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07th Oct 2018

The 11 most bad-ass scenes in The Wire

Rudi Kinsella

The Wire

The Wire is the best… Simple as.

Some shows might come close, but no show has as many amazing characters as The Wire does. Whether it’s the wit of Omar Little, the naive wisdom of Bubbles or the business sense of Stringer Bell, every character is extremely cool in their own way.

Why not take a look at some of the coolest moments?

  1. “You come at the king, you best not miss.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25IB_4YjN4w

Clip via Canal de l’usuari sitnowthere2

2) Snoop buys a nail gun

Clip via ponder2006

3) Omar testifies against Bird

Clip via efs120

4) A chess lesson:

Clip via afromikko

5) “A man got to have a code”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HskN6o36S24

Clip via Teaching Culture through The Wire

6) Bodie’s realisation

Clip via ppajae

7) Who’s snitchin’?

Clip via Brandon Hicks

8) Money ain’t got no owners. Only spenders.

Clip via ZipTartarWarrior

9) “That’s not how the game is played.”

Clip via teflondonjuan

10) “Life is the shit that happens when you wait for moments that never come.”

Clip via grrrzvizpljas

11) Cutty gets out of the game

Clip via WireLover2

Man, what an excellent show…

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