this is the same episode that wallace was killed in. the way daniels looks up to mcnulty is parallel to bodie looking down to poot on the staircase. each nods to tell the other to do the deed, play their game and know their place. standing on opposite sides, mcnulty and poot both wanna break the rules. mcnulty wants stringer locked up but the law wont allow it. poot wants wallace to live but the game wont allow it. the wire - masterpiece.
Scenes like this are what makes The Wire different. This is the climax of the entire season, no bullets fired, nobody dies, no dramatic music or hard cuts or yelling. The whole season leads up to this point and its just more character moments and a light twist.
If it was the Shield, it would've been a massive shootout with one or two of the main characters taking a hit, with Vic Mackey trying to snatch that money in the safe for himself.
@@earthmagickrising you're right but these are big arrests. Wee bey copping to all those murders turned a bunch of red unsolved murder cases into black solved ones which looked really good for their department statistics and helps justify the major crimes unit coming back in later seasons.
@@samuelmuiruri4704 no not when he was arrested. That was season 4. He talks about Bird, in season 1.. episode 7 I’m pretty sure, tells mcnulty that Bird would “throw down” with them if he has the gun on him. . Then he wears a wire down the line to get Stringer Bell caught up in the meeting that Prop Joe sets up.
You little bitches don’t have the stones to lace up and fight crime. Without those cops, you wouldn’t have anything. Someone bigger and badder would come take what you got - then someone would come take it from them… The cops put a stop to all of that.
In my opinion what made this scene so great was the eye exchange between Stringer and Avon when Stringer isn't arrested along with Avon. Normally, that would signal a snitch move, but Avon and Stringer trust each other with their lives so that look Avon gave was like, "I wonder what these "mf's" are up to with this" Best show ever.
I think the plan was definitely to make it look like Stringer was a snitch, and that's why McNulty hesitated at the top of the stairs. He was torn between going through with the plan and going back for Stringer. But Daniels over-ruled him. And although Stringer didn't get a target on his back because if it, it did start the discord between the two that would end up in the way we all know.
Brenton Rolle yeah Avon and String knew what the play was, knew the police were just trying to fuck with them. It was a weak chess move which they saw coming. **spoiler alert But the trust they have makes the season 3 backstabbing all the more dramatic.
@@AlanHope2013 no they didn't have a charge on stringer because *spoiler* Stringer got rid of the one person who had something on him - they had him but the witness ended up dead. And this didn't start the discord, at this point Avon trusts him completely.
“They think he’s tony Montana up there, he probably hasn’t touched a gun in years” not a while after when they arrested Avon he had enough arms to invade a small country.
1:48 great acting by Idris Elba. Look at his fingers and his leg. Super fidgety. Had anxiety about being arrested. Wood Harris and all the actors killed it too
The way String and Avon bounced off each other was probably my favorite part of the show, which made it that much more riveting to watch their relationship come apart at the seems.
@@jonmacie7581 that's nonsense. Big boy didn't resist and kept his hands where they were visible. If the cops just straight murdered the dude when he answered the door, those police would be in front of a judge with some serious charges. The guy may be a criminal, but as an American, he still has rights.
The way the cop puts his arm around the guard looks like he was gonna take him out for drinks and dancing or someshit. I bet they became best friends after this.
Its called de-escalating. It makes perfect sence for that situation. The guard is being passive and you wanna keep it that way. Why struggle with a massive guy when you can just get him to follow you without restraint.
Mr Pink In reality, they would’ve all been pointing their firearms at the guy and hollering at him to get on the ground!! As if EVERYBODY wants to really lay down on the ground!! Hate that shit!!
2:30 - great moment. McNulty was always obsessed about String. That was his counter-part and a big driving force that got the show going. He was far more obsessed about String, then Avon.
not exactly. watch the scene where mcnulty gets analyzed by the fbi profilers. I think it all goes back to the very first sequence in the show where stringer drew that picture and told mcnulty to go fuck himself. that or its something before the series started that we don't know about
fleshcookie oh i was just exaggerating it yaoi style. boyz lovu...seriously though they get off to one-upping eachother...whose gonna be the bottom bitch
Almost 2 full minutes with very little dialogue yet that just made the scene that much more intense. Goodness The Wire was one of the greatest shows ever!!!
It just shows how good the directing was, they didn't fill every scene with music or unneeded dialog. Like that scene with Bunk and McNulty at the apartment going over the old case, I think the entire time they're in the apartment the only dialog is the usage of the word "fuck" or some kind of variation. However what truly makes this show great was the casting, you couldn't replace any of the characters with anyone else.
nateo200 Haha yeah there are a few slips but its still MILES better then I could ever do. I mean imagine you and me trying to maintain a convincing British accent for an entire movie as an American. Lmfao I bet we would have UK audiences absolutely destroying us for our accent slips. Dominic is no Hugh Laurie but he's not bad at all!
+tankmaster1018 Lol I just look at Dominic talking sometimes and its like he's got too much teeth in his mouth or something with certain words you really just see his jaw grinding away lol
+tankmaster1018 When I found out that both West and Elba were British, I was dumbfounded. Then comes Aiden Gillen, who's Irish. Of the three, Gillen looked to be working harder at getting his mouth around an American accent, I think. He sure as hell didn't sound as though he was from Baltimore. Aren't there any American actors who can do strong acting? Sorry, but, damn! In any case, they were all exceptionally good.
@@solorxch7424 i feel you lol, but do you understand the unlimited amount of layers and themes the writers built into this show? ...Every word, gesture, eye movement, and sound has meaning...I can literally watch these scenes all day and STILL find something new lol
@@RashBoogieTV Well said. I come from a family of literary scholars. English teachers, law professors, and writers. I have convinced many of them to dedicate themselves to truly watching this show. Every single one of them absolutely loved it, and two of them now show clips from The Wire to their higher education classrooms. I think a certain type of mind, maybe ones more intellectually and academically inclined is more likely to enjoy the vast depth of this show because it leaves a breadcrumb trail that allows you to go as far down the rabbit hole as your heart desires. It brings up deeply philosophical questions rooted in morality, politics, and complex emotions. It's not like Breaking Bad for example. BB has a plot that a 3rd grader could follow and it has explosions and drama is much more appealing to a different type of viewer. Anyways, to your point, I beleive you could watch this show from start to finish an infinite number of times and still find something new to chew on.
The framing of Daniels looking up at Mcnulty in the stairwell is mirrored in the scene when Poot looks up at Bodie in the stairwell before they confront Wallace
zoo05zoo Totally. Just like later with Marlo "He does not get to win. We get to win!" I think it drives him nuts that Stringer gets to be more successful than him and there is nothing he can do about it. Maybe even a little subtle racism too, Stringer came from the streets. He is a criminal. And McNulty is supposedly so smart. It haunts McNulty that such a person can get the better of him.
asbrozek64 I think McNulty and to that extent, other investigators in police departments do have that mix of envy, racism, jealousy and even admiration because they study these guys lives, their movements, their money flows and they largely know a good deal about their beings. Thus when they find it so difficult to pin anything on them, it can drive some of them to bend or even break the law, i.e., how they got Marlo and Avon.
The infatuation mcnulty had with stringer was..mcnulty was the smartest cop on the wire and he knew it..and often thought his superiors and counterparts were not intellectually on his level..just as Stringer was intellectually superior than all his peers. mcnulty often wondered why Stringer was associated with these guys..when he clearly could be doing bigger and better things..He saw himself in Stringer.
He saw a challenge, like you said right, mcnulty is supposed to be the smartest guy in the business, and thats why he got obsessed with getting stringer
Mcnulty was obsessed by Stringer because Stringer was the smarter one. When he finds Stringers corpse he says something along the lines of "Who the fuck was this guy". He never really had a clue.
Never seen the show, heyyyyooo, but, there was two more very comfortable opportunities in that building, a little espionage, and a ticket getting punched
@@blacktsunamit never too late to see the wire. you can still watch the show out there and the quality stays the same, it won't make a difference even if you watch it 10 years later from now.
The thought didn't even cross Avon's mind because he's all about loyalty. Stringer isn't, which is why he was able to go behind Avon's back and kill D.
He had good reason to Kil D'angelo, he brought it upon himself, acting like an idiot the entire time he was locked up, refusing their help completely turning their backs on the organization. What people forget we are watching a tv show and see every scene in their reality stringer doesn't know that D'angelo changed his mind about snitching and had no idea what was going on with him anymore.
@@utizzle44 He was never going to see it ever again. Do you think the police were going to return it to him with his other property once he maid bail? Lol wishful thinking maybe.
Permitted_ This show won awards and was a huge money maker for HBO. Lol its even still being compared today against other crime-dramas like breaking bad
I mean this is probably the least nuanced and unimpressive lines and still 152 people liked it not tryna shit on you just saying goes to show how high caliber the writing was... sidenote does anyone know if the dialogue was verbatim as many writers/directors want you to stick to the script verbatim but the nuances of Baltimore hood slang combination makes it fairly difficult to be so on point example idk if cheese(method man's character) backstory was that he was a Bmore native or not but Im assuming he was so, during his interrogation with Bunk and McNulty he's being asked about his dog but that word if you from Bmore sounds alot more like "dig" so when we watched it I'm yelling "ITS DIG" at the screen everytime he said dog lol.. fellow Bmoreans did you catch that..also what are some of your other favorite words that slipped through the cracks
THERE WILL NEVER EVER EVER BE ANOTHER SHOW AS INTENSE, DRAMATIC, AND ENTERTAINING AS THE WIRE WAS. I AM JUST UPSET THEY COULD NOT SQUEEZE OUT ONE MORE SEASON
No over dramatic shootout, even big man guarding the door just walked away peacefully with SWAT. Even the way they were dressed, Avon in cool casual wear and Stringer in the short sleeve shirt and dress slacks and hard bottom shoes. The Wire will always be my favorite show of all time.
"This isn't as much fun as I thought it would be. Swat guys think there's Tony Montana up there? , these guys probably haven't touched a gun in years" Exactly what The Wire was all about. Hyper realistic!!!
At 2:45 McNulty's thinking about killing Stringer. He knows that Stringer is guilty, but they don't have enough to bring him in. He's thinking that he could say Stringer attacked him or grabbed for his gun, because they're the only two people up there. But then he looks down and sees Daniels, and he's not sure that Daniels would go along with it, so he leaves.
Sorry, but you're way off. There's no way McNulty would ever even consider killing Stringer. The entire first three seasons Jimmy had a hard-on for one thing and one thing only: catching Stringer Bell. He even said "catch you later" in this very clip. Look at how heartbroken he was that Omar and Mouzone got to him first when he would have had Stringer arrested the very next day.
ShaneSpear02 It wasn't until later seasons that the fight against Stringer became personal, largely due to the fact that they couldn't arrest Stringer here. In the first season, he's just fed up that no one's holding these guys accountable for what they're doing. He can't stand the fact that they're going to get away, even though they're responsible for more crime and violence than anyone else in Baltimore. He may have become obsessed with beating Stringer later on, but in the first season he was still chasing the idea of a just world, where people pay for their crimes. He knows the system is broken, so he considers taking the law into his own hands.
This is the moment that stringer and Avon were done. It’s here stringer starts getting the idea he’s got more brains than Avon and that his way won’t get him caught out. Avon himself I believe was thinking that he’d lucked out, his partner was still out, and “the game is the game” so with all the experience, the crew wouldn’t lose too much of a step. After the towers came down and he could see string was going to join prop joe it was all over and the power struggle really began. Sad because even at the end he didn’t wanna give up string, but he wasn’t gonna lose his rep over string’s life.
Stringer putting his glasses on to open the safe shows that he near sided so he has complications on seeing stuff right in front of him now watch him in the second season
Avon knew Baltimore police through and through. If they even SUSPECTED he had other monies hidden, they would have taken that whole build apart, nail by nail, board by board. For reference watch WE OWN THIS CITY, which is a factual retelling of actual BP procedures in action. Think: Visigoths.
Body language tells: Avon tries his best to appear laid back and relaxed, but one hand still guards the family jewels (defensive) and the picking at his face when Daniels walks up indicates a lot of discomfort
Nah dude people chill with their hand right above their dick a lot. Though usually alone. its comfortable af in a completely nonsexual way. But u right about the wiping of the mouth, though that was something he does a lot in the show
Funny thing is, if that had been a legit Delta (CAG) hit, they would have been on the floor in flex cuffs or had multiple new holes ventilating their heads before they even knew anyone was coming. SFOD-D are the best on Earth for a lot of reasons.
"open it up man, no sense in ruining a good safe" - man this guy is the greatest leader
Great actor as well
For some reason, this line made me knew this was a great fucking show with great writing. I still don't know why.
+SS KK careful man you will go down the rabbit hole!
True.
i think Avon took this like any other part of his job, it goes with the territory
When they walked out I half expected to hear "yo lock that door!".
lmfao
Alpha Delta 😂😂😂
LMAO!! good one. i was literally rolling off that one...
CRYING HAHA
Hahahah
I’ll always love how gently the swat guy escorts the big bouncer guy away from the door. It’s the little things ya know?
Ha ha. Big man is my man Perry. Good dude. Does that security stuff in real life.
@@TheFightJournalBoxing Oh wow how cool! Please pass along my compliments.
He didn't put up a fuss, so no reason to use excessive force.
@@TheFightJournalBoxing Damn
"Ey yo my boss is arresting your boss"
"Forreal? Well shit guess i'll be going"
this is the same episode that wallace was killed in. the way daniels looks up to mcnulty is parallel to bodie looking down to poot on the staircase. each nods to tell the other to do the deed, play their game and know their place. standing on opposite sides, mcnulty and poot both wanna break the rules. mcnulty wants stringer locked up but the law wont allow it. poot wants wallace to live but the game wont allow it. the wire - masterpiece.
i never caught that. I'm watching the series for the 4th time now
Damn, man, nice catch. On a show this good, you know that sort of thing is no coincidence. 'Masterpiece' is right.
very impressive that you caught that man!
You'll notice a similar subtly at the end of season 3, Stringer & Bunny both go out with the same line
+David B Yeah!!! "Get on with it Muthaf*****" Love that part!!
Scenes like this are what makes The Wire different. This is the climax of the entire season, no bullets fired, nobody dies, no dramatic music or hard cuts or yelling. The whole season leads up to this point and its just more character moments and a light twist.
Excellent points.
If it was the Shield, it would've been a massive shootout with one or two of the main characters taking a hit, with Vic Mackey trying to snatch that money in the safe for himself.
@@earthmagickrising you're right but these are big arrests. Wee bey copping to all those murders turned a bunch of red unsolved murder cases into black solved ones which looked really good for their department statistics and helps justify the major crimes unit coming back in later seasons.
I had goosebumps watching this scene for the first time
One of the themes of the wire is that nothing ever gets resolved the way you’d like it to
' aint no sense in ruining a good safe' - priorities
totally. the best line in the scene. shows the due diligence needed to build an empire.
yatu yoga Absolutely
Kenneth Agreed
yatu yoga cut your losses where you can and move from there, boss thinking
Nah, they were gonna take the money either way. Make them work for it.
It's funny as hell when that guy just opens the door, seemingly totally chill. I love this show so much.
Lmaooo fr I forget about this scene. It's been 12 episodes of chasing then he just opened the door
there was no need for drama, what could he do? in season 3 they wanted to fight but avon refused. i wonder whether ple suggest you open fire?
@@samuelmuiruri4704 Omar said bird would open up on cops
@@The_dry-god when he was arrested? can u tag the scene when he said it? he wud be killed. avon was a cool intelligent dude.
@@samuelmuiruri4704 no not when he was arrested. That was season 4. He talks about Bird, in season 1.. episode 7 I’m pretty sure, tells mcnulty that Bird would “throw down” with them if he has the gun on him. . Then he wears a wire down the line to get Stringer Bell caught up in the meeting that Prop Joe sets up.
kind of funny to watch both the dealers and the cops sitting around and laughing at the swat guys :)
Toy soldier m’fers
Right!!! Lol!!!
@@themagictheatre2965 and should be clearer now than ever that this is 1000% true!
They kill dogs they're itching so much to be killers. But unwilling to go to war.
You little bitches don’t have the stones to lace up and fight crime. Without those cops, you wouldn’t have anything. Someone bigger and badder would come take what you got - then someone would come take it from them… The cops put a stop to all of that.
In my opinion what made this scene so great was the eye exchange between Stringer and Avon when Stringer isn't arrested along with Avon. Normally, that would signal a snitch move, but Avon and Stringer trust each other with their lives so that look Avon gave was like, "I wonder what these "mf's" are up to with this" Best show ever.
Brenton Rolle untill stringer actually snitches
I think the plan was definitely to make it look like Stringer was a snitch, and that's why McNulty hesitated at the top of the stairs. He was torn between going through with the plan and going back for Stringer. But Daniels over-ruled him. And although Stringer didn't get a target on his back because if it, it did start the discord between the two that would end up in the way we all know.
Brenton Rolle yeah Avon and String knew what the play was, knew the police were just trying to fuck with them. It was a weak chess move which they saw coming.
**spoiler alert
But the trust they have makes the season 3 backstabbing all the more dramatic.
@@AlanHope2013 no they didn't have a charge on stringer because *spoiler* Stringer got rid of the one person who had something on him - they had him but the witness ended up dead. And this didn't start the discord, at this point Avon trusts him completely.
@@zacharyb2723 backstabbings ... plural!
I always laugh at the fact that mcnulty knows he won't find anything in that desk but he still had to search it😂
He was hoping to find Wallace
@@bigbowlowrong4694 D'Angelo was wondering where Wallace was, maybe he was in the desk.
Avon's just mad they interfered with his golfing plans.
lol
HAHAHAHAHA. nice.
do you reckon he was gonna play the Back 9 at the Baltimore Golf Club?
Lol...Nah Avon was going to sing Neo soul with Common later that evening. They messed his whole day up.
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
It's so funny to me the way the bald guy just opened the door like "...sup."
And the way they just take him away like "come on sir, we'll get you home" No words, no fighting back! Absolutely hilarious xD
You right, he did open it up like "yo"
The bald guy went next to the pit and helped Bodie's crew when they fought the new dealers in the next episode.
The leading him away with the arm around the shoulder was funny too.
its funny they went in there without a fucking warrant. illegal search and seizure.
“Open it up man, ain’t so sense in ruining a good safe” Avon always pays attention to the smallest details.
“They think he’s tony Montana up there, he probably hasn’t touched a gun in years” not a while after when they arrested Avon he had enough arms to invade a small country.
Love the scene where he just casually has a grenade, kinda messing with it. It’s moments like those that really separate this show from all the others
Having weapons vs using them are 2 different things
Avons guys had guns, but not Avon and Stringer. Bosses don't touch evidence.
Also when shamrock tell stringer avon got shot, he gets his handgun
@@SteppesoftheLevant having the iron on him
Was more a prop then a tool for stringer bell
1:48 great acting by Idris Elba. Look at his fingers and his leg. Super fidgety. Had anxiety about being arrested. Wood Harris and all the actors killed it too
Avon keeps taking deep breaths while he's waiting.
I was floored when I found out later that he is English. :D
I love how both Barksdale and McNulty were making fun of how much force was being used
3:01 Lt. Daniels: -"Look, do it or don't! ...but I've got places to be."
I see what you did there
Lmaooooo
🤔🤔🤔
Nobody ever mentions Avon's iconic fashion sense
He dresses like Tyler the Creator
@@herreise4987plz stop
@@truestdude?
Black people dress like clowns
It's a shame they picked him up after 26 months in a mf'in Ford though...
Absolute class acting by the large gentleman who opened the door 👏🏼
The way String and Avon bounced off each other was probably my favorite part of the show, which made it that much more riveting to watch their relationship come apart at the seems.
*seams
This is one of those scense that shows just how truly a boss Avon really was.
I was thinking the same thing, very very good character.
When he was about to go to war in a turtleneck is when I swore all allegiances to Avon
Daniels as well. RIP Lance Reddick
I love how a huge bouncer answers the door and they escort him away like hes a little girl
He wasn't the target. They had no reason to arrest him, so just cooperate and keep living
😂
If SWAT was in charge (or a different commander besides Daniels) they would have smoked him
@@jonmacie7581 that's nonsense.
Big boy didn't resist and kept his hands where they were visible.
If the cops just straight murdered the dude when he answered the door, those police would be in front of a judge with some serious charges.
The guy may be a criminal, but as an American, he still has rights.
@@YaowBucketHEAD lol what country do you live in? cops regularly get away with murder here
The brother that opened the door didn't have a single line - but was still a horrible actor... LMFAO!!!
So true
LMFAOOO it was so awkward
LMAO
He did have a line “that be mine....in fact all that’s mine” season 3 finale
@@kdizzle901 factz he went out like a OG only Wee Bay claimed more Savage cases he claimed allllllll the guns & Bay claimed allllllll the body's
"Catch you later"
And he never did.
He did. He caught him on the wire ordering a hit in season 4, but he was killed before he could arrest him. But he caught him.
Takarakara Season 3
Takarakara
"I fuckin caught Him Bunk. And he doesn't even know it"
Takarakara That's not catching him. He would have to have arrested him to have caught him.
I guess he caught him dead to rights.
The way the cop puts his arm around the guard looks like he was gonna take him out for drinks and dancing or someshit. I bet they became best friends after this.
Haha. Sure did. Like "Come on, Buddy, it's Happy Hour. First round's on me."
grab yer partner
dosey doh
Its called de-escalating. It makes perfect sence for that situation. The guard is being passive and you wanna keep it that way. Why struggle with a massive guy when you can just get him to follow you without restraint.
Ricardo Moreno they denied him the role but he showed up anyway. Thats why they walked him off like that.
Mr Pink In reality, they would’ve all been pointing their firearms at the guy and hollering at him to get on the ground!! As if EVERYBODY wants to really lay down on the ground!! Hate that shit!!
"No sense in ruining a good safe" OMGLOL. Avon is so practical.
"Ain't no sense in ruining a good safe!" Avon's character was so great.
2:30 - great moment. McNulty was always obsessed about String. That was his counter-part and a big driving force that got the show going. He was far more obsessed about String, then Avon.
Because String was a lil bit more low-key and for McNulty he seem to always wanna prove he's smarter than the smartest dealers
Stringer was his man-crush.
@@JimiGenX Yep, a Bro-mance…McNulty, the Maverick cop, couldn’t get out his mind - String, the great Queen of the streets…lol
He got even more obsessed with him when he saw him taking those college courses
The biggest fish is always the one that got away.
McNulty definitely had a man crush on Stringer.
+das it mane McNulty x stringer where the asian girlies at?
Total man crush!! FUQ
not exactly. watch the scene where mcnulty gets analyzed by the fbi profilers. I think it all goes back to the very first sequence in the show where stringer drew that picture and told mcnulty to go fuck himself. that or its something before the series started that we don't know about
fleshcookie oh i was just exaggerating it yaoi style. boyz lovu...seriously though they get off to one-upping eachother...whose gonna be the bottom bitch
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Almost 2 full minutes with very little dialogue yet that just made the scene that much more intense. Goodness The Wire was one of the greatest shows ever!!!
It just shows how good the directing was, they didn't fill every scene with music or unneeded dialog. Like that scene with Bunk and McNulty at the apartment going over the old case, I think the entire time they're in the apartment the only dialog is the usage of the word "fuck" or some kind of variation.
However what truly makes this show great was the casting, you couldn't replace any of the characters with anyone else.
reminds me of a kubric movie where you get lost in the natural noise of the scene
Them going through the trouble of setting up all that shit, just to have Daniels come up and knock on the door, is hilarious.
The way Daniels was staring at Stringer when they took Avon was one of the funniest scenes on here 😂😂😂
00:47 Nice accent Dominic! Lol "Do They think its Tony MorntARNA in there?"
+tankmaster1018 Lol his accent is so bad sometimes.
nateo200 Haha yeah there are a few slips but its still MILES better then I could ever do. I mean imagine you and me trying to maintain a convincing British accent for an entire movie as an American. Lmfao I bet we would have UK audiences absolutely destroying us for our accent slips. Dominic is no Hugh Laurie but he's not bad at all!
+tankmaster1018 Lol I just look at Dominic talking sometimes and its like he's got too much teeth in his mouth or something with certain words you really just see his jaw grinding away lol
+tankmaster1018 When I found out that both West and Elba were British, I was dumbfounded. Then comes Aiden Gillen, who's Irish. Of the three, Gillen looked to be working harder at getting his mouth around an American accent, I think. He sure as hell didn't sound as though he was from Baltimore. Aren't there any American actors who can do strong acting? Sorry, but, damn! In any case, they were all exceptionally good.
+tankmaster1018 tony montanner
I like how Avon and McNulty are on the same page about the SWAT guys lol
y’all love a lot of shit damn just watch the show sdfu
@@solorxch7424 wtf
@@solorxch7424 i feel you lol, but do you understand the unlimited amount of layers and themes the writers built into this show? ...Every word, gesture, eye movement, and sound has meaning...I can literally watch these scenes all day and STILL find something new lol
@@RashBoogieTV Well said. I come from a family of literary scholars. English teachers, law professors, and writers. I have convinced many of them to dedicate themselves to truly watching this show. Every single one of them absolutely loved it, and two of them now show clips from The Wire to their higher education classrooms. I think a certain type of mind, maybe ones more intellectually and academically inclined is more likely to enjoy the vast depth of this show because it leaves a breadcrumb trail that allows you to go as far down the rabbit hole as your heart desires. It brings up deeply philosophical questions rooted in morality, politics, and complex emotions. It's not like Breaking Bad for example. BB has a plot that a 3rd grader could follow and it has explosions and drama is much more appealing to a different type of viewer. Anyways, to your point, I beleive you could watch this show from start to finish an infinite number of times and still find something new to chew on.
Love how Avon was just sitting in the chair waiting on em with his hand down his pants *Al Bundy* style #Legend 😂😂😂😂
Avon always dressed the coolest.
Lol the actor that play as avon from nyc what you expect lol
@@bornfromforeign you tried
@Rasul Daniels but he went to school in nyc tho i did not say he were he was born and raise
@@bornfromforeign yeah. at least u tried.
@@GodlikeGerman lol this nigga tried to redeem himself and still got clowned 😂😂😂😂😂
Look at these delta force muffuggas
Avon is the best
Favorite black character, along with Omar, Lester and Michael Lee.
And Slim Charles.
No show to this day has the balls to say it like it is. Like how it actually is, not how someone think it is. One of the greatest shows ever made.
one of the guys who crated the series was a cop who worked in Baltimore law enforcement I think
@@Renzuken3lol they had a little more expertise than an ex cop
That look on Stringer's face. "Wait, so I'm in charge?"
I f****** love Avon Barksdale in every scene he's in
Wow, I just noticed the similarity in this scene to the Poot/Bodie staircase exchange. Very clever.
The framing of Daniels looking up at Mcnulty in the stairwell is mirrored in the scene when Poot looks up at Bodie in the stairwell before they confront Wallace
I think McNulty was torn between hating Stringer Bell and being insanely envious of him.
zoo05zoo I'm not sure if it was either so much as he wanted to catch him for his own ego; Avon was the one he got and Stringer the one that got away.
zoo05zoo Totally. Just like later with Marlo "He does not get to win. We get to win!" I think it drives him nuts that Stringer gets to be more successful than him and there is nothing he can do about it. Maybe even a little subtle racism too, Stringer came from the streets. He is a criminal. And McNulty is supposedly so smart. It haunts McNulty that such a person can get the better of him.
asbrozek64 I think McNulty and to that extent, other investigators in police departments do have that mix of envy, racism, jealousy and even admiration because they study these guys lives, their movements, their money flows and they largely know a good deal about their beings. Thus when they find it so difficult to pin anything on them, it can drive some of them to bend or even break the law, i.e., how they got Marlo and Avon.
zoo05zoo Nah son it was a respect thing. A mutual respect between consummate professionals.
Myk McGrane "Consummate professionals" Are we talking about the dude who fucked two hookers during a sting operation?
I liked the safe I wish they did more with him. He was a good safe.
McNulty's accent slips here: "Tony Montan-er"
Who cares?
@@dejan17464 Weirdo
@@dejan17464 I called u weirdo do ya?
@@dejan17464 Weak mind asf
Man, get ghost of the replies go-go.. delete all your replies.
Yet again i watched a recommended wire clip, now i will watch clips again for two weeks, then give up and rewatch the show
I just like how Avon and stinger turn around and have their arms ready to get handcuff without the officers saying anything
The infatuation mcnulty had with stringer was..mcnulty was the smartest cop on the wire and he knew it..and often thought his superiors and counterparts were not intellectually on his level..just as Stringer was intellectually superior than all his peers.
mcnulty often wondered why Stringer was associated with these guys..when he clearly could be doing bigger and better things..He saw himself in Stringer.
He saw a challenge, like you said right, mcnulty is supposed to be the smartest guy in the business, and thats why he got obsessed with getting stringer
Well said.
***** Lester was indeed the smartest, but McNulty did still have some brains.
I would say Daniels also deserves a top 3 spot in this discussion, they were all intelligent in different ways
Mcnulty was obsessed by Stringer because Stringer was the smarter one. When he finds Stringers corpse he says something along the lines of "Who the fuck was this guy". He never really had a clue.
Avon dressed like dave chappelle dressed like p.diddy
😂😂😂😂😂😂 exactly
Stringer forgot to tell McNulty to close the door
Never seen the show, heyyyyooo, but, there was two more very comfortable opportunities in that building, a little espionage, and a ticket getting punched
I watched it in 2019 after hearing that it's the best show ever. Thought it must be overrated but hands down it is the best show ever
Yea... u mad late brother.
@@blacktsunamit never too late to see the wire. you can still watch the show out there and the quality stays the same, it won't make a difference even if you watch it 10 years later from now.
I watch it again every couple years, it’s the best. Holds up against any newer show IMO.
I had Wire as #1 but that slow ass Newspaper season made me put Breaking Bad #1
@@Streetsandtrickey You came to a Wire clip, scrolled through the comments just to say this? No one gives a shit
The Wire was not so much a cable TV series, it was more of a masterpiece theater.
Absolutely!!
A visual novel
Good thing A didn't think too much on String not getting arrested with him. Most leaders would think that their #2 crossed them.
The thought didn't even cross Avon's mind because he's all about loyalty. Stringer isn't, which is why he was able to go behind Avon's back and kill D.
He had good reason to Kil D'angelo, he brought it upon himself, acting like an idiot the entire time he was locked up, refusing their help completely turning their backs on the organization. What people forget we are watching a tv show and see every scene in their reality stringer doesn't know that D'angelo changed his mind about snitching and had no idea what was going on with him anymore.
Such an important point that we always forget when watching tv shows and movies.
iRuckiz just like d probably never knew that stringer seduced his wife.... maybe he knew, we would never know
latenight cashews Donetta wasn’t D’s wife. But D didn’t want to see her anymore either. She was greedy AF!
Avon is more worried about damaging the safe than losing $150,000 or going to jail. Must be nice
They were gonna get at it anyway. Might as well preserve the safe.
@@utizzle44 He was never going to see it ever again. Do you think the police were going to return it to him with his other property once he maid bail? Lol wishful thinking maybe.
Michael all Depends on what they could prove and what the lawyer could have salvaged.
@@utizzle44 Good luck proving monetary loses, let alone the amounts. It takes years to get back IF you are lucky and it was properly filed.
@@ftffighter I think Levy could have managed it.
Avon had 150k in a safe. But was making dudes split 2k, four ways for a hit 😂😂😂
Act broke to stay rich tbh
@@Potatotenkopf that's diabolical 🤣🤣 500 dollars for a body is WILD
McNulty to Stringer: “Catch you later.” Epic.
Once you know that Mcnulty is British you can hear the accent come through. Stringer is flawless thought.
His accent is shyte
"Catch you later" oh the writing in this show...
"I caught him, Bunk... and he doesn't fucking know it."
Permitted_ This show won awards and was a huge money maker for HBO. Lol its even still being compared today against other crime-dramas like breaking bad
I mean this is probably the least nuanced and unimpressive lines and still 152 people liked it not tryna shit on you just saying goes to show how high caliber the writing was... sidenote does anyone know if the dialogue was verbatim as many writers/directors want you to stick to the script verbatim but the nuances of Baltimore hood slang combination makes it fairly difficult to be so on point example idk if cheese(method man's character) backstory was that he was a Bmore native or not but Im assuming he was so, during his interrogation with Bunk and McNulty he's being asked about his dog but that word if you from Bmore sounds alot more like "dig" so when we watched it I'm yelling "ITS DIG" at the screen everytime he said dog lol.. fellow Bmoreans did you catch that..also what are some of your other favorite words that slipped through the cracks
Permitted_ A ton of holes and tv moments in the wire.
Tim I’m from Detroit. You think I’m worried about Baltimore?
There will never be another epic series like this nor will there ever be another time in our lives to make a series about it
2:35 "Yo McNulty , lock that door"
💀💀💀💀
Open it man. No sense in ruining a good safe. Classic!!!!!!!
It's funny as hell when that guy just opens the door, seemingly totally chill. I love this show so much.
I was blown away when i found out the dude that plays McNulty is british.
0:51 delta force be looking THICC
Hahaha
Wow wtf as I was reading this comment, I was paused on that exact moment lmao shits trippy
Ludicrous Platypus Pause🤣
Ludicrous Platypus 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀
Missed your comment a few years ago. Came back to give you your medal, you dog.
THERE WILL NEVER EVER EVER BE ANOTHER SHOW AS INTENSE, DRAMATIC, AND ENTERTAINING AS THE WIRE WAS. I AM JUST UPSET THEY COULD NOT SQUEEZE OUT ONE MORE SEASON
They could. Of and should of ...I make everyone watch the wire sopranos boe it's must and bb
2 many epic scenes in this series. 2 many!!
Avon was a legend!
0:54 504 new Orleans connection. I think Wallace's grandmas house was 504 on the door. Very subtle.
Just a little reminder for you- the only cop to fire a gun in the entire show was Prez- once by accident into a wall and once killing another cop..
Really. Are you sure...? Wow that is a great fact. Herc only fired the nail gun
Really? Wow
I saw him fire shots at the towers when those hoodlums were throwing bottles at him, Herc and Carver.
He shot at random apartment buildings in the towers when the gun butted the kid lol lets not forget that
@@tyscrollz4764 nice pull, detective. and you are...?
No over dramatic shootout, even big man guarding the door just walked away peacefully with SWAT. Even the way they were dressed, Avon in cool casual wear and Stringer in the short sleeve shirt and dress slacks and hard bottom shoes. The Wire will always be my favorite show of all time.
"This isn't as much fun as I thought it would be. Swat guys think there's Tony Montana up there? , these guys probably haven't touched a gun in years"
Exactly what The Wire was all about. Hyper realistic!!!
Imagine if the big man let the door close behind him. 😂😂
Gotta knock on the door again like "cmon man let us come in please"
I love the eye twitch Avon does when you hear the cuffs snap on him
Show how ruthless, raw and prepared he is, a true king
Such a amazing writing
McNulty's British accent slip. lol "Tony Montaner"
At 2:45 McNulty's thinking about killing Stringer.
He knows that Stringer is guilty, but they don't have enough to bring him in. He's thinking that he could say Stringer attacked him or grabbed for his gun, because they're the only two people up there. But then he looks down and sees Daniels, and he's not sure that Daniels would go along with it, so he leaves.
Sorry, but you're way off. There's no way McNulty would ever even consider killing Stringer. The entire first three seasons Jimmy had a hard-on for one thing and one thing only: catching Stringer Bell. He even said "catch you later" in this very clip. Look at how heartbroken he was that Omar and Mouzone got to him first when he would have had Stringer arrested the very next day.
No, he's thinking about closing the door behind Daniels and Avon then embracing String in a passionate French kiss. LMAO
ShaneSpear02 It wasn't until later seasons that the fight against Stringer became personal, largely due to the fact that they couldn't arrest Stringer here. In the first season, he's just fed up that no one's holding these guys accountable for what they're doing. He can't stand the fact that they're going to get away, even though they're responsible for more crime and violence than anyone else in Baltimore.
He may have become obsessed with beating Stringer later on, but in the first season he was still chasing the idea of a just world, where people pay for their crimes. He knows the system is broken, so he considers taking the law into his own hands.
Cortion Carter strangling corpses and faking a serial killer = integrity
+Dingus Flotbottom He did what he had to do because of Carcetti's budget fuck ups! Not Jimmy's fault!
The bouncer opened the door like "uhh, can I help you?" LOL
This is the moment that stringer and Avon were done. It’s here stringer starts getting the idea he’s got more brains than Avon and that his way won’t get him caught out. Avon himself I believe was thinking that he’d lucked out, his partner was still out, and “the game is the game” so with all the experience, the crew wouldn’t lose too much of a step. After the towers came down and he could see string was going to join prop joe it was all over and the power struggle really began. Sad because even at the end he didn’t wanna give up string, but he wasn’t gonna lose his rep over string’s life.
Stringer putting his glasses on to open the safe shows that he near sided so he has complications on seeing stuff right in front of him now watch him in the second season
Am I trippin or am I just now realizing mcnullty accent comin out lmaoo @0:48
Jimmy on his way out
String: ayo shut that door
The one time Stringer opens a door
Plowbeast 😂
Stringer upon McNulty's exit: -"Yo, lock that door, man! Lock that door."
Sometimes I forget that the Wire is a TV show. It feels more like documentary
Avon sitting there like Al Bundy. hahah
Cop mocks the swat team for going too gun ho, then goes full hold-my-beer "you and me lieutenant" solo charge.
2:24 that look from Avon is legendary lol
"Catch you later..." man this show was a pure master class
Daniels walks like robocop.
On anything he played on! 🤣RIP Lt.
They didn't read him his rights.
No wonder he made bail so fast! 🤣🤣
The Wire seasons 1-4 is the television at its finest. As far as I'm concerned, nothing beats seasons 1-4.
Like nothing
I think GOT S1-4 takes the Wire at a dead heat. Both perfect television.
@@TheBreezus didn't really like the pacing of 2 ...and 5 was alil off too but i understand the purpose of the seasons
Give me Season 1 and 3.
avon, stringer and bunk shouldve had clothing lines
Love how Avon and Stringer are dressed like a couple old men
Avon knew Baltimore police through and through. If they even SUSPECTED he had other monies hidden, they would have taken that whole build apart, nail by nail, board by board. For reference watch WE OWN THIS CITY, which is a factual retelling of actual BP procedures in action. Think: Visigoths.
Body language tells: Avon tries his best to appear laid back and relaxed, but one hand still guards the family jewels (defensive) and the picking at his face when Daniels walks up indicates a lot of discomfort
Nah dude people chill with their hand right above their dick a lot. Though usually alone. its comfortable af in a completely nonsexual way. But u right about the wiping of the mouth, though that was something he does a lot in the show
Except its not real and he's acting...
@Mister Miggs this is some sensensiful shit of pure real talk
Funny thing is, if that had been a legit Delta (CAG) hit, they would have been on the floor in flex cuffs or had multiple new holes ventilating their heads before they even knew anyone was coming. SFOD-D are the best on Earth for a lot of reasons.
"Ah fuck this shit... You and me lieutenant."
#Ofcoursehesaidthat
Daniels must have got his vest from he children’s section of the Tactical Clothing dept.
1:31 - I lold way too hard on this.
Kills me everytime when the SWAT guy gently puts his hand on his back and escorts him away, LOL
+Kayfabe6ix "Why hello officers! Come on in!"
"Please sir, step right this way. Watch your step now!"
The only right he had?
Right this way!
Avon looking like Tiger Hoods sitting there.
2:52
it'll never be enough, Mcnulty. No matter if it's the perfect case, biggest arrest, it'll never be enough.
McNulty: "Catch ya later"
Me: "You did catch him.. on the wire... but Bell never knew"
I feel good about that scene mcnulty ego didn't deserve that