TheWireTheWireTheWire: Who is your LEAST favorite character?

[Dorvid Barnas]

I wanna see this guy get punched, preferably by some of the homeless people he's exploiting.

[pmuse]

He seemed a little too unrealistic for me.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Valchek may be one of my favorites, actually. He is a blast to watch. As is Rawls.  I seem to be pulled toward the more malevolent jerks on the show.

[masterofsparks]

I agree, I think Valchek is awesome. I probably wouldn't think so if he was a real person I had to deal with, but I find something kind of funny about him, especially when he lets loose with gems like "Who gives a hairy ass-fuck?"

[VampireWeekday]

Most people are just naming intentionally unlikeable characters, but if you wanna talk about weakly constructed ones, look no further than the female population of the show.  I love The Wire dearly, but it is ultimately just not that interested in women.  The big exception for most of the show's run was Kima, but she's really been pushed to the background lately (and the attempts to explore her personal life always struck me as awkward and half-assed).  Aside from her, the female characters are all pretty marginal.

And yes, Valcheck is awesome.  Thanks for reminding me about that "hairy-ass fuck" line.  Gold!

[TL]

Although Ziggy was the worst, he's a bit too obvious of a choice. I'm going with Cutty.

What??  How can you hate Cutty??
You're cold, Bobo.
C-O-L-D.

[KickTheBobo]

Although Ziggy was the worst, he's a bit too obvious of a choice. I'm going with Cutty.

What??  How can you hate Cutty??
You're cold, Bobo.
C-O-L-D.

I can't quite pinpoint why exactly I dislike him. His character just seems really one-dimensional to me. There are other "fuck-ups" on the show who I enjoy for different reasons: Bubbles because he's tragic, Herc because he's a clown, Ziggy because he's INFURIATING, but Cutty doesn't prompt any emotion in me at all.

It might just be the actor that plays him that's the problem for me. He's just kind of flat in his performance.

[Chris L]

Too weird:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDJGjPMR0zo[/youtube]

[TL]

Too weird:

Amazing! 
I just watched "Michael Clayton" and noticed both The Greek and Tony Gray.

[masterofsparks]

Lance Reddick's Cadillac commercial is pretty weird. Seems like the director just told "Play Daniels."

[Dorvid Barnas]

Amazing! 
I just watched "Michael Clayton" and noticed both The Greek and Tony Gray.

Tom McCarthy(Scott Templeton) and Neal Huff (Chief of Staff Steintorf) were also in Michael Clayton.  McCarthy was the lawyer on Clayton's cellphone outside of the poker game, and Huff was one of the associates.

I thought that was a fantastic movie.

[Martin]

I thought that was a fantastic movie.

One could get the impression that you've watched it three times in the last week.

WORST:

MarloMarloMarloMarlo

[Chris L]

Tom McCarthy(Scott Templeton)

For those who weren't aware, he also wrote and directed The Station Agent.

[buffcoat]

I was watching Oz episode 25 and they brought the new prisoners in.  I was surprised to see Daniels and Herc as two of the three.  Herc had hair.

I think everyone who was ever a guest star on Homicide or Oz got a starring role in the Wire.

[bruce]

Hell I'm watching Law & Order Criminal Intent and there is Carver with a beard and mustache