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[ahoyhoy]

IIRC the (season 5)

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Red Ribbon serial killer is just unnecessary. Aren't all the victims just Snoop's victims, killed with the nailgun?

I watched it like a decade ago, sorry I don't have photographic memory

As I remember, they start finding bodies

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behind the boarded houses? IMHO that'd be reason enough to cry serial killer

You're mixing up Season 4 and 5

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Snoop and Chris's victims were killed (mostly) by bullets, then entombed in the vacant rowhouses by use of the nailgun to replace the removed plywood barricading the entrance.

The Red Ribbon "victims" were either one-off murders, OD's, or suicides that were "juked" into looking like strangle-jobs perpetrated by the same person. Everything about the premise seemed plausible enough for me, and was ripe for sensationalism by the press/politicians due to the election season

 

[ElFly]

You're mixing up Season 4 and 5

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Snoop and Chris's victims were killed (mostly) by bullets, then entombed in the vacant rowhouses by use of the nailgun to replace the removed plywood barricading the entrance.

The Red Ribbon "victims" were either one-off murders, OD's, or suicides that were "juked" into looking like strangle-jobs perpetrated by the same person. Everything about the premise seemed plausible enough for me, and was ripe for sensationalism by the press/politicians due to the election season

Oooh, yeah.

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Septimus Prime]

You're mixing up Season 4 and 5

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Snoop and Chris's victims were killed (mostly) by bullets, then entombed in the vacant rowhouses by use of the nailgun to replace the removed plywood barricading the entrance.

The Red Ribbon "victims" were either one-off murders, OD's, or suicides that were "juked" into looking like strangle-jobs perpetrated by the same person. Everything about the premise seemed plausible enough for me, and was ripe for sensationalism by the press/politicians due to the election season

I think the only thing really outlandish about that premise is its resolution.

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Like, how lucky did they have to be that there just really happened to be a serial killer who targeted homeless people in the area at that time? That they are able to just get away with it all so cleanly was a bit too serendipitous for me.

McNulty

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being the one to conceive of all this, though? That doesn't seem out of character for him at all.

 

[HIGH DEF JEFF]

Dookies a weird fucking kid. Here, take this fan I fixed.

 

[CrankyJay]

Dookies a weird fucking kid. Here, take this fan I fixed.

Haha came here to say this.

 

[x Misogi]

I know a lot of people love Omar, but my favorite character is still Bodie Broadus.

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Feel like one of those bald headed bitches on the chess board

 

[RBK]

Dookies a weird fucking kid. Here, take this fan I fixed.

From what I took from that scene, he could relate to the girl who was always getting harassed or picked on in the class.

 

[Trey]

Homicide pranking Greggs all episode is my favorite thing.

 

[Summer Haze]

From what I took from that scene, he could relate to the girl who was always getting harassed or picked on it the class.

Yup.

 

[Crabernacle]

I know a lot of people love Omar, but my favorite character is still Bodie Broadus.

He's definitely up there for me. It's interesting watching him climb the ladder in the Barksdale crew. He may be jaded, but he ends up seeing the world for what it is and I think that's what leads him to make the decision he does.

I feel old. I been out there since I was 13. I ain't never fucked up a count, never stole off a package, never did some shit that I wasn't told to do. I been straight up. But what come back? Hmm? You'd think if I get jammed up on some shit they'd be like, "A'ight, yeah. Bodie been there. Bodie hang tough. We got his pay lawyer. We got a bail." They want me to stand with them, right? But where the fuck they at when they supposed to be standing by us? I mean, when shit goes bad and there's hell to pay, where they at? This game is rigged, man. We like the little bitches on a chessboard.

When the high rise towers are demolished he has no illusions what will happen next. While his friends reminisce about the people and memories that will be lost with its destruction he cuts to the heart of the matter

That ain't the same! Look, they gonna tear this building down, they gonna build some new shit. But people? They don't give a fuck about people.

 

[HIGH DEF JEFF]

Seeing the preacher and hearing his line "can i preach it like i feel it" reminded me how awesome the season 4 promo was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=dg94rUtzkz8

 

[heliosRAzi]

I can't watch Season 4 too many times. It's emotionally draining

 

[the_firewithin]

i hate everything about wee-bays family

 

[heliosRAzi]

i hate everything about wee-bays family

In a show with with murderers and corrupt politicians, the one person people universally hate is Namond's mom

 

[zero_suit]

In a show with with murderers and corrupt politicians, the one person people universally hate is Namond's mom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgb13le7CXs

 

[Leunam]

Pretty sure one of Omars body guards in jail is who Omar himself is based off of.

 

[amnesiac]

Wait Xfinity doesn't support HBO Go on PS3? What the hell. I was looking forward to a rewatch of the series in HD...

 

[Trey]

Man, fuck Herc.

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

Pretty sure one of Omars body guards in jail is who Omar himself is based off of.

It is.

 

[tanooki27]

forgot how much of a massive crush i have on ronnie. oh shit.

 

[Zantetsuken]

Chris beat the FUCK out of dude, which starts Mike on his way.

 

[CrankyJay]

Poor Randy

Is anti-snitching really that ingrained in the young ins'? I'm just amazed at how young the socialization of this sort of stuff starts.

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

In a show with with murderers and corrupt politicians, the one person people universally hate is Namond's mom

This is true. Namond himself is a pretty decent guy once you cut the corner kid b.s out of him. But his mom was a lost cause from the get-go.

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgb13le7CXs

Sandi McCree, the actress who played D'Londa, is rather active on twitter today: https://twitter.com/sandimccree

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

I don't really think it's enjoyable to marathon Season 4.

Terrible things happen to kids for 13 hours straight. Sheeeeeeeeeeeee itt

 

[CrankyJay]

Freamon is amazing

 

[Leunam]

Poor Randy

Is anti-snitching really that ingrained in the young ins'? I'm just amazed at how young the socialization of this sort of stuff starts.

It's ingrained in people of all ages. Hell I've seen the same mentality on this forum.

 

[Trey]

Damn, what a fucking season.

 

[talisayNon]

Season 4 is too much. Seriously fuxk life. Gets you so depressed

 

[CrankyJay]

Ugh that end.

 

[StriKeVillain]

Season 4 is too much. Seriously fuxk life. Gets you so depressed

Ugh that end.

It's crushing. Best season ever.

 

[Burt]

God dammit. That's the worst right there. Fuck everyone else, Bodie going down was just... deflating.

 

[Cornballer]

Season 5 starts up in a few minutes.

 

[Doc Holliday]

This show does an amazing job with the street talk. So fucking good.

 

[rinse82]

Just started the re-watch with my wife (her first time through), and man, it really feels like a new show in HD.

I only made it up to season 4 start in my first viewing, so I'll finally be able to get through the series now.

 

[HIGH DEF JEFF]

I really do not like this season. Forgot about the random old cop friend who shows up to tell McNutty that strangling people after they are dead cant be proven.

 

[the_firewithin]

McNulty fucking up

 

[Zantetsuken]

God dammit. That's the worst right there. Fuck everyone else, Bodie going down was just... deflating.

That shit hurt man.

 

[ffejeromdiks]

That shit hurt man.

For real, people praise Game of Thrones for its sudden main character deaths, but the Wire is just something else, still feels completely real ten years later. Mad feels when Bodies boy tells McNulty that he got him killed.

 

[HIGH DEF JEFF]

The mcNutty prank call is the jump the shark moment.

 

[Doc Holliday]

I felt bad for Bodie because he was a loyal soldier till the end then I remembered Wallace and thought "Fuck that guy"

 

[CrankyJay]

The funniest bit is in season 5 tho.

 

[Doc Holliday]

man, when barksdale says to slim charles after quits "He a man today, he a man" i got chills!

 

[collige]

I think the only thing really outlandish about that premise is its resolution.

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Like, how lucky did they have to be that there just really happened to be a serial killer who targeted homeless people in the area at that time? That they are able to just get away with it all so cleanly was a bit too serendipitous for me.

McNulty

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being the one to conceive of all this, though? That doesn't seem out of character for him at all.

Well,

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it wasn't actually a serial killer. It was just a crazy homeless dude that killed someone and was so out of it he admitted to the fake ones.

 

[the_firewithin]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck is that how

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omar goes out? by a fucking punk little kid

fuck this

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck is that how

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omar goes out? by a fucking punk little kid

fuck this

It sucks from a macho-macho bravado, "epic" POV but from a realistic POV it works extremely well. Kind of reminds of main dude getting shot in the head in To Live And Die In L.A out of the blue by that henchman.

That reminds me...that movie is so awesome.

 

[BlueTsunami]

That profile scene is always amazing. Describing Mcnulty lmao

 

[Septimus Prime]

Well,

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it wasn't actually a serial killer. It was just a crazy homeless dude that killed someone and was so out of it he admitted to the fake ones.

I thought

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he killed two guys, which made him a serial killer. The others were just hand-waved by Rawls and Daniels, implying to the press

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sneak fucks

that he probably killed them, too, but there's no need to pile on more charges.

I actually really liked that part.

 

[CrankyJay]

That profile scene is always amazing. Describing Mcnulty lmao

Yup. My favorite scene in 5 seasons.

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

Yup. My favorite scene in 5 seasons.

Same here. That must be a nerve-wrecking and ego-crushing thing to have happen irl tho.