So I have heard so many of you rave about The Wire, so I am finally watching it. I am about halfway through season 1. Struggled getting through the first couple episodes, but now starting to get into it.

I have a couple questions for you fans...

So Avon and Omar are rivals? Is there some backstory about them? Is Omar another drug dealer or a former drug dealer?

I am sure I am forgetting something and I will probably have more questions along the way, but this will get us started.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Avon = dealer
Omar = robs dealers

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I think Omar is just a free-lancer Robin Hood.

I don't recall any personal beef with Avon. It is just Omar being Omar.

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You know me like that.

Dont spoil it for him. Don't answer any more questions. It's for his own good. Think of when you watched it week to week. That's half the show right there, thinking about it and trying to figure it out and the suspense of what's next to come.

If you continue to answer his questions, then there should just be a new thread created for season 2 episode 1.

Seemed like a harmless question.

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Agreed.

Yeah, Omar and Avon aren't rivals. 312 summed up their relationship nicely.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Omar is the fucking best.

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Oh indeed.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

The Clay Davis is up there too. Sheeeeeeeeeeiiiit.

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I'm a bigfan of Bodie.

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Omar comin!

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Bunk is my guy

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Lester is probably the best.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Too hard to choose. "...and all the pieces matter." is obviously one of the best and probably most famous phrase of the series, but Bunk is more entertaining. That drunken night where he sets his clothes on fire is probably in my top 5 scenes from the whole series.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Best part is where Adebesi gets stabbed to death.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

I had a hard time watching Stabler on Law & Order: SVU after watching The Wire.

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People will tell you otherwise, but the last season isn't very good. Go in with low expectations and it's ok but it's far worse than any of the other seasons.

The show really goes downhill when McNulty quits the force to go to clown school.

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Omar and Avon disagree on whether or not Avon should keep all the money from the drug dealing.

deleted for spoilers, see other wire thread

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Fun fact, but The Wire takes place in the same fictional universe as SVU. We know this as Munch (who originated in David Simon's "Homicide") gets a small cameo in the final season.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

deleted because rpb made me.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Ogie, delete that post. Dont ruin a pretty good season that is highly underrated by Rick for RFDC

done

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Munch was also in The X-Files and Arrested Development.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Yeah, Munch is the biggest whore in TV drama.

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Really liked Carcetti

I really liked his campaign manager

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Yup

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Martin O'Malley hated him for some odd reason

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Didn't know that, but

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.