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* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Maui keeps playing [[Creator/{{Motown}} The Supremes]]' "Love Child" on the jukebox as part of the joke of Ziggy's "paternity suit".
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* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Maui keeps playing [[Creator/{{Motown}} The Supremes]]' Music/TheSupremes' "Love Child" on the jukebox as part of the joke of Ziggy's "paternity suit".
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* AbsenteeActor: Spiros, Burrell and Bubbles are absent, despite being credited.
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'''Season 2, Episode 7'''
!Backwash
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->''"Don't worry kid. You're still on the clock."''
-->-- '''Horseface'''
!Backwash
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->''"Don't worry kid. You're still on the clock."''
-->-- '''Horseface'''
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* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: InUniverse; Maui keeps playing [[Creator/{{Motown}} The Supremes]]' "Love Child" on the jukebox as part of the joke of Ziggy's "paternity suit".
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* OhCrap: Carver and Herc when the tennis ball holding their bug is throne onto the street, and again when a car runs over it.
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* OhCrap: Carver and Herc when the tennis ball holding their bug is throne thrown onto the street, and again when a car runs over it.
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* AbsenteeActor: Spiros, Burrell and Bubbles are absent, despite being credited.
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Misuse. It\'s Genre Savvy, not just \"savvy\".
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* GenreSavvy; Bunk recognizes Lester is the one who can convince Daniels to take on the murders.
-->'''Bunk:''' Daniels listens when you talk. You got the smell of wisdom on you, brother. Now look, we all got roles to play.
-->'''Lester:''' What's your role?
-->'''Bunk:''' I'm just a humble motherfucker with a big-ass dick.
-->'''Lester:''' You give yourself too much credit.
-->'''Bunk:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Okay, then; I ain't all that humble.]]
-->'''Bunk:''' Daniels listens when you talk. You got the smell of wisdom on you, brother. Now look, we all got roles to play.
-->'''Lester:''' What's your role?
-->'''Bunk:''' I'm just a humble motherfucker with a big-ass dick.
-->'''Lester:''' You give yourself too much credit.
-->'''Bunk:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Okay, then; I ain't all that humble.]]
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* AsYouKnow: A neat one. Joe approches Stringer to talk shop and prefaces one of his propositions with a summation of the Barksdale dilemma, prime real estate but weak product. Stringer interrupts Joe and asks "when are you gonna tell me something I don't know?", urging Joe to get to the point.
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* JobStealingRobot: Frank and Nat attend a seminar where they're shown the future of working the docks is robot technology, and they're both horrified at this fact. This makes Frank even more determined to get what he can for his men, and more susceptible to keeping his [[DealWithTheDevil arrangement with the Greek]].
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* OhCrap: Carver and Herc when the tennis ball holding their bug is throne onto the street, and again when a car runs over it.
-->'''Carver:''' Fifteen...''hundred'' dollars.
-->'''Herc:''' Twelve-fifty with the police discount. (''sighs'') It just couldn't stand up to the modern urban crime environment, man.
-->'''Carver:''' Fifteen...''hundred'' dollars.
-->'''Herc:''' Twelve-fifty with the police discount. (''sighs'') It just couldn't stand up to the modern urban crime environment, man.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Subverted; Frank wants to stay in charge because he doesn't want anyone else to find out his [[DealWithTheDevil deal with the Greek]].
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* BlackComedy: The beginning of the episode, when Bodie is buying a wreath for D'Angelo's funeral, and the manager shows him floral arrangements that look like guns. Bodie eventually asks for one to be made so it looks like the Terrace Towers.
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Rawls and then Lester ultimately manage to convince a stubborn Daniels to fold the murder investigation into his own. As far as the detail goes, they manage to track a case, and Kima follows the truck Sergei's driving all the way to a warehouse, and she also discovers [[Recap/TheWireS02E06AllPrologue Proposition Joe is in league with Sergei and his bosses]]. Beadie pretends to have been reassigned to the Fairfield Piers to make Frank and the others feel the police are no longer looking at them for the murders. Kima, along with Prez, also figures out where the prostitutes have stayed in the past. Also, Carver and Herc borrow a bug to help them spy on the drug dealers they've been watching, and they happen to find out Nick (who's dealing out the drugs he received [[Recap/TheWireS02E06AllPrologue as part of the deal he made with Vondas]]) is involved. Unfortunately, they plant the bug in a tennis ball that's meant to be inconspicuously placed on the street, but is crushed when Frog unknowingly tosses it into traffic.
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Rawls and then Lester ultimately manage to convince a stubborn Daniels to fold the murder investigation into his own. As far as the detail goes, they manage to track a case, and Kima follows the truck Sergei's driving all the way to a warehouse, and she also discovers [[Recap/TheWireS02E06AllPrologue Proposition Joe is in league with Sergei and his bosses]]. Beadie pretends to have been reassigned to the Fairfield Piers to make Frank and the others feel the police are no longer looking at them for the murders. Kima, along with Prez, also figures out where the prostitutes have stayed in the past. Also, Carver and Herc borrow a bug [[HiddenWire bug]] to help them spy on the drug dealers they've been watching, and they happen to find out Nick (who's dealing out the drugs he received [[Recap/TheWireS02E06AllPrologue as part of the deal he made with Vondas]]) is involved. Unfortunately, they plant the bug in a tennis ball that's meant to be inconspicuously placed on the street, but is crushed when Frog unknowingly tosses it into traffic.
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* DartboardOfHate / TakeThat: The picture Frank keeps up on his dartboard is of Robert Irsay, the owner who moved the Colts out of Baltimore.
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* TakeThat: The picture Frank keeps up on his dartboard is of Robert Irsay, the owner who moved the Colts out of Baltimore.
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Rawls and then Lester ultimately manage to convince a stubborn Daniels to fold the murder investigation into his own. As far as the detail goes, they manage to track a case, and Kima follows the truck Sergei's driving all the way to a warehouse, and she also discovers Proposition Joe is in league with Sergei and his bosses. Beadie pretends to have been reassigned to the Fairfield Piers to make Frank and the others feel the police are no longer looking at them for the murders.. Kima, along with Prez, also figures out where the prostitutes have stayed in the past. Also, Carver and Herc borrow a bug to help them spy on the drug dealers they've been watching, and they happen to find out Nick (who's dealing out the drugs he received [[Recap/TheWireS02E06AllPrologue as part of the deal he made with Spiros]]) is involved. Unfortunately, they plant the bug in a tennis ball that's meant to be inconspicuously placed on the street, but is crushed when Frog unknowingly tosses it into traffic.
Frank says he wants to stay on as head of the union, which Nat opposes, because "it's Ott's turn." And even tragedy doesn't bring them together on this; a crate falls on New Charles' leg, which horrifies everybody, but Nat gets suspicious when Frank gives New Charles' wife a lot of money to tide her over.
Frank says he wants to stay on as head of the union, which Nat opposes, because "it's Ott's turn." And even tragedy doesn't bring them together on this; a crate falls on New Charles' leg, which horrifies everybody, but Nat gets suspicious when Frank gives New Charles' wife a lot of money to tide her over.
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Rawls and then Lester ultimately manage to convince a stubborn Daniels to fold the murder investigation into his own. As far as the detail goes, they manage to track a case, and Kima follows the truck Sergei's driving all the way to a warehouse, and she also discovers [[Recap/TheWireS02E06AllPrologue Proposition Joe is in league with Sergei and his bosses. bosses]]. Beadie pretends to have been reassigned to the Fairfield Piers to make Frank and the others feel the police are no longer looking at them for the murders..murders. Kima, along with Prez, also figures out where the prostitutes have stayed in the past. Also, Carver and Herc borrow a bug to help them spy on the drug dealers they've been watching, and they happen to find out Nick (who's dealing out the drugs he received [[Recap/TheWireS02E06AllPrologue as part of the deal he made with Spiros]]) Vondas]]) is involved. Unfortunately, they plant the bug in a tennis ball that's meant to be inconspicuously placed on the street, but is crushed when Frog unknowingly tosses it into traffic.
Frank says he wants to stay on as head of the union, which Nat opposes, because "it's Ott's turn." And even tragedy doesn't bring them together on this; a crate falls on New Charles' (Stan Stewart) leg, which horrifies everybody, but Nat gets suspicious when Frank gives New Charles' wife a lot of money to tide her over.
Frank says he wants to stay on as head of the union, which Nat opposes, because "it's Ott's turn." And even tragedy doesn't bring them together on this; a crate falls on New Charles' (Stan Stewart) leg, which horrifies everybody, but Nat gets suspicious when Frank gives New Charles' wife a lot of money to tide her over.
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-->'''Bunk:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Okay, then; I ain't all that humble.]]
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "Where's the money from, Frank?"
* BlatantLies: Nick explains his new and better income to Aimee by saying he's a foreman at a warehouse.
* BlatantLies: Nick explains his new and better income to Aimee by saying he's a foreman at a warehouse.
* ContinuityNod: Frank is still pushing to make sure dredging the canal is a priority. Also, Elena continues not to trust [=McNulty=].
* {{Epigraph}}: "Don't worry, kid, you're still on the clock." Horseface says this to New Charles to try and comfort him.
* GenreSavvy; Bunk recognizes Lester is the one who can convince Daniels to take on the murders.
-->'''Bunk:''' Daniels listens when you talk. You got the smell of wisdom on you, brother. Now look, we all got roles to play.
-->'''Lester:''' What's your role?
-->'''Bunk:''' I'm just a humble motherfucker with a big-ass dick.
-->'''Lester:''' You give yourself too much credit.
-->'''Bunk:''' Okay, then; I ain't all that humble.
* {{Epigraph}}: "Don't worry, kid, you're still on the clock." Horseface says this to New Charles to try and comfort him.
* GenreSavvy; Bunk recognizes Lester is the one who can convince Daniels to take on the murders.
-->'''Bunk:''' Daniels listens when you talk. You got the smell of wisdom on you, brother. Now look, we all got roles to play.
-->'''Lester:''' What's your role?
-->'''Bunk:''' I'm just a humble motherfucker with a big-ass dick.
-->'''Lester:''' You give yourself too much credit.
-->'''Bunk:''' Okay, then; I ain't all that humble.
* LetMeGetThisStraight:
-->'''Beadie:''' You mean you can tap a guy's phone if he's selling drugs, but if he's selling women he's outta bounds?
-->'''Rhonda:''' That's the law.
-->'''Beadie:''' You mean you can tap a guy's phone if he's selling drugs, but if he's selling women he's outta bounds?
-->'''Rhonda:''' That's the law.
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* ShoutOut: As Carver observes Herc clowning around with a handgun in a spy store, he cracks, "[[Film/JamesBond His name is Head. Dick Head.]]"]]" Also, Carver calls Herc "[[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead Beavis]]" at one point.
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* TakeThat: The picture Frank keeps up on his dartboard is of Robert Irsay, the owner who moved the Colts out of Baltimore.
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* ShoutOut: As Carver observes Herc clowning around with a handgun in a spy store, he cracks, "[[Film/JAMESBOND "[[Film/JamesBond His name is Head. Dick Head.]]"
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[[Recap/TheWireS02E06AllPrologue After D'Angelo's death]], Stringer throws a funeral, and (pretends to) comfort Avon and Briana, both of whom feel responsible for D'Angelo (supposedly) killing himself. At the funeral, Stringer also gets approached by Proposition Joe with an offer; Stringer will trade territory for better product. Avon turns it down, however, preferring to try another connect.
Rawls and then Lester ultimately manage to convince a stubborn Daniels to fold the murder investigation into his own. As far as the detail goes, they manage to track a case, and Kima follows the truck Sergei's driving all the way to a warehouse, and she also discovers Proposition Joe is in league with Sergei and his bosses. Beadie pretends to have been reassigned to the Fairfield Piers to make Frank and the others feel the police are no longer looking at them for the murders.. Kima, along with Prez, also figures out where the prostitutes have stayed in the past. Also, Carver and Herc borrow a bug to help them spy on the drug dealers they've been watching, and they happen to find out Nick (who's dealing out the drugs he received [[Recap/TheWireS02E06AllPrologue as part of the deal he made with Spiros]]) is involved. Unfortunately, they plant the bug in a tennis ball that's meant to be inconspicuously placed on the street, but is crushed when Frog unknowingly tosses it into traffic.
Frank says he wants to stay on as head of the union, which Nat opposes, because "it's Ott's turn." And even tragedy doesn't bring them together on this; a crate falls on New Charles' leg, which horrifies everybody, but Nat gets suspicious when Frank gives New Charles' wife a lot of money to tide her over.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Nick realizes Ziggy's "paternity suit" is really a practical joke cooked up by Maui, he laughs.
* CallBack: Nick makes Frog pay [[Recap/TheWireS02E05Undertow the money he owed Ziggy]].
* TheLawFirmOfPunPunAndWordplay: The law firm handling the woman supposedly suing Ziggy for paternity is called Shyster, Shyster and Shyster.
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Frog completely embodies this trope, so much so that Nick has to point out to him, "First of all, you happen to be *white*."
* ShoutOut: As Carver observes Herc clowning around with a handgun in a spy store, he cracks, "[[Film/JAMESBOND His name is Head. Dick Head.]]"
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: InUniverse; Maui keeps playing [[Creator/{{Motown}} The Supremes]]' "Love Child" on the jukebox as part of the joke of Ziggy's "paternity suit".
* TemptingFate: Daniels telling Marla he's going to be able to resist taking on the murders so he can get out of the basement.
Rawls and then Lester ultimately manage to convince a stubborn Daniels to fold the murder investigation into his own. As far as the detail goes, they manage to track a case, and Kima follows the truck Sergei's driving all the way to a warehouse, and she also discovers Proposition Joe is in league with Sergei and his bosses. Beadie pretends to have been reassigned to the Fairfield Piers to make Frank and the others feel the police are no longer looking at them for the murders.. Kima, along with Prez, also figures out where the prostitutes have stayed in the past. Also, Carver and Herc borrow a bug to help them spy on the drug dealers they've been watching, and they happen to find out Nick (who's dealing out the drugs he received [[Recap/TheWireS02E06AllPrologue as part of the deal he made with Spiros]]) is involved. Unfortunately, they plant the bug in a tennis ball that's meant to be inconspicuously placed on the street, but is crushed when Frog unknowingly tosses it into traffic.
Frank says he wants to stay on as head of the union, which Nat opposes, because "it's Ott's turn." And even tragedy doesn't bring them together on this; a crate falls on New Charles' leg, which horrifies everybody, but Nat gets suspicious when Frank gives New Charles' wife a lot of money to tide her over.
!!This episode contains examples of:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Nick realizes Ziggy's "paternity suit" is really a practical joke cooked up by Maui, he laughs.
* CallBack: Nick makes Frog pay [[Recap/TheWireS02E05Undertow the money he owed Ziggy]].
* TheLawFirmOfPunPunAndWordplay: The law firm handling the woman supposedly suing Ziggy for paternity is called Shyster, Shyster and Shyster.
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Frog completely embodies this trope, so much so that Nick has to point out to him, "First of all, you happen to be *white*."
* ShoutOut: As Carver observes Herc clowning around with a handgun in a spy store, he cracks, "[[Film/JAMESBOND His name is Head. Dick Head.]]"
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: InUniverse; Maui keeps playing [[Creator/{{Motown}} The Supremes]]' "Love Child" on the jukebox as part of the joke of Ziggy's "paternity suit".
* TemptingFate: Daniels telling Marla he's going to be able to resist taking on the murders so he can get out of the basement.
