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What was said is that the only goal in life is some form of happiness or contentment as it were.

Unbelievable how well written and acted every single scene in The Wire is!

Jimmy McNulty was the Michael Bluth of this show: self-righteous, arrogant, and full of himself.

John P. O'Neill- Former Baltimore Fbi guy- and the one who got canned before 9/11

It’s a line that I wish I heard a long time ago, I work, I pay my taxes, I have a house, and I’m doing alright. But happy? I dunno. Hits hard at least to me. My life isn’t my job and it shouldn’t define me.

They are talking about addiction. As a person who has delt with it myself and my family basically my whole life. Lester words ring incredibly true.

COVID-19 and all that came with it (good and bad) really puts this into perspective

"- A life, a life, Jimmy, you know what that is ? It's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come." Yup.

One of the best scenes ever

Jimmy has no life outside of being a cop. Like harry callahan.

Damn man, before becoming king, Prince Charles really went and put some miles on his soul! 😅

1:01 Ed Burns, as in one of the lead writers on the show?

That line about life…nothing more true has ever been written.

"the job will not save you" this is true for everyone

Gotta hand it to Dominic West here. He nailed that "still drunk but about to be hungover in the morning" behavior. I dare say he may have had a few before this scene, and experienced the real suffering that comes with that early sun.

1:00 Writer/creator Ed Burns gets an in name only cameo

That "life" line is one of my favourite quotes ever! Not just in this series, but ev-ver!

"The job will not save you..." When it's all over, you better have a family that likes you looking back at you, because no one will remember your name.

The only nut mcnutty is swinging is his own nutts

Ed Burns wrote himself into this scene as “natural police” lol

Quelle année ?

La tentation totalitaire. Marx et Jésus. La connaissance inutile. Pourquoi des philosophes. La grande parade.

beanie Russell pic on the refrigerator

One of my favorite scenes. Really hammered home a lot. I made the same face as Jimmy made the first time I saw this ep.

"A life..." This is the The Wire. The Wire isn't cops and criminals. It's life. For all these character, the structure of society and so on

Lester, the designated adult every time.

Jimmy was at full blown ego in season 3. Lester saw this and as his friend and coworker he tried to reason with him. Rawls also seen it and still respected Jimmy and gave him many chances. In the end it was for the best that Jimmy was no longer a cop after what he did, and I'm sure he lived a happier life being a PI or something instead.

I just noticed when Lester says his ending line, the camera pans on a picture of Beady on the fridge, Jimmy's life outside of police work

"Life. It's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come" That's dark, Lester. Dark, but true.

I dunno.... A good case.... _ENDS !!_

Romans 13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Police officers and all in government are the ministers of God. You tell me. If you as a police officer hear these words from Jesus Christ will you be fulfilled, "Well done my good and faithful servant."

It’s funny hearing McNulty reveling in being one of the best of a bunch of bad options. 🤷🏻‍♂️🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

I like that mcnulty shouts out Ed burns, the former detective that was pretty much co-showrunner with David Simon and helped make the cop side of the show so realistic

The irony of Lester warning jimmy and then later on both ending their careers chasing the big one only for him to walk away without a scratch and them both out of the force.

Aaah Revel il domine ce panel d'intellos de pacotille 😂 Merci pour le post

McNutty got his feelings hurt.

I like the parallel with Jimmy looking Beadie on the photo, exactly at the same time when Lester says "A life". I immediately knew there was going to be something between Beadie and Jimmy.

That last line by Lester hit way harder than it should.

Natural police

I feel like McNulty is mistaking smarts with tenacity and at 1:50 he tries to defend himself with the hypothetical career defining good case. Tenacity exists no matter how menial the task though. A worker with tenacity can make 50 Big Macs in 5 minutes which everyone mocks, but no one wants to do. You hear the sirens in the back at 1:50 while he starts talking about the "good case", yet every cop in this scene doesn't do a damn thing about it. It's funny because this whole conversation is about McNulty and the select "natural police" being head and shoulders above everyone in the department, yet he's on his ass wasting time and talking himself up while trusting whatever beat cop has his siren on to take care of the problem in the distance. It can even be the "good case" he's talking about, but it fades away by 2:10 while Lester tells him that he "needs something out of this here".

Basically what jimmy is saying is they are all pretty stupid and incompetent

Carver was so underrated Daniels was so underrated Lester was so underrated Mcnulty was so underrated Rawls was so underrated Landsman was so underrated Sydnor was so underrated Cutty was so underrated Watkins was so underrated Brother mouzone was so underrated Dr Frazier was so underrated Elena mcnulty was so underrated Donette was so underrated Mcnulty’ s sons were so underrated The camera that Marlo stole was so underrated The pit sandwich was so underrated Anyone else? I thought I saw a janitor at the courthouse who was also underrated

We never see it but this is probably ALL Jimmy talks about when he’s on break. 😂 It’s never “I saw Unforgiven last night, that’s a great movie.” It’s “Lemme tell ya something ELSE wrong with the police department!”

Life....it's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come..... Lester F.

I got the last 18 seconds of this saved on my phone for a reason

And this was what made Lester Lester. Alot of people feel Lester was superior at policing but I think him and Jimmy were closer to equals. The difference is Lester understood the after and Jimmy lived for the present.

Jimmy names Ed Burns...Ed Burns being the show's co-writer and a former Baltimore cop...

Shoutout to Ed Burns

Lester’s quote at the end while Jimmy is looking at a picture of beadie on the fridge is some great foreshadowing 🔥

And this pretty much how it ends