An alcoholic duck, which he called “My attorney, Stephen L. Miles.” (Miles is a real Baltimore attorney and former D.A. who has advertised heavily in Baltimore for years with the tag line, “If you have a phone, you have a lawyer.”)
I started noticing the topical names, WMD, Bin Laden, etc., and thought that the writers might be making a comment of some kind with the names, so as I was watching the DVDs, I made a note of all the names I could catch. It is interesting to see the cultural references (Brokeback), seasonal ones (icicle), and odd ones (the name Rockefeller, for most of the last century a universal synonym for wealth, is probably all but unknown to anyone under 35). But I haven’t found any deep and meaningful patterns. Does anyone else?
Along similar lines, while rewatching the DVDs I began to suspect that Bodie’s characteristic spit through his side teeth was usually a disapproving comment on whatever was going on. This turns out not to be universally true, AFAICT, but I think it is the case more often than not. I wonder if the spitting was in the script, or if it’s something J.D. Williams did on his own.
Still unanswered:
5-4-F2. What was the name of the character Bodie traveled to Philadelphia with?
5-4-F5. What is the name of the girl who being treated to gifts and shopping with the money stolen from the syndicate by a soldier?
CS 15. Ex-Baltimore mayor Younger Tommy tells Carcetti his parable about having to eat a big bowl of shit. What two words modify “bowl” in his story?
RS 1. What was the name of the girl who Ziggy was tricked into thinking he got pregnant?
New ones:
CS 20. How much money did Cutty need to start his gym, and how much did he get?
CS: 21. What is the real-life relationship between the actress who played Grace, Cutty’s ex-girlfriend, and the one who played her drugged-out sister, who tells Cutty where to find Grace?
CS 22. What are McNulty’s kids’ names?
CS 23. What (funny) advice does Judge Phelan give McNulty in S1, Ep1?
CS 24. What is Omar’s brother’s name and nickname?