Things you didn't notice on The Wire until multiple watches

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Did they ever mention how much Avon and Marlo's operation would bring in a day or month?
 

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When Kima becomes a detective, the guys are pranking her...."having her call the zoo asking to speak to Mr. Lyon""murder victim has a sign in his hand saying Tater shot me"
When she gets her paycheck and notices the bump in take home pay.............Lester and Bunk laugh behind her back as though they slipped her a fake check as a prank.....but they never show whether it was or not.
 

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dukie ends up scavenging metal to support his drug habit...ironically as dukie begins his path of misery, bubbles is done with his. heartbreaking because we know exactly what kind of life awaits him since we saw how bubs lived in seasons 1-4
 
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Did they ever mention how much Avon and Marlo's operation would bring in a day or month?
According to Freamon and McNulty,

22k from one morning in the Pit
Around 30k adding in the corners
Around 60k a day
$20-25 million a year
After expenses (i.e. 75k a month to political contributions), clearing around a million a month
 
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According to Freamon and McNulty,

22k from one morning in the Pit
Around 30k adding in the corners
Around 60k a day
$20-25 million a year
After expenses (i.e. 75k a month to political contributions), clearing around a million a month

You know what scene? YouTube link?

I take it that’s from season 1
 

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Game Day episode from season 1. It's right before the part where Daniels confronts Herc and Carver for skimming off the top of the dope money they took from Wee-Bay.


Thanks!

Any idea if they ever mentioned how much Marlo made?

GOAT show
 

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- There was another dude in the room when Stringer went to Slim Charles to get clay Davis hit. You see him after he told the new dude to GTFOH.

- When Brianna was staring at Stringer when she asked to speak to Avon. It wasn't just about D'Angelo it's because she realised he was shady once D'Angelo's chick said she was fukking with Stringer.

Well she was the one who gave Donette “permission” to date him, so that must’ve been a look of regret on her part lol
 

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In the 1st episode when Weebay takes D'angelo out of the car to explain the rules of no talking in the car.. they walk under a restaraunt with Burgers laveled above Weebay symbolizing Beef (he could handle beef, he starts beef etc), and Chicken is labeled above D'angelo, this was a purposeful shot as explained by Dave Simon on the DVD commentary

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Had Stringer lived, do we think he'd be able to stand tall in the face of hard time? Remember that McNulty caught him on the wire so he was going down no matter what.

I'm leaning towards yes because at the end of Season 1, he expected to be arrested with Avon and didn't seem concerned. Now if he would've commanded that same respect as Avon in the pen is a different story.
 

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Had Stringer lived, do we think he'd be able to stand tall in the face of hard time? Remember that McNulty caught him on the wire so he was going down no matter what.

I'm leaning towards yes because at the end of Season 1, he expected to be arrested with Avon and didn't seem concerned. Now if he would've commanded that same respect as Avon in the pen is a different story.
season 1 stringer probably would've stood tall...but by season 3 he had morphed into an unloyal snake with one foot out the game. once he got arrested from the wire tap he definitely would've snitched on Avon (for a second time) and cut a plea deal.
 

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Had Stringer lived, do we think he'd be able to stand tall in the face of hard time? Remember that McNulty caught him on the wire so he was going down no matter what.

I'm leaning towards yes because at the end of Season 1, he expected to be arrested with Avon and didn't seem concerned. Now if he would've commanded that same respect as Avon in the pen is a different story.

Nothing in the series shows that Stringer is anything less than standup. The legit money was long and was being set up as a transition away from the streets. He was grooming Bodie since the beginning to move up/possibly replace him on the street level....so I think if Stringer goes down......he does his time and comes home to millions of legit dollars.

He said, and I believe, that the D'angelo hit was to protect the organization AND Avon. The ratting out of Avon, was to protect the organization from the law enforcement hit it would take from the war that Avon was waging. None of those moves were done out of selishness or out of fear for his own safety, so I don't see String snitching to shave years.
 
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