Shorty Boyd cleaned his whole ACK up. Fucked us all up

What are some moments that genuinely made you laugh out loud in the series? I’m on probably my 8th rewatch, and I was just watching S3E5 Straight and True. The new conglomerate of dealers is meeting in some hotel conference room and when it ends, Stringer looks over at someone scribbling on a legal pad only to find out he was taking meeting minutes. That in itself is hysterical, but Stringer’s response of “Ni**a, is you taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy?”led to coffee shooting out my nose! There are so many more priceless lol moments but this one always kills me. What about you?

Like a muthafuck. That is a line I use all the time, any lines you all use?

Upon my Nth rewatch sometime last year, I realized I was not where I wanted to be in the career field I was in (marketing). Pushing 30 years old, I decided I needed a change; despite having relative success and making money, it always just didn't feel like the right way of living. Some stirring in my soul type of feeling.

I was not fulfilled and I felt like my life was just drifting by. Sort of like Prez as a Po-lice. I have flashes of competence and I did find some joy in what I was doing, but the majority of my time was spent trying to be something that I am not. Working an office 9-5 type job, increasing shareholder value, running from true purpose...

I know the Wire shows the horrid realities of the broken education system and it is not meant to be aspirational. But there is something so heartwarming and pure about Prez finding his purpose in teaching. I can't help but to think about how the world needs educators who actually care. How so many kids are so lost and confused in this crazy world who might just need that one adult who listens and understands.

I am also under no illusions about the current state of the education field. I currently work as a substitute teacher as I am schooling toward my masters. I know how messed up the system is and how broken many teachers are because of it. But in that screwed up systems comes courage and bravery to fight back against it in small and meaningful ways.

But I know beyond all knowledge that this is what I was meant to do. And I can credit the wire for giving me the courage to chase this dream.

So that's my little story. Please share yours if you have anything similarly lifechanging that you can trace back to The Wire.

This is genuinely good advice from Walon when Bubs is almost disappointed when he learns he’s HIV negative. “This is about you trying to make the past everything…mean everything”

So on the show when Snoop tells Mike he’s needed for some heavy business tomorrow night, Skinny Big Walter, she tells him to leave his Iron at home as she got a clean piece with the numbers all shaved off.

One thing I noticed on rewatch 300 which isn’t really lingered on in the show is a brief moment where Mike spots Walter working the block. We don’t know Big Walter but we link the Cut- Rate based on what Snoop says.

Once Mike peeps him walking around like he don’t got a price on his head…and from Marlo of all people do you reckon that’s the real tell that he’s being set up?

I'm looking hard for goodstuff. Not *The Wire* level because who are we kidding. But just quality stuff that's either written in a very exciting manner or provides great characters. If it's on HBO Max or Netflix, it gets bonus points.

BTW I've finished *Succession* recently and enjoyed it a lot, although I was ultimately disappointed with its resolution. Other shows I've watched and enjoyed - just a few examples so it's not doubled:

*We Own This City*, *Mad Men*, *Better Call Saul*, *Breaking Bad*, *Succession*, *Mindhunter*, *True Detective* S1, *Fargo* S1-3

I've tried *Sopranos* a few times and something's not clicking, maybe next time. I wanted to watch *Deadwood* but it's sadly not available on HBO anymore (wtf). Maybe *Ozark*? I dunno, pls help!

I finished watching the whole show about a month ago. First season didn't catch me that much, so I watched it really slowly, took me like six months to watch. Then I watched season 2 somewhat more regularly, but season 3 is the one that really hooked me in. So, after a full watch, my personal ranking is:

🏅S4

🥈S3

🥉S2

4️⃣S1

5️⃣S5

not easy to choose tbh, it might change after a rewatch (im definitely doing that next year), but I'm pretty sure that S4 was the more enjoyable at the moment of watching it for the first time

Is so damn good.

He gets out with millions and yet, he needs to go out to the street and punk some randoms, almost getting stabbed in the process, just to feel like the king again.

It wasn’t about the money or “making it” for Marlo. It was about the crown, about his name ringing in the streets, and he lost that. He’s just some rich nobody.

who would it be?

Granted, it's been eighteen years(Jesus, that's a scary thought), so some of the characters who survived the series might not still be with us today. That's life, and The Wire, while great drama, felt very true to life. So while some characters ended the show on a good or promising note, life tells us not everyone lived happily ever after. In reality, most of them probably wouldn't.

So, who would it be? What do hope happened to them? What do you think happened to them? No wrong answers.

Commenter on a different post told somebody to "go watch Sesame Street."

I immediately thought Big Bird would have a long way to bend down when puking outside Kavanagh's.

Might be something here worth investigating.

What characters do you think made the dumbest decisions? I’ve been thinking of this and keep removing people from the list. I used to think Stringer was the dumbest but he definitely wasn’t. Just making manic irrational decisions in the end. I used to think it was Jonny but his mistakes were just silly. And bad luck. I thought D Angelo just from how goofy and unserious he was when he beat the case. And him bragging to Wallace Poot and Bodie about killing a woman he didn’t even kill. And all his blind decisions after that. I’ll say Ziggy number one for sure if I’m not forgetting someone. I’m thinking Sobatka for 2 bc it was all over a window. Then I’m thinking Herc for 3.

Best of the Best

• Omar Little
• Marlo Stanfield
• Tommy Carcetti
• Bunk Moreland
• Bubbles
• Lester Freamon
• Cutty Wise
• Brother Mouzone

I Like Them

• Leandor Sydnor
• Rhonda Pearlman
• Proposition Joe
• Gus Haynes
• Bunny Colvin
• Frank Sobotka
• Chris Partlow
• The Greek
• Kima Greggs
• Spiro Vondas
• Wee-Bey Brice
• Avon Barksdale
• Ellis Carver
• Cedric Daniels

Good, Some Things About Them Mildly Annoyed Me

• Nick Sobotka
• Snoop
• Bodie Broadus
• Jimmy Mcnulty
• Stringer Bell

Honestly Just Feel Bad for Them

• Wallace
• Dukie Weems
• Randy Wagstaff
• De'Angelo Barksdale
• Sherrod
• Michael Lee

Didn’t Like at First, But Came Around

• Prezbo (Roland Pryzbylewski)
• Ziggy Sobotka
• Namond Brice

Just the Worst

• Maurice Levy
• Clay Davis
• Scott Templeton
• Brianna Barksdale

~ DeLonda Brice

• Ervin Burrell
• Stan Valchek
• Thomas “Herc” Hauk
• William Rawls
• Jay Landsman
• Mayor Royce

We see when he picks up the stolen cameras he has to have a CDL. Why doesn't he just get a job as a truck driver somewhere in between union work?

i know this is drama television at the end of the day but based on just what we've seen in the show i don't know if i understand why none of the drug dealers didn't shoot marlo in the face like they did cheese soon as he started upping the price.

sure, marlo has the connect which gives him all the power, but if marlo were to die, are we saying the greeks would've packed up and left forever if he didn't have an immediate heir? like even if nobody else in the room knew the greeks or how to contact them, assuming the greeks planned to continue business in baltimore, wouldnt they have needed to seek someone new out and found the co-op naturally anyway?

What is your favorite moments & Characters from Season 2 - equally as good as any other

As I rewatch Season 2 , its incomparable to the other seasons for many reasons and Nicky has easily become one of my favorite characters, the No nonsense approach, has the ability to see through bullshit but does it for more then pride, trying to provide for his young daughter and Gf

unlike Ziggy .. But His love for his cousin in my opinion was the ultimate downfall, Ziggy had no business anywhere near the greeks by any means , but Nick was a True Hard working struggling Port worker doing what he has to for family ...

Although his characters Lore isn't as deep as the others ..

But as most the other characters his reliability and core values make him one of my favorite

Nick , Vondas , and The Greek should have been more apart of the Entire show

Although the Greeks are apart of multiple storylines

This show has an abundance of well-known and oft discussed "sad" moments like Wallace's death, Dookie and Bubble's attempted suicide.

But what are some sad moments that are understated or aren't as talked about that stick out to you?

For me, it's when Cutty first meets Bodie and asks him about his older brother. When Bodie finds out that he knew him, he briefly perks up and for just a second and you see genuine joy and remembrance of his older brother cross his face. But then that defense mechanism kicks in, and he immediately reverts back to his normal, guarded self, and even downplays his brother and Cutty. It gets me every time. The Wire is so fucking good at communicating so much with so little. There are entire character arcs in small, blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments across the show

Rewatching season five and had forgotten about the name card switch up in the morgue, omg. Missed opportunity to show the white dudes name card on Omar reading something like " Mike Kowalski"!

Side note - never realized we had seen kenard beforehand, and that he had been pretending to play Omar and robbers in a previous season

And I encourage everyone else to do the same. Doesn’t matter what line ur in. Blue collar, white collar, side hustling. After I eat my breakfast, empty out the coffee pot, get freshened up, slide some matte wax in the hair, throw the shades on, I listen and remind myself what this game reality is. Tell myself I’m not letting a single soul fuck my day or my life up. Keep quiet, keep to myself, stay calm, and take it one moment at a time. Hope you all get the strength to achieve the same. Have a great day.