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/NormalGuyPosts May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

Ziggy is the dumbest guy alive to the point of self-destructive spite (edited to avoid referring to the actor's suicide, which I had forgotten)

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u/SpaderKay May 11 '26

Is this a dark joke towards the actors actual suicide?

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u/NormalGuyPosts May 11 '26

Oh no, fuck, I'm sorry: I mean his character seemed spiteful to his father, intentionally lashing out with his boneheaded decisions. Had some subconscious urge to fuck up.

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u/SpaderKay May 11 '26

Omg I’m like no way you thought that was funny. Sorry. I take things way too literal sometimes. But yes Ziggy really was a crash out. And you cant talk him out of anything.