I have to re-watch the show again. He was such a great actor that he played a regular Guy pretending to be an islander, and the accent was terrible, but believable for a man pretending to do an accent. That takes talent
People say this show is unrealistic, as if it was meant to be a documentary or something. If it was 'authentic' it wouldn't be half as entertaining. There are no "realistic" dramas, not really. Few people would watch them if they were - in fact, it could be argued that a 'realistic' drama is a contradiction in terms. The Sopranos, though - it's head and shoulders above Oz, and I loved Oz.
Chairman Meow and imagine he wanted to be cast as one of the bikers because he is a real life biker, but Tom Fontana wanted wanted him with the Italians best and smartest decision ever made lol
Mobay is an underrated character. Starts out good then being around all these bad dudes it gets to him n he becomes a bad man then he reforms himself when he realizes he's become what he despises. Great arc
When this show came out, I never would’ve imagined that so many of the characters would’ve ended up in the wire or on law and order. As well as many other HBO series. Shit, some of them in even ended up on showtimes series.
I believe that Italian guy was on the Batman series called Gotham. Lord Jamar the rapper was on here. I believe that white cop was in the first Avengers movie.
It doesn't really make much sense for Mobay to kill a guy (a cop nonetheless) just to bust up a prison drug ring. Any cop would see that's too big a price for a relatively small reward.
right... it had nothing at all to do with the environmental pressures he was under, the feelings of being a real prisoner, the psychological effects that had taken place or gee idk the drugs he took.....but nah...13 uptokes and you're god.
When Mobay confessed and got put in with the rest of the cops, did hill ever come visit him???? That would have been a GREAT moment. With Clayton there and everything. Lol
Yea that was among this show's most ridiculous moments. No police department would ever step foot inside a prison, and why would they? Their job is to protect the public, not the incarcerated.
I felt bad for Mobay/ Basil going down the road he did and later getting murdered by Clayton, but on a serious note, you know the war on drugs is a joke when they're easy as hell to get in a maximum security prison😒
Does Augustus sometimes forget he's in a wheel chair? Between all the shit he was talking here and him running up on Supreme Allah... it's like he just doesn't remember that he's at a distinct disadvantage.
It's because he kept a weapon stashed inside his armrest on the wheelchair.. He revealed it during one of his narrations.. Idk why he never used it 🙄..
What a great detective he is; don't bother to do any recon, and immediately bluff like he knows what's what. You don't see it here, but his first move is to go after clean-as-a-whistle Agustus Hill. Oh and great move on that fake-as-hell accent that's incredibly easy to slip up on even if you're sober. Hey Sherlock, how about looking into the brothers who announce they're off to snort some tits every 5 minutes? "Tits" is prison slang for heroin - I'm starting to wonder if he even figured that out.
The point of that was for him to be an outsider that no one would know of. Had it been a local black thug from the city or a neighboring city, Adebisi would've known of him or could've done his due diligence on him. Now he's effectively unknown, which is why Adebisi doesn't trust him.
As shitty as this was what Mobey did he later as himself (John Basil) was truly redeemable. He felt horrible for what he did and accepted responsibility and got clean. Of course as soon as he became a likable character they killed him off.
Talking like some lowlife fresh off the boat would stand out less in prison than talking like a guy who went to university. But maybe because he thought it'd be fun.
So he goes through the trouble of killing a guy to further his undercover operation, then after snorting some heroin he gets so affected by Hill’s little speech that he nearly beats him to death and then immediately confesses to the murder?
Look carefully you will see actors from The Corner , The Wire on OZ .. MY Cousin Lance" MOBAY DANIEL'S" Reddick.. Every main character on all three shows also had parts on Law and Order ...
This show had me nervous all of the time. And the way it was shot and sounded made it more. One of the best shows ever on TV and i recommend to people but with caution
Its interesting how many tests Mobay had to go through before he was let in on the trade. I guess thats what happens when you arouse suspicion within Adebisi. I remember Morales came with cred, so he basically just waltzed into the trade, on the basis that he eliminate one of the partners.
smackedinthejaw yeah normally if you go to prison unless you have some street cred where someone on the inside can vouch for you, then you will have earn that trust to ensure you ain't going to snitch others if you get caught.
Yea Adebisi knew something was off with him. That’s why he calls him weak, which was true because he stuck out and seem different. That part with him punching Hill answered all his thoughts of Mobay.
1- Adebisi deff had his guard up after the were briefly infiltrated by Markstrom in season 1. And 2 he wasnt willing to take the word of secret underground kingpin Nestor Parks. "Now heem I dantnowatal"
