The Wire

Keep it close—Omar The police are a drug kingpin’s primary natural enemy. They are the ones who are most likely to topple his empire, putting him away for decades or even life. The Wire supports this notion by focusing on Daniels’ detail and their attempt to take down the Barksdale crew. But after the introduction of Omar’s small, tightly-formed three-man crew in “The Buys,” … [Read more...] about 1.4: A Bounty on Omar’s Crew

Here is summary of one more scene from episode 6 of season 1. That’s him. You see?–Poot “The Wire” begins with one of the season’s more disturbing images: stickup boy Brandon’s dead body, horrifically mutilated and left on the hood of a car like a trophy buck for all of the residents of the low rises to see. It is a tough image to look at for even the most hardened of … [Read more...] about The Man of the Vacant House{Explained}