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'The Wire': 15 Brilliant Moments

Season 1, Episode 12

Bodie and Poot, on Stringer's orders, have to kill their friend Wallace. It's a cruel death — all the more so because Wallace whimpers for the mercy of his friends — of a boy who made school lunches for the kids in his house and wasn't fit for the corner. Wire fans were put on notice that their favorite characters were always vulnerable.