Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Andre Royo. Bubbles is a recovering heroin addict with a vast knowledge of surviving on Baltimore's streets. His real name is not revealed until a fourth-season episode when he is called "Mr. Cousins" and in the fifth-season premiere when he is called "Reginald".
Bubbles is a crucial informant for the police throughout the series due to his extraordinar...
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Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Andre Royo. Bubbles is a recovering heroin addict with a vast knowledge of surviving on Baltimore's streets. His real name is not revealed until a fourth-season episode when he is called "Mr. Cousins" and in the fifth-season premiere when he is called "Reginald".
Bubbles is a crucial informant for the police throughout the series due to his extraordinary depths of knowledge about the streets of Baltimore and their inhabitants. Although a heavily addicted drug abuser, Bubbles is an intelligent and compassionate man who genuinely cares about his friend Johnny Weeks and the teenager he "adopts," Sherrod. His struggle to overcome his addiction and make a better life is a major sub-plot over the course of the five seasons of the series.
Bubbles was first seen seeking out his living as a homeless addict and best friend and mentor to Johnny Weeks. The two ran a scam creating counterfeit money using...
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