re: Stringer Bell: Mistakes were made. (The Wire)

WeeBay is definitely awesome.

Which leads to the question who wins in a winner take all "muscle" war?

WeeBay vs Slim vs Partlow vs (pre-prison)Cutty?


*and no Snoop isn't anywhere in the same ballpark as these four.

FTR, I find Stringer as a character who absolutely is propped by the charismatic Idris Elba. Also, given the nature of who watches The Wire a character like Bell appeals to egotistic self-recognized intellectuals.

Bell got duped by Prop Joe, the real cunning one, who got duped by Marlo because Cheese was a bitch, which if he had been taken out completely by Muzone in Season 2 (which Bell prevented) Joe's organization could have been up for grabs. The Greeks don't give a shite Joe so the connect could have very well been in play.

Keep the NY connection strong, take out Joe's nephew, possibly bring down his organization, control market share. Maybe get a sit down the Greeks.

Avon saw The Game in slow motion (Avon Enters The Pit scene), even told String he saw Davis play him from "a mile away"...he had a plan, but Stringer was too ambitious. Since Season 2 and 3 were about how Stringer thought he was ahead but was really "Streets Behind"(Pierce!), the storyline needed to move forward about the ever evolving nature of the jungle, The Barksdales were phased out of the story.

Except for Avon, who finally took down his nemesis, Prop Joe via Marlo.

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if he had been taken out completely by Muzone in Season 2 (which Bell prevented) Joe's organization could have been up for grabs.

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what?

he had already started supplying everyone with cheap heroin. if joe goes down, they all lose. at worst, the others would have helped him

barksdale would then have (1) no way of generating revenue and (2) everybody else setting their sights on them

prop joe saved the barksdale organization in season 2

even if you want to put it that way

"absorbed" > extinction

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Could Avon save D at that point?

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Yeah

Prop Joe not taking out Marlo was the biggest frick up in the show. It was obvious Marlo was a threat to prop Joe.

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Prop Joe not taking out Marlo was the biggest frick up in the show. It was obvious Marlo was a threat to prop Joe.

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It's right up there, but Bell tying the Barksdales to the co-op made for one big mess and ultimately to his demise.

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Stringer should have killed Avon. If he was willing to kill Dee he had it in him to kill Avon.

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"A little slow a little late"

but really though he preferred to rat him out than facing him head on, and Bell had absolutely no muscle loyal to him alone.

I forgot he ratted him out.

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Throughout the series the bodies brought the police. The co op was
it would have been fun to watch weebay and chris go head to head, though, in a game of wits

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Chris would have killed bays' fish than weebay would go full Omar after losing one of his boys.