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The Wire

Ain't necessarily what it looks like.- No? A man's walking down the streetin west...

The Wire S01E02 2002
Ain't necessarily what it looks like.- No? A man's walking down the streetin west Baltimore. That'll catch you a bulletfor a half-dozen reasons. That it will. You run him for a sheet? Yeah, a couple of disorderlies.Works maintenance at poe homes. Lives alone, no wife, no kids. Only time his name pops upon the computer is for being a state witness. Othennise I don't evenmake that connection

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Ain't necessarily what it looks like No
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A man's walking down the street in west Baltimore
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That'll catch you a bullet for a half dozen reasons
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That it will You run him for a sheet
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Yeah a couple of disorderlies Works maintenance at poe homes
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Lives alone no wife no kids
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Only time his name pops up on the computer
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is for being a state witness
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Othennise I don't even make that connection
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Duration
25 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:26
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2026
Season
1
Episode
2

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Movie Summary

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.