Preston “Bodie” Broadus: Still deceased.Russell “Stringer” Bell: Still deceased.Felicia “Snoop” Pearson: Still deceased.A surprising turn, though: Despite having been rivals in the free world, Partlow teamed up with Wee-Bey and Avon in prison. Roland “Wee-Bey” Brice: Still in prison.He lives a comfortable life (as comfortable as it can be in prison, anyway). Avon Barksdale: Still in prison, serving out the remaining time on his 2004 conviction.What’s happened to him since then? Or what about Marlo Stanfield, the drug kingpin who managed to evade arrest? The moral and unsinkable Kima Greggs? The on-again, off-again, on-again, off-again addict Reginald “Bubbles” Cousins? Namond Brice? Brianna Barksdale? Avon Barksdale? For example, last we saw, brilliant police detective Jimmy McNulty had been shamed and fired from his job. Since filming ended some nine years ago, though, little to no information about the people filmed has emerged. It was a totally engrossing, devastatingly beautiful series. There were drug dealers, drug users, police officers, detectives, dock workers, political figures, newspaper employees, more and more and more, each one hoping to advance in life by helping or hurting others (or some combination of the two).

During that time, viewers were introduced to many figures in what some called a Dickensian portrait of the city, some of whom were mostly good, others of whom were mostly bad, and none of whom were ever totally one or the other. For nearly six years, an HBO documentary film crew followed residents of Baltimore around, filming their lives and their interactions.

Dead rules by randy russell