The Wire 2x09 Reaction

1. Lola announcing she never want to see kids in this show again......😐 2. BUNNY COLVIN!!!!! 3. McNulty is a whole. 😂🤣

I'm quite surprised no one has told the girls the Jay Landsman trivia yet. Guess I'll be the one to do it 💁‍♀️ At 24:35, the character standing next to Bunny Colvin is Lt. Dennis Mello, played by Jay Landsman. You might recognise that this is the same name as the character Jay Landsman in the show (the overweight fellow from homicide who we've been with since episode 1). That's because the character of Jay Landsman is directly based on the real life Jay Landsman who held the exact position as a sergeant of homicide for years in Baltimore. He was featured in David Simon's 1991 book about the Baltimore homicide unit 'Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets', and was the inspiration for the fictional character John Munch on that show based on the same book. When The Wire was being developed, the real Landsman auditioned for the part of himself, but lost out to the actor we know and love Delaney Williams. Clearly the showrunners had a far more fictionalised iteration of Jay Landsman in mind for the show, but nonetheless, the next time you feel sour after not getting a job interview, just remember that Jay Landsman was *literally* the man for the job and still lost out. An ex-cop who does end up playing themselves however is Ed Norris, seen wearing the hi-vis at 7:59. We've been seeing him since the beginning here and there, his first appearance was in season 1 episode 6, the episode where Brandon's body is discovered in the pit. Norris, 20-year veteran of the New York Police Department, served as Police Commissioner for Baltimore from 2000 to late 2002 and Superintendent of the Maryland State Police in 2003. In 2003 he was convicted of a felony and spent six months in federal prison, following illegal personal expenditures of over $20,000 from the Baltimore Police Department's supplemental account in order to pay for expensive gifts, personal expenses, and extramarital affairs with at least six women. He's been a popular Baltimore radio host ever since, and in 2017 he published the book 'Way Down In The Hole', which I intend to read. Norris and Landsman aren't the only two real-life characters to appear in the show, so when others show themselves I'll let y'all know.

I love the fact that Lola keeps coming back to the systemic racism point. Some people don't like it but it is true . You guys might have a 99.9% white population but like season 2 proves, after systematic racism, you have classism. I can bet you anything, the poor people in Serbia get prosecuted way more than the upper class, even for crimes that these groups do in similar proportions. Like Milena said, The Wire is basically a documentary. That's why it is so timeless

Oh the girls are already liking Bunny Colvin? Season 3 will be fun

@18:08 "did he have hands? Did he have a face? Then it wasn't us" hahahaha, my favorite Sergei moment

Hahahaha That Brother Mouzone Gus Fring comparison is apt. Brother is a problem. I love Prop Joe's "More bodies on him that a Chinese cemetery" metaphor

You were wondering why the Greek gave FBI agent Koutriss such a big drug bust as a quid pro quo for him letting them know about the police - Earlier in the episode the Greeks discuss the unreliability and cheating of their Colombian business partners. The Greek tipped off koutris to give him a big bust and take out the columbians operation. I believe the Greeks had another supplier lined up.

"I hate seeing kids in this show. I don't want to see kids ever again." Oh boy. :D