So to all my Breaking Bad/The Wire fans...

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Was there any instances where Tony threatened someone's family? He always seemed to have a personal code, despite the many horrible things he did.

I reckon with Walt vs. Tony it would be very similar to when he was up against Gus, and he'd have to pull some brainy shyt out of the bag against the odds.

I more so meant his associates. People like Pauly was killing old women, Chris shot the dude in the doughnut shop, etc.

Walt would have to die immediately. If they tried to intimidate Walt like they did the lawn care service, or the Jews, it would lead to a season 4 or 5B situation.

Fred.

 

[Nero Christ]

If McNulty, Lester, etc. were operating unhindered they would take them both down pretty easily.

If "The Wire" characters unfocused and/or hampered by their bosses and politics then it would play out like the Marlo situation. Messy as hell.

If Tony took out Walt immediately, he'd win easily. If he tried to parlay or work with Walt, he'd lose. He'd have to kill Walt outright. All that intimidation, threatening your family the mob does would only lead to a season 5B situation, where Walt doesn't care if he dies as long as everyone else does, too.

Fred.

I think Tony would have had a sit down with Walt to try and gauge things and if he felt good, then he would make the mistake of teaming with Walt but if he didn't, then Walt gets capped by Furio later that night.

 

[smoove157]

i dont wanna be that guy, but the match up just doesn't work.

of course the code of the mafia says to not deal drugs. theres a lot of rules that get broken, but we never really see tony dealing drugs.

we know uncle junior and richie were dealing coke on the garbage routes, and tony put a stop to that.

the different between walt working with gus and working with tony is that tony is under relatively constant surveillance. the fbi KNOWS he is a criminal. they just can't technically prove it. or at least prove it to a degree they want to.

so its almost impossible to make the logic work to where tony would be messing with walt, if we are trying to keep both characters in their respective worlds with their respective "rules" in tact.


as far as mcnulty and lester being able to catch tony, i dont know about all that. like i said before, the fbi is pretty much on tony and his main crew a good amount of the time. they have phones tapped, bugs planted, rats wearing wires.

we're obviously talking about a very prolonged investigation on the part of the fbi. basically unlimited money and manpower.

if jimmy and lester had those things at their disposal, maybe they could do it, but no way to tell.

 

[Bathing Ape]

Trying to imagine a tuco and vic mackie interaction

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

Sounds like a boxing undercard/main event:

The Greek vs Gus = They would probably end up working together. Gus is the face since he has a bunch of connections and the Greek helps him expand on the low.

Marlo vs Walt = Marlo kills him the second Walt so much as breathes the wrong way. Walt had to make himself a sociopath. Marlo was born that way. His name is his name.

McNulty/Freamon vs Hank = Hank might knock heads with McNutty but he appreciates Lester's brilliance. Bunk gets in on the action with Kima. Sydnor has to go "undercover as some random Vato..since he's the only one of the younger guys (Prez, Sydnor, Carver and Herc) they can trust.

Snoop/Chris vs Wee Bay/Slim Charles vs The Twins = Slim Charles is probably the smartest of the 6 as he always thinks big picture. That alone probably gives them the nod. Twins look scary but Chris can fukk them up bare handed.

Saul vs Levy = Levy is grimy as fukk. Saul is smart but not on that level.

Brother Mouzone vs Mike = Brother is the truth but Mike might get him. Mouzone is a better killer but a Black NOI Muslim in New Mexico would stand out wayyy too much. They would see him coming before he stepped off the plane. In Baltimore, Mike would look like he is one of the Sobotka cousins. Still blends in.

 

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Classic thread.

Fred.