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Introduce yourself here. Tell us why you came, what you're looking for and anything else we'd be interested in! Nice to virtually meet you!
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1/17/08
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(50 of 50)
Apr 21, 2008 1:17 PM
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> I came here because I love the wire.!!!!! Snoop is my
> favorite hard hitter. I can't believe it has to end .
> There will be nothing to watch tv now on Sunday  .
> after watching the wire for so long the characters
> become a part of you, It's crazy. The writers are
> great and the actors make it so real !!!!!
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> cherron
This past Saturday night I was flipping through the channels and The Wire was on BET. It was on from 11:30-1:00am. I started to watch but it was bleeping every other word and driving me crazy. What fun is it to watch again if you bleep everything out???
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3/2/06
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(49 of 50)
Apr 20, 2008 5:24 PM
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Can anyone help me with my question? Why do the police ranks in the Wire jump from lieutenant to major - why no captain?
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2/29/08
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(48 of 50)
Mar 2, 2008 3:28 PM
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I came here because I love the wire.!!!!! Snoop is my favorite hard hitter. I can't believe it has to end . There will be nothing to watch tv now on Sunday . after watching the wire for so long the characters become a part of you, It's crazy. The writers are great and the actors make it so real !!!!!
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cherron
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2/29/08
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(47 of 50)
Mar 2, 2008 1:06 PM
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One thing that lead him to that conclusion is that he was killed in a rage not cool and mythodical like the rest of the bodies in the vacants also it was never specified why he was in jail and he looked like he had a pretty heavy sheet
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2/19/08
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(46 of 50)
Mar 2, 2008 10:34 AM
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a lot of the characters are in oz also.
daniels, the mayors' rite hand man,carver,and some others i cant remember off hand
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(45 of 50)
Mar 2, 2008 10:29 AM
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hi wire lovers
i have a question? how did bunk know that michael's stepfather molested him? or any one else for that matter?
in one episode bunk looks at the stepfather's picture and calls him a "baby-bumpin !@##$$!".
how did he know? was he in jail for that (molesting children). somehow i thought he was in jail for drugs.
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10/3/04
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(44 of 50)
Mar 1, 2008 1:35 AM
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> I want to say "hi" everybody! I love The Wire. I
> just started watching in Season 4. I have to watch
> seasons 1-3. I have one question. Wasn't Bodie on
> the show called OZ too???
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> Don't tase me bro!
Bodie's character on Oz was Kenny Wangler, he was the youngest inmate ever in the prison.
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2/29/08
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(43 of 50)
Feb 29, 2008 1:00 PM
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HI new here too I don't know about OZ but he like so many others did a guest spot on homicide
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2/28/08
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(42 of 50)
Feb 28, 2008 7:26 PM
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I want to say "hi" everybody! I love The Wire. I just started watching in Season 4. I have to watch seasons 1-3. I have one question. Wasn't Bodie on the show called OZ too???
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Don't tase me bro!
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2/26/08
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(41 of 50)
Feb 28, 2008 1:36 AM
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i loooooooooove the wire. when i watch it feels like just met a new boyfriend. i'm hooked got to watch it sad to say that just started watching it @ season 3
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2/21/08
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(40 of 50)
Feb 27, 2008 3:36 PM
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Turn on the subtitles, and then just ask here. But be careful, sometimes they're wrong. Like at the beginning of S. 4, episode 1 when Snoop is buying the nail gun, the subtitles say "..keep it for your time. You earned that buck like a muthufuckuh." She actually is saying "you earned that BUMP like a muthufuckuh."
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2/27/08
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(39 of 50)
Feb 27, 2008 3:30 PM
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Yo whatup peoples! Huge wire fan here jus sayin whatup and you will all be seeing plenty said by me! Cuz I luv this show! period the end!
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2/20/08
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(38 of 50)
Feb 20, 2008 1:25 PM
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There really isn't that much slang.
Most of what people are missing is the amount of locals only name dropping going on, from the politicians mentioned at the beginning of S5E58 (Stenny Hoyer, Thomas "Mike" V. Miller, etc.) and the food joints (The Lake Trout, etc).
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2/20/08
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(37 of 50)
Feb 20, 2008 10:44 AM
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Hi all. New to the series, hooked totally. Haven't got a TV, so working through DVDs one by one.
Can anyone point me to help with the slang? Some I get in context, most of it flies over my head. It's a rich and colourful language -- really love Bubbles' speech patterns -- but I do need a dictionary or phrasebook.
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(36 of 50)
Feb 13, 2008 11:55 AM
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> somebody might have mentioned it, but i feel a good
> way to get into the backstory of the wire, is to read
> "the wire>Truth Be Told" by rafael alvarez -
> isbn:0-7434-9732-5. it tells exactly who is
> the model for certain characters, instead of some nut
> on here telling us that avon barksdale is based on
> alpo...
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> edit: also it is on clearance at some barnes and
> nobles -- i bought a second copy last week (as
> opposed to the full price i paid when it came out),
> as part of the blue dot "3 books for $4.98" deal.
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> yes, people already know cheese and randy have
> the same last name!!!
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> Edited by randum at 01/29/2008 7:52 PM
Thanks for the information randum.
You've made my week!
Love this forum!
"Mr Little. How does a man rob drug dealers for 8 or 9 years and live to tell about it?"
"Day at a time I suppose."
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