ED BURNS (CO-CREATOR): It was Pelecanos who wrote that murder scene, and I didn’t like it. We made Bodie a psychopath, and psychopaths don’t hesitate. It was great for the character growing. I won’t deny that. It was great for the actor—really gave him a stretch. He turned out to be a great actor, but to me, it didn’t follow the logic of who the kid was. You create a psychopath, there’s no moral sense of having him not pull the trigger.
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