fans of The Wire: which character is your favorite?

[Sooga]

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1. OP, you have seen half the show. There are great characters that you haven't even seen yet.

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I've seen basically the first 3 seasons. Even if there were great characters that show up for the first time in S4, I found it unlikely that any of them would be so great that they would outshine the more established characters. Maybe I'm wrong, I dunno.

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2. You left off numerous great characters that are in the first 2 seasons.
No Avon, no DeAngelo, no Bodie, no mention of anything related to the docks (are you sure you've even seen season 2?)

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Ok this isn't a 'let's name every character in the history of the show' poll, which is always what polls like this end up degenerating into. What characters introduced in S2 could you seriously tell me were so good that people would consider them to be their favorites of the entire show. Ziggy? Nick? Frank? The Greek? Spiros? C'mon now. I doubt that there's more than a handful of people on the planet who, when asked 'who's your favorite wire character?', would say any of those names.

I personally didn't think Bodie and D'Angelo would be as popular as the ones I included on the list, and certainly not Avon. He's pretty boring as far as villains go.

[ClassicBob]

Frank, Avon, D and Bodie all should have been included. Spiros is pretty badass too, but I'm okay with leaving him off.

[Praetor]

Stringer

[starvs]

Def Omar, but I like Pryzbylewski a lot too, at least in season 4.

[psuasskicker]

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This poll couldve included a lot more people. I voted marlo but I think bodie and avon are easily top 5 for me.

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Explain your love of Marlo to me. He's one of my least favorite characters, because he seems too bland. Partlow and Snoop are far more interesting, imo.

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What makes Marlo great is showing him in the recruiting process, and showing a leader in a different vein than Avon. People assume these guys are idiots. Those in the know, know otherwise. The writers did an interview once, and one of them said a lot of these guys, had they gone through school, would be extremely accomplished. They just went a different direction, but they're very smart, they know how to build an organization, and they're exceptionally strong leaders.

Bodie is the sh*t. I almost cried at the finale of 4.

And that scene where Bay tells off his wife? F*cking incredible.
"Remember who the f*ck you talking to right here. Remember who I am. My word is still my word. In here, in Baltimore and in any place you can think of calling home... it'll be my word that find you."

- C -

[MattSuspect]

Can we just randomly start throwing out awesome Wire quotes.

"[censored] girl, Omar ain't scared."

[Aloysius]

"Mr. Little, how does a man rob drug dealers for eight or nine years and live to tell about it?"

"Day at a time I suppose?"

-Al

[MattSuspect]

"well i got laid last night"

"does your ass hurt?"

[bdk3clash]

For character development alone I'll give a shout out to Prezbo.

[Aloysius]

"Boy, you must got me confused with a man who repeats himself."