44 PM

#113

Chip Niche

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You have chosen.... wisely.

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06-18-2019 , 12:29 AM

#114

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Watched the series 12+ times.

S3 = S1 > S4 > S2 = S5

S5 ending is very strong and underrated.

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06-18-2019 , 01:33 PM

#115

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Originally Posted by 25061903

Watched the series 12+ times.

S3 = S1 > S4 > S2 = S5

S5 ending is very strong and underrated.

Season 5 kinda sucked but the final episode was the greatest final episode ever made and maybe the greatest television episode ever made. Wrapped up absolutely perfectly.

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06-18-2019 , 08:21 PM

#116

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Originally Posted by 25061903

Watched the series 12+ times.

S3 = S1 > S4 > S2 = S5

S5 ending is very strong and underrated.

Agree with this

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06-19-2019 , 02:18 AM

#117

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Originally Posted by mrbaseball

Season 5 kinda sucked but the final episode was the greatest final episode ever made and maybe the greatest television episode ever made. Wrapped up absolutely perfectly.

The Shield says hello.

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06-19-2019 , 04:27 PM

#118

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Originally Posted by Gaddy

The Shield says hello.

Shield is in the team photo of great final episodes but nothing beats the Wire.

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06-20-2019 , 07:34 PM

#119

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I still think its 4>>3=1>2>5, but the final episode is great. As good as the finale was, I still prefer BB's finale and while I'd have to revisit, I remember thoroughly loving Justified's finale too.

The fact that S5 of Wire is still last shows the quality of the show. It had its flaws, but man that was still some incredible television.

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05-31-2020 , 02:37 PM

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There's a podcast. I just found out about it, but I don't think it's new. Each episode of the podcast disccuses one episode of The Wire.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...e/id1506676994

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06-01-2020 , 10:07 AM

#121

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****ing amazon prime pulled all the good shows now

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06-01-2020 , 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by bolt2112

There's a podcast. I just found out about it, but I don't think it's new. Each episode of the podcast disccuses one episode of The Wire.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...e/id1506676994

brutal..was going to listen but no can I handle Jemele Hil

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06-01-2020 , 04:06 PM

#123

slanche

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The podcast gave me a good excuse to start another re-watch.
That being said, the podcast is rather mediocre and gets a bit repetitive after a while, not sure every episode needs its own podcast.

I learned from the podcast this little bit of trivia:
Only one police officer, Prez, ever fires his gun on the show and in all three cases it is a mistake.
I've never noticed that before since there're several times that cops draw their guns but they in fact never shoot.

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06-01-2020 , 04:08 PM

#124

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Originally Posted by unlucky4me

****ing amazon prime pulled all the good shows now

HBO took their shows off Amazon prime because they started HBO Max. I am very sad.

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06-01-2020 , 05:29 PM

#125

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Originally Posted by slanche

I've only listened to the prologue episode and to season 1, episode 1 (the pilot). I'm not wild about the hosts of the cast, but I love The Wire so much I'll probably soldier on for a while.

I can only recall 2 instances of Prez firing his gun. In the first season, he fires it at the wall when he's showing off to Herc and Carver how light his trigger is. And then later in the show he shoots a fellow officer who he thought was a suspect.

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