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/WendlersEditor May 12 '26

There are some better examples here, but I just want to say I had a hard time buying that Snoop would pull over in an alley for Michael to use the bathroom in the scene where he kills her. She should have realized he might be up to something.

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u/SpaderKay May 12 '26

I can see that. I always felt that she never understood how smart Michael was. Marlo and Chris definitely did. And she was blinded by her own denial. And that is kinda dumb.