The Wire S1 Ep. 1

- Dominic West’s English accent is heavy.
- Jay-Z’s “Izzo” is played during this episode.
- D’Angelo believes all ugly ass white men on legal tender was President.
- Poor Johnny. SMH.
- Hell, poor William Gant.

The Wire S1, Ep. 2

- Message is clear: If you see something, don’t say nothing.
- “But you cannot lose if you don’t play.”
- Detail is in the deepest, darkest part of a basement.
- Attman’s Delicatessen. Still down on Lombard Street.

- Carver: He took the clip out.
Kima: But not the one in the chamber.
- Wallace really think they took the whole bone out the chicken to make chicken nuggets.
- Rhonda had eyes for Daniels back in S1.
- Bubbles with the red hat.

- D’Angelo got played in this interrogation.
- Long ways from Roland Park side of Baltimore to the Westside of Baltimore.
- If there were Three Stooges of this detail, it’s Carver, Herc and Prez.
- They throwing televisions from the high rises.

The Wire S1 Ep. 3
- Bubbles proving to be a productive C.I.
- D’Angelo had a good point about how they handle business to keep the cops away. But that project mentality carries weight.
- Daniels fell on the sword for that riot
- BCPD finding ways to cover their tracks

- McNulty sends the worse two cops to locate a photo of Avon.
- D’Angelo’s comparison of the drug game to chess.
- Bodie wants to be the top dog.
- BCPD stuck in prehistoric times.
- Santangelo wants out but Rawls wants him to be his snitch.

- Avon Barksdale is not a middle aged White man.
- Lester stops painting his dollhouse miniatures to talk to Mack Lewis, whose boxing gym is still over East Baltimore.
- Hello, Omar.
- Weak product sells twice as much, according to Stringer.

- Shardene’s from Turner Station. Back when I was out in Dundalk, that was a predominately Black area.
- Still hate that D’Angelo had to throw up the ‘W’. Like who thought that was cool?
- Sydnor thought he was dressed as a fiend. Bubbles read him good.

- Omar stay lurking.
- McNulty paying a visit to Rhonda. Next scene… Grunts and moans.
- “Where it at, Shorty?”
- Brandon dropped Omar’s name.
- Bodie got beatdown for punching that cop.
- That bust was a fail. McNulty tried to tell them.

The Wire S1, Ep. 4
- How many officers does it take to move a desk?
- Herc smh
- “Fuckin’ yo did you a favor.”
- Marvin doing the five.
- Bodie out there with DC boys and walks clean out the building.
- Herc and Carver as always are two steps behind.

- The case about the college girl was based on a real one.
- Shirley getting a hand out from Omar.
- Avon want Omar head on a platter.
- Weak ass alley-oop
- McNulty’s Ex sees him and that smile turns to disgust.
- “Thin line ‘tween heaven and here.”

- Although an asshole, Jay Landsman had McNulty’s back.
- The infamous ‘Fuck’ scene.

The Wire S1, Ep. 5
- I miss the Big Phat Morning Show.
- Avon’s paranoid side is starting to show.
- “The Farmer in the Dell”
- “OMAR COMING!!!!!”
- Bodie and Poot SMH
- “How complex of a code can it be if these knuckleheads are using it?”
- An IKEA sighting.

- Herc and Carver really thought playing “Good Cop, Bad Cop” would fly with Bodie.
- This dinner date D’Angelo has with Donette. Jesus.
- “You got money, you get to be whatever you say you are.”
“I’m a Viking, homes.”
- Michael B. Jordan as Wallace.

- Speaking of The Big Phat Morning Show, Mark, Troy and Marva made cameo appearances on this episode.
- Omar and Brandon waiting for Bailey and he somewhere filled with bullet holes.
- Fredro Starr playing Bird.
- Prez solved the pager code.

That carryout where they spotted Brandon used to be on North and Franklintown.

The Wire S1, Ep. 6
- Brandon got dealt with.
- Wallace has a house full of kids he’s looking after.
- Poot points out that the dead man is Omar’s boy.
- Wallace talks to D’Angelo, who dismisses his concerns.
- Rawls wants warrants on these cases that McNulty brought in.

- Bodie comes home; Is greeted by Carver and Herc.
- Bubbles, Johnny and Huck scores some copper
- Daniels doesn’t budge.
- Avon makes an appearance in the Pit.

The Wire S1, Ep. 7
- Santangelo is being bullied by Rawls.
- Kima springs Johnny from trial.
- The kid that Prez popped in the eye is caught while on a re-up run with Stinkum.
- Bubbles goes with Johnny to an NA meeting.

- The woman speaking, I worked with her at Home Depot in 2006.
- Orlando trying to make a move dummy.
- The Pit is dead.
- Wallace missing. Well actually, getting high.
- They got Bird.

The Wire S1, Ep. 8
- McNulty has his kids spying on Stringer.
- Northeast Market.
- Prez gives an order, Herc and Carver blows it off. Kima gives the same order, silence.
- Bey, Savino and Stink set Omar’s van on fire.
- “Count be wrong, they’ll fuck you up”

- Day-Day played by Donell Rawlings
- D’Angelo slipped that talk about Orlando’s connect.
- Orlando is the front but want to be in the game. Got his ass kickoff for it.
- “You think they job is gonna save me? You think it’s gonna save you?”

- Party at Little Man’s.
- D’Angelo asks about rules. “It’s a special occasion, yo.” - Stink
- Orlando gives Dee a cold stare.
- Daniels don’t know that McNulty heard about his Eastside days.
- Fucked up what happened to the girl from the party.

- Judge Phelan is a crafty person.
- Stringer taking classes at BCCC.
- “You come at the King, you best not miss.”
- Seeds planted for Avon and Stringer’s breakup.
- “It’s not forever, right Dee? And then what?”
- Cole has to give up his shooter.

- Bunk setting off smoke alarms.

The Wire S1, Ep. 9
- East vs. West Basketball game.
- Avon and Stringer got a ringer from over East to play for them.
- Avon and Stringer with opposite opinions on how to get Omar.
- They playing the ringer 10Gs to play for them but his coach squeezing another 10Gs.

- “Ain’t shit for free, huh?”
- Walon remembers Bubbles from the previous meeting.
- Lester schooling Prez and Sydnor on how to follow the money.
- How Bubbles pulled this heist off and escaped is beyond me.
- But it’s baking soda.

- Carver plotting on money.
- Omar resides in vacants.
- Carver and Herc listening in on Poot phone boning.
- Omar robbing the Pit again using Three Little Pigs.
- Lester gonna run game.
- Bubbles stopped past his sister’s.
- Game time.

- Proposition Joe.
- “Man, look the part, be the part, motherfucker.”
“Ain’t y’all on the clock?”
- Lester and Kima took Shardene to see her co-worker’s body at the morgue.
- Daniels taking whomever is left to get an eyeball on Avon.
- Prop Joe about to hustle Avon.

- Sydnor spots Avon.
- Avon chewed out the ref for the non-call.
- This episode birthed this gif (the most popular one comes later):

- Lester breaking it all down for Daniels. “The money matters.”
- Shardene packing her shit and bouncing from D’Angelo.
- Daniels thinking Carver and Herc stole $7,000 in drug money.
- Omar gives Prop Joe Avon’s stash in exchange to parlay.

- Omar got the drop but Wee Bey saves Avon.

The Wire S1, Ep. 10
- Bubbles sitting on a bench just taking in the surroundings.
- Wee Bey apologizes for leaving Avon alone; Avon acknowledges that Stringer had a good plan.
- Avon is willing to squash this beef if Omar is.
- Stringer switching everything up

- “Any of these motherfucking local cats want to talk to you, they gotta talk to me.”
- Judge Phelan is singing a different tunes these days. Primary election time.
- D’Angelo gave Donette that key and she’s already talking changes and upgrades.
- Carver hates stakeouts.

- Orlando’s dumbass.
- McNulty inspects the vacant where Wallace stays.
- Bubbles talking to Walon; Reveals that he has a son.
- A lot of references to “Yo boys”.
- D’Angelo trying to get Shardene back; She’s not having it.
- Omar meets with McNulty and Kima

- Orlando’s being processed.
- Lil’ Man’s being scooped.
- Wallace still using and told McNulty all he needs to know.
- Marvin sees Orlando and gets the word back to Avon.
- Wallace not diming out D’Angelo; putting him down the shore = bad idea.

- McNulty’s ex-wife calling an emergency ex parte; He needs a lawyer and grabs Rhonda.
- Levy’s a leech.
- Jimmy and Elena McNulty. Whew.
- Clay Davis on the television.
- Stringer and Omar meeting down the Harbor.
- Daniels gets Wallace to the Eastern Shore.

- Shardene scooping out Avon’s office.
- Kima’s out with her Cheryl and some friends; Cheryl is uncomfortable as Kima tells her police origin story.
- Kima planning on going undercover to buy from Savino with Orlando.
- Omar heading to NY.

- McNulty looks uneasy with Kima going out.
- Bubbles sitting outside; Made a promise to Kima to stay clean.
- Savino gets in the car and sees Kima; Turns up the radio.
- They pull up in an alley; Savino disappears.
- Kima lets the team know where they are located.

- Two shadowy figures come up from the rear…
- Kima spots them…
- “You snitchin’ motherfucker!”
- Shots rang out.
- EVERYONE’S RACING TO FIND KIMA’S LOCATION!!!!
- Orlando’s DOA.
- McNulty pulls an unconscious Kima out of the car
- “That’s a 10-47.”

The Wire S1, Ep. 11
- The crime scene is crawling with BCPD and DEA.
- Rawls orders those not apart of the investigation to leave.
- Herc shows up like “What the fuck happened?”; Carver and Sydnor sits in silence.
- Longwood and Warwick signs were turned around.

- The Commissioner mistook Norris for Daniels.
- DEA has concerns about the money.
- Rawls checks to see if McNulty is hurt.
- Lester gathers Carver together on the scene; Carver goes to tell Cheryl what happened.
- Wee Bey calls to say that hit is done.

- Jay Landsman and Bunk discovers footprints leading from the scene.
- At the hospital, the tape is played of the shooting.
- McNulty gets sick upon hearing the shooting; Rawls says he isn’t the blame for this.
- Police are kicking in doors looking for Savino.

- Word on the wire is that police is looking for Savino and that he killed a cop.
- Wee Bay come to tell Stringer how things went down.
- Stringer says that she was cop and she ain’t dead.
- The most popular gif based on The Wire:

- “She wasn’t no cop, man. She look like one of Orlando’s ho’s.”
- Cheryl arrives at the hospital with Carver; Burrell is elected to talk to her.
- Lester arrives Downtown with information on Lil Man; Norris compliments him on his work.

- “Pawn Shop Unit.”
- Wallace calls Poot to talk.
- Bubbles pages Kima; Gets jacked up by the cops.
- Wallace is bored.
- Bubbles get roughed up by Det. Holley.
- New re-up business for the Pit.
- Daniels tells McNulty to do his job.
- Bubbles finds out about Kima.

- McNulty pays a visit to Levy and tears into him. Rhonda is also there.
- McNulty and Rhonda have an argument outside of Levy’s office.
- “…we put a lot of fucking dope on the table.”
- Savino will only get three years and a $5,000 fine.

- D’Angelo gets word that he has to meet up with Stringer.
- Daniels gives an update on Kima.
- D’Angelo is told he’s going with Wee Bey.
- Again, Judge Phelan is acting funny; But he’s back on the ticket.
- D’Angelo has an uneasy feeling riding with Wee Bey.

- Wee Bey has a avid fish collection.
- Cheryl is listening to Nina Simone’s “Sugar in My Bowl” and rubs the highlighter spot on the couch where Kima marked it. She breaks down.
- Bubbles tells McNulty who hasn’t been around Westside as of late.

- Bunk needs Kima to wake up to ID Lil Man and Wee Bey as her shooters.
- Doors are kicked in.
- Carver and Herc boosted some money.
- Wallace calls Poot to get money to come home. Poot says he’ll probably send it today. Prez marked the call non-pertinent.

- Breathing machine monitors beeps as Kima lays in the bed.

The Wire S1, Ep. 12
- McNulty still feeling guilty.
- Stringer collecting pagers.
- Burners are introduced.
- “Knockos took the main stash.”
- Lester flirting big time with Shardene.
- “A little cream, right?”
- Levy saying Avon needs to list those that can hurt him.

- Burrell shutting things down.
- Rhonda’s boss getting spooked; Returning donations.
- Avon and Stringer asking D’Angelo about Wallace.
- “Just let him be.”
- Nakeisha Lyles got got.
- Wallace returns; Expecting to be back on the money.

- Daniels realized they forgot about Wallace.
- D’Angelo gives Wallace advice about standing with his people.
- Hello, Brianna Barksdale
- “This is me, yo, right here” That is a sad truth for many people that don’t leave.
- Clay Davis is a shady character.

- Herc is ranked #18 in the Sergeant’s exam.
- They would have known Wallace was out of pocket had Prez made that call to Poot pertinent.
- Stringer meets with Bodie.
- They looking for Wallace; He’s at a new spot.
- “Draft dodgin’, peace freaks.”
- Bodie and Poot plottin’

- “Soft link break the chain.”
- Shardene gets the steps; Prez does the math.
- McNulty and Daniels are too late.
- “DO IT GOTDAMNIT…”
- One from Bodie and two from Poot.
- Fitting that Wallace is fatally shot underneath a 2Pac poster.
- “I’ll slap the bright out of his eyes.”

- Avon is packing up shop.
- Poot got a random girl to the police about Wallace.
- D’Angelo is told he has to do a run up to NY.
- Bunk catches the Wallace murder.
- Sydnor places a tracker on D’Angelo’s car.
- Daniels gets the news about Wallace.
- That GPS is obsolete.

- Dummies should of had a trap car.
- D’Angelo wants a lawyer.
- McNulty tells D’Angelo that Wallace was shot dead.
- “Ain’t you ever hear of a trap car?”
- “Where’s Wallace?”
- Burrell lets Daniels know he has dirt on him; Daniels is unmoved.

- Avon and Stringer are just waiting.
- Since Wallace is dead, Stringer is off the hook.
- “Catch you later.”
- Lester discovers federal grant money being distributed.
- Sydnor knows that the work isn’t done but that’s a wrap.
- The Pit is officially dead. That orange couch.

The Wire S1, Ep. 13
- Kima pulls through.
- Kima ID’s Lil Man, but not Wee Bey.
- Bunk’s trying to convince Kima to ID Wee Bey.
- “Sometimes things gotta play hard.”
- McNulty plans to go Fed.
- Avon makes bail.
- New set up: Funeral home.
- Brianna is stepping in.

- “You going make it up. Mos def.”
- “Shooters come cheap.”
- Bringing up old cases.
- D’Angelo lied about killing Deidre.
- D’Angelo wants a deal to where he can start over.
- Daniels explains to his wife that Burrell knows about his old days.
-

- Rhonda is on a new high with this case.
- Rhonda and McNulty get it on in the garage.
- McNulty connects with Fitz up in the feds.
- Bodie and crew runs off another crew from the projects.
- McNulty finally visits Kima.
- “Fuck both y’all.”

- Bubbles relapsed.
- Herc didn’t make Sergeant; But Carver did.
- Going to the feds didn’t pan out.
- Brianna visits D’Angelo; Talks family.
- Daniels confronts Carver about being a rat.
- Prez is back on the street.
- Wee Bey got bagged.

- D’Angelo is persuaded to do the time.
- Court time.
- Wee Bey copping to the murders.
- Oh yeah, forgot about this gif:

- Cantrell got Major in Northwest.
- Herc is actually talking sense into new officers.
- Stringer whispers ‘Nicely done’ to McNulty.
- Lester is back in Homicide.
- Poot using D’Angelo’s old philosophy with some new youngins.
- D’Angelo doing twenty; Avon seven.

- Wee Bey copped to murders.
- Bubbles back to his old tricks with Johnny; Santangelo is walking foot post in the Western.
- Carver is sworn in as Sergeant.
- Prez is packing up.
- Kima watches a cop car ride off into the night.
- McNulty is riding the boat.

- Stringer is holding things down; Business as usual on those Westside corners.
- Omar sticks up a drug dealer in the Bronx.
- “All in the game, yo.”

Final thoughts on S1 of The Wire
- Fictionalized portrayal of Baltimore hits home in some areas.
- Much has changed in those 18 years.
- Many storylines that begin here has an effect on later seasons.

I’ll start on S2 later this week.