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Hi David, I'm a moderator over at /r/thewire where we praise you all day! Thanks for stopping by.

We recently did a rewatch on the subreddit where I did a write up for each episode and tried to analyze the finer details in the series.

Can you please explain the train. It seems to revolve around McNulty's sobriety or mental state and his thrill of the hunt but that's all I can really grasp.

Also, how did you come to work with Steve Earle in both Treme and The Wire?

Would you ever do another short war series like Generation Kill?

I would love to see "One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer" by Nathaniel Fick as somewhat of a prequel to Generation Kill.

And lastly, did you ever realize that you were launching so many great careers and do you still keep in touch with any of your old friends from any series?

Thank you so much for everything you do.

Edit: An old post about the train

At least you're not Guns N' Roses.

He's a fortunate one.

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Travis walked up to me after his Q&A finished and said excuse me. I didn't know what to do, so I kind of just stared at him because I was sitting and he was on the other side of the barricade.

Then his girlfriend got up from the seat next to me, stood in front of me, he pulled her over the barricade and started heading out back. Some goof sitting behind me said, PRETTY NICE EH TRAVIS!? He turned around and gave an awkward nod. It was a very cringey moment.

I didn't figure I needed to mention all this and in short, just said I was the one sitting next to his girlfriend at the Q&A in Halifax.