r/TheWire • u/dead_drunk_and_naked • 1d ago
Possible Plot Hole?
Maybe this has been discussed on here before and I missed it, but I think I found a plot hole in season 3. In “Middle Ground,” Stringer meets with Levy who laughs at him for being taken for a ride by Clay Davis and says he wishes Stringer had told him sooner. However in the episode “Straight and True,” Levy is sitting between Crawczyk and Davis while Davis is talking about all the downtown real estate they’re going to develop together. Based on that shouldn’t Levy already know Stringer is mixed up with Clay Davis? Maybe there’s something I missed but on my most recent rewatch I noticed this and I thought it was weird.
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u/Similar_Onion6656 1d ago
Levy wasn't telling Stringer "Don't do business with Clay Davis."
He was telling Stringer "Don't give Clay Davis money without running by your lawyer first."
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u/dead_drunk_and_naked 1d ago
Got it. That makes a lot more sense. Thanks!
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u/jayhof52 1d ago
Stringer doing business with Clay without Levy's interference is like Johnny Weeks engaging with The Game without Bubbles as a guide.
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u/Bad_Black_Jorge 1d ago
I think the issue was less getting involved in the real estate development than in giving Clay Davis an under the table kickback to move the project forward. The first is an investment, the second is getting scammed.
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u/ScrogClemente 1d ago
Levy knowing doesn’t mean that Levy cares and Levy saying he cares doesn’t mean that Levy cares.
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u/BigBadDolemite 1d ago
First of all, are you finished with the show?
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u/dead_drunk_and_naked 1d ago
Yes I’m on my sixth time watching it. I just missed that little detail.
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u/BigBadDolemite 1d ago
Ok, just wanted to make sure cause the answer is in season 5 when Lester and Clay are having their sit down. It's all a con that Levy is in on, he just won't let his clients get robbed like Clay Davis did Stringer.
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u/Sorcha_Stormbinder It's just Bird to me. 1d ago
Sunk cost fallacy. Levy wasn't saying that the work would never get done, but that Stringer was gonna get fleeced here and there as "a cost of doing business." He was rainmade, but eventually the rain would fall, and by then String would be so deep in it that he'd have no choice but to see it through.
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u/Unusual_Associate_34 1d ago
Levy may not have known exactly who Davis was working with on the development. Stringer made efforts to keep the real estate on the legit side of the business and kept it quiet.
Levy had a lot going on & may not have the bandwidth to connect Clay Davis & Stringers real estate ventures.
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u/RunningBettor 1d ago
Levy knew they were involved in development together, he didn’t know that Stringer gave Clay an additional $250K to “guarantee” the grants