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380:Production
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307:. He gets
281:alcoholism
239:Clay Davis
225:Republican
106:58 minutes
95:2008-01-06
1577:A New Day
1535:Alliances
1514:Soft Eyes
1466:Slapstick
1327:Hot Shots
1237:The Pager
1230:Old Cases
513:Ed Norris
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331:instead.
273:City Hall
243:Democrats
51:Episode 1
1602:Season 5
1528:Refugees
1498:Season 4
1401:Season 3
1355:Backwash
1341:Undertow
1313:Ebb Tide
1304:Season 2
1279:The Hunt
1272:The Cost
1265:Game Day
1244:The Wire
1223:The Buys
1200:Season 1
1192:episodes
1188:The Wire
873:The Wire
856:The Wire
806:Jay Spry
582:Jay Spry
401:Amy Ryan
311:to find
267:Colonel
196:—
178:Ed Burns
169:The Wire
122:Previous
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365:Bubbles
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686:Ghost
207:Mayor
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1059:2015
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133:Next
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