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* Despite the fact that Parenti and Colvin's pilot program won't be expanded, the scene when Albert, Namond, and Zenobia are returned to Prez's class shows that it worked: only Albert attempts to be disruptive in class, and he quickly shuts up when he notices that the other two aren't going to join him.
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* After IID comes to get Herc over his past screw-ups(regarding a camera he took without authorization and then lost as well as using paperwork to make up a fake informant and insists that Carver and Sydnor also come along, Herc says the paperwork was all and that the other two are innocent. It's nice to see that even as i'll-suited as Herc was to be a sergeant he at the very least had enough decency not to drag down other people with him.

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* After IID comes to get Herc over his past screw-ups(regarding a camera he took without authorization and then lost as well as using paperwork to make up a fake informant and insists that Carver and Sydnor also come along, Herc says the paperwork was all and that the other two are innocent. It's nice to see that even as i'll-suited ill-suited as Herc was to be a sergeant he at the very least had enough decency not to drag down other people with him.
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*During the finale's WhereAreTheyNow montage, we see Namond doing much better than even before we left him; he's not only at a inter-school debate, but he's also ''winning'', while Colvin and his wife proudly look on from the audience.
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* McNulty meeting up with Beadie in the finale and when she offers him a drink, he turns it down and instead says he wants to meet her kids.

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* McNulty [=McNulty=] meeting up with Beadie in the finale and when she offers him a drink, he turns it down and instead says he wants to meet her kids.
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* After IID comes to get Herc over his past screw-ups(regarding a camera he took without authorization and then lost as well as using paperwork to make up a fake informant and insists that Carver and Sydnor also come along, Herc says the paperwork was all and that the other two are innocent. It's nice to see that even as i'll-suited as Herc was to be a sergeant he at the very least had enough decency not to drag down other people with him.
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* McNulty meeting up with Beadie in the finale and when she offers him a drink, he turns it down and instead says he wants to meet her kids.
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* As weird as it may sound, the immediate aftermath of [[spoiler: Kima getting shot]]. It's also pretty sad, but you have all the bureaucrats and selfish policemen you've come to dislike through the season, along with the few good ones, supporting each other and actually caring about their police work for once. Also doubles as a MomentOfAwesome for most of the characters involved. It's telling that even Burrell and Rawls get their PetTheDog moments.

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* As weird as it may sound, the immediate aftermath of [[spoiler: Kima getting shot]]. It's also pretty sad, but you have all the bureaucrats and selfish policemen you've come to dislike through the season, along with the few good ones, supporting each other and actually caring about their police work for once. Also doubles as a MomentOfAwesome SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for most of the characters involved. It's telling that even Burrell and Rawls get their PetTheDog moments.



* Snoop giving a store clerk $800 for a nailgun worth less than $700, telling him to ring her up and keep the rest for himself, saying that he "earns that shit like motherfucker". Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

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* Snoop giving a store clerk $800 for a nailgun worth less than $700, telling him to ring her up and keep the rest for himself, saying that he "earns that shit like motherfucker". Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.
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* Bunny's talk about community policing above gets a CallBack when Bunny gives Carcetti a tour of the Western to show him the good he's done with Hamsterdam. A woman at a neighborhood council meeting talks about how in the GoodOldDays the local police knew the people in the community and would talk with them on their stoops. Recently she's been seeing that again.

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* Bunny's talk about community policing above gets a CallBack when Bunny gives Carcetti a tour of the Western to show him the good he's done with Hamsterdam. A woman at a neighborhood council meeting talks about how in the GoodOldDays good old days the local police knew the people in the community and would talk with them on their stoops. Recently she's been seeing that again.

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* The stevadores showing several times that they are really a brotherhood, specially after New Charles' accident.

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* The stevadores stevedores showing several times that they are really a brotherhood, the Brotherhood part of "International Brotherhood of Stevedores" isn't just for show, specially after New Charles' accident.



* Nicky reminiscing the good old days, long time gone.
* "Re-elect Frank Sobotka."

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* Nicky reminiscing about the good old days, long time gone.
* "Re-elect Frank Sobotka."
" Ott, who Frank angered by seeking a second term as Treasurer (in order to protect his arrangement with the Greek) when it was supposed to be Ott's turn next, withdraws his candidacy in a show of solidarity. Note that by this point, [[spoiler: Frank is ''dead'' and the Feds have warned the union that they'll be shut down if they don't make some changes in leadership]], but the stevedores stand by a man who stood by them.




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* Bunny's talk about community policing above gets a CallBack when Bunny gives Carcetti a tour of the Western to show him the good he's done with Hamsterdam. A woman at a neighborhood council meeting talks about how in the GoodOldDays the local police knew the people in the community and would talk with them on their stoops. Recently she's been seeing that again.
** Then the CallBack gets a CallBack in the season's ending montage, showing newly-minted patrolman [=McNulty=], [[AntiHero of all people]], stopping his beat to talk with a woman on her stoop.



* Snoop giving a store clerk $800, telling him to ring her up and keep the rest for himself, saying that he "earns that shit like motherfucker". Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

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* Snoop giving a store clerk $800, $800 for a nailgun worth less than $700, telling him to ring her up and keep the rest for himself, saying that he "earns that shit like motherfucker". Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

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* When Terry D'Agostino tries to pump [=McNulty=] for information about Hamsterdam, Jimmy demonstrates that he's not just a breathing machine for his dick; he refuses to betray his old commander for sex and proudly leaves.

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* When Terry D'Agostino tries to pump [=McNulty=] for information about Hamsterdam, Jimmy [=McNulty=] demonstrates that he's not just a breathing machine for his dick; he refuses to betray his old commander for sex and proudly leaves.




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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA5za4VsskM Colvin lectures Carver on what it takes to be a proper cop]]. And it's one in hindsight as Carver takes Colvin's words to heart and applies them to his everyday policing.
-->'''Howard "Bunny" Colvin:''' You're a good man, Sergeant. You got good instincts, and as far as I can tell, you're a decent supervisor. But from where I sit you ain't shit when it come to policin'. Don't take it personal, ain't just you. It's all our young police. A whole generation of y'all. Now, you think about it: You been here over a year now, Carver. You got nobody looking out for you, nobody willing to talk to you. That about sum it up? And that's a problem. And I didn't think there was anyway I was ever gonna get my head around it. [[Recap/TheWireS03E02AllDueRespect But then Dozerman gets shot for some bullshit]] and that's when I 'bout reach my limit. And that's when the idea of the free zone of Hamsterdam come to me. Because this drug thing, this ain't police work. No, it ain't. I mean, I can send any fool with a badge and a gun up on those corners and jack a crew and grab vials. But policing? [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything You call something a war, and pretty soon everybody gonna running around acting like warriors. They gonna be runnin' around on a damn crusade stormin' corners, slappin' on cuffs, rackin' up body counts. And when you at war, you need a fuckin' enemy.]] And pretty soon damn near everybody on every corner is your fuckin' enemy and soon the neighborhood that you're supposed to be policing that's just occupied territory. You follow this?
-->'''Ellis Carver:''' I think so.
-->'''Howard "Bunny" Colvin:''' Look, the point I'm makin', Carver, is this soldiering and policing, they ain't the same thing. And before we went and took the wrong turn and started with these war games the cop walked a beat, and he learned that post. And if there were things that happened up on that post whether there be a rape, a robbery, a shooting he had people out there helping him, feeding him information. [[Recap/TheWireS03E05StraightAndTrue But every time I come to you, my D.E.U. sergeant, for information to find out what's going on out there on them streets]], [[Recap/TheWireS03E06Homecoming all that came back was some bullshit. You had your stats, you had your arrests, you had your seizures.]] But don't none of that amount to shit when you talking about protecting a neighborhood now, do it? ''[sighs]'' You know, he worst thing about this, so-called drug war, to my mind...it just, it ruined this job.



* Snoop giving a store clerk 800 dollars, telling him to ring her up and keep the rest for himself, saying that he "earns that shit like motherfucker". Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
* As a stone-cold killer, Wee-Bey comes across as generally warm and funny. But there's nothing like the moment where Bey agrees to give up Namond to Colvin.

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* Snoop giving a store clerk 800 dollars, $800, telling him to ring her up and keep the rest for himself, saying that he "earns that shit like motherfucker". Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
* As a stone-cold killer, Wee-Bey Brice comes across as generally warm and funny. But there's nothing like the moment where Bey agrees to give up Namond to Colvin.



* When Landsman, the most statistic and career concious cop in Homicide, decides to let Bubbles go, with the words "Fuck the clearance."

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* When Landsman, the most statistic and career concious conscious cop in Homicide, [[LetOffByTheDetective decides to let Bubbles go, with the words go]], saying "Fuck the clearance."



* Even after Bunny's humiliating dismissal, Carver still calls him "boss."


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* Even after Bunny's Colvin's humiliating dismissal, Carver still calls has enough respect to call him "boss."

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** Hell, the last one was pretty heartwarming too. Seeing Landsman of all people giving [[spoiler:[=McNulty=]]] a heartfelt (and even tearful) send off was sweet to see.

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** Hell, the last one was pretty heartwarming too. Seeing Landsman of all people giving [[spoiler:[=McNulty=]]] [=McNulty=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Sh5emOl9U a heartfelt (and even tearful) send off off]] was sweet to see.
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* Cutty hanging Avon's old Golden Gloves picture in his gym, under the words [[CallBack Platinum Club]]

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* Cutty hanging Avon's old Golden Gloves picture in his gym, under the words [[CallBack Platinum Club]]Club]]. Hell, Cutty's entire story arc can be seen as this in contrast with just about every other character. He successfully leaves "the Game" on his own accord and ends up making a positive effect on the community of West Baltimore.

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