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re: The Wire: Was there a more needless "power move" than Marlo killing ***spoiler***
Posted on 2/21/22 at 12:49 pm to ThanosIsADemocrat
Posted on 2/21/22 at 12:49 pm to ThanosIsADemocrat
Stringer went into business for himself
What a brilliantly written show
What a brilliantly written show
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Posted on 2/21/22 at 12:55 pm to VermilionTiger
I think Avon had enough of Stringer once he realized String wanted to pop a downtown n***a like THE Clay Davis.
This post was edited on 2/21/22 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 2/21/22 at 1:34 pm to Marciano1
I was impressed he knew about the Day of the Jackal.
Posted on 2/21/22 at 1:59 pm to Roaad
You want to get dealt with next? Don’t question.
Posted on 2/21/22 at 3:25 pm to Marlo Stanfield
Cheese getting shot in the head by Slim Charles almost made Prop Joes death worth it. That was epic and Slim Charles might be the best character on the show
Posted on 2/21/22 at 9:29 pm to ThanosIsADemocrat
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Avon told him not to play away games.
Posted on 2/21/22 at 9:57 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:He already had it.
He had to kill Joe to get the Greek connect
He told Prop Joe that he had it, and they were OK with Joe's murder
Posted on 2/22/22 at 1:53 am to Roaad
No Marlo, no game.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 1:56 am to JohnnyBgood
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Prop Joe had some of the best lines….
Pepper, Pepper, and Bay Leaf.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 8:49 am to WeHaveTheBest
Posted on 2/22/22 at 9:01 am to Roaad
Posted on 2/22/22 at 9:04 am to Tiger1242
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Cheese getting shot in the head by Slim Charles almost made Prop Joes death worth it.
Yeah but that sentimental motherfricker cost us money.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 9:51 am to Cdawg
That is a call back to the Greeks "my name is not my name.....i am not even greek"
Posted on 2/22/22 at 9:54 am to Dire Wolf
I've tried to make that argument for years, but people over-value the street stuff in the Wire and don't like how it's critical of Marlo.
Over time it's becoming more accepted though, like the greatness of Season 2.
Over time it's becoming more accepted though, like the greatness of Season 2.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 10:08 am to SlowFlowPro
I’ve been on board with that. It’s the difference between street thugs fighting over petty crap like corners and “professional” criminals that never get caught
Posted on 2/22/22 at 10:39 am to Roaad
quote:yea that little bitch made punk killing Omar.
The Wire: Was there a more needless "power move" than Marlo killing
Posted on 2/22/22 at 10:42 am to H-Town Tiger
Bingo. Marlo's more concerned about street cred notoriety than the "good" life. Even watching the series unfold, Season 2 always been the best and most important season.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 11:00 am to SCLibertarian
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What upset me is that this is one of the few instances in The Wire where the facts didn't make sense. The Greeks were fools to do business with Marlo. Prop Joe was a gold mine for them and, besides the Omar robbery, had a very stable organization. The Greeks didn't give a damn about street rep. Hell they didn't want it. But that was the very thing Marlo craved above all. They should've tipped Joe off about it and let him decide what to do.
Yep. This is a big part of it for me, it didnt make sense.
Then Prop Joe being a personal favorite character just made it sting more.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 11:02 am to Cdawg
Another great contrast is Stringer and Marlo. In S3 that scene with Avon and Stringer where Avon tells him he’s a man without a country, maybe not tough enough for the street but not smart enough for the straight business world. Stringer asks what did they get in the game for? So our name could ring out on some ghetto street corner?
In the last episode Levy takes Marlo to a cocktail party hobnobbing with all the developers, which is Stringers ultimate dream but Marlo hates it and leaves. He comes up on some guys on a corner and the name “ringing” out is Omar they don’t know who Marlo is
In the last episode Levy takes Marlo to a cocktail party hobnobbing with all the developers, which is Stringers ultimate dream but Marlo hates it and leaves. He comes up on some guys on a corner and the name “ringing” out is Omar they don’t know who Marlo is
This post was edited on 2/22/22 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 2/22/22 at 1:42 pm to Roaad
It was upsetting for us as watchers but it made the most sense out of any hit Marlo did. He hated the co-op, hated having to play nice with the other bosses he thought should dominate, and he "wasn't meant to play the son." He went from having to play nice, to making them all bow to him. If that wasn't clear, then you should've gotten the point as he walked out the last co-op meeting with an epic line I've been wanting to use in a negotiation but haven't gotten off yet: "Oh, and price of the brick goin up."
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