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936:. HBO. 2008
889:Unto Others
799:David Simon
790:and Chris.
788:Michael Lee
768:Omar Little
752:Transitions
750:Season 5: "
737:Unto Others
731:Season 4: "
725:Appears in:
700:Omar Little
688:Transitions
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1560:Categories
1399:Clay Davis
1353:Stevedores
1263:Cutty Wise
1162:Bill Rawls
1105:Characters
1015:2012-12-20
940:2008-01-22
856:2006-07-27
811:References
804:The Corner
717:Played by:
653:Played by:
622:Bad Dreams
602:Played by:
551:Homecoming
531:Bad Dreams
526:Hard Cases
508:Played by:
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403:Home Rooms
395:Appears in
387:Played by:
319:Homecoming
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138:Leadership
28:Founded by
1293:The Greek
1225:Criminals
829:57octaves
795:Fran Boyd
618:Hot Shots
559:Slapstick
522:Hot Shots
484:The Pager
480:Old Cases
415:A New Day
327:Slapstick
300:Hot Shots
249:Poot Carr
225:The Pager
221:Old Cases
163:The Pager
56:Ethnicity
46:Territory
41:1994–2008
1566:The Wire
1544:Category
1414:Students
1058:The Wire
985:The Wire
964:The Wire
932:The Wire
915:The Wire
894:The Wire
865:cite web
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439:Hispanic
421:;" and "
407:Refugees
229:The Wire
217:The Buys
170:The Wire
128:stick-up
102:The Wire
1504:Related
1343:Butchie
1328:Bubbles
1273:Wallace
1202:Lawyers
1070:Seasons
797:, whom
772:Big Guy
764:Butchie
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381:Renaldo
347:Brandon
333:" and "
245:Wallace
227:" and "
182:Butchie
176:Butchie
107:robbing
95:on the
1323:Kenard
1114:Police
711:Donnie
704:Donnie
453:Others
99:drama
76:Rivals
1474:Other
1313:Snoop
529:and "
502:Kimmy
367:Lamar
351:Kimmy
278:Dante
1278:Poot
1152:Herc
871:link
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