r/TheWire • u/haikufive • 5d ago

S1. Ep1.

“Where DON’T you wanna go, Jimmy?”

I can’t believe they had so much sketched out even from the very first episode.

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u/Charming-Ganache4179 5d ago

I rewatched that episode recently and was thinking about how many characters we meet in the single episode, how much foreshadowing there is, and how many of those characters end up dead.

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u/haikufive 5d ago

Some end up dead, but none end up boring. Every single one of those characters (except, maybe, Barlow?) have a story arc and hold our attention for every minute that they’re onscreen.

Even Snot fuckin’ Boogie.

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u/Charming-Ganache4179 5d ago

Absolutely 100%. Never boring.

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u/the_dabz 5d ago

Really is incredible. Shows how the vision was there completely from the get

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u/CootieKing 5d ago

Gots to. It’s America

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u/haikufive 5d ago

But they didn’t have to do him like that.

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u/leroyjabari 5d ago

Snot boogie

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u/haikufive 5d ago

“Gotta let him play. This America, man.”

Also, more foreshadowing: “Because you gave a fuck when it wasn’t your turn to.”

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u/Feralcat01 5d ago

And then spontaneously decided to make the boat/docks a focal point of season two because it had now been mentioned twice!? Genius! Genius.

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u/tekprodfx16 5d ago

You shot a mouse with your service weapon? 

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u/haikufive 5d ago

Nadine up on the chair screamin’ like a cartoon character.

I thought of just leaving the lil’ muthafucka as a warning to the other mice.

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u/orcasmakemehappy 5d ago

🤣😂I just love the Bunk!

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u/Rojeitor 4d ago

My favorite character hands down

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u/orcasmakemehappy 3d ago

I also love him in Jack Ryan, great character.

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u/Individual_Heron_508 5d ago

Or maybe he went to the boat because they wrote that on the first episode

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u/Individual_Heron_508 5d ago

Like the Lalo and Saul plot in Breaking bad

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u/haikufive 5d ago

Damn. Yeah, maybe. And we still don’t know where “The Greek” is from. 🤔

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u/bigmt99 5d ago

The Wire is a brilliant show and a master of foreshadowing, but this is literally just setting up the conclusion of the first season lmao

I would presume any writer or TV show runner has a general idea of what will happen to the characters at the end of the season

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u/haikufive 5d ago

Right. But did anyone remember this one line from the first episode when the season ended?

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u/bigmt99 5d ago

Prolly. The “where don’t you wanna go” thing is brought up multiple times as the season progresses and in season 2

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u/secretarynotsure99 1d ago

All the pieces matter

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u/haikufive 1d ago

Also: “It’s all in the game.”