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

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Butch stanford....

D'angelo mentioned his grandfather in conversation with bunk and McNulty in season one

When butchie is talking to omar about Avon he mentioned how evil he was

Any other mentions? Any way to tell how high he rose? Because it seems even though he had a name Avon was out on the corners very young and had to earn his spot and it was given
 

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everybody who died on this show were cornered. i dont think a single significant death happened in the open. i know shorty with omar got blasted in the street but she was still cornered in a way.

the major deaths they were outplayed & cornered. bodie was literally on his corner being cornered by snoop and chris.

omar was in a convenient store cornered with no way out.

stringer was cornered by omar and mouzone

prop joe was cornered in his own crib with no escape

snoop was cornered in the alley in the whip

even kimas near death she was boxed in.

i gotta rewatch season 2 but in a way frank sabotka was cornered.

deangelo cornering is obvious.

wallace upstairs in his crib with bodie and poot aiming at em

idk chess rules exactly but i think a tactic is to corner pieces to get check mates right?
 

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Butch stanford....

D'angelo mentioned his grandfather in conversation with bunk and McNulty in season one

When butchie is talking to omar about Avon he mentioned how evil he was

Any other mentions? Any way to tell how high he rose? Because it seems even though he had a name Avon was out on the corners very young and had to earn his spot and it was given
"MY grandfather was Butch Stamford. You know who he was in this town? We was raised in this shyt. My cousins...my uncles...I want what Wallace wanted. I want to start over...I dont care where. Anywhere. I just want to live like regular folk. You give me that? I give you them"
 

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That scene when Slim told Avon that Marlo killed that chick...I always wondered why he whispered it to him rather than say it in front of Stringer.
Slim and Weebay were the top henchman/goons. Avon trusted these guys/respected them fully.

I think Avon let Slim know that Stringer was on some other shyt....so he knew not to give the update loud enough for Stringer to hear it.

Avon openly disrespects Stringer in front of Slim later (when String tries to order the hit on Clay) which shows you that at that point Slim was basically his number 2.....not String.
 

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everybody who died on this show were cornered. i dont think a single significant death happened in the open. i know shorty with omar got blasted in the street but she was still cornered in a way.
Good post......the female goon was cornered indirectly, between the dudes firing on her and Omar's man

Stinkum wasn't cornered...he was walking on the street when Omar came out of a building and lit him up
technically not a significant death, though
 

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Good post......the female goon was cornered indirectly, between the dudes firing on her and Omar's man

Stinkum wasn't cornered...he was walking on the street when Omar came out of a building and lit him up
technically not a significant death, though

Him and Weebey were going after a corner boy by the name of "Black"

Season 3, Marlo's character was introduced as Marlo "Black" Stanfield. :jbhmm:
 

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Slim and Weebay were the top henchman/goons. Avon trusted these guys/respected them fully.

I think Avon let Slim know that Stringer was on some other shyt....so he knew not to give the update loud enough for Stringer to hear it.

Avon openly disrespects Stringer in front of Slim later (when String tries to order the hit on Clay) which shows you that at that point Slim was basically his number 2.....not String.

Yup that's probably the only reason I can think of. Also like I mentioned in an earlier post, there was another dude in the room when Avon disrespected Stringer in front of Slim, so you knew right there it was pretty much over. That shyt must have been real awkward for Slim and hurtful for Stringer, but he brought that on himself.
 

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Him and Weebey were going after a corner boy by the name of "Black"

Season 3, Marlo's character was introduced as Marlo "Black" Stanfield. :jbhmm:
I'm gonna have to go back and watch that scene. I thought that they sent the goons down there to take over a spot that had lost leadership because the leaders were locked up/or strung out .

If you're right that's one hell of a pull.
 

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The Wire made you think two things about Rawls would be explored and followed up but never did:

- that homo bar scene and
- in the first episode when he referred to Avon as a "project n*gger" when speaking to McNulty. I thought he was gonna be on some blatant :mjpls:throughout the show and it would turn into a storyline but obviously it never did.
 

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Him and Weebey were going after a corner boy by the name of "Black"

Season 3, Marlo's character was introduced as Marlo "Black" Stanfield. :jbhmm:
Negative.

Stringer says "Except for the dude Scar, from New York, edmunson gully is wide open"

Avon says "holla at Scar, tell him it's time to leave...if he gives you any problems....send Webay and Bird down there"
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the hit on Scar is discussed at the start of this clip

 
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everybody who died on this show were cornered. i dont think a single significant death happened in the open. i know shorty with omar got blasted in the street but she was still cornered in a way.

the major deaths they were outplayed & cornered. bodie was literally on his corner being cornered by snoop and chris.

omar was in a convenient store cornered with no way out.

stringer was cornered by omar and mouzone

prop joe was cornered in his own crib with no escape

snoop was cornered in the alley in the whip

even kimas near death she was boxed in.

i gotta rewatch season 2 but in a way frank sabotka was cornered.

deangelo cornering is obvious.

wallace upstairs in his crib with bodie and poot aiming at em

idk chess rules exactly but i think a tactic is to corner pieces to get check mates right?


It is called a Pincer move, an enemy is attacked at the same time from both sides, much like a Lobster/Crab claw. We never saw Sobotka's demise, but he too, was cornered, pressure from the police, union, and the Greeks, he had no where to go at all. If you want to get deeper, he was last seen crossing near a bridge, this could represent his trip to the afterlife since the river represents the River Styxx.

Old Face Andre, flanked by Marlo's Knights Chris and Snoop, he too was a pawn like Bodie.
 

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Negative.

Stringer says "Except for the dude Scar, from New York, edmunson gully is wide open"

Avon says "holla at Scar, tell him it's time to leave...if he gives you any problems....send Webay and Bird down there"
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the hit on Scar is discussed at the start of this clip


Nah, Weebey def mentioned a dude named "Black"
 

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It is called a Pincer move, an enemy is attacked at the same time from both sides, much like a Lobster/Crab claw. We never saw Sobotka's demise, but he too, was cornered, pressure from the police, union, and the Greeks, he had no where to go at all. If you want to get deeper, he was last seen crossing near a bridge, this could represent his trip to the afterlife since the river represents the River Styxx.

Old Face Andre, flanked by Marlo's Knights Chris and Snoop, he too was a pawn like Bodie.
the layers of this shyt :ohlawd:
idk if this was poste in this thread but

i remember someone i follow on twitter pointed out a parallel between poot and mcnulty

the scene where poot and bodie go to kill wallace poot hesitates with doubt 0:10

at 2:38 its the exact same shot but in reverse


:wow:
 
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