The Wire, S02E02- Collateral Damage (Patreon)

Hello all my wonderful Patrons, and welcome to my second episode of Season 2 of The Wire! Today Roshawn and I will be discussing the fact that this episode ends with one of the most grisly deaths that we've seen on this show. Now, after having just watched The Walking Dead finale it doesn't seem that bad, but in terms on the tone of THIS show, it was really brutal. Yikes. Also we find out how much of a sonofabitch Valchek is, and how badly things can blow up in McNulty's face while he's too busy giggling and doing shots. I hope that you enjoy listening, and I will see you next week with more of The Wire! Here is the info from Steven Attewell on Unions on this episode: Episode 2: Ordinary seaman is the lowest, entry-level job in the merchant marine. As noted last week, there’s 100 checkers, and 1500 IBS, so 1514 is only 6.6% of the workforce and the union membership. As noted last week, pay’s good when you get work, if you can make as much from one day of work as you can from a g—pack. I calculate Nicky’s earning around $62-63 an hour – which if he was working 40 hours a week would be earning him around $120,000 a year. But if he’s only getting a day or two every two weeks, he’s only earning $1k or $2k a month. Here is the link to the full document in Dropbox! https://www.dropbox.com/s/17ghussodyludsz/A-Primer-on-Unions-for-The-Wire-Season-2%20%284%29.docx?dl=0