The Wire

South African anger as Jennifer Hudson to play Winnie Mandela in film

source: Times Online

Clarke Peters, a New Yorker best known as Lester Freamon in The Wire, played Nelson Mandela for Endgame, a Channel 4 film in May. ... and more »

Published Mon, Dec 7

The Wire re-up: season four, episode four – the world according to Cool Lester ...

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

Clarke Peters as Lester Freamon in The Wire. Photograph: public domain If ever there was a character that illustrated The Wire's complexity, gusto, humour, ...

Published Mon, Nov 30

Jane After Dark: The Wire, season five (part two) - TV Squad

source: TV Squad

Jane After Dark: The Wire, season five (part two) blog) He and Freamon lost their jobs. Marlo walked free. It wasn't worth it anyway. The last scenes were great, with Marlo returning to the streets in his suit, ...

Published Mon, Nov 16

The Wire (Season 1, Episode 7): One Arrest – Warning: Contains Spoilers

source: University Observer Online

Isiah Whitlock Jr., who appears for the first time in this episode as Clay Davis, originally auditioned for the role of Lester Freamon. ...

Published Thu, Nov 12

The Wire re-up: season two, episode three

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

 UK Freamon's xenophobic outburst after the montage of clueless, non-Anglophonic ship workers chief among them. "English, motherfuckers!" Also loved Landsman's description of Freamon as displaying "tweedy impertinence". Definitely missed that one first ...

Published Mon, Jun 8

The Wire Episode 58 Review: Omar Bagged Up

source: Dork Nation

Freamon and Leander crack Marlo's code. Marlo is going down, and so is Chris, thanks to Bunk. Now, we know Micheal didn't sell out Chris but he's sure to be blamed - probably not by Chris, though. Marlo may go down due to the cell phone number that Herc stole from Levy's office. Levy is sure to figur...

Published Sun, Feb 24

The Wire Season 5 Episode 7 Review

source: mcnulty (WordPress)

Bunk seem to be about to crack soon, don’t think he’ll rat on McNulty or Freamon, but he’s pretty pissed off. Also liked the scene when he’s interrogating Michael. Hope he gets to Chris and Snoop soon. btw, did you notice that Dominic West (playing McNulty) directed this episode? How cool is th...

Published Thu, Feb 21

● Some thoughts on The Wire, season 5

source: kottke.org

How are they going to wrap this up? I don't care what happens to Carcetti or McNulty or Freamon or Daniels and we're obviously going to get some sort of closure on either Omar or Marlo, but if they leave the Dukie, Bubs, and Michael threads significantly hanging, I'm gonna be pissed. (Predict...

Published Thu, Feb 7