The cold open from The Wire episode “Old Cases” is a supplementary event that demonstrates the communication failures within Lieutenant Daniel’s detail of the Baltimore Police Department. The scene opens with a medium shot of Hauk’s foot and tilts up to show Hauk struggling to push a desk through a doorway. Given the nature of Hauk’s character on the show, it is unsurprising that his approach to maneuvering the desk through the doorway is through the use of force and physical strength. In this scene, Hauk adorns a casual long sleeve t-shirt with an advertisement for Moe’s Superior Auto Services, reinforcing the character’s physicality and comically pointing out the flaw to his approach. Throughout this opening scene, the camera focuses on
