Soft Eyes
| "Soft Eyes" | |
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| The Wire episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Christine Moore |
| Story by |
Ed Burns David Mills |
| Teleplay by | David Mills |
| Original air date | September 17, 2006 |
| Running time | 58 minutes |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
"Soft Eyes" is the second episode of the fourth season of the HBO original series The Wire. Written by David Mills from a story by Ed Burns & David Mills, and directed by Christine Moore, it originally aired on September 17, 2006.
Simon has commented that the influx of child actors initially caused some problems on set and said that crew members' feelings mirrored the turmoil of Prez in the episode because of the young actors' behavior. However, by the end of filming they became a good crew of young actors.
The title is a mysterious piece of advice that a colleague gives Prez about teaching. ("You need soft eyes"). In the later episode "Refugees" that expression is used again and explained by Bunk Moreland. In terms of the title, the meaning of soft eyes means the ability to look deeper than what you first see.
Carcetti makes this statement when worrying about his chances in the upcoming election being hamstrung by his race.
Although credited, Michael K. Williams, Robert Wisdom and Dominic West do not appear in this episode. This is the first episode of the series not to feature West.
This is the first episode of the series in which series creator David Simon is not credited with the teleplay or story, as he collaborated on the stories for all the previous episodes and is credited with the "story by" credit. There are only nine episodes (out of 60) in the entire series in which he does not receive a writing credit, all of which are in the fourth season. Ed Burns receives story credit on all Season Four episodes, as the writing drew extensively on his experience as a teacher.
Security detail officer Thomas "Herc" Hauk waits for the mayor with his new partner outside city hall. Herc worries that Lieutenant Hoskins told him the mayor had a breakfast meeting and goes inside to look for his commander. Instead of finding the lieutenant, he stumbles across Mayor Royce receiving oral sex from his secretary. Herc shuts the door quickly but not before Royce notices him.
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