"The Target"

Jemele Hill (twitter.com/jemelehill?lang=en) and Van Lathan (twitter.com/VanLathan?lang=en) look at the pilot episode of ‘The Wire’ and discuss the episode’s theme of “chain of command” (03:00), the fall of the Barksdale empire (08:00), a character deep-dive on D’Angelo Barksdale (30:30), their favorite scenes from the episode (44:00), the greatest snitch in history (51:00), and more.

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