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wire re-up on bbc2 - complete with spoilers, yo

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I know, I know. Another fucking thread on the wire. but the last one ran the risk of the u75 po-lice doing a rip and run on us yo's and hoodlums.

sooo... this is for talk on the current series of the wire being shown on bbc2: for those of us who have already seen all the episodes, so we can talk about the stuff we missed the first time, stuff that's connected to later episodes, and just generally gush about how brilliant it is without spoiling it for those who haven't seen it.
 
one of the things that i noticed in the last episode was the stringer bell speech at the paper store - where he talks to the guys about supply being elastic: when I first watched it, i thought that it really displayed his character: about how he was using his economics class and applying it to the drugs trade. But this time around, what i noticed was the fact that he was just repeating what he had just heard in his class.

Thought that it showed his character much more - that he has aspirations beyond the hood, but that he is still limited in his knowledge of the world outside the drugs trade - which you see in season 3.
 
I forgot why exactly he was going to college - was it just another front for him, or was he genuinely trying to hone up his business knowledge to apply to the drug operation? If so, it says a lot about his shortcomings, though I always gave him a lot more credit than most of the others for his longer term game.
 
It’s not only Stringer Bell though, the idea of social isolation is a theme throughout. Wallace has to go back, the first time they hear a non Baltimore radio station, D’Angelo and the cake trolley, and many more.
 
Omar Comin Yo!

I forgot why exactly he was going to college - was it just another front for him, or was he genuinely trying to hone up his business knowledge to apply to the drug operation? If so, it says a lot about his shortcomings, though I always gave him a lot more credit than most of the others for his longer term game.
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I think it was more of a organic thing, more money was coming in than they could launder. Also by the time Avon comes out of prison I think Stringer has a legitimate business interests that are making more than the Yos in the high rises are making.

Plus theres that bit where Stringer dumps all his telecom stocks because he sees Poot with two mobiles and he comes to the conclusion that the market has reached saturation.
 
just finished re-watching the last couple of episodes of series 1. Really magnificent stuff, i forgot how great and powerful the last 4 episodes were.

a couple of tiny things I noticed: when Rawls puts his hand aroudn Mcnulty at the hospital, he is wearing a wedding ring. Which adds a little bit to his character, given that scene in series 3.

Also, the wallace shooting is so sad. especially given bodie eventually realises that people are getting killed for nothing in series 4..it's a shame he didn't realise it sooner.

i'd also forgotten that clay davies was in season 1. was surprised to see him in burrell's office.
 
i haven't watched it on telly, saw it all on DVD and it just doesn't seem right watching it when everyone else is :D
 
skyscraper101 said:
I forgot why exactly he was going to college - was it just another front for him, or was he genuinely trying to hone up his business knowledge to apply to the drug operation? If so, it says a lot about his shortcomings, though I always gave him a lot more credit than most of the others for his longer term game.
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He'd bought into the American dream and genuinely wanted to become a legit businessman.
 
a couple of tiny things I noticed: when Rawls puts his hand aroudn Mcnulty at the hospital, he is wearing a wedding ring. Which adds a little bit to his character, given that scene in series 3.
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I see Rawls completely differently with the knowledge you gain from that blink and you miss it scene in season three.
 
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