Why would u hate him over any of the others? Do u realize they are ALL criminals and sociopaths? Even the characters we all love & root for more....Stringer, Omar, Marlo..they were ALL killers & destroyers of their own communities.
Corona Virus yeah we are all well aware. it’s also a tv show. when you watch it, you have to accept at face value what you are watching. pretty much every non-cop character is not just some innocent civilian. by the way i never once rooted for stringer, i couldn’t stand him lol. anyways, kenard was just a hated character because unlike someone like omar or marlo, there’s hardly any backstory or in depth look into him. he was just a little dick. it’s not super deep or anything
that scene earned my respect for Bunk. Until then I thought he was just another lardass tv detective who didn't really care about anything. And I liked that he didn't want play along with McNulty's weird fake serial killer scheme.
@Tom Ross TV omar was a predator who preyed on other predators. Kind of like what Alonzo said in training day , "it takes a wolf to catch a wolf" it's the only way to protect the sheep.
I appreciate that Kenard took a break from his long day of setting cats on fire to shoot someone in the head. He's a real go-getter. He's going somewhere.
Sometimes I wonder if Kennard just shot Omar out of pure curiosity. Just to see if Omar lived up to the stories you can see how shocked he is at the results
That does make sense, but I also think he shot him because he saw him wounded and not as a threat anymore.. Plus he may have figured he would get a big name taking out someone like Omar..but I think its because Omar was wounded n look defeated
You seem to forget he’s a kid very very very few children have the ability to think and plan something like that out. It was like a curiosity like how some will jump out a window to see if they can fly.
@@tonesosa5155 "robbing they corner you'll slow" Um I'm guessing you mean "robbing THIER corner Y'ALL ARE slow" smh can't call someone slow talking like bubba gump
He got taken out because he was too emotional....he was so upset with Marlo killing Butchie he was out in the streets exposing himself which he NEVER did. Even when he was chasing Avon and Stringer he wasnt walking the streets he stayed hidden.
Omar’s death caught me off guard, but it was realistic though, he’s a human not this mythical person who can’t be touched, and having Kenard shoot him was much more convincing than one of Marlo’s goons
No No No I'm from flatbush Brooklyn and I'm 37... In my 37 years I've seen two Omar's I swear to you.... They have beef with the world but in their end of day it was a regular mojo who just was not having it.... And trust me these dudes rob gangsters for there guns and work....
Kenard had zero adult supervision. No parents around him. No older or younger siblings either. The scary part is that there are REAL Kenards in every major urban community.
The Kennard I knew end up leaving the life and still somehow being killed. His roommate shot him after he shot at him in an argument about rent. Just show how you really need guidance cause that could have went another way with nobody using guns. The guy got off on self defense, too.
I knew a Kenard when I was growing up, dude was doomed from the start. Mom worried about recapturing her youth, gang member father who encouraged all the trouble he used to get into, and damn near every single person around him was into some bad shit and would hype him up because he was so young doing it. He was the only 11 year old I knew with a house arrest monitor lmao. He had a freestyle out that did over 1M ruclips.net/video/fr9AGCLb_js/видео.html
The Kennard I knew was like 12 and he killed his own blood cousin over a 30 dollar dice game and put 9 bullets in his face because his pride was hurt. Wicked.....
Omar prided himself on being a good guy but didn't take into account the horrible effects his actions were having on children. Kenard was one of those kids. That became his downfall. Show is a masterpiece
@@alvarojnetoyea you rite Omar prided himself on having a code rip to Omar little and to Michael k Williams he was a great actor and this is my baby
The show is amazing! Any other show with a character like Omar would make his death scene something epic like a shoot out, but this show is real. Big or small anybody can take you out in a heartbeat. Best show I've ever seen!
I liked Omar and I loved that Omar died that way. He is one of the best and most admirable character in the wire, but he is a bad influence on his community. His legends did not inspire these children to make sth out of themselves as good, honest citizens. They just want to be the new generation of legendary killers. Omar unintentionally caused his own death. It is poetic justice. He did not died by his enemies but by the negative byproducts of his life.
Namond is in the street world a "P***y" and Kenard did what would've eventually happened to Namond in the future anyway. Kenard was the type of individual that would've been Michael's muscle on the streets.
"You tell that man I'mma drop _all_ his muscle, until he get the heart to come down to the street and dance." Omar was such a hardcase, yet he always had a heart too. RIP Michael K Williams, gone too soon.
I think there is a third connection. 1) Omar had a bit of a conscience and never attacked the weak and defenceless. 2) Michael stood up for the weak and defenceless (Dukie, Bug) and at times got bothered by Marlo's Crew killing soo indiscriminately. 3) All three paths would meet when Omar picked Michael to pass on the message to Marlo (almost as if to pass on the "Omar torch to him" before,, 4) Getting killed by Kenard who emulated him. 5) Michael would later become "The New Omar" And because Michael has a soft spot for kids he too might get killed by a kid he didn't suspect would be a threat,,just as Omar did not think anything of it when he saw Kenard.
More Live If Kenard becomes Omar, it’s only fitting that he becomes more vicious, like no other before him, because the next generation, like Marlo, doesn’t give a DAMN!
Honestly the show fucked up by not having an Omar and Marlo confrontation after Butchie was killed. The kenard ending is fine too but we were all hyped up in suspense when Omar was walking around on his war path calling out by Marlo in the streets. I think him doing that killed Marlos rep which was everything to him.
5:48 you can hear the bell ring and omar looks. He probably looks at kenard and looks away as he doesn’t see kids as a threat. Never noticed how they set this up with Kenard not being scared of omar, and omar having his guard down
What I want to know.. Is if the creators intend for it to be implied that Kenard already has the gun on Omar? I believe he does by the way that Omar looks down but still ignores it and continues asking the clerk for things..
What the detective told Omar were truest words told. Growing up the neighborhood did have a sense of community. If people saw you had something going that could take you out of the streets, they wouldn't intervene with that.
A couple of things stand out - 1) When Marlo had first come at Mike, Mike had first avoided him but stared him straight in his eyes when provoked. However, when Omar grabs him - literally a limping and injured Omar - all he does is shudder. Omar's reputation was not to be played with. 2) When Omar pulls up on the corner he seals his faith - as Kenard asks "That's Omar?" when he limps away. the image of Omar as a fearsome killer is broken in his head. He sees Omar with a gun and is quiet because everyone else is scared - but he isn't impressed. 3) In the last scene, all the kids run away at the sight of Omar but Kenard sticks around - not only because he wants to kill him - but the fear Omar commanded is gone in his eyes. 4) Omar is so aware he watches the door open as Kenard steps in, watches his activities for a couple of seconds - turns his attention away probably thinking "It's just a kid." 5) Kenard is in disbelief when he finally kills Omar - he is obviously shocked that he actually killed someone - let alone that he killed Omar. 6) The lady cries "Omar is dead!" - for her, he may have been a source of protection - in fact, I can imagine Omar pulling up on someone in the past who may have tried and rob the store or such. As he mentioned, he never hurt anyone who "wasn't in the game".
To your First point: Remember what Mike said:"If he would have made me from the apartment the other night. I might be laid out myself". It wasn't fear, per say. But if Omar RECOGNIZES him.😎
Agree with all your points, unsure if I’m remembering correctly, but I think when Marlos asking about who killed Omar, someone says the Korean crew above the store so it’s possible she knew him from a stick up
That scene with Bunk and Omar might be my favorite scene in the series. You know the actor that played Bunk was jumping at the bit to do that scene when he read how brilliant his monologue was. Easily the best show in TV history.
I will never forget the moment when I realize Omar only spit out because the info he just took in was a tuff pill to swallow literally and metaphorically Just genius writing all around
The Wire was famous for doing stuff like this..That’s also why they let the spit hang from his lip to show even tho he didn’t wanna hear what Bunk said some of it still STUCK to him..Damn The Wire is a masterpiece
I remember when I first binged watched 'The Wire' (years after it had gone off), the two deaths that FR FR brought a tear to my eyes were Bodie's and definitely Omar's. You got the sense that both of them were just tired and weak from trying to be done with the game and their deaths were impactful!
What broke my heart was that Poot urged Bodie twice to let that corner go before he got hit. Once Poot left him, I knew he would get killed and die alone. It's kind of poetic. Bodie killed Wallace because he wanted to stay in the game and Bodie was killed because he didn't want to leave it. Both had better options. Both were presented with choices that would've saved them, but they chose the one that got themselves killed.
Omar wanted to die.. when his Bf got killed and Butchie got tortured he gave up on life which is why he calling Marlo out. He knew Marlo was gonna kill him he just wanted to go out in a furious blaze but Kenard got the drop on him
@@ticalKoof he actually stayed around for all of season 4 and robbed Marlo at the card game. That's what got him killed inevitably. Also he robbed Marlo, Joe and the whole co-op of an entire shipment of herion. You think Marlo was gonna let that shit go twice? Suprised they didn't kill Omars grandma too.
I agree. Omar wanted to die. The old Omar would have gone into hiding and waited. The deadliest thing about Omar was that you never knew when or how he was coming. He gave up that advantage by calling out Marlo. Omar was much too street wise to concede any advantage so the only logical explanation is that Omar was ready to die. He knew he didn't have as many guns as Marlo and he would likely die in gun fight against all the guns Marlo had.
@@thetruth619ful For sure Bird was dense. Marlo on the other hand was adaptive and played the short term like no one else. And seeing how Kennard thought he could take on Omar I think he's quite dense as well considering hadn't Kennard been so young he would've got capped no question.
I feel that they left so many stories untold and questions unanswered that they can easily bring this back. Shorty could be the new Omar, Michael, the new Chris Partlow and Marlo, can still be running things a decade plus later.
RIP Omar. The badest stick up artist in Baltimore. The guy Omar was based on played the part of Donnie (actual name) the guy butchie sent to protect Omar in jail - Donnie Andrews. He's dead now RIP.
I didnt notice any of this!Its crazy on how when he ran up on Michael,Kenard was like that's Omar?I didn't even realize Kenard was the one putting the gasoline on the cat!
It’s all symbolism which The Wire was infamous for..Notice Omar spits after Bunk walks away implying that Omar didn’t “swallow” the information being said to him but the show also leaves some spit hanging to also show what Bunk said some of it stuck to Omar
Out of all the times I have watched The Wire, I never once put it together it was Kenard that was the kid that wanted to be like Omar when the Bunk was trying to solve Tasha's murder--mind officially blown and I have been watching this show for years now--just says more about the genius that were the writers of that show--one of thee best !
It's crazy cuz Omar was on point with everything the minute he let his guard down he got it he look over seen it was a youngin though nothing of it....(classic scene)
The jump Bunk gives at 1:53 is such a great little moment. The level of anger inside him regarding Omar is so strong and visceral that for a split second there it looks like he's gonna lose it. And Omar just doesn't even flinch, he just sits there and takes it all in. Phenomenal performances
It’s also amazing that a man like Omar, whose life it is to sense those around him and be able to see steps ahead, was completely unaware to Kenard walking in, lifting up the gun and hitting him point blank. Kenard was so damn small it’s like the code and rules to the game a boy like Kenard would NEVER do what he did lest he felt Omar’s or anyone else’s wrath. In the end, Omar wasn’t invincible - he just like everyone else and when Kenard saw him in that lowly gimpy state he saw that he wasn’t a big deal at all. Man what a show I miss it
All the stories kennard heard and when he seen him limping just didn't add up because Omar was like invincible from everyone else mouth and kennard was like this is Omar this is who scaring everyone
Kenard didn’t stop doing what he was doing when people called Omar out. The fact that Omar didn’t notice is wild, almost every person runs or tucks tail.
In Baltimore The kids scream Omar yo’ then scatter in fear, But in the islands where he went on holiday the kids were screaming Omar! Running towards him in joy. Just shows how big the world really is.
So when I watched the Wire I seen things come full circle like Mike being the next Omar, that one soft kid being the next bubbles... who was Kenard on his way being?
Always thought Kenard and Marlo seem very similar. I bet Marlo was that really small kid that wanted to be tough and he got beat down and took a life early.
@@icantgetup I remember he did become Omar during his renegade period but I personally appreciate Micheal as the hustler, it can be done I see it and would still embrace it.
Hearing the bell ring when Kenard walks in and seeing Omar look up made me think of the bell that Tony Soprano heard on the last episode of the sopranos. Many people presume that Tony was shot in the back of the head after hearing that last bell. Fans of the sopranos will know what I'm referring to.
You know earlier in that same season tony asked "what is dying like?" And his friend said " i think it just goes black curtain closed shows over"...and thats exactly what happend
Kenard was a brave, but ass and stupid kid. He had no guidance whatsoever. Not even street guidance. You had NO reason, beef or prior problems, connecting you to shoot Omar, yet here you are. This show was genius and remedial at the same time. In the end it showed he was just a scared little boy doing dumb stuff, cause what smart Gangsta, even young, drops the gun on the scene with his prints on it. Ultimately it cost him his life, if any of y'all remember. Kenard got arrested afterwards.
*It's kinda crazy the police are not* running them kids off, considering there are actual dead bodies just feet away and the fact it's still an open crime scene investigation. 🤔
Probably best way for Omar to go. It was quick and he didn’t see it coming. After seeing what barksdale did to his boyfriend in season one, lord knows what Marlo would’ve done to him. He would not have died slow
Re watching this scene OVER AND OVER you see Omar look to his right when the door bell goes off so he saw Kenard come in the store ,but since Kenard is "just a kid" he ignores him and sadly that cost Omar his life.
If only Kenard had respected Omar’s views on justice & love over his fascination with violence & hate, then maybe Omar would’ve been able to reach marlo & have some kind of heroic impact on the drug scene. That’s what I think the audience (at least my ass) wanted to see lol. A big shoot-out between Omar & Marlo, or at least get to Chris & Snoop bc they’re clearly the villains & we’re so used to seeing our heroes destroy them, because we ourselves are a little like Kenard. Wanting to see the violent outcome, glorifying it, even becoming comfortable enough with it so that we almost want to be like Omar. The reality unfortunately isnt that, & based on kenards expression it looks like he realized what he just did, is no longer a game. Omar was killed by the very thing that made him this enigma. The flawed/chaotic system in which he grew up in. Omar found a pocket in where he was able to live more free than either the police or the kingpins around him, feared by everyone, & guided by his own individual code. yet not even he was able to withstand the inherently flawed & chaotic nature of our system. Not even the viewer, with our romanticism of violence & vengeance, are safe from the system we grew up in. Omar is the rugged fantasy we’ve grown to love & Kenard is the gut-wrenching reminder of what we’ve neglected & refused to acknowledge. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
The whole point is that Omar did not stand a chance against kennard. He was cornered and Kennard is a child. Not once on the show did Omar hurt a child, plus the character was based on real life people, one which is said to have a code of never involve children. Thus even if he noticed Kennard’s intentions, I don’t think he would kill a child. So Omar be killed by a kid is way more convincing and accurate than by any other people in the game. That said, I was very sad because of Omar. He was my favourite character ever. The wire’s season 5 is heartbreaking.
When Bunk talks about hanging out with the "tough kids" reminds me of that Key & Peel skit "Consequences" where the character "Donny Herrera" says "I thought it would be cool to hang out with the tough kids..."
This show is so genius. Didn't realize that was Kenard pretending to be Omar.
Like Eminem said, "when your fans become your haters."
The kid next to Kenard was wearing Omar’s outfit too; it’s why Kenard said it’s “my turn to be Omar”
Violence begets violence 😭😭
Me neither!
Damn, I'm about to pull a death in the family move on my job to watch this series over again.
Shit.
Wow thats crazy didn't know that as well, BEST SHOW PERIOD
never did i hate a fictional child so much. when michael beat the brakes off kenard, what a great moment😂
Why would u hate him over any of the others? Do u realize they are ALL criminals and sociopaths? Even the characters we all love & root for more....Stringer, Omar, Marlo..they were ALL killers & destroyers of their own communities.
Right. Callin for Namond like he gone do sumn
Man I love Kenard
I love the Kenard character...small in stature but he was harder than a motherfucker.....there's a Kenard in every hood
Corona Virus yeah we are all well aware. it’s also a tv show. when you watch it, you have to accept at face value what you are watching. pretty much every non-cop character is not just some innocent civilian. by the way i never once rooted for stringer, i couldn’t stand him lol. anyways, kenard was just a hated character because unlike someone like omar or marlo, there’s hardly any backstory or in depth look into him. he was just a little dick. it’s not super deep or anything
The conversation between Omar and Bunk was riveting. Omar knew detective Bunk was right.
💯 facts
that scene earned my respect for Bunk. Until then I thought he was just another lardass tv detective who didn't really care about anything. And I liked that he didn't want play along with McNulty's weird fake serial killer scheme.
@Tom Ross TV omar was a predator who preyed on other predators. Kind of like what Alonzo said in training day , "it takes a wolf to catch a wolf" it's the only way to protect the sheep.
All the scenes between the two characters were great. Hell, all the scenes in series were great.
@Captain Kirk everyone is jealous of Omar.
I appreciate that Kenard took a break from his long day of setting cats on fire to shoot someone in the head. He's a real go-getter. He's going somewhere.
I always wondered if Omar shot Kenards dad back in the day.
Why did kenard kill omar
@@themoneyclass1325 he probably had no reason, Kenard was just very bad kid
To jail for murder
Yeah, Hell.
Sometimes I wonder if Kennard just shot Omar out of pure curiosity. Just to see if Omar lived up to the stories you can see how shocked he is at the results
That does make sense, but I also think he shot him because he saw him wounded and not as a threat anymore.. Plus he may have figured he would get a big name taking out someone like Omar..but I think its because Omar was wounded n look defeated
Nah Kannard was putting in work for omar robbing they corner you'll slow lol
You seem to forget he’s a kid very very very few children have the ability to think and plan something like that out. It was like a curiosity like how some will jump out a window to see if they can fly.
@@tonesosa5155
"robbing they corner you'll slow"
Um I'm guessing you mean
"robbing THIER corner Y'ALL ARE slow" smh can't call someone slow talking like bubba gump
@@TONEakaSHOW Facts lol My man need that education 😂
Just some kids torturing a cat, not a cellphone in sight
Ahh yes i remember thosd glory days
Just liveing in the moment
sick little fucks
Golden Days of our youth. Kids nowadays don’t even torture frogs !
Lol today the same kids would put it on TikTok
the relationship between Omar and Kennard is an example of the amazing script writing in this show
its just incredible man
relationship?
Bunk delivers one of the most touching speeches in the show. Top notch acting all around
Omar was the ultimate street wise vet, he seemed to have no weaknesses but he always underestimated kids, and that was how he caused his death.
He was old school. Kids weren't killers like that back in the day. Nowadays, you got 11 year olds stackin' bodies like pancakes.
Omar a rat
he was tired and broken. marlo refused to show, he could not go on for ever. he used to hide but now he just goes around. motivation low
Kenard was the one that shot Omar in the melon...crazy!!!
He got taken out because he was too emotional....he was so upset with Marlo killing Butchie he was out in the streets exposing himself which he NEVER did. Even when he was chasing Avon and Stringer he wasnt walking the streets he stayed hidden.
Omar’s death caught me off guard, but it was realistic though, he’s a human not this mythical person who can’t be touched, and having Kenard shoot him was much more convincing than one of Marlo’s goons
Fabian Ahmad Omar should’ve been killed by Wee Bey in Season 1, if this story was realistic.?
@@deb7457 right
No No No I'm from flatbush Brooklyn and I'm 37... In my 37 years I've seen two Omar's I swear to you.... They have beef with the world but in their end of day it was a regular mojo who just was not having it.... And trust me these dudes rob gangsters for there guns and work....
@@marvindelmas5732 real shit. the omar of my area.. got dropped by a random teenager...who would have guessed..
Damn daddy killed his son wow
He could've avoided that if he took savino cigarettes from the night before. Savino had a new pack
But it wasn't soft pack
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That's deep
😂 😂 😂
Kenard had zero adult supervision. No parents around him. No older or younger siblings either. The scary part is that there are REAL Kenards in every major urban community.
The Kennard I knew end up leaving the life and still somehow being killed. His roommate shot him after he shot at him in an argument about rent. Just show how you really need guidance cause that could have went another way with nobody using guns. The guy got off on self defense, too.
Facts 💯
In Chicago they call them lil yummy.
A child can pull a trigger just as effectively as a man, sometimes even more effective - Lord of War
I knew a Kenard when I was growing up, dude was doomed from the start. Mom worried about recapturing her youth, gang member father who encouraged all the trouble he used to get into, and damn near every single person around him was into some bad shit and would hype him up because he was so young doing it. He was the only 11 year old I knew with a house arrest monitor lmao. He had a freestyle out that did over 1M
ruclips.net/video/fr9AGCLb_js/видео.html
The Kennard I knew was like 12 and he killed his own blood cousin over a 30 dollar dice game and put 9 bullets in his face because his pride was hurt. Wicked.....
Omar prided himself on being a good guy but didn't take into account the horrible effects his actions were having on children. Kenard was one of those kids. That became his downfall. Show is a masterpiece
great insight
Ey my turn to be Omar!
Omar prided himself on having a code, never is it hinted that he believes himself to be "good", or above the game.
the game had a code, kids werent involved.
@@alvarojnetoyea you rite Omar prided himself on having a code rip to Omar little and to Michael k Williams he was a great actor and this is my baby
The show is amazing! Any other show with a character like Omar would make his death scene something epic like a shoot out, but this show is real. Big or small anybody can take you out in a heartbeat. Best show I've ever seen!
"Seen plenty a ***** get dropped by a 22"
By far!!!
YEA I GOT THE WIRE, OZ, THE SHIELD TOP THREE FOR ME BUT THE THIRD CHANGES FROM TIME TO TIME BUT THE TOP TWO REMAIN THE TOP TWO ALL TIME
Chris Partlow about Omar "They say this nigger can't be got. Any nigger can be got."
@ritztits n ritznips sorry what do you mean
I love how realistic that gun shot was, this show is genius
exactly! idk how they did it but I would have thought he was dead for real 😂 same thing when Bodie got killed!
Keep in mind this is a HBO show and they’re shows do portray this Realist feel mad props
Air gun with blood. Camera don’t show that. A lot of quick cuts in editing
I hated Kenard. I really enjoyed it when Michael beat him up for stealing Namond's package. I hated that Omar fell this way. The King Is Dead.
I liked Omar and I loved that Omar died that way. He is one of the best and most admirable character in the wire, but he is a bad influence on his community. His legends did not inspire these children to make sth out of themselves as good, honest citizens. They just want to be the new generation of legendary killers. Omar unintentionally caused his own death. It is poetic justice. He did not died by his enemies but by the negative byproducts of his life.
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Namond is in the street world a "P***y" and Kenard did what would've eventually happened to Namond in the future anyway. Kenard was the type of individual that would've been Michael's muscle on the streets.
Namond was a hoe and Kennard knew it and pulled his card🤣
"He did not died"
Crazy foreshadowing when Omar was scoping Marlo and saw Michael there and said "he just a kid"
Same thing Vincent said when Michael shot him ... "and that was just your knee"
Just a kid that was being raped since a youngeon!
"You tell that man I'mma drop _all_ his muscle, until he get the heart to come down to the street and dance."
Omar was such a hardcase, yet he always had a heart too. RIP Michael K Williams, gone too soon.
Damn Kernard was about to light that Cat up in Flames, that kid was bad as hell
@Carlos Domenech because something is wrong with you and you weak. Only a weakling pick on things smaller then them.
Lewis Mock .... Yes! Thus the birth of a sociopath!
@Carlos Domenech dam y u do that to the angels u fucked up biggggggggggg time the birds are there to spiritualy guide u
Carlos Domenech shut ur lying ass up
@Carlos Domenech sick fuck
That conversation between Omar and bunk is one of the most realistic conversations that needs to be happening today
Idk why I’m spoiling myself watching all these clips without watching the series first.
I’m kinda mad I’m watching all these clips. Because I’m bout to rewatch it again for like the the 4th-5th time. Top 5 shows of all time
@HWF Live season 2 was necessary..... stop with that.
@HWF Live Idk it brought new characters, better than Seinfeld and that shit was funny!
@HWF Live season 2 is incredible. Like just stop.
Big summy
I think there is a third connection.
1) Omar had a bit of a conscience and never attacked the weak and defenceless.
2) Michael stood up for the weak and defenceless (Dukie, Bug) and at times got bothered by Marlo's Crew killing soo indiscriminately.
3) All three paths would meet when Omar picked Michael to pass on the message to Marlo (almost as if to pass on the "Omar torch to him" before,,
4) Getting killed by Kenard who emulated him.
5) Michael would later become "The New Omar"
And because Michael has a soft spot for kids he too might get killed by a kid he didn't suspect would be a threat,,just as Omar did not think anything of it when he saw Kenard.
*dies in a car accident
Im still thinking Michael ends up being Cutty...& it is Kenard who becomes Omar somehow, & Bugs becomes a detective
@@toteknowledge Kenard is a legitimate sociopath though, Omar and Michael aren't.
More Live If Kenard becomes Omar, it’s only fitting that he becomes more vicious, like no other before him, because the next generation, like Marlo, doesn’t give a DAMN!
Damm I didn’t think about it like that but it makes sense.
Damn, I really wanted to see Omar and Marlo get at it too.
Mike Person man that shit would’ve been live as fuck. I can only imagine.
T K EPIC!!!💯‼️
That's mainly why I was so pissed off that he went out like that. Didn't get to see the fuckin' showdown.😒
Honestly the show fucked up by not having an Omar and Marlo confrontation after Butchie was killed. The kenard ending is fine too but we were all hyped up in suspense when Omar was walking around on his war path calling out by Marlo in the streets. I think him doing that killed Marlos rep which was everything to him.
Omar would have blasted marlo marlo just had them goons
5:48 you can hear the bell ring and omar looks. He probably looks at kenard and looks away as he doesn’t see kids as a threat. Never noticed how they set this up with Kenard not being scared of omar, and omar having his guard down
What I want to know.. Is if the creators intend for it to be implied that Kenard already has the gun on Omar? I believe he does by the way that Omar looks down but still ignores it and continues asking the clerk for things..
@@hannahhoppe8377 there’s a cut u have to go by before u get to the clerk and kenard was to short for him to see probably
“Just because you shot Jesse James, don't make you Jesse James.".
Shit If It Don’t 😂🤣
@@ladybrown6536 it don't
@@sanzrich9887 In What City & What State
@@ladybrown6536 it doesn't lol
@@platinumreaver6195 you guys most not lived that life 😂 take Ah name & stand on it
What the detective told Omar were truest words told. Growing up the neighborhood did have a sense of community. If people saw you had something going that could take you out of the streets, they wouldn't intervene with that.
Real Ass Shit.
Kenard represents the new game, omar was the old. Through the series Kenard showed no code or loyalty but omar did. I always respected omar
A couple of things stand out -
1) When Marlo had first come at Mike, Mike had first avoided him but stared him straight in his eyes when provoked. However, when Omar grabs him - literally a limping and injured Omar - all he does is shudder. Omar's reputation was not to be played with.
2) When Omar pulls up on the corner he seals his faith - as Kenard asks "That's Omar?" when he limps away. the image of Omar as a fearsome killer is broken in his head. He sees Omar with a gun and is quiet because everyone else is scared - but he isn't impressed.
3) In the last scene, all the kids run away at the sight of Omar but Kenard sticks around - not only because he wants to kill him - but the fear Omar commanded is gone in his eyes.
4) Omar is so aware he watches the door open as Kenard steps in, watches his activities for a couple of seconds - turns his attention away probably thinking "It's just a kid."
5) Kenard is in disbelief when he finally kills Omar - he is obviously shocked that he actually killed someone - let alone that he killed Omar.
6) The lady cries "Omar is dead!" - for her, he may have been a source of protection - in fact, I can imagine Omar pulling up on someone in the past who may have tried and rob the store or such. As he mentioned, he never hurt anyone who "wasn't in the game".
Michael didn't try to face Omar because he was at the shootout that made him limp, he didn't want to be made up.
Omar's code got him killed in the end. I remember thinking, "Can't fully trust anyone", after Kanard killed Omar.
To your First point: Remember what Mike said:"If he would have made me from the apartment the other night. I might be laid out myself". It wasn't fear, per say. But if Omar RECOGNIZES him.😎
Agree with all your points, unsure if I’m remembering correctly, but I think when Marlos asking about who killed Omar, someone says the Korean crew above the store so it’s possible she knew him from a stick up
This is why I believe that micheal sent kanard to kill Omar because he knew it would be unexpected
The tear dropping from Omar’s eye when Bunk is talking about the neighborhood is so poetic
Bunk and Omar talking on that bench was such a serious conversation.
Until Bunk tries making Omar Flinch
Mortlock Boxing - yeah that was weird
Until the line of saliva ruined it
It's weird that you weirdos think it's weird @@cincylaw14
He was so angry, that it didn't matter to him to wipe it off. Have any of you ever Humaned before? @@Lightwolf9518
That scene with Bunk and Omar might be my favorite scene in the series. You know the actor that played Bunk was jumping at the bit to do that scene when he read how brilliant his monologue was. Easily the best show in TV history.
“Omar coming” everybody ran but Kennard
I didn't know she was saying "Omars dead!" Got chills all over again
Damn I didn’t know that until I read your comment
@@Sheisneika0976 Gives me chills everytime. Omar wasn't no saint but the people in the community did love and respect him🤞🏻💯man had a code
Holy fuck
I didn't notice that at all bro on 3 rewatches. Good catch bro. Definitely adds to the beauty of this show.
That's not what i heard. 3x but if it is what she said....good ears.
I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THAT WAS KENARD IN SEASON 3 AND I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE STOPPED LIMPING WHEN HE WALKED IN THE STORE LOL
He me neither do you think Omar was just playing like he was still hurt??? Hmmmm? 🤔
“Appear weak when your are strong, and strong when you are weak”
He was gone play Marlo crazy
Me either but that was the point 😆 we don’t really pay attention to kids but the kids are always watching us
I will never forget the moment when I realize Omar only spit out because the info he just took in was a tuff pill to swallow literally and metaphorically
Just genius writing all around
The Wire was famous for doing stuff like this..That’s also why they let the spit hang from his lip to show even tho he didn’t wanna hear what Bunk said some of it still STUCK to him..Damn The Wire is a masterpiece
I remember when I first binged watched 'The Wire' (years after it had gone off), the two deaths that FR FR brought a tear to my eyes were Bodie's and definitely Omar's. You got the sense that both of them were just tired and weak from trying to be done with the game and their deaths were impactful!
Bodie for sure was just tired from the game and didn't care if he lived. He never adjusted to Marlo taking over.
What broke my heart was that Poot urged Bodie twice to let that corner go before he got hit. Once Poot left him, I knew he would get killed and die alone. It's kind of poetic. Bodie killed Wallace because he wanted to stay in the game and Bodie was killed because he didn't want to leave it. Both had better options. Both were presented with choices that would've saved them, but they chose the one that got themselves killed.
Me too!!! I didnt expect to cry over bodie. I knew Omar was going to die so I was prepared 😭😭😭
Omar wanted to die.. when his Bf got killed and Butchie got tortured he gave up on life which is why he calling Marlo out. He knew Marlo was gonna kill him he just wanted to go out in a furious blaze but Kenard got the drop on him
Predator MFers all around
Naw Omar wanted revenge. He was gone after he got stringer. They made him come back by killing butchie.
@@ticalKoof he actually stayed around for all of season 4 and robbed Marlo at the card game. That's what got him killed inevitably. Also he robbed Marlo, Joe and the whole co-op of an entire shipment of herion. You think Marlo was gonna let that shit go twice? Suprised they didn't kill Omars grandma too.
Gary Bailey Jr.
I agree. Omar wanted to die. The old Omar would have gone into hiding and waited. The deadliest thing about Omar was that you never knew when or how he was coming. He gave up that advantage by calling out Marlo. Omar was much too street wise to concede any advantage so the only logical explanation is that Omar was ready to die. He knew he didn't have as many guns as Marlo and he would likely die in gun fight against all the guns Marlo had.
Omar takes mike and says "Tell Bossman" while Bossman-aiyyyo is playing of the radio. Never noticed that
Kennard was a psychopath reasoning for the cat getting lit on fire scene. Kennard is Marlo
Marlo liked animals
Kennard=Bird
Watch season 1 lol
@@thetruth619ful For sure Bird was dense. Marlo on the other hand was adaptive and played the short term like no one else. And seeing how Kennard thought he could take on Omar I think he's quite dense as well considering hadn't Kennard been so young he would've got capped no question.
Mike is Omar
@@kingb3nz550 that was the point Kennard is Marlo but the newer generation gets more ruthless.
“Go home school boy you don’t belong here” I felt that
The question still remains: did kenard get his $250k for the hit on Omar 🤔
Facts! But who was gonna pay him? Marlo just would have killed him since he was no longer crowned. Lol
Nope he said he dent know who did it when meeting with Chris and snoop but he was informed that it was as he put it a youngen
REMEMBER , HE WAS ARRESTED FOR THE MURDER OF OMAR AT THE END OF THE SEASON THOUGH 😁 .
@@fingermyass2550 fr fr
Id hope so 🤣
The second clip was so on point. This show was so powerful!
Omar enters store, door bells chime...
Kenard is out of frame, but u hear him come in from the door chiming.
We also see Omar look at Kenard a few seconds before The Shot
I feel that they left so many stories untold and questions unanswered that they can easily bring this back. Shorty could be the new Omar, Michael, the new Chris Partlow and Marlo, can still be running things a decade plus later.
No, Michael is the new Omar. He steals from the reformed co-op, in the end montage
RIP Omar. The badest stick up artist in Baltimore. The guy Omar was based on played the part of Donnie (actual name) the guy butchie sent to protect Omar in jail - Donnie Andrews. He's dead now RIP.
I didnt notice any of this!Its crazy on how when he ran up on Michael,Kenard was like that's Omar?I didn't even realize Kenard was the one putting the gasoline on the cat!
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He was like wtf he's all limpy and weak
The spit hanging from his mouth AND THE LOOK IN HIS EYES WAS THE BEST OF THAT SCENE..
It’s all symbolism which The Wire was infamous for..Notice Omar spits after Bunk walks away implying that Omar didn’t “swallow” the information being said to him but the show also leaves some spit hanging to also show what Bunk said some of it stuck to Omar
Kenard was a Gump
What's a gump never got that
@@mikaontgridferdinand4957 Forrest
No, Omar was a gump
@@2025-e4n both of them are gumps but I respect Omar. Kenard is a loud mouth bitch
Haven’t heard that word in years!
Kenard was the only one that wasn’t shook. He looked at Omar like he ain’t 💩
That look when he saw Omar hopping around was pure disgust. Your idols never live up to their dreams about them. Poor Kennard. The sociopath dreams.
That was craziest thing to happen. Never would have guessed those ghost and his influence would come back to haunt him by a fan
Out of all the times I have watched The Wire, I never once put it together it was Kenard that was the kid that wanted to be like Omar when the Bunk was trying to solve Tasha's murder--mind officially blown and I have been watching this show for years now--just says more about the genius that were the writers of that show--one of thee best !
The fact that Omar was analogous to Achilles.
Another reason you shouldn't smoke. Cigarettes are bad for your health yo...
Always loved that speech by Bunk about community.
Worst part is omar saw kenard walk in and thought “no worries, its just a kid.”
He shouldve been like "oh shit, that kids from the corner I robbed."
Everywhere Omar went, grown men scattered and in a matter of seconds a little boy named Kenard dropped him.
Omar trying not to laugh at bunk when bunk is acting tough with him is hilarious. These two had great moments together. RIP MKW
It's crazy cuz Omar was on point with everything the minute he let his guard down he got it he look over seen it was a youngin though nothing of it....(classic scene)
It was foreshadowed when he said Mike was just a kid as well..His homie seen Mike around the crib and got a lil spooked but Omar said he just a kid
The jump Bunk gives at 1:53 is such a great little moment. The level of anger inside him regarding Omar is so strong and visceral that for a split second there it looks like he's gonna lose it. And Omar just doesn't even flinch, he just sits there and takes it all in. Phenomenal performances
Obviously he wasn’t trained too good, he panicked and dropped the weapon so, there go your freedom shorty
What u talking bout? He won't be on no files w prints.
@@davideats9255 Yeah, but the police were looking for him after this.
@@davideats9255 Right
@@errandboynmbr7 Yes for a little black kid in a sea of black kids.
I don't remember them lookin for him by name, were they? Thought it was just some small kid they was out for.
One more season.
Kenard comes out, thinking he's going to be some shot. To find out the streets done forgot about him.
Just cause you killed Jesse James doesn’t make you Jesse james
@@user-by2qe8qd8j You get it
Omar's death was and probably always will be the most surprising thing I'll ever see on television.
It’s also amazing that a man like Omar, whose life it is to sense those around him and be able to see steps ahead, was completely unaware to Kenard walking in, lifting up the gun and hitting him point blank. Kenard was so damn small it’s like the code and rules to the game a boy like Kenard would NEVER do what he did lest he felt Omar’s or anyone else’s wrath. In the end, Omar wasn’t invincible - he just like everyone else and when Kenard saw him in that lowly gimpy state he saw that he wasn’t a big deal at all. Man what a show I miss it
Lol he saw Kennard but didn't consider him a threat so he turned away. Rewatch closely.
All the stories kennard heard and when he seen him limping just didn't add up because Omar was like invincible from everyone else mouth and kennard was like this is Omar this is who scaring everyone
Kenard didn’t stop doing what he was doing when people called Omar out. The fact that Omar didn’t notice is wild, almost every person runs or tucks tail.
Michael won't look at Omar. Quite the contrast to how he stared down Marlo. Kenard eyes Omar hard as he limps away.
He explains later that he didnt make eyes contact to avoid being recognized by Omar
In Baltimore The kids scream Omar yo’ then scatter in fear, But in the islands where he went on holiday the kids were screaming Omar! Running towards him in joy. Just shows how big the world really is.
So when I watched the Wire I seen things come full circle like Mike being the next Omar, that one soft kid being the next bubbles... who was Kenard on his way being?
Bigp352 honestly I think it might have been Chris. They both barely talked and we're psychotic
@@sarutobi43 I like that! I've never thought about that!
Always thought Kenard and Marlo seem very similar. I bet Marlo was that really small kid that wanted to be tough and he got beat down and took a life early.
Someones girlfriend in juvie.
The new Weebay or Chris
Kenard really didn't deserve that stripe with his lil soft ah 😂
Kennard was little but not soft. If somebody gave him a gun when he first came on the show his lil ass woulda been popping shit then
This Show is Poetic!
Who still watches this in 2020???
Just fired it up on HBO on Demand about 2 weeks ago! Currently on season 4 episode 6.
The Wire can't be remade and be worth watching without Omar!
David Blackwell not true
Micheal was the New Omar
I can live with that for A Remake of the wire
@@icantgetup I remember he did become Omar during his renegade period but I personally appreciate Micheal as the hustler, it can be done I see it and would still embrace it.
It's crazy that an OG like Omar was done in by a kid. Not by Marlow or any other grown gangster lol
Hearing the bell ring when Kenard walks in and seeing Omar look up made me think of the bell that Tony Soprano heard on the last episode of the sopranos. Many people presume that Tony was shot in the back of the head after hearing that last bell. Fans of the sopranos will know what I'm referring to.
Riiiiight
You know earlier in that same season tony asked "what is dying like?" And his friend said " i think it just goes black curtain closed shows over"...and thats exactly what happend
Yung Sammy Sosa Yep, and people debate what actually happened. Whole time the answer was in the beginning of that season
@Tobin My Brother 🙏🏿
Kenard wasn’t afraid because he seen that the legendary Omar could get hurt.
I was told a long time ago by My OG Crip, that whenever you're in a street war, the two most dangerous assassins are women and children.
Omar was a street legend at what he did and when you on top someone's always looking to take you down
its always someone on the bottom too.the ones you underestimate get ya everytime
Just because you killed Jesse James don’t make you Jesse James
I have watched the whole séries 3 times And never realized that
Anybody else notice Michael shoots the guy in the same leg when he takes over the omar role
Kenard was a brave, but ass and stupid kid. He had no guidance whatsoever. Not even street guidance. You had NO reason, beef or prior problems, connecting you to shoot Omar, yet here you are. This show was genius and remedial at the same time. In the end it showed he was just a scared little boy doing dumb stuff, cause what smart Gangsta, even young, drops the gun on the scene with his prints on it. Ultimately it cost him his life, if any of y'all remember. Kenard got arrested afterwards.
Damn! I wished they had another season
That's a magical shop, Omar had no limp inside it.
It always sounds like the shop cashier is singing some sorta tragic Korean opera song in that last scene. 😆
"Omar is dead”
Goddamn! That was some serious spit for that little bit of hockage by Omar.
This was the first scene I saw of THE WIRE. I WENT ON LOOKING FOR MORE AND I GOT HOOKED LIKE THAT PANDEMIC COVID NOW IN DAY
The perp walk with Det. Holley was the true icing on the cake though.
gruntbits00110101 Exactly! And he didn’t look badass at that moment!
*It's kinda crazy the police are not* running them kids off, considering there are actual dead bodies just feet away and the fact it's still an open crime scene investigation. 🤔
They're behind the crime tape aint nothing they can do about it.
He didn't cause anything it's called the game
K Adams 🗣PREACH
if you have to ask the question its not for you
K Adams Thats a quote from the show wise ass 🤦🏾♂️
@@Yrnsmoove cause it's a true statement kid
Probably best way for Omar to go. It was quick and he didn’t see it coming. After seeing what barksdale did to his boyfriend in season one, lord knows what Marlo would’ve done to him. He would not have died slow
You mean he would have died slow haha
Noah Hall lol word you right
Or Omar mightve taken down marlo if he was more methodical like the usual, but vengeance blinded him,
Re watching this scene OVER AND OVER you see Omar look to his right when the door bell goes off so he saw Kenard come in the store ,but since Kenard is "just a kid" he ignores him and sadly that cost Omar his life.
As many times as I watched this I never noticed this
5:24 that's my house with the van parked in the yard lol.
@@Tbbbbba 😂😂😂😂
Does it still look like a fuckin jungle in dere?
You better make sure them kids stop lighting cats on fire out there
You live in a shithole, you poor bastard
@@dd.4910 that’s Baltimore in general
If only Kenard had respected Omar’s views on justice & love over his fascination with violence & hate, then maybe Omar would’ve been able to reach marlo & have some kind of heroic impact on the drug scene.
That’s what I think the audience (at least my ass) wanted to see lol. A big shoot-out between Omar & Marlo, or at least get to Chris & Snoop bc they’re clearly the villains & we’re so used to seeing our heroes destroy them,
because we ourselves are a little like Kenard. Wanting to see the violent outcome, glorifying it, even becoming comfortable enough with it so that we almost want to be like Omar.
The reality unfortunately isnt that, & based on kenards expression it looks like he realized what he just did, is no longer a game. Omar was killed by the very thing that made him this enigma. The flawed/chaotic system in which he grew up in. Omar found a pocket in where he was able to live more free than either the police or the kingpins around him, feared by everyone, & guided by his own individual code. yet not even he was able to withstand the inherently flawed & chaotic nature of our system. Not even the viewer, with our romanticism of violence & vengeance, are safe from the system we grew up in. Omar is the rugged fantasy we’ve grown to love & Kenard is the gut-wrenching reminder of what we’ve neglected & refused to acknowledge.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
The most realist gangsta shit ever televised... Omar wasn’t no superhero... he was lucky, and his luck ran out...🤯💀
Bunk tryna make omar flinch took me out😂😂😂
The whole point is that Omar did not stand a chance against kennard.
He was cornered and Kennard is a child. Not once on the show did Omar hurt a child, plus the character was based on real life people, one which is said to have a code of never involve children. Thus even if he noticed Kennard’s intentions, I don’t think he would kill a child. So Omar be killed by a kid is way more convincing and accurate than by any other people in the game.
That said, I was very sad because of Omar. He was my favourite character ever. The wire’s season 5 is heartbreaking.
A kid would of been the only one that could get close enough to Omar
I’ve just fallen down the wire, you tube hole! See you in 2 hours!!
Anyone notice that string of spit coming off Omar chin when he hauljed a loogie?
No what you think that means?
Yep it was brilliant acting. No one could’ve been Omar but Michael K. Williams.
That bunk scene schooling Omar was one of the greatest scene in tv history
When Bunk talks about hanging out with the "tough kids" reminds me of that Key & Peel skit "Consequences" where the character "Donny Herrera" says "I thought it would be cool to hang out with the tough kids..."
I always thought that maybe kennard was that baby with that one crackhead that came up to Omar in season 1 and said her cheque was late.
But nahh idk