The Wire

The Wire (2002)

5 mistakes in season 3 - chronological order

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Back Burners - S3-E7

Continuity mistake: When Poot first jumps up after Snoop rakes the corner, the blood stain his shirt has absorbed is much larger, and singular - consistent with lying in a pool of blood not coming from your body on a flat surface. When the frame changes, there are now three blood stains, each much smaller. (00:51:52 - 00:52:56)

Moral Midgetry - S3-E8

Other mistake: When waiting at Lake Trout to ambush Marlo, the Barksdale crew are in the same car that Marlon was driving round earlier in the series (same number plate: 107M703) It is visible as they (Avon and his crew) drive away from the scene after Chris has shot into the car. (00:51:02)

Reformation - S3-E10

Visible crew/equipment: During the opening sequence when two hoodlums are walking out of the convenience store, a lighting rig and crew can be seen on the right-most part of the frame. (00:02:15)

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Mission Accomplished - S3-E12

Revealing mistake: At the start, while looking over the corpse from a ground level shot, the corpse is dressed differently from the overhead shot, and is very obviously breathing. (00:01:50)

Det. William Moreland: You seem awfully happy today.
Det. Ray Cole: I got laid last night.
Det. William Moreland: Oh yeah? Your asshole still hurt?

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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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