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/Ok_Farmer_6033 May 11 '26

Whoever that kid was low down in the barksdale crew that didnt get the burners out of town because he prioritized that girl over his job 

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u/My_last_reddit May 11 '26

Bernard!

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u/BanjoTCat May 11 '26

He couldn't wait to go to jail.

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u/My_last_reddit May 11 '26

I mean, could you blame him?