re: OFFICIAL "The Wire" M/TV Board rewatch thread (current discussion starts ~p. 53)

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I never understood why String's place surprised them so much. Dude clearly has smarts on him, and he was getting away from the game and into legit business. And on top of that, you know he is worth millions. Of course he's gonna have a nice, balled out pad.

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I don't think a gaudy, "blinged out crib" would have surprised him. What did was that Stringer's place was very simple, elegant, organized, meticulous. It said something about the way his mind operated and Jimmy was thinking he may have misunderstood/underestimated him. Keep in mind that Jimmy didn't get him - Avon/Omar/Mouzone got him. I think Jimmy was processing the thought, "I would never have gotten this guy. I completely misread him."

I never saw that scene that Jimmy was impressed with the place either being nice or exuding luxury. If anything it was understated for a millionaire drug dealer from West Baltimore.

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Cutty selling on Avon hard, and in the end Avon busts out laughing that dude "only" needs $10K. And gives him 15 anyway.

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that is one of my favorite scenes in the whole series. Ole Cutty goin on the hard sell about the Glod Club, pics on the wall, Avon wants none of that and when he cuts to the chase and Cutty only whats 10, Avon and Slim start laughing and give him 15, pocket change for these ballers

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So Levy tells String he's being played by Clay Davis. Damn. So Clay Muthafricking Davis was actually beasting on B&B after all

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Clay Davis is the ultimate OG. Stringer is smart and his way would have been the right way, make the money and later for that gangster bullshite, but like is said, he's not as smart as he thinks he is. Clay even warns him, crawl, walk, then run. But meeting with Clay and giving him money without consulting Levy first is beyond stupid. Still Clay Davis has some brass ones to scam drug dealers, sheeeeeeeeeeet!

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Avon's plan is to get Stringer killed by Omar and Brother while String's plan is to get Avon busted by the police. White collar vs. blue collar. And it's been like that with B&B for a while now. Interesting.

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that scene was awesome, you know what;s coming. That had the dream but it got screwed up along the way.

As for the String hit, the real estate guy was a total puss, but how he can't ID Omar or at least notice the scar is amazing "BNBG . With shot gun shells Bunk is on to him, but strange how no one else can see it. They all know Omar wanted Stringer dead, they had to.

Jimmy covering for Kima while she gets laid completes the transition.

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"Not everything is politics." Burrell.

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ha ha, the biggest irony of all, because it is nothing but. After the shite goes down, the mayor will go with Marla as a political favor to Watkins. Interesting how the mayor is tempted to go with Bunny when he sees the bright side, reduced crime, health officials able to reach out but in the the end it is politics that screws it up. Also awesome how Jimmy figures out pretty quick that Terri is just trying to get info from him.

This season was right behind S1 for me (though S2 is closing fast). The last episode in particular hits on the underlying Iraq war theme. Mission Accomplished and Slim Charles "if it's a lie, then we fight on that lie".

randy is such a weasel but he's not a faker acting hard like naymond. that whole "you got away/you ran" scene over ice cream was real

jimmy has raised his game from being a selfish a-hole to binder thief

herc stumbled into the golden ticket (and the mayor's dick is HUGE)

cutty is now, el cuttio

carcetti giving up and mailing it in is hilarious. been there before

as i get older, the most i realize that subpoena shite is on the unbelievable level of hamsterdam and the stuff in S5

lex, you motherfricker

if only prez had spent as much focus on improving his police game as he does fighting the war on gum, he'd be a major

I'm a little behind on Episode 2 but still hanging in there. I had started a rewatch a long time ago that I never finished, never made it to 4 so I haven't seen it since soon after it aired.

Feels kind of fresh.

i think Randy is not just mischievous. he can be bought and the question is only how much it would cost (or what pressure would it take) for him to sell you out

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Feels kind of fresh.

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For me - Season 2, 4, and 5 were all significantly better on second and third viewings. I think expectations are appropriate and I can enjoy the acting without having to worry about big picture details. This is not a show where the plot is everything. The dialogue and character interaction is almost everything, with the plot being just a vehicle to present us with the characters. A nice twist and a reason this show rises above the background noise, particularly on repeated viewings and with passage of time.

I think women are going to be drawn to Season 4 because of their nurturing instincts. Bunny is a great character, as well, and really provides a nice inlet for the audience to understand the corner boys - far better than Prez, whom I like, but not as much as Bunny.

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Not hard to understand as he has been sold out his entire life.

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not by his current foster mother. plus dook is a lot worse off

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as i get older, the most i realize that subpoena shite is on the unbelievable level of hamsterdam and the stuff in S5

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not sure what you mean by this.

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there is no way in hell those subpoenas would be allowed, on a number of levels. i don't mean legally, i mean through the political/bureaucratic system

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i gotcha

Boys of Summer:

Marlo's crew has found a great way to avoid police attention by boarding up the bodies. Surprised no one thought of that before, or maybe they wanted the bodies to be seen by the other crews?

Fruit getting taken out is probably the 2nd best of the series. But Lex was freaking stupid, even after Bodie warned him. Marlo and Chris at least get it rather than take out the entire crew.

Herc with a new assignment. Nerese Campbell sighting

Carcetti campaign is struggling to get moving.

This is my 2nd go round for season 4 and knowing how the kids turn out, we can see some of it already, especially in Michael and Dukie, their fates don't seem surprising.

Nice to see Carver took bunny's advise and is now doing some actual po-leece work, building potential informants, even correcting douche bag Coleccio.

Not sure what to make of Jimmy that wasting his talent is better for him personally.

Lester and Kima running the detail.