The Wire 4x10 Reaction

Fun fact about Officer Walker, if you go back to season 2, when the police are about to make the bust with the prostitutes (when McNulty ended up having sex with them lol), Walker was the overzealous cop wanting them to bust down the door and Bunk told him to calm down.

Girls FYI the final episode of season 4 is 78 minutes long, in case you were planning to film the final two episodes in the same day I thought you'd appreciate the heads up.

34:42 OMG 😱 this just keeps going 😂😂 my favorite part of the reaction

is there any chance of the final 2 eps being seen at the same time, i believe the final 2 should be seen in 1 sitting-- the reactions can come at their appropriate times but i do think they should be viewed together

The director of the episode on that last scene: "We moved the real actor out and moved the dummy in. The editorial staff, they didn’t see the change, because the dummy looked that much like the real actor. All of a sudden, the foot is stomping him in the face and the mouth, and the head is jerking. The writers were freaking out because it looked like we were actually stomping the poor guy. It was a beautiful special effect. That articulated dummy that we made of him, it worked. Even they admitted that they had to cut down what I did. My cut was a little bit too much. I think it was longer with the stomping of the head. They shortened it. It was hard to watch."

You are great at speculating. Lola basically predicted the Michael story line starting from 4.2. For the second episode in a row, you both end your outro with very sad faces. At the risk of saying a sexist “Smile!”, perhaps do very fake happy faces as your ending. 😀 (and what other reactors read the fucking “No Child Left Behind’ legislation as part of their presentation. Jeez.) You guys rock.

Michael’s storyline is so beautifully written and yet so tragic. I love the subtle writing, where majority of the time they are showing us not telling us. Like they never flat out say it, but his body language, the distrust of overly friendly males like Cutty, it all tells a story and then we get hit with Chris’s reaction to it all and things get even more sad and tragic. I love Milena’s love for Namond and how she didn’t expect to love him as much as she does because I was the same way. It took a minute for me to warm up to Namond as well but after seeing who his mother was, everything started to make sense and I just wanted to protect him. He acts tough because he believes that’s how he should be but he is honestly the sweetest kid and I love how Bunny is starting to see through the charade with him. Seriously what kind of Mother gets mad at her 14 year old son for being scared to go into Junior lockup??!! She’s awful. RIP to Little Kevin, he really didn’t deserve what happened to him. It also never fails to make me smile just to see how gentle Carver has become with handling kids, like Prez, he technically should not be around children again after the things he’s done but for plot purposes, I just love to see it, lol.

Finally got to watch the reaction. I'm so torn because these next three episodes are going to be arguably the best of the entire series, but I feel second-hand guilt from seeing the girls get so upset. The Wire is so upsetting in a way that has no catharsis, because it's all reality. Even if every single character got everything they ever wanted with no harm done to them, it doesn't stop the fact that this happens everyday to so many kids, and always will unless there's a titanic overhaul to the government.

I would've chosen this as the thumbnail: https://imgur.com/n1ejhRq

It is so refreshing to finally see people who not only understand the meaning and full emotional impact of Chris killing Bug's dad, but also have the shock over Chris's outburst and the satisfaction of the guy's death completely overpowered by sadness for Chris

I agree it's not clear about where Chris might have been abused, but I still think it was something at a young age for 2 reasons: as an adult he's a pretty decent physical size and thus more likely to be able to defend himself, and also it would have been a key factor in explaining how he ended up how he is now (remorseless murderer).

It’s incredible really that such a brutal moment makes Chris seem more human. Even Snoop was taken aback by his sheer brutality. It's testament to the writing and acting performances. Michael was ashamed to say what Bug’s dad (Devar) did to him but Chris figured it out straight away. No dialogue involved. Brilliant. I was never sure whether Chris was sexually abused at home, in prison or elsewhere. Watching it with you I’m now convinced it happened in prison. Partly because he acknowledged Devar’s comment about what some men need to do in prison to meet their sexual needs, but more interestingly because of the brief conversation where Naymond reveals to Carver his fears about being raped in baby booking. It’s not directly related to Chris’ story but I suspect it’s the writers subtle and indirect way of planting the seed of what may have happened to Chris in the prison system. And you’re right to worry about Naymond - either he’ll be dead in a few years or he’ll end up in jail and probably face the same humiliation and abuse that Chris likely endured.

one of my favorite Wire quotes. "World going one way, people the other yo." -Poot

It's a marvel how this show can make you care so much about so many individuals with not even much time and just little snippets of scenes spread thoughout. To think of everything that's happened so far with the kids this season has been shown in only 10 hours with less than half of that (1/3?) actually focused on the actual corner boys, but we're ready to die for them :)

This is probably my favorite season of this show (and among my favorite for TV in general), which is pretty remarkable considering it has some of the most vile characters ever put to screen. Officer Walker, Officer Colicchio, Naymond's mother, Herc (with minor parts for Lt. Marimow, the man that preys on Bubbs, the superintendent of schools, and Bug's father). It's basically a perfect season of television and it feels like I hate nearly half the cast lmao

I've to wait till tonight to watch the full reaction 😭😭😭 But the wait will be worth it!

Lola's face in that thumbnail.... Well, you did say in the previous episode: "I need him dead, fast. Anyone who kills him will be my favourite character." So, there it is. :-)