** The HBO Series "The Wire" Question & Answer Thread **
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Yea, she's bad as fuck. Looks better on the show than in these pics, though.
If you don't get that, you really need to get up on you're Wire
Yea I remember from the conversation Herc had w/ the other security detail cat. I didnt catch on at 1st so I was like
I'm definitely rusty though.
Nah, Stringer wanted to find the snitch, not a thief. D'Angelo found out she was tipping vials and selling 'em.
riiiight.
that's what threw me.
what's the verdict on the girl with the eggs?
is she the one that was asking wallace the math problem about the passengers on the bus?
she sure looks like her.
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riiiight.
that's what threw me.
what's the verdict on the girl with the eggs?
is she the one that was asking wallace the math problem about the passengers on the bus?
she sure looks like her.
No the girl who was stealing was much older and the girl who had the math question was a primary student.
That season put me to sleep.
Was Daniels "dirty" or was he an opportunist? Many times in situations where there is money or drugs and you are a "straight cop" you get merked by your own folks because they think you and your morals will rat them out, so you take it. Did they ever say?
I think it was a fuck up, or before they fully developed the "Cheese" character (Meth ruined that character anyway, but that's another discussion). "The Wire" never directly said or alluded to Cheese being Randy's father, other than the odd last name. People are getting that from David Simon's commentary, just as they're getting the whole Michael and Chris Partlow were both victims of child molestation.
Burrell attempted to blackmail Daniels at one point but Daniels mentioned that he wasn't the only one in that district who had that kind of dirt on him and he knew Burrell would not be able to tolerate the negative publicity of that scandal broke.
3 Questions
What type of dirt did they have on Burrell
Who shot Omar
Why did that doctor change Omar ID tag with that other person at the morge.
What type of dirt did they have on Burrell
Who shot Omar
Why did that doctor change Omar ID tag with that other person at the morge.
1. they didnt have dirt on Burrell. he just didnt fall on his sword for Mayor Royce when Bunny's shit hit the fan. Carcetti wanted clean numbers but Burrell didnt give them. he moved Cedric Daniels up to replace Burrell.
2. Kenard. wtf have u been doing? how could u not know this?
3. i want to know too.
As far as the name, it probably was a set error and now can be added to trivia, but Cheese was Prop Joe's nephew, and on another thread I think it is even a post about how David Simon did talk about how or why they didn't develop the Randy/Cheese connection (i.e. the father son thing)
Cheeses last name was not Wagstaff, it was Flagstaff!
No, it is Wagstaff. That's either an error by the TV crew, or it's purposefully wrong to show the cops' intel wasn't perfect.
http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/cast-and-crew
There's also an interview somewhere where Ed Burns or the other dude says that Cheese is Randy's father and that they were going go into that angle but decided against it.
It's simply that they changed the name of the character.
Daniels didn't have dirt on Burrell, per se. However, the whole Eastern was dirty and there were people that came out of the Eastern that were higher up than Daniels that could face a lot of neg publicity if Daniels got to talking.
Kenard
It was on the wrong person. It was just to show that Omar was just another nigga in the grand scheme of things.
good point. real subtle. didnt even catch that
Exactly....as much as niccas proclaim that "black folk don't bring dope into the U.S.", i found it refreshing to see the scale of organization required to move the quantities that are here.
You have obviously never been involved in a TV or movie production. They don't make simple mistakes like that. If they did then post something that shows where they say his name is in fact, Wagstaff.
Script Supervisors do make what are called continuity errors from time to time. There were several on the wire that have been discussed on the dvd extras and here on the board before. It happens in all levels of tv an film, there is even a website devoted to this stuff. I think its called moviemistakes.com or movieerrors.com There was a scene where Bodie seemed to grow a new haircut overnight, but the takes in the scene were shot several days/weeks apart. hence the hair growth.
http://www.hbo.com/#/the-wire/cast-and-crew/calvin-cheese-wagstaff/index.html
Now shut up. His name was also Calvin, not Melvin.
And it wasn't as a result of bad info because that BPI number below his name is the Baltimore Police Information (?) number which means they had a record on him. If you remember, that's why they weren't able to get a photo of Avon. He had never been arrested as an adult. I believe there was a line that said "No BPI number, no nothing."
They just changed the name. No reason.
i like how the transition of carver played out in season 5.
I did.And mistakes like that are made ALL the time in movies.
I was just watching a movie the other day ("A Serious Man") and he's writing an equation to derive Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and he writes the wrong equation. In the next frame as he's talking in front of the board, you can see that they corrected the error but they never cared enough to re-shoot the scene. Also, if you look on imdb, for most movies they list the various errors. Errors are VERY common.
I noticed in one of the season finale montage clips in either Season 4 or Season 5, they re-used a clip of Bodie selling dope (he was looking the other way signaling his crew to send him 3 vials but his crew was tied up or sleep or something) and they zoomed in on the back of his head to prevent showing his face because it was after he had been killed.
Fuck ups happen.
1. Was Kenard a major playa in the game, I remember marlo saying something to his muscle like Omar got caught by a nobody, you haven't heard, you mofo's should be telling me this ship.
2. Does old girl eat the pussy in real life or she is just that good of an actress
2. Does old girl eat the pussy in real life or she is just that good of an actress
Two lines, season 2 and season 5 show a great difference of mentality the suppliers have vs the street.
At one point Vondas says 'my name is not my name' - all they care about is making money.
While locked up Marlo says 'my name is my name' - to him, and a guy like avon their rep is worth as much as the money they make.
At one point Vondas says 'my name is not my name' - all they care about is making money.
While locked up Marlo says 'my name is my name' - to him, and a guy like avon their rep is worth as much as the money they make.
This some real life shit. The people making the real money in the drug game are nameless and faceless. Everybody know who Pookie is with the truck sittin on 28's though.
Naw Kenard was just a street dealer who worked for Namond until Marlo gave Michael Bodie's old corner and Mike just let him deal drugs. When Omar ran up on Michael's crew in the street calling out Marlo, Kenard didn't see why everybody was scared of Omar especially since he had broke his leg after the gun fight in Monk's apartment, so Kenard got a burner and popped Omar.