Butchie

Butchie
First appearance	"Hot Shots" (episode 2.03)
Last appearance	"Not for Attribution" (episode 5.03)
Created by	David Simon
Portrayed by	S. Robert Morgan
Information
Gender	Male
Family	Hayward (Nephew)

Butchie is a fictional blind man on HBO drama season The Wire, portrayed by S. Robert Morgan. "Mostly blind" Butchie is Omar Little's bank and advisor. He runs an East-Side Baltimore bar.

The Wire

Season 2

Butchie is first seen supplying Corrections Officer Tilghman with the narcotics he sells inside the prison, and later negotiating with Stringer Bell over supplying Tilghman with the poisoned drugs that killed several prisoners. Later in the season it became apparent that he was a connection to Omar, as Proposition Joe arranged a face-to-face meeting between Omar and Stringer by talking to him.

Season 3

His connection to Omar was more apparent, as several scenes showed Omar getting advice from Butchie. Omar enlisted Butchie to find Officer Dozerman's missing gun, and returned it to Detective Bunk Moreland through Butchie. Butchie later provides Omar with Avon Barksdale's hideout location. Butchie had known the information all along but hoped to protect Omar by withholding it. In the end Avon is arrested before Omar can use Butchie's tip.

Season 4

Proposition Joe again contacted Butchie to meet with Omar, this time pitting Omar against Marlo Stanfield by convincing him to rob a card game that Stanfield attended. When Stanfield contrived to have Omar framed for murder in response, Butchie was Omar's first phone call after he was arrested. Omar escaped the charge and stole an entire shipment of drugs from the New Day Co-Op, getting revenge on both Stanfield and Joe. Butchie suggested that Omar sell the shipment back to Joe, and Omar left Baltimore to retire on the profits.

Season 5

Butchie was tortured and murdered in his bar by Stanfield enforcers Chris Partlow and Snoop to lure Omar from retirement. Butchie refused to give information as to Omar's whereabouts; Omar was notified of Butchie's death and returned to Baltimore for revenge.

Trivia

Like his character, actor S. Robert Morgan is blind. He lost his sight to macular degeneration in his twenties.

See also

• Omar Little and associates

References

Further reading

• Rafael Alvarez (24 November 2009). The Wire: Truth Be Told. Pocket Books. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-4391-8452-3. 
• Peter L. Beilenson; Patrick A. McGuire (15 August 2012). Tapping into The Wire: The Real Urban Crisis. JHU Press. pp. 176, 189. ISBN 978-1-4214-0750-0. 
• Butchie, characters of The Wire Discovering The Wire.
• Celia Lury; Nina Wakeford (25 June 2012). Inventive Methods: The Happening of the Social. Routledge. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-136-99396-1. 
• Tiffany Potter; C.W. Marshall (10 December 2009). The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television. Continuum. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-8264-3804-1. 
• Jason P. Vest (2011). The Wire, Deadwood, Homicide, and NYPD Blue: Violence Is Power. ABC-CLIO. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-313-37819-5. 

External links

• Butchie, The Wire (HBO)
• Butchie, The Wire (IMdB)