More economics principles found in the series can be found at this web site. Hes not smart enough, hes killed by a shady muslim brotherhood gangster and omar the gay, drug gangster killer who never swears. When mcnulty walks into stringers apartment after hes killed. The wire stringer and mcnulty discuss business youtube. When the most pervasive pop culture becomes drearily predictable, you just have to root around for smaller, better pleasures. Bell was allowed to blossom from a student of economics at a community college to an intellectual who is delving into real estate and restructuring the drug trade in order to rationalize it. Set in baltimore, maryland, the show examines with equal intensity the lives of characters on both sides of the law. Mcnulty resolves to identify the girl he found in the water so at least one of the 14 can be spared the indignity of a jane doe disposal. Im going to hitfix stringer bells guide to running a business on the wire say what you will about stringer bell and his business on the wire, but he had a lot of good ideas about running a business. Jimmy mcnulty and the economics of the baltimore serial killer. Published on jun 2, 2009 after following stringer around town, mcnulty goes into bells photocopying shop where stringer gives him an interesting offer, which he later reports to prez and freamon. Starting with the police investigation of a single drug ring, the series broadens its scope with each season to incorporate other aspects of baltimore life, including education, politics and the media, showing how each system affects the others and perpetuates the cycle of self.
Jun 16, 2009 bunk and mcnulty get a look inside stringer s apartment which leaves mcnulty wondering who he had been chasing all this time. Season 3, episode 12 mission accomplished the wire. Bunk and mcnulty get a look inside stringer s apartment which leaves mcnulty wondering who he had been chasing all this time. May 29, 2014 the best quotes and pictures from hbos the wire, the best series of all time. Stringer bell idris elba with his cup of tea the wire big news. Ever since i began watching hbos the wire, i felt that the show was fairly. From stringer bell s fatal overreaching into legitimate. Here are 14 reasons the wire is the best tv show of all time. Visionary thinking from the black michael corleone. When it became the jimmy mcnulty show, though, daftness started creeping in. A detective in homicide, he is an alcoholic womanizer, something of a deadbeat, insubordinate toward his supervisors, and known for coming up with creative solutions to hard cases. The show has numerous characters in this field and their roles range from those enforcing the law at street level up to those setting laws citywide.
Hmmm again, it appears life just goes on, at least at first glance. Sec switches to undercover tactics brooke masters financial times, november 26 2010 one former enforcer says the publicity may be a deliberate tactic known as tickling the wire in which the government has wiretaps in place and may be seeking. Anyone who can top idris elba and dominic west in my book must really have some charisma. Throughout seasons 1 and 2, the barksdale organization hold the prized franklin terrace towers highrise housing project and the nearby low rise housing projects called the pit, both of which they have turned into 24 hour drug markets. Stringer played by idris elba is avon barksdales secondincommand, closest friend, and the main strategist behind coordinating their street dealing organization which he does as the main contact for all business. Bell serves as drug kingpin avon barksdales secondincommand and assumes direct control of the barksdale organization during avons imprisonment. He is murdered by chris partlow as he is packing his bags to flee baltimore. In the homicide unit, bunk is reading a book written by laura lippman. In season one, he is the target of an investigation of a major case squad after homicide detective jimmy mcnulty, who seems to be the only authoritative figure aware of his presence or his empire, reveals his identity to his superiors. So while the second season centers on frank sobotka, mcnulty is involved, having been reassigned to a marine unit, and we still get to see stringer bell s rise to power. It is easy to imagine bell wanting his business to prosper.
But getting a handle on the third season of the wire doesnt. Slim charles is now with proposition joe and stringer bell is looking to revolutionise the. I just realized stringer bell got a paper company in the wire and take economics lessons. Lessons is the eighth episode of the first season of the wire. From the rand corporation bibliographic data for series maintained by. Among other things, it discusses the economics of drugdealing gangs. Certainly in major crimes hes about average intelligence. Mcnulty and the police search stringers apartment and find it extremely. Law enforcement is an integral part of the hbo drama series the wire. Jimmy mcnulty and the economics of the baltimore serial killer in hbos the wire drug kingpin stringer bell was an economics student, but unfortunately for him he did not live to see possibly the most interesting illustration of economic theory the show had to offer. He has two sets of rules in mind and sometimes cant tell when which set of rules applies where because each setting has its own code of conduct and stringer was trying to mix the two.
Russell stringer bell, baltimore city community college. Bell smiles, relaxing back against the desk at the front of the room. Mcnulty pulls adam smiths the wealth of nations from the shelf, but im unable to make out any of the other titles. Mcnulty is involved, having been reassigned to a marine unit, and we still get to see stringer bells rise to power. Stringer bell presents his paper economics job market rumors. Stringer serves as the secondary antagonist of the first season of the series but becomes the main antagonist of seasons 2 and.
In the finale of season 3, we get a look at stringer bell s apartment and we see that he has a shelf filled with books in his office. And when mcnulty finally got into his apartment after bell was killed he commented who the fuck were we chasing. Stringer bell is the hnic and he switches emphasis from territory to product. Apr 14, 2012 jimmy mcnulty and the economics of the baltimore serial killer in hbos the wire drug kingpin stringer bell was an economics student, but unfortunately for him he did not live to see possibly the most interesting illustration of economic theory the show had to offer. Bell attends economics classes at baltimore city community college and maintains a personal library, including a copy of adam smiths the wealth of nations. While stringer puts on a tough, thug like front, to most likely garner respect, we learn in this episode, that there is much more to him.
The bell journal of economics and management science. Bell got what was coming to him, but it was hard not to empathize with him, and to generate that sort of. May 04, 2009 famous for his role as stringer bell in the wire, idris elba talks to stuart jeffries about the cult series and his new film role. The wire barksdale organization characters tv tropes. He had the intelligence to take classes in economics, ill. The wire puts faces and stories to those forcesstringer bell, the gang leader. When they go into his apartment after hes murdered, they find books on political theory, economics and even some literary works.
The most common relationship is to a previous andor continuing title, where a journal continues publishing with a change to its official title. Mcnulty uses his children to tail stringer after a chance encounter in a local. Stringer has been a fascinating character throughout the show. The wire stringer orders slim charles to hit somebody youtube.
When mcnulty finally gets into strings apartment he finds these pristine books, one of which is wealth of nations. This popped up in my mind when listening to last weeks episode of the wire stripped podacts. In many ways, the wire is a marxists idea of what tv drama should be stylish. His disrespect for the chain of command makes him many enemies, while his selfdestructive behavior alienates his peers and friends. In season five, police detective jimmy mcnulty misleads his department. Clips from the wire which demonstrate stringer bell using the key learnings. Track citations for all items by rss feed is something missing from the series or not right. With martins system, each crewmember gets a cell phone that operates using a prepaid sim card. Stringer bell, whose approach to the drug deal he contemptuously call.
Bunk and mcnulty get a look inside stringers apartment which leaves mcnulty wondering who he had been chasing all this time. An alliance between the two groups, the new day coop, is eventually formed. Cocreated by former bpd cop ed burns and former sun journalist david simon, the wire premiered on hbo on june 2, 2002 and ended. The streets of west baltimore are owned by the barksdale crew, headed by avon barksdale and his righthand man stringer bell brilliantly played by british actor idris elba. If stringer bell the wire had a favorite book, what. Mcnultys institutional death, meanwhile, finally reveals the wires central. Clips from the wire which demonstrate stringer bell using the key. The ceremonial eyefk that mcnulty and omar give bird is a detail from david simons homicide book, and was mentioned once on the homicide series, though there it was referred to as the.
Russell stringer bell is a fictional character on the hbo drama the wire, played by english actor idris elba. Later, mcnulty tails stringer and discovers he is taking an economics class at. He takes economics classes in an attempt to make sense of the market forces that. Hot shots veterans edition once again, were revisiting season two of the wire in two versions. When police enter his upscale apartment, the camera settles on a book mcnulty pulls down from the shelf. Avon barksdale is the head of the barksdale organization. He also attended community college to better understand business and economics and to apply them to the drug trade. Bell serves as drug kingpin avon barksdale s secondincommand and assumes direct control of the barksdale organization during avons imprisonment. Russell stringer bell is a fictional character on the hbo drama the wire, played by british actor idris elba. Mcnulty continues to be both a smart and dedicated detective and an enormous painintheass for his colleagues and especially daniels. Stringer bell, the moneyman for the barksdale drug gang in season one, is taking a microeconomics course during. Russell stringer bell is a major character in the hbo series the wire. Ultimately however, stringer bell is felled by hubris. He keeps stringer bell powerless and under his control, but he cant contain the ascendant marlo stanfield, nor his mercenaryinallbutname, omar little.
They are violently fought over and defended as what remains of the local economy is bled dry and addiction extends. At the opening of the wire, the barksdale organization is baltimores largest drug dealing organization. To start, when mcnulty follows bell to his macroeconomics class, i was taken aback. But no lets just assume its stringer bc he has books lol. Thats sort of true for mcnulty in the western but in homicide not really. Mcnulty follows stringer to an economics class at a college. While at the market with his sons one afternoon, mcnulty spots stringer bell, avon barksdales secondincommand, and sends his sons to tail him and get his license plate number.
From mcnulty to stringer bell, there are a lot of complex and great written characters, but there are also some weaker ones, but thats also to be expected, because the show has more than the hundred characters and you cant expect that theyll all be on the same level of writing. Apr 12, 2016 this is the story of a city, and america, rather than one individual, but you need mcnulty et al. Nbcs cop show homicide based on simons book homicide. The baltimore city police department has been explored in detail from street level characters to the upper echelons of command. Russell stringer bell was the secondincommand to drug kingpin avon barksdale.
See more ideas about best series, the wire hbo and wire. Does anybody know which books were on stringer s shelf. As one commenter wisely pointed out, ranking the seasons is like comparing chapters in a book. The most common relationship is to a previous andor continuing title, where a journal continues publishing with a. The gang leaders avon barksdale and stringer bell get wind of the wiretap, and catandmouse tactics ensue as the trade. The wire is a deconstruction of the police procedural and criminal procedural genres. Meanwhile, mcnulty has reached out to a lone wolf named omar who makes. Does anybody know which books were on stringers shelf.
Strings displayed knowledge of economics was never insightful it was always shallow and i think the show. Bell attends economics classes at baltimore city community college and. Watching the wire 2009 archive blog archive episode 8. Clips from the wire which demonstrate stringer bell using the key learnings from his macroeconomics class in his profession in the drug trade. Mcnulty is officially separated from his wife, who limits his contact with his two sons, sean and michael. Jul 29, 2009 stringer bell is the slick, efficient businessman running a coop, a seemingly letigimate enterprise without formal minutes of course. Watch this and other great scenes at the wire quotes. Idris elba talks to stuart jeffries about playing stringer. Lessons is the eighth episode of the first season of the hbo original series the wire. The major crimes unit is still chasing the barksdales, this time through stringer bells connection to proposition joe and his crew.
Each new season opens up the city more, but its always tied to and builds on what weve already seen. The resulting drama is rife with social commentary and criticism. Famous for his role as stringer bell in the wire, idris elba talks to stuart jeffries about the cult series and his new film role. Law enforcement characters of the wire wikipedia worddisk. The wires novelistic structure has been one of its biggest drawing points. Bell served as drug kingpin avon barksdales secondincommand, assuming direct control of the barksdale organization during avons imprisonment. Russell stringer bell is a fictional character in the wire, played by idris elba. A little more book learning for sure, and certainly a relatively smart person, but among the drug dealer leadership he doesnt seem to be any genius. Mcnulty uses his children to tail stringer after a chance encounter in a local market. Bell served as drug kingpin avon barksdales second in command, assuming direct control of the barksdale organization during avons imprisonment. When mcnulty tails him, the detective finds that bells destination is baltimore city community college, where the drug lord is taking a course on macroeconomics. My specialtys microeconomics, but if yall have questions about macro, ill steer you straight. And really, is stringer that much smarter than avon or d. Bell attends economics classes at baltimore city community college and maintains a personal library, including a copy of adam smiths the.
The wire stringer orders slim charles to hit somebody. The episode was written by david simon and directed by gloria muzio. The show illustrates its messages through the lives of characters entrenched in various systems throughout the city. Understanding management trade, and society through. Stringer also acts as the bankroll behind avons operations. The journal of american popular culture 1900 present, spring 2011, volume 10, issue 1. What the academy is reading 577 pects, using the investigation as a means of continuing his vendetta against authority. Shrewd and businesssavvy, bell attempted to legitimize the barksdale organization by enrolling in university economics courses, investing in real estate, and developing political connections. When elena finds out, she seeks an emergency order to stop. I think it was called bell journal of economics or something. Sep 20, 2004 obsessive, pain in the balls, rentamick, poon hound jimmy mcnulty and streetsmart scrotestomping lesbian kima greggs provide the brains. Dice for decimals gileonnen the wire archive of our own. Mar 24, 2010 simon has said that wilsons book when work. Aug 15, 2003 why the bad boys ii album and the wire are great.
Its a novel, david simon likes to say about the show he created, hbos the wire. Close overlay a title history is the publication history of a journal and includes a listing of the family of related journals. Bell attends economics classes at baltimore city community college and maintains a personal library, including a. Feb, 2017 bell was allowed to blossom from a student of economics at a community college to an intellectual who is delving into real estate and restructuring the drug trade in order to rationalize it. Its the police department, or the drug economy, or the political.