The Wire - Cole's wake

At Kavanagh's Irish Pub, friends and fellow cops of the late Ray Cole gather to uphold a Baltimore police tradition: a final drink with their deceased friend. (Cole was played by the show's late executive producer Robert F. Colesberry and the character's wake was in part a tribute to the actor who portrayed him.)

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[Esteban2000]

J. Landsman is usually a grotesque figure...doesn't seem to work too much, looks at a lot of porn magazines...however, here and there he gives the deepest and even the most beautiful speeches in the Wire. Just another of those contradictions from this great series

[nougatzimmerframe]

The speech doubles as a tribute to Robert Colesbury's career as well as the character he played on "The Wire". The "Mississippi Extradition, The Arson Murders" are a shout out to "Mississippi Burning" on which Colesbury was a Producer, similarly "the triple over at the After Hours on Hudson Street" refers to Scorsese's "After Hours" which Colesbury also produced. "Fayette Street, '93, the drug wars" refers to David Simon and Ed Burns' previous HBO effort "The Corner".

[Fernando S. Aldado]

I want my funeral as my whyskey: IRISH.

[SPATFRAK]

thats an awesome hint i wondert that myself,,cheers,and i mean cheers in the drunkest way

[Jonathan Persson]

The Pogues - Body of an american !

[RitzDaCracker1]

What song are the all singing? Nothing better than a good irish drinking song lol

[mikebud12]

this is a great scene, with very deep and moving speeches. But if I had a loved one or family member who was a cop and passed, I wouldn't want there lifeless corpse to lay dead on top of a pool table. Don't get me wrong, it means well with good intentions, but idk, something about it, I wouldn't allow it for my family. You can celebrate their rememberence without having their actual dead body laying on a pool table bar.

[perfect6091]

who the fuck compares and slats two of the best series ever and ever likely to be made that shit is just dumb

just enjoy people or if your not smart enough to understand TV at it's undisputed, raw and intelligent best then just don't watch or watch and leave your stupid views to yourself lol

simple!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

[Micheal O Thailtigh]

We..... are Po-leece.

[KrizK7]

More importantly, Bob Colesberry who played Cole was a producer on The Wire, he was married to Nina Noble, another producer on the show, and he died in real life shortly after making his directorial debut. His role as Cole was just icing on the cake. A couple of Wire episodes were dedicated to him, including the series finale. May he rest in peace

[whpblaze1]

He was called. He served. He is counted. Ole King Cole.

[poopmcscoopface]

sopranos cinematography, characterization, and directing is far superior than the wire. some of the acting sucks though but overall the Wire got very boring at parts and sopranos was far more entertaining. THe Wire was real life, only white people from the suburbs foundit to be amazing, the sopranos was more art