The Wire

The Wire, Season 2, Episode 5: "Undertow" (Newbies edition)

sepinwall (Blogspot) | by asepinwall@starledger.com (Alan Sepinwall) | Fri, Jun 26

Fri, Jun 26 • Speaking of "Homicide," the grand jury prosecutor is played by Gary D'Addario, who was the shift commander when Simon was following the real Baltimore Homicide unit to write his first book. (D'Addario also played the head of the QRT team in a number of "Homicide" episodes.) Oddly, Bunk re...

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6 Months Ago, asepinwall@starledger.com (Alan Sepinwall) from sepinwall (Blogspot) says (in The Wire, Season 2, Episode 4: "Hard Cases" (Newbies edition)) And in rebelling against their respective uncles, albeit in different directions, both young men are placing themselves in dangerous situations: D'Angelo because Avon and Stringer (particularly Stringer) are already wary about his loyalty, and Nick because he's getting more into...

And asepinwall@starledger.com (Alan Sepinwall) from sepinwall (Blogspot) says (in The Wire, Season 2, Episode 4: "Hard Cases" (Veterans edition)) • Also worth some chuckles in a particularly funny episode: Lester and Bunk's reaction to Beadie asking who Omar is. How exactly do you explain Omar to someone like Beadie?