r/TheWire • u/Vivid_Look_4269 • 3d ago

Forgot about Rawls

I just did my second rewatch. I waited five years so I could forget a good bit and really enjoy it the second time. I forgot Rawls is closeted, and it never comes out. In a lesser show, they would have outed him. I think it's great that they showed how a person in power can hide in broad daylight

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u/GORILLO5 3d ago

He’s a colossal prick, but he’s one of the best characters in the show imo.

The line where he tells Lester

“when I fuck you over you’ll know it. You’ll be so god damned certain you won’t need to ask the question.”

makes me laugh even after like 6-8 rewatches.

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u/DePraelen 3d ago edited 3d ago

And then in the same conversation he moves Lester to homicide, instead of punishing him/shipping him back to the pawnshop unit.

He's a vindictive prick, but he's not incompetent. I like the flashes we get of his ability when Greggs is shot in S1. He is/was "real police" at one point, but has been warped by the system.

Edit: Mixed up Lester + Rawls scenes.

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u/KaityKaitQueen 23h ago

And he says to McNulty “things went south, she took two for the company. That’s it”