The Wire - Lester's Just the Police

[@robertovaldivia1573]

The tragedy was Lester was absolutely right. The only time you can hope to take down corrupt politicians is when they're vulnerable (election time).

[@dd.4910]

unless you re Putin, then you can have opposers killed

[@connordowning216]

they should have a clearing out during purdah

[@shinlanten]

Sad reality of U.S. politics

[@josephzanes7334]

She was protecting them same politicians, so that makes her complicit in some manner

[@Carlwat78]

Which is LITERALLY what is happening to Trump right now. 😂😂😂

[@Rudy04]

Can I give a shout to Sydnor? If you paid close the entire series you noticed how much he grew as a detective. By the end, he was a mix of Lester, Kima, and McNulty all rolled into one

[@gayrambo4529]

Turns into McNulty in the end, mouthing off to the damn judge! The Wire shares something with S1 of True Detective: Time is a flat circle.

[@bigbilliams4233]

Sydnor is an extremely efficient role player, just like Seth Curry, who looks like Sydnor

[@leonbrooks2107]

His scene with Clay Davis and the subpoenas is epic 👍

[@mystikkrap]

Sydnor was always considered good high value po-lice. Even in season one leagues ahead of Beavis and Butthead combo of Herc and Carver.

[@mystikkrap]

@DICK LONG agreed. I'm just saying even in season one you could tell he's one of the better ones in his age group/level of experience. So even when I did see him be a part of the wire team in the later seasons it made sense.

[@marqueswilliams345]

Lol 😆 my dad works Major Crimes Unit in St Louis Mo and he has huge pic of Lestor Freeman in his office 🏢 now I see why lol 😆 lol 😆

[@Hetsfesta]

For real? What a king!

[@mutt8553]

Jesus those emojis

[@jasminemonroe5784]

Smart man.

[@robert4123]

Dont even know him but your dad is my hero! So to speak. 🙂

[@pedrogates3189]

Lester and Mcnulty were actually good cops they really wanted to catch the bad guys it just everybody else around them wanted to take short cuts and play politics just like she’s doing in this scene

[@MohamedChehaibi]

Lester has been, always, two steps ahead of anybody in this show. True Police, indeed.

[@The_dry-god]

POlice

[@Niko-bf7nw]

Lol in the real world, real police ain't even 1 step ahead of anyone except idiots and people that got tipped off.

[@parhhesia]

Indeed. Look who he ended up with in the end...

[@pedrogates3189]

@@Niko-bf7nw nah it’s cops out here in jersey like Lester they just get over shadowed by the corrupt guys and politics … I’m from jersey city the gang unit/ narcotics sergeant was mean n he played by the rules the rest of them were ducks

[@Niko-bf7nw]

@Mitch Ddhfacetyy the resl criminals are sitting in suits and will never ever face any prison time. But oh well.

[@connorthesaucejones]

Freeman was my favorite po-lice on the show. He did the best police work of anyone, he was smart and careful about it, and in his personal life he was pretty upstanding. Never cheated on his woman, and didn't get drunk as often as Mcnulty or Bunk. But what I like most is how humble he is; instead of someone like McNulty, who thrives on being the smartest fuck in the room, Lester knows he is in this moment and simply states "I'm just a po-lice". Definitely one of the best characters I've seen in television.

[@Capcoor]

True, and great analysis.

[@cennon]

+connorthesaucejones He's like McNulty without all the baggage.

[@jayboy8080]

+cennon they were very much alike, great at their job and not afraid to piss in someone's pool

[@joshbarnes8544]

ahight

[@datniggaeazye.5968]

silent mental approach fr?

[@limyohwan]

As lesters real income comes from making miniatures he is the only person there who doesnt actually depend on his job.

[@lordoffaiyum9727]

Facts does not need it

[@redtheftauto]

funny how the only one not needing his job gives him the motivation and ability to do whats right. The wire is so heart breakingly true to life

[@tris421]

@@redtheftauto right but this is a problem. The other guys don't wanna risk their careers on this shit. It's not right but it's understandable.

[@woodrowwilder481]

dollhouse furniture? he's just a po-lice...

[@jpowers55]

@@tris421 Lester didn't give a shit if Pearlman and Syndor lost their job or got demoted.

[@Frivolitility]

Lester's bureaucracy skills are way more entertaining to watch than some of the other cops' gun-pointing and yelling and handcuffing skills.

[@fuloran1]

Here's a fun fact. A cop fired their weapon only 3 times on the wire, it was Prez each time, and each time it was a mistake.

[@ajbahus]

To be fair the gun had a light trigger pull :)

[@Coalemos]

That's the beauty of The Wire. It wasn't about action or gangster bullshit, it was about the blurred lines between the supposedly "good guys" and the "bad guys". That grey area that is so much more interesting than cops and robbers. The other great thing about The Wire is it wasn't perverted by fans, it wasn't a huge hit like Game of Thrones is or Breaking Bad was. It's more of a cult classic type TV show like Oz or Deadwood that was unfortunately cancelled. The Wire was Number 2 on the IMDB all time Top 250 Best TV Show for _years_, second only to Attenborough's Planet Earth! Then of course it's been knocked off by much bigger shows such as Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad. I love Game of Thrones, I like Breaking Bad but they changed the script because of fans. For instance Jessie in Breaking Bad wasn't supposed to last the entire series and Game of Thrones, well they've taken their own path from the books which has brought about some utter retardedness. My favourite TV shows are The Sopranos and The Wire. The Soprano's is fucking great but The Wire just has, I hate to say it, "the X factor". It's gritty and real, it's not got the best actors but it has got the story. It's a masterpiece. Truly. HBO really do make the best TV shows but when it becomes this popular juggernaut like Game of Thrones it can end up fucking itself up. Actors want more money, production costs go out of control. Now it looks like it's effectively being cut short with apparently only 13 episodes left over 2 seasons! The Sopranos Season 6 had 21 episodes!

[@permitted_277]

Chirs MCMLXXXII I say it to anyone who watches the show, if they think the "boring" parts are just too boring to watch, they obviously don't understand what's going on. The "boring" parts are the most important pieces to this masterpiece of a series and is way more rewarding than the typical "gangsta wild" shit.

[@rventra85]

ajbahus tell that to the dead cop’s family ;)

[@cakecakeham5823]

The ability of this show to shift seamlessly from politics, to police and legal procedure, to the nuts and bolts of investigative work, to the corners themselves and the mechanisms of the drug trade, never ceases to amaze me. It's a comprehensive masterpiece that everyone can learn something from.

[@melvinbrennaniii2355]

Y'all playin' checkers; Lester is playing Taikyoku shōgi....

[@trw4war322]

Melvin Brennan III Yep! Nice insight. Played every day in real life in places of power everywhere. Salute to you sir.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Y'all can't be playin' Taikyoku shōgi with no chess set yo!

[@youngyoung3123]

✊🏾✊🏾

[@furiousd123456]

lmao!

[@shamshirhussain8198]

😂

[@andregordon2599]

One of the many reasons I love this show even more as I get older is that all of this city politics and administrative procedure stuff went over my head as a kid, but now that I am a public policy major I'm finding it more and more engaging. The fact that the show made it front and centre since day one is what makes it classic TV.

[@ed95755]

I worked in criminal law. so on the nail

[@ahmedamine24]

@@ed95755 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_model_(criminal_justice) ?

[@sidstam]

Lester Freamon is natural pohlice

[@dmk5n1]

I read that in Bunk's voice

[@khobarkastenglish5029]

When Lester opens a folder, a theme song like Shaft should be playing. Because Lester Smooth doesn't play.

[@markandrijcich751]

Haha-nice...Rhonda Pearlman (Deirdre Lovejoy) was in Shaft and played a “pohlice” officer.

[@SoulSocietyMk2]

I love how she doesn't think she is part of the problem when she is an exact example of the problem they have been facing for the past 3 seasons/

[@pedrogates3189]

Exactly

[@Bigbudd0045]

But she has to be. If she gets burned she loses her job. Prosecutors aren't in a union, they don't have protection. She is a criminal prosecutor if she gets fired and black listed by the connected....she gets what a future of only protecting scumbags for peanuts? You shouldn't have to put your career on the line to do your job. Lester has a union, so they can't fire him for doing police work. If they do his collective bargaining agreement will ensure he gets his pension.

[@CheerfullyCynical829]

@@Bigbudd0045 Public servants CANNOT (or SHOULD not) be ambitious careerists. If you are hungry for status, money, etc go work in the private sector, Wall St, etc. If you're a public servant, you need to stop thinking about yourself and start thinking about the people you serve.

[@riparoo9675]

@@CheerfullyCynical829 You missed his point. Ronda is in a position where she *can't* pursue cases that matter without the risk of being fired. If she gets fired doing this stuff then what? A ego fueled careerist takes her place? Or a hump put in because they're related to a judge? While noble, Mcnulty and Lester end up being essentially fired for taking their good policework too far. Ronda ends up a judge- and while I don't think she was as effective as the two, as a judge she can start twisting the police department's wrist (like we see in season 1) and helping people like Lester and Mcnulty effect change.

[@DrCrabnuts]

@@riparoo9675 … but then she’ll have new friends to worry about, more excuses to make. The system is designed to dissuade real change. Someone has to take a stand on principle, regardless of the personal outcome.

[@NYCentralSpotter1070]

I think I like when Daniels does his Lester Freamon impersonation to Rhonda later in the episode.

[@HPESOJ67]

"Me, I just the po-lice", one of my favorite line from this underrated series. Lester Freamon is the purest example of "Good Police". Smooth, cool and clear headed.

[@allovdem]

HPESOJ67 who the fuck under rates the wire? Nearly everyone who knows about tv call it the greatest show ever

[@ProdSun83]

HPESOJ67 the wire is many things but it is not underrated. This is some of the best writing of the 21st century. Everyone knows it but u

[@BruteStrength99]

@DICK LONG McNulty was right to chew him out. He jumped down McNulty's throat for continuing to investigate Stringer Bell against Daniels orders. After the arguement Lester got onboard.

[@BruteStrength99]

@DICK LONG I know he said all that but that was in response after McNulty jerked his chain. And Kima wasn't protecting McNulty she was going along with him which pissed off Lester. He told her she ought to know better since Daniels raised her from being a pup. Later in the episode Freamon concedes. Tells McNulty to find something on Stringer by end of week or start working on the Kintel Williams case like Daniels assigned. But Freeman was never going to do anything to McNulty. Said he wasn't worth the skin off his knuckles. Lester was Natural Police but he'd been neutered and had accepted it. He needed a pot stirrer like McNulty to reawaken him.

[@BruteStrength99]

@DICK LONG Bunny was introduced in season 2. Bunk loved McNulty at this time. McNulty had every reason to be mad at Daniels. He told Daniels not to blow a wire over Cheese who didn't know they were on to him. Daniels was hard headed. Blew the wire and all that hard work over a damn dog and didn't even seem that hurt about it because he went and fucked Rhonda in the same episode. McNulty was the first one to tell Daniels in season one if you reveal what you have they'll change up. Two years later Daniels does it again desperate to for that promotion to major. Daniels always was a climber. He always had to be pushed into the cases that mattered by McNulty in season one, Freamon in season two and McNulty again in season three. What made McNulty my favorite character was revealed when Daniels asked him if he'd gone to Colvin. McNulty says "I'd have gone to the Devil." Pure police. Whatever it takes. You're right the wire has no duplicates. Clearly one of a kind.

[@makani9004]

"What was the thrill for the bear?" is a line that always makes me chuckle.

[@Patogeno1000]

Crushing and devouring prey that thought itself a hunter

[@michaellarnach4161]

i love when shes describing this scene to daniels later on and he knows exactly how it went down

[@SankofaNYC]

Lester is actually very similar to Jimmy... They are both so passionate about the job they don't care who gets hurt by their actions... Lester is morally superior to Jimmy though because it's not all about him, he will take the hit, he will goto the pawn shop unit, he won't fake something to make something... This is a good cop... If he saw a cop doing dirt he wouldn't just turn the other way... He couldnt

[@NormAppleton]

It isn't so much passion about the job so much as being uncompromising because life is too damn short to cut corners. They are both wise fools.

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

Until season 5. Which is the main reason I don't like season 5.

[@Raphie009]

@@tommylakindasorta3068 Season 5 was bizarrely rushed...

[@rishabhanand4973]

lester is a jimmy who learned from his mistakes

[@CrewMate-r1m]

I see Lester as Mcnulty's future in the same way that Bubbles is Dukie's future.

[@elemento188]

I'm the father you never had

[@adils786]

And I don't want you to disappoint me ever again...

[@tomfoolery815]

That's such a great scene: Rhonda and Daniels comparing notes on being guilt-tripped by Lester.

[@vka337]

@@tomfoolery815 coz they weren't worth the skin of his knuckles??

[@francescotamburini5790]

The argument that Pealrman and Lester have here is pretty much the same she has with McNulty in S1 when they leave Levy's office. She's trying to balance her job with her career aspirations, while Jimmy and Lester just want to follow the case no matter what. That's why they worked together on the fake wire in S5, and why Pearlman was bound to have more chemistry with Daniels. In The Wire conflicts are as much about a clash between individuals as a clash between different approaches to social and political institutions. There's no show like the Wire.

[@PierreDennis]

Its funny how in the end this ended up helping Rhonda in her career....

[@AoE2Replays]

Lester took the risk for her!

[@vka337]

@@AoE2Replays Daniels gave up his career for her.

[@ccth22]

Lester always saw the advantages before everyone else did...

[@hughmckendrick3018]

@@ccth22 Lester, real police.

[@jronche]

@@vka337 What career? Everyone involved in the homeless scandal was fucked, Daniels included.

[@bearwooden660]

Sydnor was a rookie in the beginning but after a while you see he really likes his works and improves by learning from his peers.

[@someangel-shape6797]

He was never a rookie, in S1 Daniels asks for him specifically cos he’s good police.

[@Guitarsoul24734]

Love the "oh my god, here we go again..." look Sydnor gives when Freeman asks him about if he knew what Teddy Roosevelt said about grizzly bears lol.

[@lorenfok1097]

It's like hanging out with your pops and he always quotes these ancient stories to school you on something.

[@Rrr_558]

@@lorenfok1097”everyone loved Augustus because he shared the wealth” or whatever Tony was trying to say to uncle jr.

[@Maxphyte]

Need a GIF of Lester asking “Why do you care?!”

[@Lazyguy22]

Just a police I s'pose.

[@therealwillsmith]

lmao

[@mattwardpictures]

"But I _want_ my subpoenas."

[@StudioMod]

Matthew Ward lmao stop you guys

[@zulu3274]

😁

[@chicken2jail545]

And i want my peppa steak.

[@joelsimms4636]

This was the best series ever filmed!!

[@hank1519]

It just is! Even watching old clips is so enjoyable! Have you seen the various videos where David discusses the series? Really heavy, brilliant stuff.

[@Jonbombs]

*EYY SHAWTAYYY!*

[@pdog109]

Yall got any pepper steak?

[@socallawrence]

😂😂😂 this made my day !

[@projectdan3369]

The way he says it and hits Byrd lmfaooooooo...ayyyyey

[@uppers7703]

Ayyyyyoooooooohhhhhh

[@rebelrebel10]

"im the father you never had..."

[@mattrushing7010]

God damn Lester was smooth af.

[@mijreed]

2:46. "I'm the father you never had, and I don't want to be disappointed in you ever again."

[@garyfrombrooklyn]

If Lester ever played the game and became corrupt, it’d be like Yoda turning to the Dark Side

[@jonmacie7581]

He did on Person of Interest.....another great show

[@lobsterdfw1]

Sydnor was so nervous here, but he acted cool as hell when he served Clay Davis.

[@wephilips6651]

Love the reaction of sydnor at 0:34. That’s I feel when people start an answer with a rhetorical question

[@roanboersma3401]

rhetorical questions are the worst!

[@ApathyBM]

When everyone else was looking out for themselves, Lester was the only one trying to save his city

[@mijreed]

Unbelievable writing that shows the inner workings of a city and how its politics can affect police and vise versa.

[@jasminemonroe5784]

The body language and facial expressions from everyone in this scene are beautiful. 💘 The Wire purchasing the complete series of this show is the best purchase I've made in my entire life!!💕🎯😂💞💜😍

[@demetriusmckay617]

Criminals in the streets.....criminals holding offices. This show is so deep....nothing compares

[@billjohnson2081]

Pearlman gets a free pass from a lot of people because she's attractive but she was one of the worst careerists on the show. McNulty had her figured out from the beginning.

[@KeirBo]

Fitting that her and Daniels got together.

[@billjohnson2081]

Keir Bo I know, right? I wonder if the writers were trying to make a (subtle) point about those two characters by having them wind up with each other? McNulty's "everybody stays friends" speech to Pearlman was 100% right on point and the best retort Pearlman could muster was that McNulty was being selfish (for caring about something other than Ronnie's career).

[@Zamolxes77]

Bill Johnson Really? Judge in 5 years is a bad career?

[@brohan914]

Zamolxes77 "careerist" not "career"

[@alexyates5547]

At the end of the day, it's just a job. You can't expect a person to sabotage their career & livelihood to make a case. If there is wrongdoing to be exposed, she should be allowed to expose it in a way that doesn't ruin her life.

[@BehrBob]

"Natural PO-Lice"

[@yusufabdulle7349]

Pearlman and Daniels where great for eachother they wanted to do the right thing but also play the game

[@jigrodrigues]

Bunk and Mcnulty wish they were like Lester. The best mind in the game.

[@rishabhanand4973]

@J Jackson Prez was a smart kid who was terrible on the field.

[@rishabhanand4973]

@J Jackson i was referring to the fact that he was able to crack the barksdale crew's code in season 1. It just seemed to me that prez could do well in an office job, just bad in the field.

[@stephenh2323]

im just the pohlice

[@olycatastrophen7318]

stephenh2323 like butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth

[@leonbrooks2107]

“Me, I’m just a police” damn Lester 😂 god I miss i this series. Still waiting for something else like it but it’s a long ass wait!

[@michaelcaboose9276]

Gonna be waiting till the end of time good buddy

[@ryanduray1]

I'm afraid we'll never get anything this good again.

[@jasminemonroe5784]

Target has the complete series on DVD for $45.

[@JaSamsimplythebest]

Lester and Daniels were my favorite police.

[@TheStRyder91]

+JaSamsimplythebest "I'm the father you never had and I don't want to be disappointed in you again."

[@CJusticeHappen21]

That's how it goes. You need to fight to do your job.

[@BlotRorschach]

By far the smartest character in the show, and he knows it.

[@stefanc4520]

"Like butter would melt in his mouth" 🤣

[@gregorylibra5114]

That redhead was so freaking 🔥

[@MightMouse2174]

There was another redhead on this show ??

[@Ablestron]

Everyone else is backstabbing and politicizing to get ahead and get a promotion. Lester is doing it just so he can actually do his fucking job.

[@OmarScruggs]

Freeman reminds me of this older lady ive been working with for the last 7 years 😅😅

[@duro845]

And this is exactly why shit never gets done always afraid of shit rolling down hill

[@andrew7taylor]

Well, uphill. Shit running downhill never disrupts anything, that's its point. When it starts to go from the foot to the peak (from Major Crimes to the Mayor's Office), that's when in starts to get uncomfortable and stinky.

[@decarlocalloway01]

Shout out to Lester for having a backbone.

[@westcoasthype619]

Crazy how you think pearlman is the only one operating out of motive until the end Lester as his own motives as well

[@luisgaming3409]

THE BEST SCENE EVER IN ANY SERIES!

[@iandhr1]

Worked out pretty well for Pearlman. Bond gave her a premonition

[@Capcoor]

Cool Lester Smooth. He won an argument with a woman. Even got in the last word. Now that's something you don't see every day!

[@daol84]

Not sure if stupid or tr0lling.

[@daol84]

Obviously stupid.

[@Capcoor]

+Daniel H All right, I'll bite. On what basis?

[@daol84]

Sigh. Isn't it obvious? First of all you're stating that it's an achievement winning an argument against a woman. Not only is it totally irrelevant in a proffesional discussion as they're having, but it's also a very sexist thing to say. You are seriously saying that discussions generally weighs in on women's sides... because... wait for it... they are women. That is just sad. Further, you are also continuing saying that you've won "some" arguments with women... well, again, I can use the same arguments as per above, but I don't know, now it just seems that you further prove for yourself and the rest of the interWebBz that you are not too bright. One can honestly believe that you're trolling. Good luck with your life dear internet stranger, I hope you don't get into arguments in real life. Although it would be interesting hearing your views on arguments with MEN.

[@Capcoor]

+Daniel H Sure. It's easier, in a way, to argue with a man. Why? Because we both have a desire to make sense. We'll have to continue this conversation later. And I'm not the least bit sexist.

[@BootlegFightVideo]

Work the system or get worked.

[@zerokmatrix]

No one can say after watching The Wire that the have a favourite character, they all have admirable and flawed quality traits, all of them! Making it impossible to draw up a 'Best/Good Guys' or a 'Worst/Bad Guys' list there is too much grey in The Wire. But Lester is one character that always be in the 'Best/Good Guys' list (and fairly near the top I think) of anyone attempting this fools errand. Real Police.

[@mikehill584]

"Me?!!! I'm just the PO-lice!!!" I love Lester. Cool, smooth and humble.

[@jonmacie7581]

Lester Freeman WAS the Wire. Periodt

[@ryno411j9]

Lester is brilliant

[@beeftkd]

Lester might be one of my favorite characters in any series. Every scene he’s in you gotta pay attention to him.

[@anythingwatsoever]

the thrill is overcoming your own fear

[@ej11481]

As much as one sympathizes with Lester here, Ronnie was ultimately right. The unit got shut down because of the blowback caused by Lester's actions. And because of that, Marlo and his crew were able to terrorize West Baltimore for a lot longer than they otherwise would've. Lester missed the forest for the trees. If he was willing to compromise just a little bit and wait until the primaries were over to drop the subpoenas, a lot of good things would've come from it.

[@paulwassom4231]

Eric No, Lester was right. The only time to do was right then. Everyone would ignore it if they didn’t have something to lose. Before the primary, they need to support the investigation, so they don’t look complicit. Ronnie’s right too, but her fear was filtering her POV.

[@ej11481]

@@paulwassom4231 Lester's point didn't matter in the end. Rawls managed to kill off the unit (and with it, the investigation) ahead of the primary anyway. More importantly, the unit was about to take down Marlo and his murderous crew. That got deep-sixed because of the blowback caused from issuing the subpoenas. And so a lot of people died because of Lester's impatience.

[@TheIkaraCult]

Lester, an absolute King

[@theena]

Some days I see Omar spitting some of the finest lines written for an actor, some days I see Lester doing the best police work ever put on film. If it comes to a vote between Omar and Lester as everyone's favourite Wire character, I wouldn't know who I am going to vote for.

[@aburnce]

And then there's Bubbles...

[@Supernova12034]

hes not wrong, everyone on that show is busy playing politician, its refreshing to see someone actually act like law enforcement

[@walidkhan616]

"it's baltimore lester!! And i ain't one of them natives"

[@jasminemonroe5784]

The Gods will not save you🤣🤣

[@HPESOJ67]

I agree with you. I wish I was as smooth and as cool as Lester right now.

[@michaelwilson939]

Ok...just make the detective series "Lester" all ready! Simply great.

[@aidacailar1126]

If this doesnt prove that Lester is the best damn police in the whole Baltimore city, I don't know what else would.

[@JohnTrails]

I know, I know, Omar is the series favorite. But to me, he was just another criminal with a gun. Lester was my favorite by a long shot. He worked a case and didn’t look left or right.

[@EyeGotGame]

In the end, no one got burned by their decisions. McNulty and Freamon got off light for manufacturing a serial killer, Marlowe walked out of jail a free man, Pearlman and Daniels got promotions. Freamon's character turned in season 5 when he went along with Jimmy's 'red ball' serial killer story. I had a hard time believing he would go THAT far to catch Marlowe. Although he was clever enough, he felt he didn't have the resources to catch them without Jimmy's serial killer fabrication and the unlimited department resources that came with it. Lester Freamon is a legend without Season 5's ending. He's the final example of a less than perfect natural police. "Is this the High Hat? I won sum o' dat pepper steak"

[@castan21]

Probably the most brilliant scene from Lester

[@stephen1340c]

There's a similar scene between McNulty and Pearlman

[@antonioRamsay22]

Natural Po-leece.

[@wolfzr2]

She's the worst one out of the whole bunch because she actually thinks she's doing the right thing.

[@socallawrence]

70 people at central booking covering bail reviews

[@mitchrc3]

Just the police...not hardly. The one the criminals should fear.

[@Calluma96]

Lester was the best police in this show hands down

[@jackjohnson2101]

The volume is always too low on this channel.

[@justinkassel4000]

This show did such an amazing job catching the reality of Baltimore. For anyone reading this, Baltimore city mayor resigned last week amid scandal of receiving large payouts to make favorable policies to certain people. That city’s fucked from top to bottom.

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

Man, the urgency to let those corrupt criminals get into office before making sure they are innocent ...this is why the system is so fucked up.

[@smartreign79]

Put 6 Lesters on a unit, Barksdale and Marlo would be cellmates. The whole crew on both sides. With Clay Davis and Ashy Larry in the next cell.

[@AA-wq5sm]

Avon is Barksdale, you mean Marlo and Avon?

[@smartreign79]

Yea. Thanks

[@Mvs2527]

Did he stare at you over his glasses?

[@597das]

Lester is what all police should be

[@championdesigns]

“...and give the narcotics division to one of their own, it’s Baltimore...” What does that all mean?

[@MRCKify]

Perlman knows that she sounded self-centered floating the possibility of a pisse-off Demper, so she tried to remind Lester that if the election goes to Bond, Bond will install one of his own loyalists to work with Major Crimes/Narcotics. This will lose them Rhonda and leave them with a career-before-justice, small picture Prosecutor as their liaison who will try to steer them into more short-term successes and away from the long games they do so well. Rhonda is so nervous that she hasn't considered how Lester's subpoenas can, ironically, make her look like a more independent and competent prosecutor than she actually is. The audience knows that Bond is so impressed by the subpeonas that he promotes Rhonda, though in the real world, he may have examined more of her record to double-check that she's actually that fearless and smart.

[@chrishutchison8682]

"I'm just the police " and as always the smartest person in the room.

[@Lennyohh]

Just goes to show that sometimes when you actually get crap done good things happen instead of being screwed over by the system's corruption

[@nmarrs8539]

Lester knows the game better than anyone else. He knows the truth behind all the bullshit.

[@themagpie_1]

freaman was my fav character..

[@mankytoes]

I want to be half as cool as him now...

[@BoB.._..]

Someone explain this to me please. Not too ashamed to say this went over my head

[@Calibur1980]

Lester was able to tie a bunch of drug dealers to wealthy business men and politicians. Lawyer lady is worried because those business men can get her fired. She tries to delay the investigation until after the election but Lester tells her the investigation only works during an election. Lawyer lady realizes that Lester had this planned the whole time but waited until the election to act because that’s when politicians and businessmen are weak. She thinks he’s clever. He thinks he’s POlice

[@MiguelAlejandroVF]

If McNulty was the police organization counterpart to Stringer, then Lester was Avon.

[@jacksonsullivan7655]

I never get tired of this scene. "Me? I'm just the "Po-lice".

[@douglasharley2440]

"butter wouldn't melt in his mouth!"

[@CurtisBond]

Natural Police...

[@jacksonsullivan7655]

"Me, I'm just the p-o-l-i-c-e." That's Lester for all Wire fans. Cool and smooth.

[@damitrimoore]

2:33. I pray for the opportunity to do that somebody who finally realizes something.

[@bryantcruel4987]

Classic!!