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The Wire, Season 3, Episode 9 (Patreon)

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JENNIFER E

I think this season does an amazing job of showcasing the depth and complexity of Avon and Stringer's interdependent relationship. They each complement and off-set the other's strengths and weaknesses. One of my favorite throw away moments in the whole series is when Stringer hears Avon has been shot and Mr. "You Bleed Green" grab a gun out of his desk for the first time in the whole series. You get these little moments peppered across Season 3 that fills in so much back story for these two and their partnership.

Jonathan

The Prez stuff is just heartbreaking this episode. One other very random detail of this episode that always depresses me when I see it: The scene with Stringer and Clay Davis was filmed on this wonderful public walkway that was built to connect the business skyscrapers and downtown hotels with downtown restaurants and attractions so it made it very easy for people to take a lunch break and patronize a wide variety of eating choices and businesses. The Baltimore city government in their usual great decision making decided to demolish it because it made Baltimore look “elitist” so now most of those restaurants, office buildings and tourist places are all but abandoned and probably will be demolished sooner rather than later.

Jonathan

As much as we hate him I think Al Brown who played Valchek probably made the most out of getting cast in local casting for these shows. His small part in a critically acclaimed episode of Homicide led to a pretty good character actor career up until his death in 2023.

Jeremy Hicks

I feel like there were subtle hints in Season 2 that Avon at least thought about killing D'Angelo. For one thing, he had the drugs poisoned when he knew D'Angelo was using. That was a big risk even if he thought D'Angelo would stop using at the right time. Avon also tells Stringer "I've been fair to him, right?" which suggests that he's keeping his options open. I feel like Avon is meant to be conflicted, even if he would never admit it.

dys
>>171904734

He's gotten so competent at the analytical side of detective work that it's easy to forget (for both we the audience and the rest of the major case unit in the show) that he was still deeply unqualified for any kind of field situation, ending in absolute tragedy here.

dys
>>171909476

Avon did tell D'Angelo not to use when he had the drugs poisoned, though it was for sure taking a risk on his part; Avon would surely know he couldn't trust a user not to use at a specific time. I interpret that not as Avon was thinking about killing D but that his plan to get free was the most important thing to him and he would warn D but not stop the plan just because it risked getting his nephew killed.

prolifik5

I think another factor to consider with Avon (apart from him begrudgingly concluding Stringer may have been right) is that he just isn't in a position to take on a war with his own partner when he's already dealing with both Marlo and Omar while struggling to find competent muscle. Once the anger wore off, he probably felt like the pragmatic choice was to grin and bear it with Stringer for the time being.

Joye Chippenham

Prez was heartbreaking because it’s so realistic. As much as he redeemed himself, he should have never been able to carry. This was his third offense. And now a cop is gone

Nicholas Reed

The other aspect of Avon not only reconciling but covering for Stringer with Brianna that I think is being missed is that Stringer is also Avon's family. For all that Avon talks about blood, Stringer has been in Avon's life longer than D was in it. Of course he would side with Stringer over D if forced to choose. The tension between them about how to run the business isn't resolved, so I wouldn't say they are fine right now. You might notice that Stringer and Avon are less aggressive about those disagreements in this episode, as exemplified by the casual conversation about disrespecting the Sunday Truce, and how Stringer presented the fact that the Co-op was preparing to shut them out in a "this is their call, not mine" way. I do think that they have dialed back that passion a bit for fear of spilling into an argument about D. Neither of them want D's death to end their partnership, so they are actively avoiding the fight. Now that they stood together against Brianna, though, I think they will view the D issue as behind them, and be less cordial about their other disagreements moving forward.

Nicholas Reed

I also think there is an interesting parallel in this episode between what we have seen over the season with Stringer trying to get into real estate with Clay Davis' help, and Cutty trying to navigate many of the same systems to open his gym with Delegate Watkins' help. Much of the actual work Clay Davis has actually done for Stringer are things Watkins is doing for Cutty for free. Meaning Davis really isn't being corrupt. He's providing a commonly available service to a constituent who happens to also be a donor. Now, he is also taking addtional money and promising things that would constitute corruption, but only if he keeps his promises, which it seems like he's not doing. He's also very careful to talk Stringer down whenever he explicitly asks for a Quid Pro Quo, which we read as being part of the grift to get more out of him, but it is also a mechanism for avoiding the legal standard for corruption. Clay Davis, despite being the poster child for a corrupt politician, has yet to meet the legal standard for corruption.

Chris

I think it's really easy to oversubscribe to the idea that Avon is all about family, and has an old school, take care of his people code. I know I did the first time I watched. He has a bit of it, and we see it at times... but we've also seen him go completely the other way. He has Wee-Bay kill Little Man in S1 with no compunction out of pure caution, no indication he's actually gonna be a problem. I mean, D was in prison purely due to Avon's screw up--when she's convincing D to take the whole weight, Brianna says something along the lines of "do you want Avon to take it off you? Because he will. But then there'd be nobody to run things." I've always thought that's meant to be clearly nonsense--do we really believe Avon would've taken it? I sure as heck don't. All of which to say, Avon wasn't gonna do it himself... but deep down I think he thought it was the right thing to do, and was happy to bury his head in the sand while telling himself he's all about family.

prolifik5
>>172006751

On the other hand, D would have been murdered three or four times over by now if he weren't family. It's a weird dichotomy. And yeah, that line from Brianna was 100% manipulative bullshit. 😂

Jeremy Hicks

While it's true that Valchek is the worst, I agree that his question to Daniels was fair, and he was being respectful about it. I probably would have asked the same thing under the circumstances.