The Wire 4x04 Reaction

the amount of marlo misunderstanding in this reaction is wild lol

(From “All the Pieces Matters: The Inside Story of The Wire”)—————————DARRELL BRITT-GIBSON (DARIUS “O-DOG” HILL): I’m in LA, and this lady comes up to me. I’m in a conversation, and she sort of politely interrupts the conversation and she says, “You’re on The Wire.” Then, within five minutes, she’s sobbing and she’s telling me this story of how she is a schoolteacher and how Season Four ripped her apart because she said, “I teach those kids.” She’s sobbing, and everybody is kind of looking at the conversation, and I embraced her. In that moment, I said, “Oh my God, this is bigger than television.”

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Randy Wagstaff (kid caught selling candy).......try to remember why that last name, Wagstaff, should sound familiar to you.

Me watching them discuss this show. "Well that's prescient. And that....and that too." The clairvoyance is really something.

We're only on episode 4 and they're all really distraught lmao

Really appreciate these reactions even when they can be emotionally draining. I'm happy to wait for them and don't expect every single aspect of the show to be covered. Don't want to get burnt out on it.

I'm a moron for not watching the full reaction. There's so much that happens in an hour that I truly don't want to miss any bit of the reaction. That and I would have loved to have joined the discussions as soon as they began. This is one of my favourite episodes of The Wire. The stuff with Michael is self-evidently heartbreaking, but the scene with Sherrod trying to answer 'questions' in the French Dictionary in his maths book has stuck with me ever since I watched the season for the first time. I've spoken before on how The Wire is so thoroughly detailed to the degree that every small moment can serve as a microcosm for the larger plotlines, themes and issues of the show. The utter hopelessness that we feel towards Sherrod in that scene will probably stick with me for the rest of my life when it comes to thinking of children being left behind. And it all still happens today, to countless children. It's so deflating to consider how many Sherrod's there are out there.

9:38 That... 'particular phrase' was in Mr. Robot too... It makes me wince everytime I hear it

Excellent review of the episode. It's disgusting how good you both are at this. 😆 You’re covering enough and you’re covering it well, don’t worry. I don't have much to add further to my post on the full reaction except to say the writer of this episode, Denis Lehane, has written a number of books which cover child sexual abuse as a theme.

It's really funny how much y'all hate Marlo... Because if you ever watch the show called "Bosch" it's an amazing show 10 out of 10. The actor that plays Marlo, Jamie Hector is actually a detective, and a lovable character, the exact opposite of Marlo on "The Wire". Funny enough a lot of the same actors from "the wire" show up in "Bosch". It's like a reunion in a lot of episodes. Lance Reddick (detective Daniel's) is a big part of that show as well.

“Omar ain’t no terrorist he’s just another nigga with a gun” underrated but one of my favorite quotes. Sure there’s cats in the hood who do more work than others but in reality there are several Omars

Don't know if it's been said before ; but David Simon actually wrote a book about his experience as a journalist that's called Baltimore (at least in my country) and he makes a point about saying that even cops that are used to seeing death and bodies have to kind of joke about it in order to cope with the trauma about it. If they see a dead body they don't even think about it as some people, it's just an object and they just joke about it because how else can you cope with it when you see that every day of your life ? So I think the detectives bullying Kima on her first days and even putting a note in one of the bodies' hands is spot on (at least it's spot on on how Simon describes it)

I just finished this season today cant wait for the rest of the reactions

Fun fact concerning the actor that played Marlo. They recently made another TV show called "We Own This City", and it was inspired by The Wire. Also takes place in Baltimore and many actors from this show appear there. Including Jamie Hector (Marlo). In that show, he plays a cop. So, kudos to the actor for being able to play on such opposite ends of the spectrum. Also Jon Bernthal is the main character in that show. (Carmy's brother Mike). :)

Marlo is the literal human embodiment of the saying "It can always get worse", lol. I LOVE Lola's hatred of Marlo, it rivals my hatred for him, lol and she called him right out, He is pathetic. Killing a security guard just cuz he asked you to not steal is so horrible, like he really didn't need to do that but just did it because of his ego. But honestly I can't compliment LM enough for how perceptive they are. THIS is what happens when you view a piece of medium with such empathy and critical thinking skills. So many reactors CANNOT seem to do the same it's honestly such a shame but it makes you guys genuinely the best reactors out there. This show has never been afraid of bringing up rough topics, and I have loved it so much for doing that, even if I cry every episode.

The scene with Sherrod doing "homework" with his French dictionary and algebra textbook is one of the most brutal scenes in the show. I can't even imagine how uncomfortable it would be to stay in school three years ahead of where he left off when he can't even read. This season really shows how absurd it is whenever someone trots out the "pick themselves up by their bootstraps" arguments to shame people raised in difficult socioeconomic situations.

Beyond the usual suspects, Ms. Donnelly is lowkey one of the people I dislike most on this show.

Damn can't watch right now. I guess I'll do a double feature tomorrow, The Wire x Hunter :)

Just in time for dinner.