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* Ziggy [[spoiler: shooting down Glekas in cold blood. Ziggy spends the majority of the season trying to prove himself a badass. When he realizes what he has done, he cannot contain his own tears and breaks down; he immediately turns himself in and signs a confession, guaranteeing that he would spend his life in jail.]]

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* Ziggy [[spoiler: shooting down Glekas in cold blood. Ziggy spends the majority of the season trying to prove himself a badass.as someone credible. When he realizes what he has done, he cannot contain his own tears and breaks down; he immediately turns himself in and signs a confession, guaranteeing that he would spend his life in jail.]]
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*** Wee-Bey's reaction to being informed [[spoiler: that one of the victims of the shooting is a cop]] is one of the biggest reaction faces of all time. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgpWSUD3N1g]]
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--> Scratch that, the ''whole conversation'' is heartbreaking. We've seen the cracks forming in D'Angelo's trust in the Barksdale Organization. He agreed to take the 20 years rap for the drugs, but it took an awful lot of convincing. And now, here in prison meeting with Stringer and Levy, the dawning realization that they just consider D'Angelo a pawn in their game is pretty heartbreaking. He goes from [[spoiler: softly asking "Where's the boy, String?"]] to flat-out ''screaming'' in the end.

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--> ** Scratch that, the ''whole conversation'' is heartbreaking. We've seen the cracks forming in D'Angelo's trust in the Barksdale Organization. He agreed to take the 20 years rap for the drugs, but it took an awful lot of convincing. And now, here in prison meeting with Stringer and Levy, the dawning realization that they just consider D'Angelo a pawn in their game is pretty heartbreaking. He goes from [[spoiler: softly asking "Where's the boy, String?"]] to flat-out ''screaming'' in the end.
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---> This whole conversation is heartbreaking. We've seen the cracks forming in D'Angelo's trust in the Barksdale Organization. He agreed to take the 20 years rap for the drugs, but it took an awful lot of convincing. And now, here in prison meeting with Stringer and Levy, the dawning realization that they just consider D'Angelo a pawn in their game is pretty heartbreaking. He goes from [[spoiler: softly asking "Where's the boy, String?"]] to flat-out ''screaming'' in the end.

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---> This whole conversation --> Scratch that, the ''whole conversation'' is heartbreaking. We've seen the cracks forming in D'Angelo's trust in the Barksdale Organization. He agreed to take the 20 years rap for the drugs, but it took an awful lot of convincing. And now, here in prison meeting with Stringer and Levy, the dawning realization that they just consider D'Angelo a pawn in their game is pretty heartbreaking. He goes from [[spoiler: softly asking "Where's the boy, String?"]] to flat-out ''screaming'' in the end.
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*** This whole conversation is heartbreaking. We've seen the cracks forming in D'Angelo's trust in the Barksdale Organization. He agreed to take the 20 years rap for the drugs, but it took an awful lot of convincing. And now, here in prison meeting with Stringer and Levy, the dawning realization that they just consider D'Angelo a pawn in their game is pretty heartbreaking. He goes from [[spoiler: softly asking "Where's the boy, String?"]] to flat-out ''screaming'' in the end.

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*** ---> This whole conversation is heartbreaking. We've seen the cracks forming in D'Angelo's trust in the Barksdale Organization. He agreed to take the 20 years rap for the drugs, but it took an awful lot of convincing. And now, here in prison meeting with Stringer and Levy, the dawning realization that they just consider D'Angelo a pawn in their game is pretty heartbreaking. He goes from [[spoiler: softly asking "Where's the boy, String?"]] to flat-out ''screaming'' in the end.

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