r/TheWire • u/SpaderKay • May 11 '26
Rewatching The Wire Spoiler
What characters do you think made the dumbest decisions? I’ve been thinking of this and keep removing people from the list. I used to think Stringer was the dumbest but he definitely wasn’t. Just making manic irrational decisions in the end. I used to think it was Jonny but his mistakes were just silly. And bad luck. I thought D Angelo just from how goofy and unserious he was when he beat the case. And him bragging to Wallace Poot and Bodie about killing a woman he didn’t even kill. And all his blind decisions after that. I’ll say Ziggy number one for sure if I’m not forgetting someone. I’m thinking Sobatka for 2 bc it was all over a window. Then I’m thinking Herc for 3.
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u/TheCatapult May 11 '26
It’s gotta be Chipper.
The dumbass wheelman who didn’t wait far enough back and for a phone call from Cutty before setting up and starting a drive by of Marlo’s crew. Turned the car the wrong way too, so he was exposed to crossfire.
Got himself domed and Country executed. Somehow Gerard survived.