The Wire Planned To Kill Kima In Season 1 (Until An HBO Exec Stepped In)

Like a fellow HBO series from this time period, "The Sopranos," "The Wire" is infamous for knocking off one key character after another, including fan favorites. This long list of casualties almost included Sonja Sohn's Kima Greggs as well, but Carolyn Strauss saw more potential in the character and urged David Simon to keep her alive, a request that Simon ended up agreeing to.

While it's unclear why Strauss wanted to save "The Wire" character, the most obvious reason would be that Kima represented an underseen demographic at the time, being that she is a queer woman of color. Regardless of the reasoning, though, Kima lived to fight another day and ultimately survived until the end of the series.

When Sohn found out that it was Strauss who intervened on her behalf, she was ecstatic. "Girl power!" she exclaimed. Though Sohn initially admitted that she found the series a tad slow, she ultimately bought into Simon's grand vision for the story and was happy to have remained on "The Wire" for all five seasons.