So I've been ruminating and...

Oh man.
I gotta say, S2E6, Omar testifying on Birds court case, probably my favorite scene in the whole series. Fucking Stringer Bell gets his mouth soured, Bird flips his lid and the gawking face of Levy to Omar's riposte hallmarks Mr.Little's repertoire.
Levy is the true villain in Baltimore. A distinguished and respected member of the court who uses that notoriety to save the guilty from their punishments? Comparatively, Stringer Bell is just a business man in a ruthless industry, and Avon, a politician. They came into the game through birthright and inevitable see their ends in it. I believe their characters to be products of their environment; they're archetypes to a timeless system of order. Levy aspired to his position and knowingly defected to aid the people that the institution's he upheld where contrived to oppose.
I suppose if the war on drug was a real war, he'd be a profiteer.

CJ wants you to know that she doesn't like Stringer. I'd tried to attest to his rational fears and stunning manly virtues, but she can't see past him callin' the hit and then sleepin' wit' the man's woman.