# Baltimore and The Wire \[SPOILERS\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 26, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320 "2011-05-26T17:06:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/41 "2011-06-01T19:33:18Z")
I loved the show so much I went back and read the books a few years ago and I highly recommend them (lengthy, but so worth it): [Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets](http://www.amazon.com/Homicide-Killing-Streets-David-Simon/dp/0805080759/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1306956713&sr=8-3) [The Corner](http://www.amazon.com/Corner-Year-Life-Inner-City-Neighborhood/dp/0767900316/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1306956713&sr=8-4) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/42 "2011-06-01T21:57:58Z")
> [@AllShookDown](#): > > I always though he was whistling “A hunting we will go” a la Elmer Fudd. Considering what he did for a living, you may be right. Same tune, however. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/43 "2011-06-01T22:05:19Z")
Best Omar Little scene: [The Wire - Omar testifies against Bird - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYj7q_by_2E) I got the shotgun, you got the briefcase, it’s all in the game. ---
**Author:** ![XXX19](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@XXX19](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XXX19)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/44 "2011-06-02T00:09:27Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I thought the guy in your second spoiler had it coming. So did Omar, but he was such a great character, I was sorry to see him go. And yeah, the nephew had a cameo in season five. Yea, you’re right. They all had it coming except the first guy. Made me sick. More and more movies are getting the hero killed. SPOILERS??? Well, excuse me. These are my first posts here and the show has been over for years and I thought everyone saw them, at least the first season? Geesh! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/45 "2011-06-02T00:39:33Z")
> [@XXX19](#): > > SPOILERS??? > Well, excuse me. These are my first posts here and the > show has been over for years and I thought everyone > saw them, at least the first season? > > Geesh! It’s nothing personal. I’m sure everybody in this thread has seen most of the show but a lot of other people on this site haven’t and if they’re thinking about getting into it, they would rather not have it spoiled. I think I watched the entire series last year. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/46 "2011-06-02T00:43:10Z")
> [@XXX19](#): > > Yea, you’re right. They all had it coming except the first > guy. Made me sick. More and more movies are getting the > hero killed. > > SPOILERS??? > Well, excuse me. These are my first posts here and the > show has been over for years and I thought everyone > saw them, at least the first season? > > Geesh! It does seem strange probably, but the fact is, The Wire is one of those shows that people are discovering for themselves all the time and they mightn’t appreciate spoilers, especially when the thread title doesn’t include a spoiler warning. ---
**Author:** ![TehBearJew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TehBearJew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TehBearJew)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/47 "2011-06-02T01:37:13Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I thought the guy in your second spoiler had it coming. So did Omar, but he was such a great character, I was sorry to see him go. And yeah, the nephew had a cameo in season five. Stinger definitely had it coming!! He got it easy, IMO! My wife nearly cried when Omar died. It shook me down to the core as well. He was probably my fav character, maybe after Wallace. Good guys at heart. There was a scene in season 5 if I remember correctly where o-dog and Snoop were in a car, Snoop asks ‘how does my hair look?’ O-Dog replies, ‘you look good..’. That scene was acted out verbatim on an iCarly episode with Sam and the chubby kid. I couldn’t believe it! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/48 "2011-06-02T01:40:41Z")
Psst! St **r** inger ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/49 "2011-06-02T01:43:23Z")
HBO GO has been promoting that you could watch pretty much anything they’ve ever produced, but _The Corner_ is not available. I’d never heard of it, and I’m kinda pissed at HBO. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/50 "2011-06-02T01:55:09Z")
> [@TehBearJew](#): > > Stinger definitely had it coming!! He got it easy, IMO! > > My wife nearly cried when Omar died. It shook me down to the core as well. He was probably my fav character, maybe after Wallace. Good guys at heart. > > There was a scene in season 5 if I remember correctly where o-dog and Snoop were in a car, Snoop asks ‘how does my hair look?’ O-Dog replies, ‘you look good..’. That scene was acted out verbatim on an iCarly episode with Sam and the chubby kid. I couldn’t believe it! Well, so much for the notion of spoilers. ---
**Author:** ![TehBearJew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TehBearJew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TehBearJew)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/51 "2011-06-02T02:04:32Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Psst! St **r** inger Typo.. There is an interview made by the directors or the film crew with the real Avon Barksdale in jail..he complimented Simon on capturing the life he knew as a ‘hood’. Though many of what happens in the series is probably fictional, I’m guessing there are parts that are ‘ripped from the headlines’ so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/52 "2011-06-02T02:11:50Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Best Omar Little scene: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYj7q\_by\_2E](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYj7q_by_2E) First time I watched I had to pause the DVD I was laughing so hard when he “tied” his tie. “Yo, what up BIRD?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/53 "2011-06-02T02:32:32Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Well, so much for the notion of spoilers. No kidding. I will add one that I think someone beat me to, but should be repeated… The man’s name was STRINGER, not STINGER, Bell. He was not a bumble bee. A great way to get an idea of the quality of the writing of The Wire is to see the opening scene of the first episode (I think. it’s been a while). But when McNolty talks to a kid on the street and discovers how another kid gets the street name “Snot Boogie”. That is simply classic writing. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/54 "2011-06-02T02:43:49Z")
I’ve reported the thread and asked the mods to put a SPOILER warning in the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![TehBearJew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TehBearJew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TehBearJew)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/55 "2011-06-02T03:42:05Z")
I too assumed this would interest people who watched the entire series already…wrongfully I guess. side note, my sister in manhattan who is a crazy big fan of the Wire has her daughter attending the same school and year as Seth Gilliam’s kid(he played Carver)…I’d love to bump into him sometime. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/56 "2011-06-02T04:00:02Z")
> [@TehBearJew](#): > > I too assumed this would interest people who watched the entire series already…wrongfully I guess. > > side note, my sister in manhattan who is a crazy big fan of the Wire has her daughter attending the same school and year as Seth Gilliam’s kid(he played Carver)..I’d love to bump into him sometime. I see “Mayor Carcetti” all the time. He seems to frequent the same bars I do. ---
**Author:** ![XXX19](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@XXX19](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XXX19)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/57 "2011-06-02T10:51:45Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > It does seem strange probably, but the fact is, The Wire is one of those shows that people are discovering for themselves all the time and they mightn’t appreciate spoilers, especially when the thread title doesn’t include a spoiler warning. Thanks, I understand now but it takes a real whimp to file a complaint. I can see a MOD whacking it on his own but it was only one little scene, not the entire damn show. The same whimp who said he lived in a white middle class neighborhood near HOpkins. Hell, that’s one of the worse neighborhoods to get robbed. I grew up near there and went to high school near there during the 60s. We moved out because that neighborhood was so bad. Plenty of fights down there when we were kidss In fact, I still have a switch blade I took off a guy from down there who tried to use it on me. The same whimp who said DC and Bmore are similar. They’re completely different. People from Bmore hate DCers. That’s the nation’s capital and they always looked down on blue collar Bmore. Both cities have the plights and crime probs even their gay districts but the cities are as different as night and day. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/58 "2011-06-02T10:54:11Z")
> [@XXX19](#): > > Thanks, I understand now but it takes a real whimp to file > a complaint. > > The same whimp who said he lived in a white middle class neighborhood near HOpkins. Don’t call other posters wimps. The spoiler thing was no big deal (and I put a spoiler warning in the thread title), but you’re not allowed to insult other posters on this site unless you’re in The BBQ Pit forum. ---
**Author:** ![XXX19](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@XXX19](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XXX19)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/59 "2011-06-02T11:05:12Z")
Look man, all he had to do is say SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, and I would have gotten the hint. Like I said, I didn’t spoil much. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320/60 "2011-06-02T11:09:34Z")
It doesn’t matter if _you_ get the hint - if no one had reported the post I wouldn’t have known there were spoilers in it. You don’t get in trouble for accidentally posting some spoilers; I just fixed it so no one will read them without wanting to. Now let’s get back to the real thread topic, please. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-and-the-wire-spoilers/583320.md?page=4)