re: Recently finished rewatching The Wire

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And he even had moments where you could respect his choice. Like here, he could’ve made Cutty disappear. But he respected that he had the nuts to tell him he wasn’t in the game anymore.

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Exactly right. Avon knew and respected the game too. That’s why he was so pissed when Omar’s grandma was shot at.

Avon was an objectively bad dude. But he was true to himself. Stringer was a fraud.

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This is the GOAT tv show for me.

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Glad it's you and not me. Seinfeld is a million times better. Breaking Bad is 100. I could literally name 20 that are better to me.

I thought the wire was ok but nothing special.

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Same, but damn if he didn't have a brief moment of redemption as well.

The scene in season 1 where he talks McNulty down and assures him that Kima's shooting wasn't his fault is a helluva moment in the series. The fact that even a character as detestable as Rawls could show some humanity is one of the things I love most about the series.

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Maybe the best thing about The Wire is that literally nothing is black and white; it's all gray. And everyone involved has their own levels and shades of gray.

The biggest a-hole on the show can have his moment of compassion and caring. Cops, while mostly "good," can also be pieces of shite human beings and break the rules. Or the criminals, while mostly "bad," can have their moments where they choose the right thing or live by a certain moral code.

Omar is a great example of that. Slim Charles as well. Hell, McNulty is basically the protagonist of the entire series, but even he's a piece of shite sometimes and breaks laws to get his way, or he drinks himself into a stupor and fricks over the only people who truly care about him. Bubbles is a scammer heroin addict, but he also is just a good dude at heart and tries to help where he can. Etc.

It's what makes the show so great.

Love me some Bunk Moreland & Landsman scenes.