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The Wire, Season 5, Episode 4 (Patreon)

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2025-09-10 23:09:40
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Kevin L

Back at the very start, Burrell was the Deputy Ops (under a white commissioner we only saw once, at the hospital when Kima was shot). Rawls was Major in homicide, under Colonel Foerster who later died. Everybody moved up the ladder since. The showrunners said that the more familiar rank of Captain, another real rank in the Baltimore police, had to be scrapped (along with Lt. Major I think) to make it simpler for purposes of the show; you can only throw so much at your audience.

MrRuss50

While only 5 seasons long the show spanned 7 years in real time, so alot of the call backs felt really nostalgic by this time. You caught the beer cans on top of the Western PD but I think you may have missed Johnny 50, Ziggy and Nicks partner in crime, from Season 2 in the homeless encampment. More call backs likely to come so keep your eyes open if you like that kind of stuff.

dys
>>186833226

I always wondered why it jumped straight from Lieutenant to Major, TIL

dys

I can't help but hear the "Arrested Development/Peanuts sad walk" music when Clay Davis walks out of the grand jury The complete lack of anything behind Marlo's eyes as Chris executes Prop Joe is so chilling.

trenton gragg

The way Cheese setup Joe, is similar to the way Carlo setup Sonny in The Godfather. Cheese felt embarrassed at the co-op meeting, the way Sonny beat up Carlo in street in front of the whole neighborhood. Marlo’s deal with Cheese, was like Barzini’s deal with Carlo, giving him more money and status.

prolifik5

The "gift" from Cheese was the information he gave them on Butchie in the previous episode.

prolifik5

That conversation at the homeless shantytown illustrates why Lester is ultimately a better detective than Jimmy. All Jimmy is thinking about is the problem right in front of his face, i.e., getting Landsman to care about his fake serial killer, while Lester is rightly concerned about how taking shortcuts at this stage could be disastrous down the road if their plan takes off like they want it to. While Jimmy is smart, dedicated, and tenacious, he just doesn't have Lester's patience, foresight, or attention to detail. He would be bored senseless trying to handle something like the Clay Davis case. It reminds me of another example in Season 1 that for a long time I didn't even put together. Remember when Jimmy refuses to go on the raids to make a pointless "stand" against Daniels? Lester surely knows the raids are bullshit as well, but the die is already cast; showing up your shift lieutenant isn't going to make the bosses change their minds. So he goes along, does his job, and that's how he finds D's pager number on the stash house wall. (Speaking of that scene with the homeless BTW, you missed Johnny 50 who used to hang with Nick and Ziggy in Season 2. He's the guy that speaks to Jimmy briefly before the crazy card guy calls him over.)

Jonathan

The story about the patrol officer and Rawls was a true story. The press interview with Clay was a cameo by a real Baltimore politics reporter who would have done that interview if it happened in real life.

Youtalkingtome
>>186837824

The switch Clay Davis flips between leaving the courtroom where he knows he is screwed to his cheerful performance for the media is so on-brand.