The Wire - McNulty gets 'schooled' Season 3

Only one man can save Baltimore, Maryland from meltdown. I'm Jimmy McNulty the drunken Irish RoboPaddy.
Prof. Freamon steps in.
Jimmy gets schooled.
"It's the shit that happens while you wait for moments that never come."

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[murdamuzik23]

I'm about to use this clip for an essay I'm writing, could someone let me know what episode this was from?

[socroni]

Episode no. 34 "Slapstick"

For your essay, I suggest you focus on the "Dickensian Aspect" :p

[mikefitz1809]

This scene was pure poetry. It's as timeless and true as anything written by Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, or Tennessee Williams. "The Wire" should have ended its run with a shelf load of Emmy awards for writing and acting. That it didn't shows just what a mockery the Hollywood awards industry really is.

[kshock14]

its gotta piss mcnulty off that freamon is right all the time. haha, freamon's a true teacher.

[neualex308]

I understand this completely. When you devote yourself, when your extend yourself so desperately to a cause or some sort of perceived purpose, you lose that purpose. You lose a sense of drive when you can never reach the insurmountable goal that all people, at one point or another, fantasize about. The difference between McNulty and those with a life, is that they don't go searching desperately for the goal; it finds them.

[Mumra95]

@Jeff652854000 Fuck yes, Natural Police

[bebo3ful]

@ruinawish what Freamon is saying is that even if everyone 'gets together and says sh1t he was right all along' you're still in a room with yourself, everything in between, whether you win or not, is what counts.

[ruinawish]

I'm assuming that what Freamon says naturally applies to most occupations.

[bebo3ful]

@hdtwoodsman its as true and real as it gets.

[kakacesc22]

come on!!... freamon was the man, when i saw this for the first time remainds me to john lennon in beautiful boy when say "life is what happens to you while your busy making other plans" is a natural teacher of life...

[Jeff652854000]

Natural Police.

[TGW5555]

All of the main actors and the show should have gotten an emmy

[Englishdosser86]

"A life. You know what that is? It's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come."

Got a new quote for Facebook.

[mijreed]

Amen.