#the wire hbo

[ferretfyre]

RIP Lance Reddick (June 7, 1962 - March 17, 2023)

[naeviaas]

[corposeco]

Needed to do a fr fr pride month character edit. Anyway. missing her everyday

[90363462]

blackloveeeee

15h ago

KIMA GREGGS & CHERYL The Wire ❘ 1.04, "Old Cases"

[walkofpenance]

DOMINIC WEST as JIMMY MCNULTY in Season Five, Episode Two ofTHE WIRE

"The game is rigged, but you cannot lose if you do not play."

[sadbisexualmusic]

So maybe I’m talking out my ass about a show that has been off the air for decades but I noticed a cool detail in the Wire (major spoilers ahead)

So in Season 1, D’Angelo teaches Wallace and Bodie (and Poot? I think he’s there but I can’t remember) how to play chess, and he explains how the game works by comparing it to the drug trade, with Avon as the king, Stringer as the Queen, the stash as the Rook and kids like Wallace and Bodie as pawns. Bodie especially gets fixated on the pawns, clearly seeing himself in it and trying to ask how the pawn (he) can win the game. They also specifically mention how pawns kill, which is diagonally, and that pawns get taken out early.

Later in the season, when Poot and Bodie kill Wallace, they have him cornered, and they are in the opposite corner of the room, diagonally across from him. The way the scene is shot also emphasizes the diagonal line of the shots that kill Wallace, a visual reminder that these kids killed their friend because they’re pawns in someone else’s game.

I don’t know if this is a commonly discussed thing or I’m reading too much into it, but I thought this was a neat detail.

[cantheywinthehungergames]

Randy Wagstaff (The Wire). Age 14-15 in season 5.

Tribute Name: Randy Wagstaff

Age: 13-15 (throughout series)

Restrictions: None

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[zeals-works]

I spent the last few weeks going through the DVD commentaries for The Wire to pull out the most interesting moments. enjoy!

[myboredgeneration]

Since I last watched "THE WIRE", Michael K. Williams (Omar Little) and Lance Reddick (Lieutenant Cedric Daniels) have died.

😭😭😭

[partylikemajima]

I love how in season 3 episode 4 - Hamsterdam (amsterdam?), all the people corraled into the school gym hate the cops speaking to them and don't listen but as soon as the teacher speaks, they are all quiet. I like how the show displays that the cops in that district don't show them respect, even if they are criminals by selling drugs, a lot of them are kids and its their way of life that links to all sorts of shit in the system (Stringer, a drug king pin himself having a meeting with politicians) and how one of the kids during a police search was asking the cops why they don't talk to them like they are humans. I really like The Wire

[naeviaas]

stringer bell and frank sobotka both finding out the hard way that they are big fish in small ponds and when they try to play in the big leagues which is existing capitalist power structures played by the entrenched wealthy and powerful they are made out to be complete jokes bc they were fodder for the real players makes me wanna scream

[neapolitantoebeans]

I finished watching The Wire :(

what am I supposed to do with my life now

[fyers]

started watching the wire. holyyyy shit. the filmbros were right about this one

[jonquilisms]

the wire never winning an emmy is my villain origin story

[sunny12th]

finally finished The Wire. top 5 best shows ever written. the ending was perfect - it made me wanna cry and rip my hair out but I was still left with a feeling of satisfaction and closure.

[cantheywinthehungergames]

Michael Lee (The Wire). Age 14 in season 5.

Tribute Name: Michael Lee

Age: 13-14 (throughout series)

Restrictions: None

If you would like to see a character aged 12-18 enter the Hunger Games, please submit them through my asks. 19+ aged character submissions are currently closed.

Please also look at my pinned post for submission rules as well as a list of previously submitted characters prior to submitting your character.