r/TheWire • u/AltruisticNail7229 Money ain’t got no owners. • 13h ago

Johnny

Man I felt so bad for Johnny when Bodie, Poot, and Wallace jumped him. The stunt he tried to pull was definitely stupid but damn. Had that man in the hospital. What y’all think though?

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u/deathshr0ud 13h ago

It’s all in the game

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u/jayhof52 13h ago

Can't pull some shit and be like, "What the fuck?"

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u/donniebahamas 5h ago

i’m a soldier holmes

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u/KindAngle4512 13h ago

The event was, is some sense, a blessing. In the hospital, he found out he had The Bug. 

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u/GGJallDAY 13h ago

A lot of good that did him 😂

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u/DeaconPlayback 13h ago

Yeah, that ass beating was way more than $10 worth. But even Johnny himself later said it was all in the game. Everybody knew it was messed up, but nobody acted surprised that it happened. That says a whole lot to me.

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u/among_apes 12h ago

That wasn’t for him. It was for all the other feens in the neighborhood to think on.

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u/BigBadDolemite 13h ago

I think we would've had a show otherwise. Thanks Johnny Weeks.

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u/Nekrabyte 7h ago

Just watching this episode right now. Tonight starting my twice a year rewatch.
Poor Johnny wanted to brown so bad. His nerves got him, should've been cooler about the whole deal. As to the "but damn.", that's definitely the way it went down the way. You actually see a few people get their ass beat for even less than that.

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u/rawspeghetti 13h ago

All in the game yo

I feel worse for the random dude who caught a beat down after Bubbles went fishing for dope

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u/Vandreeson 11h ago

They could have killed him. Like Stringer said it's all about sending a message. He basically tried to rob them. The amount is irrelevant.

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u/Iheardtheythrowhex 13h ago

That's what Telly the virgin surgeon gets for spreading aids everywhere.

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u/Beginning-Being-6353 12h ago

Telly got the bug

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u/InsuranceThen9352 11h ago

Where you think he caught yo.

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u/KevyBB 8h ago

It was definitely over the top, but it sends a pretty clear message to everyone else. They beat that one guy down for walking through the pit and not copping. If they think that warrants violence, stealing does too

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u/mentalagility2k 57m ago

A quote from Bunk, "Son, they gonna beat on your white ass like it's a rented mule."