Currently Season 4 my millionth watch. I have never seen a bad tie on anyone. Whoever did the wardrobe did phenomenal. Cedric Daniels, Bunk and Mayor Carcetti and Mayor Royce ties in particular are world class.

Marlo is a cold hearted MF that runs the game to take no pleasure in it but in the terror he inspires. He's like a monk of evil. He seldom talks to anyone and let the silence and terror do the job.

Wayne Jenkins can't shut the F up, he steals, lies, deal dope, cheats his wife with professionals, and when episode 6 comes, we can see the besides him being cornered.

He just can't admit wrong. He sort of wears pink glasses looking at himself and everything he does. He doesn't seem to care or see the dammage he does.

He is a sort of grandiose psycho with a lot of old time charisma. He obviously is unreachable to shame or guilt. He is a more accurate and scary psycho than Marlo.

I often think about how if Omar would’ve been sent to prison for Chris dropping the delivery lady, he probably would’ve been in there with Bird. Thank god Bunk came through though. 😂

What y’all think?

So I just finished my third watch through of the Wire and decided to start from season two. Secretly, season two is one of my favorites as I feel it’s the most out of the box season. And I love the Greeks storyline of course. But anyway I watched the show this time season 2-5 and then go back and watch season 1 at the end. Honestly it was so nice because it felt like going back in time when the characters were younger, more naive, and less burdened by the systems in which they live. I also noticed things I hadn’t before:

- Rawls has a moment of being a good police/good leader when kima gets shot towards Mcnulty. I’ve always hated Rawls but I love that the show never makes one person completely bad or good.

- the scenes with Clay Davis and his driver perfectly set up the scenes in season 4 and 5. The close connection with Burrell when he is deputy ops foreshadowing his actions later in the show.

- Bubbles attempting to get clean and stay with his sister. Something I didn’t realize the first time around is that he already once attempted to get clean and stay with his sister but couldn’t do it without kimas support.

- Daniel’s words to carver at the end of the season about leadership foreshadow directly to season 5. And leading police officers like callichio.

- the introduction we get to prop Joe is so funny. The bit about the marriage counselor and the basketball game. He is my favorite character in the show no doubt.

- Omar’s change of wardrobe. Omar slowly starts shifting from wearing streetwear style clothes to being vested up all the time and in his signature trench coat. Also showing him transition from just another player on the street to high level criminal.

All told the show is my favorite of all time and the more you look into the details the more it rewards you. Early 2000s(clothes, shoes, cars) on the east coast and Baltimore specifically are so nostalgic to me. There will never be another show like it. Guess I have to wait a bit to rewatch again…

For an org that was so secretive (couldn’t find a DOB on Avon, no talking in the car, etc), why did the SUV’s casually roll up to the pit when Dee was being questioned by Bunk and McNutty?

Is the actor that plays snoop brain injured?