The Wire 2x07 Reaction
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I freakin' love the long discussions. As long as it isn't an inconvenience for you personally, I wouldn't mind still having them lol.
If cutting the intros makes things easier for you guys to make the videos then that's understandable, but I will just reiterate Michael M's point that these discussions are the reason I subscribe in the first place. I will literally never be bored of hearing what you have to say, even if it's a repeated point (eg. "I'll never have warmth for Stringer" etc.). I'd rather the videos be super long and you not holding back on your unfiltered reaction. Those are my two cents 🪙🪙💁♀️
I’m with you. But if we had to sacrifice longer intros to get more episodes filmed in a day then I would take the trade off. Just please continue to give the super long post episode discussions. Those beautiful discussions are why I’m here.
I agree that Avon saying to Stringer that “Push come to shove, I've been fair to him, ain't I?” could be interpreted as Avon suggesting to Stringer that if Dee ever became a problem that he would reluctantly have him killed, knowing that he’d done everything he could to save him…But the reason I don’t think it enters his mind that Stringer had him killed him is (a) Avon was still holding out hope for reconciliation with Dee and (b) the Barksdale organisation is a hierarchy, and in Avon’s mind the only person who could ever authorise killing of his own nephew would be him. He cannot even conceive of Stringer breaking chain-of-command and deciding independently to kill Dee.
I agree with cutting intros, The long ass outros are what we are here for
I believe Avon used what is most commonly referred to as a “soft order.” Hard order example: Hand me that soda. Soft order example: It sure would be nice if I had a soda right now. Avon didn’t explicitly order Stringer to kill D but he did make it known that he would understand why it would be beneficial to their operation if D showed up dead. Most famous example of Soft Order usage is the assassination of Thomas à Becket by people close to King Henry ll.
Can you delete the spoiler? Not only so our reactors don’t accidentally see it but also because there are first timers watching along with them and sharing their thoughts in the comment section. There is no need to spoil anything in the comments.
I love the detail of D's mom dressed with a lot of guady outfits with gold at the funeral or when she convinced D to take the years. She says she's all about family, but she wants the money to keep coming as well.
You're making my take more extreme than it was. She loves D, but if he was her #1 priority she would have let him take the deal. She wants the drug business to continue, in the scene with D she says her family would be nothing without it. She gets to wear expensive clothes, have status, but funerals and jail time for her family is the cost.
Say what you want about Avon, but he would never kill family. Family comes first to Avon. Stringer on the other hand only cares about the business. Avon is doing everything he can to help D, but D is not being accepting, because D is trying to be a good person. I understand how that scene looked but that was more Avon dealing with the guilt of his nephew being stuck in prison because of him and refusing help to reduce his sentence.
I would not say never. If he really doubted Dee he would do it, Avon is ruthless. He's just not callous, and he does love his family. And I think he had a good measure of Dee and knew what Dee would and wouldn't do.
"When it comes to it, I was fair to him." Here's another way of phrasing it: "At the end of the day, I was fair to him."
My suggestion. Can you please not read the comments of the current episode until you’ve watched the next episode. Too many comments tend to mention minor spoilers and color how you go into the next episode when I think most of us should agree that we want your reaction to be as free from public opinion as possible.
Or maybe we just need to get better at leaving comments that don’t hint at future episodes lol
Lola was able to recognize Sergei at a distance, that's the biggest development this season
Re: the length of these videos - Not only do I not mind, it's exactly why I subscribe. The quality of discussion is outstanding and your thoroughness makes me consider things I didn't have time to think about when I binged the show years ago. You add tremendous value to the show. Keep it up :)