Which death on The Wire hit you the hardest?
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Omar. I understand they were trying to show the randomness of living in such a jungle, but felt that character deserved better.
It has to be Omar. Stringer you knew was coming. Wallace, D'Angelo, you kind of also saw it coming. And a lot of the other characters you kind of figured wouldn't make it. But Omar being nearly invincible only to be done in by a kid, was very shocking. "It's all in the game.."
One consistency of the show among many is if you talk to the cops, you die.
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Bubbles, Sergei and Randy escaped that wrath. Nicky Sabotka too
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Bubbles, Sergei and Randy escaped that wrath. Nicky Sabotka too
Wallace for me. Like others said, you knew it was coming, but the way it went down was such a tough watch. Set the tone for the rest of the series.
Man, Bodie for me cause as soon as you saw him talking to McNulty it was over.
For me it was Wallace (Michael B. Jordan), and that goes for any TV death ever, not just The Wire. His character was a good, smart kid trapped in a hopeless situation. He was trying to get his younger siblings off to school when he was killed. It was way too close to real life.
His name slips my mind, and I know he didn't die (at least I don't think) was the nerdy student who started out very straight edge, but then it turns out he was one who wound up being an addict. Not Namond or Michael..
Not him, but him too. Lots of tragic ends for characters, even ones that didn't die.
Did he die or did it just show him basically dead in the throws of addiction living in the stables?
That show is so real that I am retroactively hoping a fictional character from a decade or more ago met Bubbles and went to a meeting so hopefully he got clean before they literally found him dead with a horse. Good thread.
I'm going to have to watch this show. I've heard nothing but great things about it.
I don't think he died during the show, but his future was going to be bleak/Bubbles-esque.
Ill say this about it, it's a slow burn. The acting is amazing and they're able to turn something so bland (police setting up a wire tap for all of season1) into something so compelling.
But.. with all the recent shows that have been amazing, shows like Breaking Bad and GOT.. some might find it a little bland at times. But I personally, think that's what makes the show great. It isn't some fantasy world where every episode has all this crazy drama, battles, deaths etc.. some episodes felt like it was literally the cops just trying to go through the red tape and politics of getting something done.. or the drug dealing in the filthy projects.. things that normally aren't great TV.. but The Wire drew you in like that.
I think its the best series of all time. Are there more exciting series now, with better production values now that its been almost 20 years? Sure. But for the world The Wire creates and the story it tells.. its 2nd to none. Definitely watch it. Really absorb it.
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You're thinking of Duquan (Dookie). He wasn't dead when the show ended, but well on his way.
Great actors, great characters, great writing, and storylines. It's gut wrenching, depressing, uplifting and funny, sometimes all in the same episode. I consider it required viewing.
Good review LineSki, you don't really get hooked until about five episodes in. I've had some people give it 30 minutes, and say they don't like it. You need to spend some time to get into it. But I still think it's the best series ever as well.
Also no more season 2 slander will be tolerated. I'm tired of seeing it drug through the mud. Frank Sobotka was an amazing character
I think that's season 3 but season 2 is my second favorite. Then 4 then 1.
The final season can be skipped, imo.
Lot of great moments in that last season though
Marlo meets Avon
Omar's fate
Chris caps Prop Joe
Mike caps Snoop
Slim caps Cheese
Bubbs being invited upstairs
I love all the quick updates too of past characters such as Nicky, Poot, Sergei, Prez, etc.
I also enjoyed the newspaper angle as well. It completed the city scope, if you will. Plus, Gus was a great character.
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I had the box set of it years ago, before streaming. I loaned it to a friend at work, and he brought it back a week later, saying he couldn't watch any more after Wallace's murder. It turned out that he had a nephew who was in a similar situation.
I agree there were great moments. David Simon's heavy handed sermonizing killed that season though, especially the newspaper characters. Gus was waaaay too pure (clearly Simon's virtuos stand-in) and the other newspaper characters way too one-dimension -- usually as obvious villains. And that McNulty plot should have never been greenlit. Just lunacy that detracted from the realism of the show.
Great moments, especially the final scene. That actually may be the best final scene of any series I can think of offhand. That bad stuff was just so bad that it ruined the great moments for me.
Might need to rewatch the whole series again after basketball season, though, and see if I'm being too critical in retrospect.
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