Boys of Summer

Episode aired Sep 10, 2006
TV-MA
58m

IMDb RATING

8.3/10

4.7K

YOUR RATING

Maestro Harrell, Julito McCullum, Tristan Mack Wilds, and Jermaine Crawford in The Wire (2002)

Crime Drama Thriller

In the Season Four premiere, four boys from West Baltimore play out their summer vacation in the streets. Meanwhile, Marlo has solved the problem that baffled Stringer Bell: how to maintain ... Read allIn the Season Four premiere, four boys from West Baltimore play out their summer vacation in the streets. Meanwhile, Marlo has solved the problem that baffled Stringer Bell: how to maintain discipline--read: murders--without getting police attention.In the Season Four premiere, four boys from West Baltimore play out their summer vacation in the streets. Meanwhile, Marlo has solved the problem that baffled Stringer Bell: how to maintain discipline--read: murders--without getting police attention.

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IMDb RATING

8.3/10

4.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
According to David Simon, Wendell Pierce was the one who came up with the line about Bunk making Lester like a "bowlegged motherfucker".

Goofs
The subpoena Greggs hands to Freamon at around the nine-minute mark shows Baltimore mis-spelled as "Batlimore".

Quotes
Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson: God... damn.
Hardware Store Employee: I see you got the Dewalt cordless. Your nailgun, Dewalt 410.
Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson: Yeah. The trouble is, you leave it in a truck for a while, need to step up and use the bitch, the battery don't hold up, you know?
Hardware Store Employee: Yeah, cordless'll do that. You might want to consider the powder-actuated tool. The Hilti DX 460 MX or the Simpson PTP. These two are my cadillacs. Everything else on this board is second best, sorry to say. Are you contracting, or just doing some work around the house?
Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson: No, we work all over.
Hardware Store Employee: Full time?
Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson: No, we had about 5 jobs last month.
Hardware Store Employee: At that rate, the cost of the powder-actuated guns justifies itself.
Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson: You say power?
Hardware Store Employee: Powder.
Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson: Like gunpowder?
Hardware Store Employee: Yeah. The DX 460 is fully automatic, with a .27 caliber charge. Wood, concrete, steel to steel... She'll throw a fastener into anything, and for my money, she handles recoil better than the Simpson or the P3500. Now, you understand what I mean by recoil ?
Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson: Yeah, the kickback. I'm with you.
Hardware Store Employee: That's right.
Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson: .27 caliber, huh?
Hardware Store Employee: Yeah, not large ballistically, but for driving nails, it's enough. Any more than that, you'd add to the recoil.
Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson: Man, shit. I seen a tiny-ass .22 round-nose drop a nigger plenty of days, man. Motherfuckers get up in you like a pinball, rip your ass up. Big joints, though... Big joints, man, just break your bones, you say, "fuck it." I'm gonna go with this right here, man. How much do I owe you?
Hardware Store Employee: Six-sixty-nine plus tax.
[Snoop counts out a stack of cash]
Hardware Store Employee: No, no, you just pay at the register.
Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson: Nah, man, you go ahead and handle that for me, man. And keep the rest for your time.
Hardware Store Employee: This is $800.
Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson: So what, man? You earned that buck like a motherfucker, man. Keep that shit.

Connections
References The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Soundtracks
At Her Open Door
Written and performed by Dead Meadow

User reviews6

Featured review

10/10

One of them brothers

This is an excellent start to a great season.

The writers do a brilliant job of setting the scene, introducing new characters, reestablishing familiar faces and kicking off confrontations between Marlo Stanfield's crew, other dealers and the police.

What makes season 4 special are the children and they are perfectly introduced in with moments that define who they are. The writers and actors do great work portraying young characters on screen, which can be a difficult medium to elicit the appropriate response from an audience.

This season more than any highlights the contrast between different socioeconomic groups in the Baltimore. We have the plight of the children in drug infested communities in one scene and far removed city hall in the next. We have the shocked expression of a DIY store employee selling a nail gun to Snoop who almost sounds to be speaking another language.

Education is a strong theme and the practical use of it in the real world. The scenes of both teachers and police officers receiving job training are brilliantly done.

In addition the the above there are many humorous scenes of fantastically written banter between characters that are delivered wonderfully by the actors.

For me the standout performers are Julito McCullum, Tristan Wilds, Maestro Harrell, Jermaine Crawford, Aiden Gillen, and Reg E. Cathey. However, all actors are spot on in their roles as always.

As always the cinematography and editing is top drawer.

For me it's a 9.5/10 but I round upwards.