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

[Standing on business]

yea man Avon fukked up with D. D was really about to spill it all to the cops until his lawyer walked in. Avon should’ve cut him out that very moment.

 

[T-K-G]

Less impact.
I was very late to the show, but my friends who were fans would drop EVERYTHING when the new episode aired.

The impact was super delayed, alot of my first coworkers worked on the wire and they didn't notice it taking off until they started filming season 5 (so when season 4 was airing)

They really only had one season of filming where they knew the show was the shyt as a watcher I didn't know the shyt existed either til they came on 106th and Park and i wondered who these actor nikkas were on a music show

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

If he wasnt throwing Avon name around he was telling other people stories like they were his. For example him telling the pit boys he killed Avon's girl when it was Weebey's body.

been on a rewatch the past few weeks and I finally caught that, even out there talking about tap, tap, tap

 

[Moesha’s Overbearing Dad]

been on a rewatch the past few weeks and I finally caught that, even out there talking about tap, tap, tap

D telling Bodie the recap of him supposedly killing ol girl was the only time i cringed in the entire series…

I didn’t even believe it so the look on Bodie face is self explanatory

 

[RickyGQ]

Would the Wire (or any acclaimed show) have the same impact if it were released all at once instead of weekly like a lot of shows now?

Yea. An overwhelming majority of it’s audience discovered the show after it was over. shyt, the first season I watched was season 3 back when hbo had On Demand and would keep the previous season available before a new season started. Binged it in like 2 days. Then torrented the first two seasons and finished them in a week. I only watched season 4 and 5 live.

 

[Dem313wayz]

Man episode 12 of season 4 is the most gut wrenching episode of the series.

All 4 of the kids

Mike is now in deep with Marlo

Randy got jumped and then they burned her foster mom home

Dukie was socially promoted but wasn't socially ready for high school and became more withdrawn

Namond got smacked by his momma then Mike smacked him in the gym and he breaks down.

We forget Sherrod took the hotshots Bubs had for the dude beating him up and the kid dies. Bubbles went through it season 4

 

[Erratic415]

Man episode 12 of season 4 is the most gut wrenching episode of the series.

All 4 of the kids

Mike is now in deep with Marlo

Randy got jumped and then they burned her foster mom home

Dukie was socially promoted but wasn't socially ready for high school and became more withdrawn

Namond got smacked by his momma then Mike smacked him in the gym and he breaks down.

We forget Sherrod took the hotshots Bubs had for the dude beating him up and the kid dies. Bubbles went through it season 4

Yep, the last 2 episodes of the season hit especially hard.

Much of the sad stuff happens in the penultimate episode, and the season finale deals with the aftermath of that.

The season finale (Final Grades) is arguably the best episode of the entire series and certainly one of the best TV episodes I’ve ever seen.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Where did I suggest this wasnt an option? No kid is perfect, nor should they have to be to avoid having adults all but put a hit out on them...for the bullshyt those adults created and then involved the kid in.

Some of yall need to really look at what you are saying. A kid deserved death and constant attacks and threats because he:

Skipped class
Sold candy
Went along with what other kids asked
Got to telling when shyt got hot

What on that list is not par for the course with a child? We not talking bout a grown man that has made certain choices for their life. We talking about a child tryna figure it out...with limited guidance and resources mind you. Who did he hurt? People that are actually hurting people and damaging the community. Dudes be caping for murder, poison and the overall destruction of the communty without even realizing it.

"It's all in the game yo!" -Omar


Every single one of his friends and the whole rest of the school knew what the game was. Why didn't he? That's the shyt that comes with it. Consequences... He didn't learn from a single time to just stop

 

[get these nets]

The dude who was punking buggs and robbing him was first seen in season one when Lester walked into the gym where he first got the pic of Avon. While Lester is walking into the gym is ask Lester do he wanna bye some drugs

Doing my annual rewatch, and two different actors played those characters.

Aaron Moss is credited as the guy offering drugs to Lester.

Armando Catogan Jr. is the bully who kept pressing Bubs

 

[FTBS]

"It's all in the game yo!" -Omar


Every single one of his friends and the whole rest of the school knew what the game was. Why didn't he? That's the shyt that comes with it. Consequences... He didn't learn from a single time to just stop

fukk the game! What has the game done for us? Not the successful dealers, but the other 99.9% of us.

Lets look at his friends shall we:

Mike who was abused and forced to grow up too quick but was a great solider. Yet still got sentenced to death for playing the game too well.

Namond was definitely on his way to being an actual snitch/somebody's girlfriend in jail before he got a lifeline.

There is no denying consequences and that people should learn. That is separate from espousing the streets/game and the hoe ass, moral corrupt predators that benefit from it to everyone else's detriment. I will take a kid being a kid, not perfect but a kid, over that bullshyt any day. The consequence for being a child should not be death. There is no counterpoint to this.

 

[WesCrook]

Yea. An overwhelming majority of it’s audience discovered the show after it was over. shyt, the first season I watched was season 3 back when hbo had On Demand and would keep the previous season available before a new season started. Binged it in like 2 days. Then torrented the first two seasons and finished them in a week. I only watched season 4 and 5 live.

The series was very close to ending after season 3.....which is why the ending montage in the last episode had such a series ending feel to it.