FromThe WiretoJohn Wick, the late actor was in perfect control of all his performative gifts.
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(Reddick was gamely unflappable in the face of Andres weirdness.)
Reddick had other, longer-running television projects, like the aforementionedBoschandFringe, but Daniels was his most defining role.
And when another character tried to tell Daniels that all that effort was for naught?
That meant we got to see him lose his temper, and Reddick was great at that.
Consider one of hismost memed lines: This is bullshit, first uttered in season-one episode The Wire.
Daniels has been assigned to lead a special-detail investigation into Baltimore city drug dealer Avon Barksdale.
First he looks away from his superior, and quirks his mouth in bemused irritation.
Then, that sculpted jaw turns back to his subject, his eyes side-long and scornful.
The pause he takes after this is emphatic; the rush between is and bullshit an acceleration of disgust.
to a homicide detective requesting more resources.
