The Wire

The Wire (2002)

4 mistakes in season 1

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Sentencing - S1-E13

Other mistake: Towards the end the camera focuses on three youths, one of whom the main character in the scene calls over. One of the youths appears to be Wallace. If so he made a remarkable recovery from two bullets to the head. (00:55:00)

The Target - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: As D'Angelo is talking in the foreground, a stripper in shiny lavender dress she had removed with some difficulty in the background a few moments earlier is magically clothed again as scene closes out and camera pulls back. (00:50:25 - 00:52:05)

Avon Barksdale: I ain't no suit-wearin' businessman like you... you know I'm just a gangsta I suppose.

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Slapstick - S3-E9

Question: What does ISD stand for in Baltimore police? It is mentioned by major Colvin to Carv after police officers correctly guess that somebody (Carv) has moved the dead body (Internal affairs is called IID during the show). It is mentioned again in Season 4 episode 8, when Herc worries about how to get back an expensive camera that Carv helped borrow to that ISD department.

Answer: ISD was the Inspectional Services Division, a controversial intelligence arm of the Baltimore PD which operated from 1966 to 1976 and reported directly to the commissioner, Donald Pomerleau.

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