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* LandslideElection: The Democratic candidate wins the offscreen mayoral election with over 80% of the votes. Baltimore being a one-party town, it's just mentioned in passing, along with a quip that anything less than that margin would had been an embarrassment. TruthInTelevision in the U.S., in that it's the primary elections (i.e., the intra-party election to select the candidates) that are competitive in jurisdictions dominated by a single party.
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* LandslideElection: The Democratic candidate wins the offscreen mayoral election with over 80% of the votes. Baltimore being a one-party town, it's just mentioned in passing, along with a quip that anything less than that margin would had been an embarrassment. This is TruthInTelevision for jurisdictions dominated by a single party in the U.S., in that where it's the primary elections (i.e., the intra-party election to select the candidates) that are competitive in jurisdictions dominated by a single party.competitive, rather than the general election.
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* LandslideElection: The Democratic candidate wins the offscreen mayoral election with over 80% of the votes. Baltimore being a one-party town, it's just mentioned in passing, along with a quip that anything less than that margin would had been an embarrassment.
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* LandslideElection: The Democratic candidate wins the offscreen mayoral election with over 80% of the votes. Baltimore being a one-party town, it's just mentioned in passing, along with a quip that anything less than that margin would had been an embarrassment. TruthInTelevision in the U.S., in that it's the primary elections (i.e., the intra-party election to select the candidates) that are competitive in jurisdictions dominated by a single party.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Whenever {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s like Burrell or Valchek get shit in the way. One especially memorable instance happens in season 2, when the kicking is done to Burrell by ''Valchek''.
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* {{Kneewcapping}}: done by both Omar in the first stick up of the series, and then mirrored by Michael doing the same in the very last robbery of the series.
-->''Vinson:''' you're just a boy\\
'''Michael:''' and that's just ya knee
-->''Vinson:''' you're just a boy\\
'''Michael:''' and that's just ya knee
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* {{Kneewcapping}}: done {{Kneecapping}}: Done by both Omar in the first stick up of the series, and then mirrored by Michael doing the same in the very last robbery of the series.
-->''Vinson:''' you're -->'''Vinson:''' You're just a boy\\
boy!\\
'''Michael:'''and And that's just ya kneeknee.
'''Michael:'''
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* LastStand: [[spoiler:Bodie:]] "This ''my'' corner, I ain't runnin' NOWHERE!"
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* LastStand: [[spoiler:Bodie:]] "This [[spoiler:Bodie:]]
-->"This ''my'' corner, I ain't runnin' NOWHERE!"
-->"This ''my'' corner, I ain't runnin' NOWHERE!"
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* FakeNationality: Sergei, supposedly from [[InsistentTerminology the Ukraine]], is played by Chris Ashworth, born and raised in the USA. "The Greek," too; played by American Bill Raymond. In-universe example with [[spoiler:"The Greek"... who's not even a Greek. He does head a mostly-Greek gang though--and he might be Greek Cypriot anyway.]]
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* FakeNationality: Sergei, supposedly from [[InsistentTerminology the Ukraine]], is played by Chris Ashworth, born and raised in the USA. "The Greek," too; played by American Bill Raymond.Creator/BillRaymond. In-universe example with [[spoiler:"The Greek"... who's not even a Greek. He does head a mostly-Greek gang though--and he might be Greek Cypriot anyway.]]
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* {{Kneewcapping}}: done by both Omar in the first stick up of the series, and then mirrored by Michael doing the same in the very last robbery of the series.
-->''Vinson:''' you're just a boy\\
'''Michael:''' and that's just ya knee
-->''Vinson:''' you're just a boy\\
'''Michael:''' and that's just ya knee
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Legitimate Businessmens Social Club TRS cleanup, disambiguating when appropriate.
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* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub:
** Stringer has a copy shop where he parleys with [=McNulty=]. Subverted as Stringer wants it to be a serious business, not a mere front, and chides his lazy underlings --who don't understand a word of the business-studies jargon he starts throwing around--for their lack of professionalism.
** The Barksdales' well known headquarters are initially located at Orlando's bar, and more concealedly inside a funeral house later.
** Stringer has a copy shop where he parleys with [=McNulty=]. Subverted as Stringer wants it to be a serious business, not a mere front, and chides his lazy underlings --who don't understand a word of the business-studies jargon he starts throwing around--for their lack of professionalism.
** The Barksdales' well known headquarters are initially located at Orlando's bar, and more concealedly inside a funeral house later.
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D'Angelo was Avon's nephew, not Stringer's
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** Stringer decides to have [[spoiler:D'Angelo]] killed, even though he's his own nephew, because he fears him flipping since the prison time seems to be getting to him.
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** Stringer decides to have [[spoiler:D'Angelo]] killed, even though he's his own nephew, D'Angelo is the nephew of Avon, who is Stringer's brother in all but blood, because he fears him flipping since the prison time seems to be getting to him.
