Lieutenant Mello The Wire [ FULL ]

: In a nod to this history, season 5 features a scene where the real Jay Landsman (as Mello) appears alongside Richard Belzer (playing John Munch) and Delaney Williams (playing the fictional Sgt. Landsman). Iconic Quote During a particularly dense roll call in the episode "Final Grades," Mello quips: "All right, listen up, you mutts, this is complicated. I mean, it isn’t complicated if you went to college or, I don’t know, your mothers actually stopped drinking for a minute while they was pregnant. But for Baltimore City Police, this is complicated." Would you like a deeper look at the

For "Wire" historians, seeing the real Landsman interact with fictionalized versions of his old life is a treat that reinforces the show's documentary-like feel. Legacy of a Workhorse lieutenant mello the wire