In HBO’s The Wire, we follow the drug dealers of Baltimore and the police out to put a dent in the drug trader. The primary drug kingpin in the first few seasons is Avon Barksdale, the boss of the Barksdale organisation. Avon runs west Baltimore, and the east side is dominated by the likes of Proposition Joe. Eventually of course, Avon goes to prison and Stringer is killed, and though the rest of the coop is functioning fine, the new gangster on the block, the ruthless, cold thug Marlo Stanfield, poses a problem for Joe and the rest of the dealers.

As such, Proposition Joe goes about trying to civilize Marlo by mentoring him, but the devious Joe gets caught up in a web and leads Marlo to Sergi, and then Vondas, and then the illusive Greek, the wholesale supplier of Proposition Joe’s drugs. It is extremely dangerous for Marlo to have direct access to the Greeks, as he now has an opportunity to cut out Joe, the middleman, and work directly with the Greeks, which of course is what eventually happens. In spite of Joe taking Marlo under his wing, Marlo saw the affair as a means to him taking the street crown. As he says, he wasn’t made to play the son.

But is it feasible that the Greeks would have worked with Marlo?


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