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C. W. Marshall teaches Greek and Latin at the University of British Columbia. With Tiffany Potter he is the co-editor of Cylons in America: Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica (Continuum, 2008) and The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television (Continuum, 2009).
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The Life and Times of Fuzzy Dunlop: Herc and the Modern Urban Crime Environment

by C.W. Marshall and Tiffany Potter • 29 May 09
Journal: Issues | The Wire Files [4]

“I’m a sworn fucking police officer” – Herc

Detective (later Sergeant) Thomas “Herc” Hauk (portrayed by actor Dominick Lombardozzi) is, perversely, the greatest criminal investigator in David Simon’s Baltimore. Despite his ostensible function as comic relief in The Wire,…