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Some bad writing here. The whole premise of the case against Marlow is that he's going to convince Chris to take the murders (seems ok) and Cheese to go down for the drugs. He is also going to go out of the game and sell his hookup.
This makes absolutely no sense. Marlow leaving the game and informing everyone that he is selling the connect means that he has not a lot of power. Cheese is on the outside. How exactly is Marlow to convince him to take the time and also Cheese is then trying to buy in on a package that he won't even be around to distribute. Are you kidding me?
The whole premise is that Marlow is magically going to make Cheese take the time even though he's out of the game and has no juice anymore. Cheese is plenty crazy to see that. He definitely wouldn't respect anyone 'selling out' and would have no reason to go along with what Marlow wanted. Marlow and everyone else were inside. They are no thread to Cheese. Marlow is essentially selling cheese out and yet cheese is supposed to want to buy into a package that he won't even be around to distribute? It makes absolutely no sense.
Also, how exactly did shooting cheese "cost anyone money". It would mean raising more money, but it didn't cost anyone anything. Stupid ending to that storyline. It was as if Simon was going NBC and giving the fans who were mad at Cheese some retribution.
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Re: Last episode doesn't make sense
Mar 30, 2008 2:43 PM
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> Sorry, forgot, slipping Cheese a nine effectively
> negated his $900K contribution toward the connect,
> although I immediately wondered how that was so. I'm
> sure Cheese's assets weren't sheltered at the Levy
> level, as Marlo was only beginning to discover that
> level himself. Surely Slim and the gang could have
> uncovered Cheese's cash if need be. Minor points.
Cheese was Prop Joe's nephew. Of course he had a bank account. Joe would've taken care of that. That's how he runs things.
The extra $900,000 likely came from Fat Face Rick. He's a millionaire and he heads the Co-op now. Slim is working for him.
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Re: Last episode doesn't make sense
Mar 30, 2008 2:39 PM
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> Chris will eat all of the murders because:
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> 1. He's caught dead to rights on Bug's daddy's murder
> in the alley in season 4 (thanks to Bunk Moreland),
> and will thus likely do life anyway.
No, that's not true. 2nd degree murder does not carry a life penalty. He would've likely been sentenced to 10 years. Cutty only got 14 years for 1st degree murder.
> 2. He's guilty, although not proven, of all of the
> vacant murders, and is, thanks to point 1, a
> convenient target to take the heat off Marlo with no
> additionally penalty.
"Not proven" is the operative word. The onus is on the courts to prove this beyond a reasonable doubt. The CSI laboratory lost all the DNA evidence. They had no witnesses and no DNA.
> 3. He's a loyal soldier.
That's the only valid point. Chris voluntarily confessed to these murders so Marlo could walk free.
> Chris's story directly parallels Wee-Bay Brice's,
> hence the meeting during the closing montage.
The writers had to bend over backwards with the whole serial killer/wire tap fraud to achieve this parallel.
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Re: Last episode doesn't make sense
Mar 30, 2008 1:41 PM
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Marlo had plenty of Muscle to do Cheese if thats what it took. He owened almost all of Bmore by the time he was taken down. also he had the money to take Care of Chris's people which is what Chris cared about also as someone else said Bunk had Chris on the one murder so like Wee-Bay he takes all of them to stay off death row. It is also important to note that 13 murder sceens still needed to be processed so it was in Chris's best intrest to take all the murdrs because if they tied him to one later they could charge him later. Cheese was going to go in to buy the connect so when Slim Charles "sentimential mother fucker" that he is shot Cheese they were out his share
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Re: Last episode doesn't make sense
Mar 14, 2008 8:54 PM
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Sorry, forgot, slipping Cheese a nine effectively negated his $900K contribution toward the connect, although I immediately wondered how that was so. I'm sure Cheese's assets weren't sheltered at the Levy level, as Marlo was only beginning to discover that level himself. Surely Slim and the gang could have uncovered Cheese's cash if need be. Minor points.
Don't forget, you're watching a DRAMATIC SERIES, no matter how cleverly disguised. The point is to advance the advance the storyline - hopefully consistently and transparently - but, in the final analysis, by whatever means necessary.
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Re: Last episode doesn't make sense
Mar 14, 2008 8:41 PM
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No bad writing, just poor understanding.
Chris will eat all of the murders because:
1. He's caught dead to rights on Bug's daddy's murder in the alley in season 4 (thanks to Bunk Moreland), and will thus likely do life anyway.
2. He's guilty, although not proven, of all of the vacant murders, and is, thanks to point 1, a convenient target to take the heat off Marlo with no additionally penalty.
3. He's a loyal soldier.
Chris's story directly parallels Wee-Bay Brice's, hence the meeting during the closing montage. Do you not appreciate the term parallel story lines? BCC maybe?
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Re: Last episode doesn't make sense
Mar 12, 2008 9:20 AM
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I dont really agree with your post...its not like marlo choose fr it to happen that way..thats the deal levvy got him..he had to take it..
and the losin out on the money part...how doesnt it make sense? cheese was supposedly gonna put in the rest of the money they needed..how is he gonna do that dead? yeah its nuttin out they pockets literally? put its still more money they gonna have to come up with..thats obvious
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Re: Last episode doesn't make sense
Mar 10, 2008 2:59 AM
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Me disappointed NOT AT ALL I can't see how anyone can be all questions answered Mike (Omar) Dukie (Bubs) Marlo (Stringer) Chris and Weebay looks like they run the jail.. Shit what more can you ask for??? Just cause Marlo didn't get his??? Think about it people if Marlo got killed he would've been made a martyr People he was a GANGSTA and people feared and respected him more than AVON ya'll might not agree but in the show it was there.. especially when Omar was killed even though people thought it was Plimico boys that did it or whomever, they know that the bounty for that was out so either way it comes back to Marlo... Marlo going straight and having to give up the crown is hurting him and HIS NAME more than DEATH that was a perfect ending for him, ya'll got to understand it and if ya'll don't then all these seasons of watching the wire people learned nothing... Mike what else we were gonna see from him??? anyone anyone???? Cheese got killed before he could put the word out so both stories done quickly and nicely I might add...Dukie, like Namond said in S4 in the chinese store when they where ordering food its in his blood to be a drug addict ( not those words verbatim) but when dukie was ordering that grease Namond said what he said and was right... The cops, politics, and newsroom end perfectly I'm proud of this season didn't glorify killing like everyone wanted but perfectly written and great story telling I WANT MORE
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Re: Last episode doesn't make sense
Mar 10, 2008 2:44 AM
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Cheese originally gets out on bail because he puts up Prop Joe's old house and the bondsman sets up a fake lien for the rest I believe. After he gets out Levy tells Marlo for him to walk and keep his money he has to give Cheese up meaning I think Cheese was already out on bail before and didn't know he was going back in yet so he didn't know he wouldn't be around to make money off the package. Also the other members of the co-op buying the connection were pooling their money together and were 900k short I think which Cheese was going to covered for the full 10M. As to how Marlo was going to make Cheese agree to take the years with no muscle who knows but it didn't matter anyway. However Marlo does mention Chris will take life no bail as long as he takes care of his people.
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Last episode doesn't make sense
Mar 10, 2008 2:13 AM
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Some bad writing here. The whole premise of the case against Marlow is that he's going to convince Chris to take the murders (seems ok) and Cheese to go down for the drugs. He is also going to go out of the game and sell his hookup.
This makes absolutely no sense. Marlow leaving the game and informing everyone that he is selling the connect means that he has not a lot of power. Cheese is on the outside. How exactly is Marlow to convince him to take the time and also Cheese is then trying to buy in on a package that he won't even be around to distribute. Are you kidding me?
The whole premise is that Marlow is magically going to make Cheese take the time even though he's out of the game and has no juice anymore. Cheese is plenty crazy to see that. He definitely wouldn't respect anyone 'selling out' and would have no reason to go along with what Marlow wanted. Marlow and everyone else were inside. They are no thread to Cheese. Marlow is essentially selling cheese out and yet cheese is supposed to want to buy into a package that he won't even be around to distribute? It makes absolutely no sense.
Also, how exactly did shooting cheese "cost anyone money". It would mean raising more money, but it didn't cost anyone anything. Stupid ending to that storyline. It was as if Simon was going NBC and giving the fans who were mad at Cheese some retribution.
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