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"The Wire" Took (2008)



Overview

User Rating:
9.0/10   124 votes
Director:

Dominic West

Writers:

David Simon (creator)
Richard Price (teleplay)
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TV Series:

"The Wire" (2002)

Original Air Date:

17 February 2008 (Season 5, Episode 7)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery more


Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

As Gus (played by Clark Johnson) enters the bar, he passes a man saying, "I used to own a bar". The man is played by Richard Belzer, who - as John Munsch in "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993) co-owned a bar with Meldrick Lewis - played by Clark Johnson. more

Quotes:

Reporter: What are you reading there, Senator?
State Sen. R. Clayton 'Clay' Davis: Promethus Bound. An ancient play, one of the oldest we have. About a simple man who was horrifically punished by the powers that be for the terrible crime of trying to bring light to the common people. In the words of
[checks author]
State Sen. R. Clayton 'Clay' Davis: Ascyllius, "No good deed goes unpunished." I cannot tell you how much consolation I find in these slim pages.
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Movie Connections:

References "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993) more

Soundtrack:

The Ooh Ahh Song more


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