r/TheWire • u/basedtrashcomp • 1d ago

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u/HolidayJohn 1d ago

You may be talking about The Shield, not the wire.

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u/basedtrashcomp 1d ago

DUDE YES ITS EXACTLY THAT!!!! I just looked it up and it's the EXACT SCENE beat for beat I guess I just got the two mixed up.

Thank you so much for scratching that brain itch.

Edit: take the gold just cuz I love u sm right now

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u/kaze950 1d ago

I'm afraid this means you have... Bald Blindness. I'm sorry, there is no cure.

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u/basedtrashcomp 1d ago

World goes one way, hairline goes another

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u/jarvisesdios 1d ago

Larry David would have some words to say.

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u/Far-Advantage-2770 1d ago

what, we all look the same to you?

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u/SamBaxter784 1d ago

Breaking Bad would be very confusing with this condition.

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u/Shot-Werewolf-5886 1d ago

Especially the scenes with Walter White and Ehrmantraut.

WALTUH!!!!

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u/HolidayJohn 1d ago

Hahaha glad to help!

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u/picks_and_rolls 1d ago

Vic Mackey. Fine show but not in the same league. One can debate whether The Commish and Vinny Chase’s friend Dom are comparable but that’s the entertainment sub. The Wire transcends entertainment and is (gasp!) ART of the highest order. I’ve watched it dozens of times and think I know everything and someone is always checking me, reminding of something I got wrong or forgot. The layers are amazing but you should sign off this sub and come back after watching the entire series. The reveals lose impact once you read the many spoilers we discuss here.

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u/theronster 1d ago

They’re different sorts of shows.

The Shield is drama in the Shakespearean style, whereas The Wire has more of a…. Dickensian aspect.

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u/elwookie 1d ago

To say The Shield is no art is a bit wrong, imho. The first thing people are taught on the very first day of Scriptwriting 101 is that if they make the audience identify with their protagonist very early on, their immersion in the story will be deeper.

The Shield, on the first scene of the first episode, show their audience how the main character is the most corrupt and least moral guy ever to be the star of a show (a bad cop killing a good cop just to keep his mean business safe). That is a HUGE obstacle to climb, and The Shield does it pretty damn well.

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u/picks_and_rolls 1d ago

Ain’t nothing humble about your opinion, which I value and respect. But, in a sub populated by scholars who have taught both shows, professional tv and book writers, criminals who have been convicted and others never caught, law enforcement and journalists, and fans who have rewatched The Wire dozens of times, your citing an introductory scriptwriting course is irrelevant. I only care that you love the show. I love both shows but I learn something about life when I experience The Wire. The Shield, which I watched a few times, is entertaining television.

Or, you want it to be one way, but it’s the other way.

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u/UncleCornPone 1d ago

that scene does not exist in The Wire

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u/digninj 1d ago

It sounds like Training Day.

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u/_cowk 1d ago

Good cop and bad cop left for the day, I'm a different kind of cop