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The Wire

Unfreeze your ass off that wall, then. Either pay your respectsor get your head back into...

The Wire S01E12 2002
Unfreeze your ass off that wall, then. Either pay your respectsor get your head back into this case. - Fuck this case.- Fuck it? You're just gonna calloff your little crusade? Is that what you think it was? A crusade? Avon barksdale was a way to show everyone how smart I was and how fucked up the department is, that's all. Just put Jimmy mcnulty up on your shoulders, march him round the room, break out the keg. It was never aboutavon barksdale, lieutenant. It was all about me. You think I didn't know that? You think we all didn't know?

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Unfreeze your ass off that wall then
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Either pay your respects or get your head back into this case
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Fuck this case Fuck it
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You're just gonna call off your little crusade
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Is that what you think it was A crusade
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Avon barksdale was a way
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to show everyone how smart I was
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and how fucked up
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the department is that's all
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Just put Jimmy mcnulty
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up on your shoulders
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march him round the room
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break out the keg
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It was never about avon barksdale lieutenant
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It was all about me
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You think I didn't know that
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You think we all didn't know
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Duration
45 seconds
Views
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Timestamp in Movie
00:00:31
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2026
Season
1
Episode
12

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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.