Video essays on great television characters, starting with The Wire.
Video Character Breakdowns
Thirteen years and four months in a pawn shop making dollhouse furniture. That is what the Baltimore department did to Lester Freamon for working a case that bumped into the wrong people, and the number is the spine of this breakdown.
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Bodie Broadus started on the corner at thirteen. Never missed a count, never stole off a package, and at the end he worked out that the game was rigged and he was one of the little pieces on the chessboard.
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The best street smart is knowing when the streets are no longer for you. Poot and Cutty got there two different ways.
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Slim Charles started on the west side with Avon, parlayed east with Prop Joe, did a short run with Marlo and ended up across a table from the Greek. Moving between crews like that usually gets you marked as a man with no loyalty. Nobody ever said it about Tall Man.
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Both men are delusional. The question is which one more, and the answer comes down to who was standing next to them.
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