He directly addresses The Jump Heard ‘Round The World.

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/02/michael_k_williams_of_the_wire.html

–On Another Note–

One thought just occurred to me…

We haven’t seen Marlo respond to Omar’s mindgame which is an odd omission for the way this show runs. What if the word hasn’t reached him? What if Snoop / Chris / Monk, etc. are filtering the message and preventing Marlo from hearing it?

Hmmm…

I’m not sure why they’d do that, but it would be an interesting indicator of how they perceive him and, more importantly, the type of leader they want him to be.

There have been a few indications that Marlo is #1 in name only.
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- Remember back before the infamous poker game… Marlo wanted money from the bank and he appeared to need some degree of approval from Chris.

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- Marlo asks Chris: “Do it feel like a crown on yo’ head?” Why would the first in command wish a crown for his second?
- Chris says to Marlo: “You stepped up and made your play, now I gotta make mine”. Sounds like a partnership.
- After Marlo says that Chris’s “business trip” ’shouldn’t be more than two weeks’, Chris responds “Betta not”. ‘Better not’. Not ‘I sho do hope you right, boss’, or anything to indicate subservience. Just a straight up “betta not.”

I think there’s still some story to be told about Marlo’s leadership and Chris’ deeper role in the operations of the enterprise.

Add that loose thread to my list of loose threads, above. :)

Ladybug: not saying for certain but that No.9 was probably police code for molestation investigation.

They had quite a few Homicide folks in the bar for that scene including the daywatch sargeant. But what actor hasn’t been in an episode of Law & Order…I mean even Ice T’s plastic wife Coco has made an appearance with her non-acting inflatable self.

I hollared when Clay messed up. But wait the book looked brand spankin new like it had only been flipped through instead of the intense reading Clay indicated he had done on it.

Hey Adisa: I’m going to need you to put down the remote. You have put way too much on me. Rawl’s sexuality oh man that’s a powder keg. Not to mention Nerese & her fine brown frame has to come back into play after Davis indicated how dirty she was. She might be kin or childhood friends with somebody in the game. Bmore is too small.

This season needs a few bonus episodes that go for 2 hours instead of one. We already know Marlo’s going down and the stories of Omar/Chris/Snoop and Mike have to be settled. McNulty is already doused in lighter fluid and waiting for the match.

Bomani man you watched episode 8 already. You broke the code.

Truncating the series to 10 episodes is just plain wrong.

Episodes 8-10 will be a whirlwind of the writers trying to tie up loose threads… or will they.

Examples:
McNutty’s downfall
Mike’s rise
Dukie’s escape
Marlo’s comeuppance
Cheese’s downfall
Bug’s future
Kima’s family life
Freamon’s future
Bunk’s 22 murder case
Rawl’s sexuality
Bubs’ sobriety
Gus’ halo
Courthouse leak
Nerese’s fine ass… I mean… her political future
Carcetti’s brylcream. :)
Slim Charles’ rise
Cutty’s gym
The Clay Davis Continuum
Ashy Larry’s snitching
Carver’s leadership
Colicchio’s anger management
Bond’s mediocrity (don’t miss the Chris Darden reference in him)
Daniels’ dirty(?) dough
Omar makes the statue of liberty disappear
Snoop’s denoument
Chris’s family fortunes
Vondas & The Greek (no changes expected here because we all know that white criminals are so much smarter than Black ones and they rarely meet the fate they’ve served so many. Right?)
Randy’s hard edge
Templeton’s fakery

Seriously… all those and more are still relatively loose. Some will be wrapped up, others won’t.

Which ones? And will the last 3 episodes even be watchable for those of us who’ve been with the show since the beginning?

Oh yeah… what about Officer Walker? He needs to make an appearance. :)

I missed this the first time I watched this – did you peep that Bunk was reviewing the dead man’s file and there was paperwork on there with Mike’s name on it and the verdict was “inconclusive.” I wondered how he was able to discern that the man had abused Mike in some way.

McNulty thinks that this story won’t hurt anyone but it does – the family of one of the “victims” who now think their loved one was sexually abused/bitten. . That’s got to haunt everyone once this comes out/if this comes out.

Did you notice that Clay mispronounced “Prometheus Bound” and the name of the author? I laughed. . . but he is one slick character and his acting was superb. I don’t know if you noticed how after he spoke with the media he turned his head and looked extremely scared and worried. The character that Clay plays has a commonality with so many of the other character.. . . so many of the characters wear two masks, or have two distinct personalities. Think about McNulty. Bubbles and Omar. Remember how Clay duped Stringer into making those investments?

If you’re a Law & Order SVU or “Homicide” fan, then you peeped Munch at the end of the bar. He starred on “Homicide” with Gus, whose then character was named Meldrick. Ingenious cameo. David Simon wrote the show “Homicide” too. An excellent show.

1. The trial was one of the only times that was totally predictable. Once Bond said that he was gonna try the case himself instead of going federal, it was clear that he would lose disastrously.

2. Also, the trial seemed a little unrealistic. No trial atty worth his weight in salt (Bond or Perlman) would ahave allowed Davis to go on the monologues that he did. He was never asked a question. For that to happen without objections for narratives was malpractice.

3. The usually sharp minded Omar failed to recognize Mike from the shootout at Monk’s place. I know, I know, Mike turned his back to Omar and all. But still.

4. Shout out ot Sydnor. a good dude.

5. Jake, good look on the info on Clay’s attorney. To me, he seemed like an homage to B More/DC’s own Billy Martin, of Mike Vick, Larry Craig and Blade Snipes fame.

Talk about Irony? Some of you don’t know how funny that episode was to me.

Clay Davis’ attorney was none other than native son Former Judge/Attorney William H ‘Billy’ Murphy Jr. Acting as his second chair on the show was his son Billy Murphy III. Now both Father & Son have quite a checkered past with the law. Billy senior has been picked up -never arrested- numerous times for alleged spousal abuse. Billy 3 was picked up for alleged possession of weed, dui and other little diddies.

McNulty is the consummate sulker. He’s never satisfied. When the bosses weren’t paying attention he was pissed. Now they are giving him everything he wanted and he’s till pissed. Somehow I think he’ll escape this predicament.

Omar needs to go over to Bon Secours or University of Maryland and get that ankle set with a walking boot.

I liked the juxtaposition of how the black reporter worked the same homeless angle but was far more successful at getting people to talk to him (thanks to Bubbles). Isn’t it funny how the black editor recognizes the real reporters in the news room and the bosses only recognize the bullchitters.

The Clocks????
No idea.

Sevino caught a bad one. It be like that in the streets though yo (real Bmore slang).

Mike may be in too deep to get out now.

The young black reporter.

Garcetti reminds me so much of the Clintons it scares me.

Clay Davis needs a prequel.

5 years on Black Politics at the local level.

Yeah I know…but I can dream.

The last scene with Kima and the Kid….thats wonderful television.

Six year old kids from Bawmore know how to cuss.