#the buys

[painiac]

[warningsine]

[tybe]

I remember someone on a message board saying how odd the early episodes of The Wire are from a characterization standpoint, a couple examples of which include Omar swearing and Stringer smoking. I don't know about String, but on my third rewatch, I don't think Omar's initially salty language is an oversight on the part of the writers still fleshing out everyone's favorite stickup boy.

The first cap (where Omar is with Bailey and Brandon) is from "The Buys," the third episode of the season, while the the next sets are both from "The Pager" (episode 5), in which we memorably see Omar asking Brandon not to swear so much because he doesn't like hearing dirty language coming from a such a beautiful mouth. But then, at the end of the episode, Omar drops a "shit" again in his meeting with McNulty and Greggs -- clearly, he's still casually swearing, and in front of Brandon, no less.

But as far as I can remember, that's the last time he does, because by the next episode, Brandon has been tortured to death, and Omar never says another four-letter word again, which becomes his way of remembering Brandon.

[mmmmbop]

"Look, the pawns, man, in the game, they get capped quick. They be out the game early."

"Unless they some smart-ass pawns."

[douxreviews]

The Wire: The Buys

by Ben P. Duck

D’Angelo: “The game ain’t gotta be played like that…” The metaphor of “the game” runs deep through this whole episode and the season, indeed one wonders if that might not have been a more appropriate title. Specifically, we are led to think about the difference between the way the game (whether that is crime, police work, or chess) could be played and the way it actually is played. “The Buys” are reference to how it actually is played. The pawns are the pawns and the king does, in fact, stay the king, whether buying loyalty, favors or drugs. Most of the episode is about that reality and how it plays out for each of the characters. 

Full Review

[charity-knows-best-blog]

some days i regret saying yes to hang out with the guys...

"thanks to you, we lost"

"we're fucked"

"learn to play the FUCKING game"

"guys, im like the best at this"

*click*click*click*click*click*

"you're fucking dumb"

"loooong titty no nipple bitch"

"guuuuyss im dying, haalp meh"

"my base is under attack"

they're going to be doing this until they are in their fourtys...   what have i got myself into.. lol