Who is Stringer Bell in The Wire?
The economist of the corner · Barksdale Organization
Stringer Bell (The economist of the corner) is a character in The Wire, part of Barksdale Organization. Stringer Bell runs the Barksdale operation's logistics like a man auditing a Fortune 500 from a copy shop: product, package, discipline, and no phones, ever. Avon's second and oldest friend, he attends economics lectures at the community college and applies elasticity of demand to heroin with a straight face. Stringer believes the game can be run clean as a business. The game has opinions about that.
When does Stringer Bell first appear?
Stringer Bell first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 (“The Target”) of The Wire (2002–2008, HBO).
Who is Stringer Bell connected to?
Relationships already established when Stringer Bell first appears — nothing from later episodes.
- Avon Barksdale — The crown and the counsel
- D'Angelo Barksdale — Minding the nephew
- Jimmy McNulty — The target who keeps no phones
Which group does Stringer Bell belong to?
By the time Stringer Bell appears, Barksdale Organization also includes Avon Barksdale, D'Angelo Barksdale, Wallace.
Who else is introduced in this episode?
- Jimmy McNulty — Natural police, unnatural everything else
- Bunk Moreland — The other half of the double act
- Kima Greggs — The detail's best detective
- Cedric Daniels — Lieutenant between the fires
- Avon Barksdale — The name on the towers
- D'Angelo Barksdale — The nephew in the pit
- Bubbles — The best CI in Baltimore
- Wallace — The kid in the pit
- Ellis Carver — Narcotics muscle, slowly learning
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