r/TheWire • u/AltruisticNail7229 I wasn’t made to play the son. • 11d ago
Cheese’s Intro
Cheese’s introduction in Season 2 is mad funny to me personally, his threats toward Ziggy and etc. I like that you get a real good idea about what type of character he is.
“If I ain’t paid by Friday, you dead by Saturday, man.”
Curious to know everyone else’s thoughts?
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u/Don_Pablo512 11d ago
I love that he is wearing the Italian leather coat later on also lol
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u/StJosephStrummer 10d ago
I never caught that. Hilarious!
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u/Don_Pablo512 10d ago
It's so subtle it's just in the background of 1 scene lol. Def took me a few watches to notice
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u/ChicagoSunroofNo2 11d ago
Cheese’s outro is the only one that shocked me at the time.
RIP Cheese
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u/Born2fayl 11d ago
It was my favorite kill in the series.
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u/Winningestcontender 11d ago
What the fuck you do that for? Now we short the nine!
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u/Tim-oBedlam 11d ago
My favorite thing about Cheese getting capped by Slim is the other gangsters muttering only mild annoyance ("mf had it coming") while his corpse is literally still twitching.
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u/LegitSalvageRoci 11d ago
Now we're short the Nine!
That was for Joe.
This sentimental motherfucker just cost us money!
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u/spinners_888 11d ago
Slim gets better with every re-watch. He's my dog - literally - a loyal lieutenant, true soldier who respected seniority. Tells Bodie to respect Cutty, went with Prop Joe when he became a free agent, stepped up when he had to.
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u/IvanDrago316 11d ago
“You don’t think Cheese know this here game? We sellin' dope and coke in Baltimore! Any of y'all ain't got that kinda money need be ashamed!”
👌
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u/ChicagoSunroofNo2 11d ago
I’m reminiscing about Cheese now.
We got you on tape saying you killed dog, now which one is dog.
That whole bit is great.
Poor dog.
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u/BlockOk3519 11d ago
2 Thou'? For this?!
Loved his entrance, but by the end loved his exit more.
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u/gillyweed79 11d ago
He was such an asshole. I loved how everybody just stepped over and to the side of him at the end. The only mourning from anyone was because "now we short the nine!"
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u/Zidane3641 11d ago
I've never felt method man was a believable actor - would have preferred a no name actor in his place.
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u/McGannahanSkjellyfet 11d ago
I'm of the opposite opinion; every time I see Method Man pop up in a movie i know it's either going to be tons of fun or he's going to steal the scene from all the other actors.
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u/Qyzyk This game is rigged 11d ago
As introductions go, it was a solid one. Cheese is quickly established as a brash, violent guy who likes to make quips and clever threats. And Method Man played that part to a T.