The Wire - Season 3 Finale - Avon Arrested
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I love Avon's reaction. He knew he was caught and had to smile. Then he sat his ass down and let them rush. Wood Harris was everything in this role.
JamesBaldwinLover
Smiles and cries
its the game.
Yeah man it's a beautiful scene. He's a chess player and he knows there's nothing to do after checkmate. Just chill. You played a good game. Sometimes you lose. Enjoy all of it.
Nah, he cracked up once he heard McNulty say open the door. Ad lib from Wood Harris.
Agreed!! 💯👍🏽
I love how Jimmy thinks he’s hurting Avon by showing him that. In actuality he does Avon a huge favor. Avon doesn’t need to feel one ounce of remorse for giving up Stringer while he’s in Jessup.
How did he give him up???
Brother Mouzone visits Avon at a barber shop and tells him if you don’t give up Stringer, he will close his connection to NY. now most people were getting dope from Prop Joe’s connect, but Avon never really was down for doing that. As for cocaine, joe even says one episode he still gets his coke from NYC
@@Duzz14 yep it’s crazy how they both gave each other up at the same time Avon didn’t want to and stringer did it for greed
In the end did Avon agree killing his cousin was necessary
@@righteousmasculine Stringer also thought that he was smarter than everyone else. He didn't really follow street protocol either and never felt like he had to. 2 other examples of that was when he made his move on D'Angelo's girl & OK'ed the hit on Omar oblivious to the fact that there was a truce on Sundays.
String sealed his death certificate the moment he turned Omar on Brother Mouzone. Given the reason that Mouzone was in B'More in the 1st place, there was no good reason to do that either.
I love that that guy handling the weapons immediately knew to let Avon wipe his prints and then claim all those guns and weapons were his (not that it mattered obvs) but it just made me think about how much loyalty and respect Avon’s crew had for him, they’d martyr themselves instantly if he told them to
Reason it didn't matter because stringer ensured that Avon got hit with a not only a parole violation but Rico charges murder and conspiracy to murder remember colvin warned stringer that the info he's telling him is gonna put Avon away for life now regarding the Rico charges avon got hit with what a Rico means everyone in the safe house gets hit with the same charge and if you remember levy warned Avon early on that if he ever got hit with a Rico there'll be nothing he can do and Daniels told Avon the case is now federal that's why we didn't see Avon in the final episode because he was transferred to federal prison
Yeah, when Avon's saying the there's only two day you spend in prison, the other dude finished it. Them boys believe the cause.
That guy was Perry, one of Avon’s OG Enforcers and the only one to survive the events of Season 1 (not getting killed or arrested).
More like how stupid and brainwashed
When Avon got locked, the wire was never the same
But still brilliant.
Dude you posted a huge ass fuckin novel that no one will ever attempt to read
ElementMaster22 You tell that Cartman, Cartman!
***** he needs to respect my authoritah
+ElementMaster22 bruh seriously I read up until the beginning of stringer and noticed it was a damn essay and instantly scrolled down and saw ur comment and died :)
Just a gut wrenching scene; everyone really wanted to see Avon's wraith. The imagery here is sick though, the the king gets surrounded like a checkmate. It all relates back to the chess game.
Yeah, that's reflected in his smile too when he finally realizes he is 100% caught. His smile is huge, and it's because he's thinking about everything he's done, how many victories he's had, and how incredible it is that he made it as far as he did. In that smile, you can almost hear him thinking "Damn it took ya'll bitches THIS long to nail me? Aite good game."
@@locrianphyrigian3779 Peace G
@@locrianphyrigian3779 I mean he had just gotten busted a year prior lol but yeah this was definitely more “for real” this time
Got too focused on Marlo, forgot to be diligent in the "bigger picture"
He lost his queen
Marlo getting smoked wouldve been a net gain for the city of Baltimore, his body count was on some terrorist type of shit.
Yeah, he was on some Pol Pot type shit
rofl
M. Royer what does body count mean?
the more the cops think they make it better....the more they make it worse. I was in Chicago around 2011 2012 when a big drug organization went down and it was in all the papers and somebody that I knew who was connected to it in law enforcement said straight up "its about to get real violent around here" because he knew they just opened up a power vacuum. And its been a shooting gallery ever since
@@deepvoice4195 amount of people killed
Big man with the leather jacket and glasses was a real one. No hesitation on anything, took Avon’s gun out of his hand, told the cops all the fire arms(including grenade) were his. True solider respect to him
Only cause avon was giving him some good d!ck
He had nothing to lose either he took or they all went for them that shit wouldn’t work in real life Avon was right there in a room full of guns just cause they wasn’t in his hand doesn’t mean he wouldn’t be convicted for them being a felon in a room full of guns ur automatically guilty look at mob bosses they have gave them life over conversations they never get there hands dirty it’s called rico
Facts
Ummmmm... He's not a soldier; he's an actor. It's make-believe, not a documentary.
@@keithmorgan742 must be fun at parties
Marlo was lucky, he had no idea he was about to get got.... like a forty-degree day!
yep, the cops saved marlo's life
Daniel De La Vera i literally left the 40 degree day video and came right to this one lmao
Daniel De La Vera best show in tv history
It shows you that not everyone's success is entirely of their own making. Luck has a part in everything.
they cops should have saved their time in season five, looking for marlo. avon was about to help them. let him help u
"That be mine... in fact, all that's mine." Probably my favorite comedic line in the whole show.
The shrug of the shoulder at the grenade is even better, one of my favorite moments of the entire show
Made even more hilarious by the fact that his character has maybe had 5 lines since season one.
U got a law degree? Lol fucking daniels
"You got a law degree?"
Was so fuckin disappointing that Avon & his troops didnt get to go smoke Marlo & destroy his whole shit
+wee~leon Agree. Avon was to me likable character, unlike Marlo.
I thought the same
Fuck Marlo man
Any other show like Sons of Anarchy or Boardwalk Empire would've shown this epic firefight. The Wire showed a lot of restraint on that end and deprived the viewer of what we've become accustomed to seeing. It basically showed that when Avon and Stringer undercut each other we don't get to see Marlo or Clay Davis get killed.
Boardwalk gets a pass on that thought because, it was prohibition era, you could get away with murder like it wasn't nothing especially in organized crime
It saddens me how close Marlo's crew was to falling. I never noticed the phone ringing in the background. What, a minure more, Avon picks up the phone, gives the okay, and Marlo is done for.
@Corey Pack Have you seen Chris shoot lol
They shoulda did the shit regardless
Chris wouldn’t go take out slim and other people while they were outnumbered like that!
Be a little slow, be a little late, just once.
That’s what I was thinking it was a war they had a chance to kill them they didn’t need a ok Avon could have had bad signal on his phone they knew what they was there for
I really wanted Avon's crew to get Marlo. Man, if only Slim Charles wouldn't have missed his shot.
His shot on who?
He didnt mean that literally you dunce.
Slim Charles was waiting for the call for the go to kill them
Truthful to the character he portrayed, Slim Charles had to remain the one with discipline amongst the soldiering officers, not hot-headed like some of his drivers. He had to take in consideration the unknown variable that 5-0 suddenly could be creeping up on the hit squad, too, at that very instant. Ultimately, traits that kept him from going ghost.
mpuchar You’re this fucking bitter for what?
If Stringer hadn't given Avon up, the rest of this series could've gone very differently.
would appreciate that
no shit
we wouldn't have that amazing Season 4 tho. those poor kids :'(
@@hotr400 They could've done the same thing with the kids but have them working on a Barksdale corner than a Marko corner.
Fragility of life
Damn disappointing that Marlo didn't get to be destroyed by Avon
The one time that the cops dun goofed by doing something.
the cops dun goofed up plenty of times. the entire department was goofed up.
Oh he still ends up embarrassing Marlo... in fact he ends up owning Marlo.
In the end, Avon is the king in jail, most likely gets a cut of all the action, and doesn't matter if he does 7 or 30 years, when he gets out, he is an old OG who is still feared. Hell, I bet when Slim took over the connect, he won't forget about his boy Avon in the joint. Omar also a legend. A dead man who is fondly remembered by friends and foes alike, as a crazy badass who died fighting off 45 attackers who all had ak47's. Meanwhile Marlo? SHEEEEEEEET. He just a nobody business man, who either spends his life in total boredom, or goes out to the street, where he will either get killed, or arrested and put away for good. So Omar and Avon both won over Marlo.
@@transformersrevenge9 agreed
“Y’all ugly ass niggas ain’t got no business being in here with these guns and shit!” LMAO!!! Was I the only one that cracked up at that part?? Avon was a trip!!! 1:03 That look on his face was priceless!! LOL. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂💯
🤣🤣🤣
Lol yeah that smile as he hides a gun under a blankie
McNulty exclaiming why no-knock warrants are a bad idea.
Facts
They're unconstitutional but the law has never stopped a police officer before.
Wood Harris played this part perfectly.
He really did play this role perfectly.....I was actually sad when they arrested him lol. In this series it's crazy because guys who normally would be considered evil....the Wire does a great job of showing their human side whether you a drug dealer, a cop, or an addict. Marlo character and his crew seemed to have less emotion and respect which was purposefully done. Even Bodie makes a comment to McNulty saying people like Marlo dont have respect ....he gotta go
I always wanted Avon to get more screen time. He was a great character
Facts thought i was the only one
@@mgmanboy3959 nope every the wire fan loves avon
@@spha4083 i was agreeing with him on the screen time
@@mgmanboy3959my bad, avon was my favourite character season 1
@@spha4083 facts
Dayum I totally forgot that Marlo would have got killed if Avon didn't get arrested. Great scene.
@jessesam nah Marlos a punked who would have gotten lit up.
He wanted it to be one way....but it's the other way
Ok Keefe D
Slim Charles was a real one. salute
I really don't think that nigga was even acting
Stringer did Avon dirty.
And Avon did Stringer dirty too...
You gotta love the irony in this. Avon put that hit out on his "boy", but before Stringer was murked, he gave Avon up....LOL
MultiMIRIAAM Stringer fucked up so many times and it was his fault Mouzone was on his ass and was threatening to cut the new york connect if Avon didn't give Stringer up even after everything he still tried to buy Mouzone off
Avon kept it in the streets though
Stringer straight up snitched smh
you realize Mcnulty had Stringer name falsified on the document right?
"Come on Avon. Enough with this shit. Open the fucking door!" - McNulty 1:23
You know that shit was ad-libbed when Avon started laughing.
That's not what he's laughing at
Avon ultimately "won" at least because he would have gotten out eventually. Marlo was left alone on a street corner. Going to prison? He would have wanted it that way. Dead? He would have wanted it that way. And he couldn't handle going legit. He was already forgotten. For Marlo, that was hell.
Omar also won. Omar is a legend in the city, for years to come. Meanwhile Marlo is forgotten before his ass even got out on parole.
Marlo got $10 million. Avon will be in and out of prison for life, Omar is dead. I mean, they have the bigger names on the street, they are legends, and Marlo isn't. And happiness is subjective. But Marlo never got checkmated and he never really had to suffer for his crimes.
He's the only real winner
@@NoName-cz3wn He kinda did get checkmated. He seems like the impulsive, power hungry psychopath, who cared more about spreading his influence, than making money. He isn't like Stringer, who wants to cash out and live a non-criminal life. Unlike Barksdale organization, Leavy instantly recognize Marlo, not as a long term business partner, but as someone who will be in trouble very soon. And hell, on his first night out as a ''businessman'', Marlo already went down to the street to start some shit. I'd give Marlo about a year, before he tries to get back in the game, and either gets killed, or busted. To Marlo, his name is more important than money. He wants his name to inspire fear and respect. If he wanted money, he would have joined Stringer in the co-op, or listened to Prop Joe earlier. But he wanted both of them to die. Omar, Avon and Mcnulty all won, because they took away what mattered most to the man. His narcissistic pride in his name. Without that, he is just an empty shell of a man, with a lot of money.
@@transformersrevenge9 I'm saying it depends on perspective, and what you want out of life. Marlo walked away without getting what HE wanted, but he walked away with something most people spend a lifetime struggling for-- financial security. But more importantly than that, he walked away period. So while 25yo Marlo prob hates that, 50yo Marlo is gonna look at his grandkids and think "Checkmate".
*Edit* I get what you're saying about getting back in the game, its always possible in that culture, but I have to go off the info we do have. As of the end of the show, he's a free man with $10mil to start a new life. The truth about someone like Omar is he was dead years before he took that final bullet. To the streets he may have been a legend, but inside, he was a broken man. Like how ppl say Michael is the new Omar... ask yourself how Michael ended up there. Same with Omar. The only way you get THAT raw in the face of death is when you have no life left to give.
@@NoName-cz3wn I gotta say though, even though we don't get to see what happens to Marlo after -30-, I feel like the show was strongly hinting at the fact that he'll never be able to stay away from the game. Even with all his wealth, he was still out there fucking around on the corner.
The wire was never the same after Stringer's death and Avon getting locked up 😥😥😥
yea it became better
Shoaib Ashraf oh please... the Stanfield era is the best tv ive seen of all time, but it was never the same without Omar tho.
well only a couple episodes occurred after Omar before the show ended so
zero more like worse
Asmah Noordin no it wasn't it was weak
Classic scene. That's how a boss is supposed to react. Avon was a G
I might be overthinking it, but to me the funniest thing that goes unnoticed in this scene is Avon's clear knowledge of Possession loopholes. Cops who find a weapon or substance within commonplace furniture shared by all who coexist within said building cannot prove one's exclusive ownership of said substance/weapon/item by that 'evidence' alone, as the furniture is shared by all who coexist with it. Avon's smug smile as he puts the weapons under the cloth on the couch is the funniest thing about this scene because he knows the reaction it would recieve from a cop let alone a lawyer. The weapon is clearly his and he'll rub it in by sitting right next to it. Pretty hilarious and a nice addition to the scene. Of course he still got done because of Stringer but still hilarious.
Believe me them loop holes wouldn’t hold up in federal court they have convicted mafia bosses for just knowing about crimes there not stupid state court and federal court are two complete different beast and Daniels said they was taking it to the feds in this scene
Came here to hear slim charles' voice.
"Damn, missed our shot.
Roll, man."
2:00 Brick, where'd you get a hand grenade? " I don't know." lol
I think Avon was relieved. It seemed very clear, after Stringer's death, that his heart just wasn't into the gangster shit any more. Slim Charles pushed him to keep going, but you could tell that he only agreed superficially. I think he actually envied Dennis Wise for being able to admit that the game wasn't in him no more.
+Schrodinger I agree. D'Angelo's death really shook him up even though he hid it. I think he enjoyed being the king but felt that he had already climbed to the top and didn't want to have to keep warring his whole life. Just wanted to be on top. And oddly enough, he got that in prison.
+Schrodinger He realized that Stringer was correct. He had no nephew, no best friend, no good soldiers left, all for the sake of some corners when he was already rich.
I honestly dont agree with that. After the death of Stringer...Avon was obviously grieving and felt responsible but I think he had the mindset the game will get you one way the other....jail or death so he was able to smile at the end saying I played the game well
Avon still a G in prison though. Most likely getting a cut of the action, especially with the super loyal Slim in charge of the connect now. And no matter if he does 30 years or 7, once he gets out, he will be one of them old OG's, that are really feared.
No mo'.
This is such a heart-breaking scene...... Marlo's reign starts right here
And the irony is that if the cops had waited just a bit longer to arrest Avon, they wouldn't have had to chase down Marlo's crew who were responsible for all those vacant killings...
@@shortyrags Avon knew even if he went down Marlo wouldn't last long as the king of B-more
Avon just had no stomach for war by this point. Stringer was dead and he'd had enough. Look at the amusement and relief on his face after the initial surprise when the cops showed up. He knew he was done, he was going back to his Jail where he would be king, and he was okay with it. Great acting.
Avon was still a cold blooded killer he wanted Marlo and bad y u think in prison he said in here I’m some what of a authority figure Avon loved it the look on his face when the police knocked was acceptance he knew it was over what else could he do but smile he could have cryed I geuss that wouldn’t have helped him
People try to make it like Avon had a code but he was just as dirty as Marlo when he was in Jessup the first time he was intentionally saling bad dope to kill people so he could get a early release by acting like he stopped it if that’s not cold blooded I don’t know what is he was worse than Marlo to be honest because he was smarter and could come across as likable were Marlo just didn’t have people skills and ruled only by force Avon ruled by manipulation and ruthlessness
This is an awful analysis 😂
Dam Marlo crew would of got smoke if it wasn't for snitching as stringer bell
I love the brilliance of this show, it perfectly captures the futility of the war on drugs. It’s a war that cannot be won and Bunny saw that. Marlo was literally satan in the flesh and the last guy you wanted to be running Baltimore. Avon would of taken Marlo out, if not for the police and order would of been restored. Sometimes it’s just better to let nature work itself out. The hood will police itself. How many lives would of been saved had Avon clipped Marlo here? They poured gasoline on the fire and fueled Marlo’s reign to the top. All the police did here was take out Marlo’s only competition, the only person with the balls to go to war with him. Thus handing Baltimore over to the most evil character on the show. Arresting a drug dealer is only helping his competition, someone else is going to take his place. In this case the world was a lot better off with Avon in charge.
That's some cynical bs man. Drug kingpins don't just grow day after day. Just ask any mid-level firm how quickly they will get replacement for a leading position. As the show exemplified many times: Not anybody is fit to be a druglord. The more you arrest, the faster the new guys have to rise up. The faster they have to act, the more mistakes they make. If you put constant pressure on the system, it breaks.
The show decided to have Avon caught in this climactic moment - but the show also repeatedly showed us that this "nature seeking itself out" regularly cost innocent lives. Because there ain't legions of Omar Littles out there whistlin'.
crazy how Stringer and Avon both gave each other up at the same time pretty much in there own ways. They both put an end to that empire.
No Avon was still running shit in Jail. Marlo had to go through him to get to the connect and got taxed. Plus he was only in there for a few years. As soon as he got out he would have been right back in the game without a hickup. Slim and Fat Face rick had the connect at the end.
Avon probably would have found Marlo and put him on
Actually he got 5 years for violating the parole and another 25 for weapons and conspiracy to commit murder.
@@dominiquepettway1142 and you're also forgetting the Rico charges Avon got hit with and that the case was now federal as Daniels told Avon and colvin warned stringer the information he gave up was gonna put Avon away for life there's a reason we didn't see Avon in the final episode he was transferred to a federal prison to serve his life sentence
@@dominiquepettway1142 he didn’t get charge for the weapons
Alternate history: Avon's crew kill Marlo & Chris. The Barksdale empire absorbs the Stanfield corners and the once again is most powerful organisation in Baltimore.
There's an uneasy peace between the Prop Joe & the Co-Op on one side and the Barksdales on the other. Slim Charles is second in command in all but name.
Slim was definitely Avon's second after String died
Maybe even before. He was making decisions that String couldn't change
This scene is still so crazy, Marlo was so close to being killed right here if only Avon had a few more minutes to let Slim make that call so he could answer.. Slim being so structured and waiting for direction ironically was the downfall if you took stringer snitching out the equation
His reaction to getting caught priceless. Just as he's about to win the war he gets done in by the police and he handles it with a smile. Avon was a real G
What else could he do start crying lol
@@caseymckenzie3951dumb question
crazy to think slim Charles was just about to kill Marlo and then a year or two later he sitting at the table with him at the co-op and Marlo was offering him his own crew as hungry man's replacement. Marlo don't even know he had him in his sights and he could be a Deadman
that guy with spectacles at 1.58 who says all the weapons are his is taking responsibility for Avon(the guy who takes whiskey when the police come in)i had not noticed that before. then when i saw stringer talking to colvin at the grave yard, i noticed stringer said the crew would claim to own the weapons , so he advised colvin to arrest avon not for weapon possession but for parole violation. the reaction of that gang member now makes sense.Finally, when avon is arrested it is always the same, first season third season. he is so calm and resigned, it is all part of the game.
damn good catch.
If the Police were just a little bit later, Marlo would of been gone.
How can u never be a little late, or a little slow, referring back to season 1
Amazing how little they know about the politics of the drug game. If they had let Avon crush Marlo that would be two birds with one stone and used that as evidence for the arrest to save them years of investigation that could be put to cleaning out the true threat…the esteemed Veronica Ave boys
Season 3 was the best IMO.
Facts
I agree
Agreed Season 3,1,4,2,5 in that order
@@mikegee6523 that's also my order which I rank them
2 was the best for me.
always makes me feel good that avon only got like 5 more years. he'll be out eventually
Avon was packing weapons of mass destruction, Marlo would've been in for a good surprise if String didn't rat, Avon was about to show Marlo how you really start a war
He gave up the location of Avon's safehouse to Colin ( Season 3 Episode 11 )
“if y’all ask me y’all ugly ass dudes shouldn’t be in here w all these guns you know what i’m talmout” avon was funny ash and a straight g😂
Slim was always at the right place at the right time
Stringer and Barksdale were perfect in this show. They found a way to make you like them and even understand them. This was one of the few shows where you could route for both sides...
Damn! Missed our shot. Roll man.
I love how they showed the outside (the cops) and the inside (barksdale crew) of this raid. Effortlessly. I swear this is the greatest show ever. The attention to detail is so amazing
"You only do two days no how, thats the day you come in, and the day you come out"
marlo, chris and snoop were gonna get lit the fuck up, i wish the pigs didn't ruin it
Respect for Avon for knowing when its time to give it up... I doubt Marlo would ever realize that the cops had him and they should just cooperate to get a lesser sentence instead of getting into a shootout with half of the Baltimore PD. I have more respect for Avon telling all his guys to stand down and let the cops in because he didn't make a bad situation even worse. Although, I feel bad for the guy who had to take the fall for all of those weapons! Lol dude didn't even hesitate and took the blame for multiple illegal weapons, including fucking hand grenades! I wish I knew people that loyal!
tankmaster1018 he took the blame for the weapons but they still hit Avon for that
avon did get a lesser charger. he did the same thing marlo did lmao
Wood Harris's acting in this scene is so good man
Love Avon, he's Always unbothered. Wood Harris did his thing portraying Avon. Excellent acting.🔥👑
End of the Golden Age of The Wire
The Wire was a ballsy show man. Season 2 was like a completely different show. Then they kill/imprison half the characters in season 5, and still go another two seasons.
Biggest regret of the series. I thought for sure Marlo was gonna get erased
Exactly Marlo messed it all up
Both times Avon got arrested some of his last words were telling someone to open a door. Stringer spent his whole life telling people to "lock that door", and was finally trapped because he couldn't find an open door on his way up the stairs, just like his failed attempts to break into legitimate business. Avon called the shots but followed the game. Stringer wanted to defy the game, but in the end couldn't call the shots.
Their time inside will be easier than a forty degree day.
uncleplugs what's a 40 degree day?
haha
What I find interesting about this series is that when I'm watching it there are some gangsters I want to beat other ones. Even though I know there are a "bad guys", still there were moments I was cheering on Avon or Omar.
"Bad guys"? No offense but that sounds so....childish. No one's good or evil in this world we're living in, we're all grey.
lucky matt Not true. Some motherfuckers are evil. Some people are good. Obviously no one is perfect but I seen evil. Evil people exist.
lucky matt Not true. Some motherfuckers are evil. Some people are good. Obviously no one is perfect but I seen evil. Evil people exist.
lucky matt Some fake ass teenager maturity right there.
***** Mind elaborating on how you think so? Concepts like evil and good are all subjective. They're based on claims that cling to personal feelings, taste, and opinions. They're mere human concepts to categorize what someone does or doesn't agree with. How exactly is that 'fake ass teenage maturity'? Being so juvenile with your response btw tarnishes your integrity/credibility as a serious poster (if you intend to be taken seriously).
They really locked him up for wearing that loose azz turtleneck.😂😂😂
sometime anti-climax ending can give the audience even stronger punch than a showdown. it makes everyone wondering what could have happened, IF....
Mann can't lie when I first saw this I really would've loved for Avon to take out Marlo but the show went on to have another 2 good seasons with the new king Marlo in charge.
I wonder if Marlo would have been so considerate to Slim Charles had he known Slim was THIS close to wasting him.
Crazy how if slim would've completed the hit you would have a show that arguably opens up the series to even MORE potential character development than it already has.
The consolation was two more seasons of the best mini-series of all time
Mini-series?
Imagine if Barksdale had slim, bird, weebay and stink?
If Avon had been able to enact his beefing, an arguably stronger and more menacing evil would not have been inflicted upon Baltimore in the form of Marlo and his sociopathic crew, but it's conflicting as we see the first half of the entire series' main villain finally face justice, him and Stringer. I don't know how much intentional commentary there is in it, but Avon and String do more than the police ever did to bring about justice, even if only through seeking petty revenge on each other.
+Mkc N I think you might be getting a bit hung up on the terminology Yca Ked is using. You're both saying the same sort of thing - he's just using the word 'villian' in the film studies sense.
+a1ethioS Avon does deserve to be called a villain. Sure he had some good qualities (loyal to family, let Cutty leave the game and backed him financially, less sociopathic than Marlo) but he still sold heroin to people ruining lives, he still killed witnesses when he needed to protect himself. He caused a lot of harm to a lot of people through malicious intent and so that definitely makes him a villain.
+fartmagizewarth I agree. Too many people idolise the gangsters when the cops are the real heroes. Lester, Bunk, McNulty, Kima, Daniels, Carver, Sydney. Even people like Landsman and Herc did their best to help.
Avon aint the good guy by any means, but he was definitely the lesser of two evils between him and Marlo, the city of Baltimore would have been better off if they had let Avon take Marlo out since Marlo went on to kill WAY more people than I bet Avon would have killed.
With Stringer already dead there was no way Avon was doing 30 years for being in that room, especially given Levy was a good lawyer. He would serve the rest of his original sentence at most.
"You only do two days: The day you go in and the day you come out." It's the same thing Avon said to Cutty in the first episode. That's significant... somehow.
i read a comment about stringer bell betraying avon. mcnulty thougth he was hurting avon but was actually making him feel better for having had him killed by omar and mouzone. avon would not have known stringer was a rat
He would have found out tho. He on the paperwork...
@@TenderViddlez i thought he was on the paper work precisely because that crook mcnulty ''tightened up'' the paper work? mcnulty was supposed to put bunny colvin's name on the warrant, not stringer Russell bell, yes?
@@samuelmuiruri4704 I don't remember this little tid-bit, as it's been years since I've watched the Wire... but lets be real here... You don't think a well connected guy like Avon is gonna find out who snitched? Also, if they lie about informants n such on paperwork, that could really come back and bite them in the butt. You're right tho, Mcnulty was a crook so he prolly didn't give af one way or the other... He got bodie killed behind his goofiness.
@@TenderViddlez he was only trying to hurt avon's feelings, which avon reacted to with some surprise. do not forget avon has a very thick skin, from all appearances. when marlo was arrested, they fucked up the paper work, -source of inormation- herc boasted to levy that the info came from a wire and levy used that info to get marlo off. always good to shut up, but those cops always running their mouths. the wire is very funny.
To be gracious in defeat, Avon was one in a million
The craziest part is Avon was already over it at the beginning of this scene. Stringers death woke him up to the bigger picture that string was trying to tell him the whole time. He didn’t actually need those corners and the war WAS pointless. Just like when Avon changed his mind on working with Joe but only after stringer sealed his fate. Yea breaking bad is a great show, but it’s stuff like this take makes the wire superior.
To be fair, Breaking Bad has scenes and acting that are just as polished. Take Gus’ questioning by the DEA for instance. Notice Hank’s annoyance throughout the interview, Gus’ manager persona and how it breaks for a split second when Hank asks him a question he didn’t anticipate. His micro expressions tell that Gus is considering the most suitable response to play off his surprise, and Hank takes quick glances at his colleagues frustrated that none of them are suspicious.
@Go_Birds218 They woke each other up. String was right in that corners aren't worth going to war over, and Avon was right about String getting scammed when he was trying to get in with Clay Davis. So Avon shoulda handled it more like a "business" and String shoulda been more street smart and smelling bullshit.
@@theunbearablesjust a little slow, a little late
@@_D_E_N_N_I_S_ shieeet
Avon is such a legendary and intelligent character. He prevented his guy from shooting at the police. He knows the implications of that. You can't come back from it.
You got a Law Degree lol
That little nod Jimmy gives Avon always gets me.
Nowhere for Avon to go. Checkmate.
Why did Slim Charles call Avon again and again? He knew what the task was, he should have prepared an ambush instead of calling from the car.
Chain of command, detective.
Slim was just sitting on Marlo. He was waiting for Avon and the rest of the crew to get their.
Always wait for the phone call..
Anybody ever heard about a fucking phone call
Forgot how close Marlo and Chris came to meeting their end.
I wonder what Snoop would have done if both Marlo and Chris were killed. Would she join up with Barksdale as hired muscle? Would she take on the whole city like Omar did? Would she give up the life and start working at Foot Locker?
@@davidabest7195 she would’ve been killed straight away. Annoying character
I forgot all about this scene. Marlo lucky.
Any other show would have done a shootout just for the entertainment. The Wire is different, it does not need this kind of tricks to keep the attention.
avon was a little slow and a little late
But I mean he'd been one step ahead for a decade, which no one is supposed to be able to do against rival crews, stray bullets, bitter allies, and police.
Marlo has no idea how close slim was to smoking him and he admires him later
The timing and circumstance on this show is unbelievable. Just think of how close Avon was to having Marlo killed here. Of course, he was bound to go back to prison at some point anyway but still.
lowkey the most hearbreaking scene in the wire lol
Damn marlo and avons crew should've gone to war. would've been sickk
I agree
Avon would’ve ragdogged him. Would’ve not been fair at ALL.
In love with this scene❤️
They were THAT close. And Marlo thinks he beat Barksdale, if only he knew how lucky he was.
This is the wire's version of the red wedding. An anticlimactic end just before an epic battle because of betrayal
I would have loved to have seen a showdown between Marlo's crew and Avon's. Imagine what could have been if they decided to write it with that alternate ending?
Avon already got the drop on Marlo before the cops came in so we already know how the war would of ended.
nope, did you see all those high level guns and explosives? Avon had just got that stuff in from one of his associates that was in "some war". at the time Marlo was putting getting the best of Avon he did not have that kind of weaponry. Not to mention that Slim and others did take out a decent chunk of Marlo's muscle "off screen". And this scene right here had Marlo without muslcle and Avon full strapped and ready to wreck his shit had the polic not shown up. Marlo would have been done here.
"All thats mine" guy is great. Just shrugs when herd pics up the grenade.
Notice that the guy that had Stringers whole "40 degree day" theory all fucked up fully understood Avon's "2 Day Prison Theory". Avon was a true King and Leader of his people to the highest extent!
Whoever started the rumor that Avon's in prison for twenty-five or twenty years is pulling numbers out of his ass. Avon has his remaining five years, but the conspiracy charges obviously won't hold. Being in a room that has weapons totally isn't enough proof to convict someone of conspiracy. This video is also part of why I hate Mcnulty's guts.
The 25 year sentence came from the HBO website. You're right, conspiracy charges wouldn't stick...unless somebody snitched.
Ted87 The guy who claimed ownership of all of the weapons wouldn't snitch because he'd rather have Avon's support. The others don't have a charge that's worth risking their lives over.
The Super Star
I'm just saying, there might of been one week link in the chain.
Ted87 They leave it pretty ambiguous. David Simon even said they left like this on purpose as it really doesn't matter at the end of the show whether Avon got the conspiracy charge or not.
I agree all they had was a phone call with nothing really implicating Avon was giving to go ahead with the hit. No way that conspiracy charge would have stuck but he's definitely doing ever day left in his sentence.
Avon about to go to the war like a true leader
I wanted to see Avon kill Marlo. This would've been the best episode of the entire 5 seasons.
Slim was that dude on the show! Somehow, you just knew he was gone be one of them to survive throughout.
Who notice slim Charles calling the whole time
To think if Avon had took Stringer out sooner he would of been Got Marlo.
The more and more I watch this scene I realized that this nigga Avon was toting grenades, shotguns, high caliber Russian firearms and all for Marlo. Marlo had Avon so ready for war they brought weapons of mass destruction out
Damn it man
If they just gave my man Avon one last time to move on marlo
He would wipe out his whole crew for sure
The one mistake McNulty made was disclosing the source of information that's why when he told Colvin he did it Colvin got mad