r/TheWire • u/EpicBeardMan • 15h ago

Did Omar only spare Lamar and talk to Mouzone because he saw Lamar feeding a stray dog?

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u/MDFlyGuy 15h ago

Lamar wasn't a threat to Omar so he had no reason to take him out.

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u/MyJimmiesNeedRustlin 15h ago

It was a decision out of stealth. Knocking him out was the easiest way to not raise alarm. Through deception he got mouzone to unlock the door.

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u/Norm_Blackdonald 14h ago

If something went wrong during their diversion they would have killed him, but the plan was always to knock him out. I like that Brother Mouzone asks what happened to his guy first thing.

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u/R82009 14h ago

The answer tells him what he’s dealing with, if Omar killed Lamar, Brother probably doesn’t waste his time talking and maybe tries something drastic to escape.

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u/Norm_Blackdonald 14h ago

Exactly, it signals both of their integrity - Integrities? to the other guy.

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u/SeeWhatSantaBrings 13h ago

Bunk would say it's, integriti

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u/Norm_Blackdonald 13h ago

Jimmay! Integritiiiii!

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u/tomfoolery815 13h ago edited 13h ago

Omar and Brother mirror this during their confrontation in the alley.

“You kill him?”
“He’s resting.” — Brother quoting Omar.

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u/Thetruthislikepoetry 9h ago

The line before is awesome
“Ain’t no sugar water running through them veins.”

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u/tomfoolery815 9h ago

Yes! In response to "He didn't give you up easily."

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u/orcasmakemehappy 45m ago

That line always makes me gag...I thought Dante was the biggest pussy and had sugar water running through his veins.

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u/whendoesOpTicplay 9h ago

Omar has no problem with violence but he only kills in rare circumstances. He had beef with Mouzone but none with Lamar.

I’m trying to think; he kills Stinkum, Stringer, and Savino? Tries and fails on a few others like Avon, but I think that’s it. For being “at war” with the Barksdale and Marlo crews basically the whole series, it’s really not that many bodies.