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You get the goss with a verdict, a score out of 10, and the sources to check us.

Do we like Omar Little?

A character from The Wire (2002-2008)

Our score: 8 out of 10. Yes, mostly. He's charming, brave and principled, and he only targets people in the game. He's still a violent robber, so we back him with our eyes open.

The Wire follows Baltimore's drug trade, police, port, schools and politics. Omar is a legend on the streets: a lone robber who walks up to dealers in a long coat with a shotgun, whistling as he goes. He is openly gay, sharp-witted and fearless.

His defining trait is his code. He says he never puts a gun on someone who isn't in the game. That makes him a threat to drug crews and a strange kind of hero to viewers, who see him as more honest than most of the institutions around him.

We score him an 8. He is violent and a thief, and his trade does real damage. But his charm, loyalty and consistency make him easy to root for. Critics often rank him among TV's greatest characters.

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Our take, from what the sources we read say on the day we checked. It can miss things; tap a source to read it.