i finished laura lippman’s baltimore blues last night and made a list of moments that resonated with s2 the wire. even though that book was written long before her marriage to david simon, laura’s influence on the show is obvious.
it was a valuable source of baltimore slang for my the wire fic, ofc!
s2 is recognizable by its setting, @sobotka recently pointed out that ziggy’s from dundalk (upd: he’s from glen burnie, oops)
the closed bethlehem steel plant, which spiros points out to frank, disguising a threat as a reminder of what awaits the longshoremen if they don’t cooperate with the greeks.
the greektown and its tavernas.
the marble stoop of a little house, scrubbed by an old woman in the polish neighborhood while, right next to her, nick sobotka and frog make a drug deal — and by the end of s2, she gives up, planning to sell that little house
tess’ uncle is lester freamon! gotcha, ha. no, he’s not, not really, but you can recognise his 13 years and 4 months here
and the saddest part for me TW SA: