The Wire - Frank's Workers Get Served
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- Bunk, Cole and Beadie serve summons for the dock workers who worked on the "Atlantic Light", including Johnny Fifty and Horseface. Frank becomes enraged when he is accused of knowing about the Jane Does in the can before their death. (Season 2, Episode 5 "Undertow")
People love to complain about Season 2, but I loved it. Frank Sobotka is such a great character. Props to the actor for doing a bang-up job.
He was one of the best characters of the series and he really played the part perfectly. This is one of my favorite scenes with him.
Best season imo. Season 4 also a masterpiece
Frank was perfect.@@Michelle-ju6vs
Season 2 was the best one. It felt like a movie depiction of GTA 4 or something lol
My favourite season
The guy who played Frank was a great actor. You always listened when he spoke.
He killed it in this scene
Chris Bauer.
Agreed. He appeared in an episode of the 8th season of The Office, but I haven't seen him anywhere else
Powerful presence, this guy commanded every scene he was in.
@@liederivative3312 Really? He was one of the stars of True Blood, he played the Sheriff.
Just realized something subtle the writers did with Johnny 50. Watching Season 5, Episode 4, when Scott Templeton goes under the bridge to interview the homeless. One of the first guys he runs into is Johnny 50, now homeless with just his dog. Three seasons later, and they still find a way to slip it in the effect that the port job layoffs had. Frank was right about what would happen if no one saved their port.
It's too fucking real. The only thing America still makes is war (WMDs). Which is why it has been in a constant state of it since the Iraq WMD lie.
nice catch dude. Never realized that. Now I've got to go back and watch the whole series again...
@@seancarletonzero
America still makes many things. We also tend to make whole products, with parts made elsewhere. One requiring a bit more skill than the other, this suiting the more developed labor we have here.
The port dying was a Baltimore problem. They couldn't figure out how to transition the loss of that economy. They arent the only city to go through that. They just failed to adapt in this series.
yeah reagan was a total piece of garbage
Ya Season 5 is suck ass
Frank was one of the best forgotten characters on television. HBO really needs to re-air the wire. So much greatness in one series
YES! I have 0 interest in remakes. It seems that every decent TV show or movie in the last 100 years is being remade. I would much rather turn on the tube on Sunday and re-watch this show, than just about anything else. Not to mention, they could grab an entire new generation of audience members.....plus a lot of the old crowd as well.
He was a delusional idiot who got his throat cut by the very people he was protecting in this ridiculous scene 😂😂 Good riddance
What a largely unfounded statement lmfao
I never forget
No remake. Leave it as it be.
I take the fifth commandment LOL
That would be "Honor your father and your mother." A nice one ;)
Jens8502 that’s the 4th. 5th is don’t kill.
Whatever you're talking about, I don't remember
Lmfao!
Your honor I invoke my right to honor my mother and father.
Judge: uhh, yea that’s great.... about them girls though?
"These four ain't workin' today" is subtly the saddest line in the scene
Oh shizz, I just assumed Frank was covering for them, but knowing the state of the docks it was highly like to be true.
Facts they probably assumed Frank was bullshiting but it could of been true
The fifth commandment: Thou shalt drinketh 53 beers on thy 25th birthday
Johnny plead the fifty
With that American piss water? Call me John 3:16
Gold
No bro you are gonna die
How the shit did Frank Sobotka's actor not get ton of work after this?
What do you mean?!? He got to nail that fairy GILF!
He still does a lot of stuff with HBO. He was on "True Blood" and now hes on David Simons new show "The Deuce". Ive seen him a few more times but I cant remember them off the top of my head.
Oh he did, Numb3rs, The Good Wife, True Blood etc
He got plenty of work after this, fact is most of the cast from the Wire did; Guy who plays Brodie Broadus showed up in an episode of Sopranos(season 1).
woodwyrm That was before The Wire though
He's been in loads of stuff since
"We used to fuckin' make things in this country! Now we just put our hand in the next guy's pocket!"
So true...
Frank Sobotka tried to warn us
And before that, you used slave labor to bring the raw materials out of the earth to make those things. Before that, you just murdered the people standing on the land.
@@svp2010 ohhhhhhh shots fucking fired hahahah
@@svp2010 LOL ok just slave labor built EVERYTHING 😂
“He’s got a weenie in his hand”
“In this case ain’t that you?”
That line has made me laugh every time I watch this scene.
Ronnie “the Union Buster” Reagan - love it.
Its funny, cause its true lol.
@@Clown81178 Then wages stagnated in the US because unions aren't empowered enough to negotiate better wages for their workers. Meanwhile corporate profits rise and rise even higher, and guess who's pocket is lined. That's right, it's Ronnie and his capos.
It's probably my favorite line in the series. I've heard my father call Reagan a union busting piece of shit a million times.
@@etiennekosaunion buster AND gun grabber. Reagan was the worst president in a century
I mean when you consider that this show is about the failure of The War On Drugs and how it's destroyed so many aspects of American society, it makes sense it'd have a special level of hatred towards Reagan.
Chris Bauer is SUCH a great actor. Truly one of my favorites on the series.
Best fucking speech on the whole show
Frank is a fucking HERO
Frank had to be one of the best written and acted characters in the Wire besides Stringer Bell, Omar, Slim Charles, and Chris Patlow
+tankmaster1018 What about Bubbs? Lester?
Bubbles yeah but Lester is somewhat of a simplistic character when it comes to deciphering his motivations and understanding him.
Hans Grubers Goatee Andre looks like a heroin addict. Even cleaned up he still looks unkept. I mean a real heroin addict saw him one day and gave him some dope. He said he felt sorry for him and just pushed off and couldn’t walk by someone in need so bad.
Hans Grubers Goatee Lester was not boring.
Bubbles, Clay Davis(shiiieeet)
The guy who plays Johnny here, I can swear he was one of the homeless people in Season 5 when that reporter Scott walked around interviewing homeless people.
If so, this show once again shows it's the greatest piece of art ever created.
Cause as a dock worker he couldn't make any money and ended up on the streets
Stefan Harnesk They were one and the same. I don’t know how much seniority he had with the stevedores. I think they scaled their manpower way back when the grain pier project died. Shows the inadvertent impact actions have on other people’s lives. If Sobotka hadn’t been tangled up with thugs the way he was, maybe the grain pier would’ve happened. As it did happen, Sobotka made the wrong choice that day. Like Mobb Deep said, “ain’t no such thing as halfway crook”...
I think deep down Frank knew trying to save the port was futile, he just refused to let it go down without a fight.
Man of principle
"We'll be here through your weak shit, no problem!"
"We'll be here through your weak bullshit, no problem!"="My name is my name!"
In retrospect, season 2 was my favorite season. It was different enough from the rest to feel like a different, but equally as thought out as the rest and it played a major part in The Wire as a whole.
Season 2 was the gateway entrance to the rest of the show
2:29 the lady cop is like "Oh shit, no way, u were there for Ronny the UnionBuster?"
By the last season Johnny 50 ends up homeless living under the interstate.
Yes!! That made me so sad.
I Knew that was him! Thanks for verifying!
This show just breaks your heart. So many people stuck in a cycle that only grinds and spreads depair.
Ryan Sansaricq that was David Simons point to show that people r not needed anymore!!!
@@cornelldavis6703 Why was he not needed anymore, and why did he become homeless?
I love this scene. I always wondered what it would have been like if the actor who played Franked chose to do this scene small. Still, not a lot of actors who can pull off screaming like this.
Frank didn't start screaming until Beadie said something. Frank was calm before, laying out the vile accusation in the open and attributing it to "the detective", but then he got more personal when he turned his attention to his pal Beadie, who verbally challenged him. That's when he exploded.
This is similar to a domestic violence situation. A husband can have a tense conversation with cops, but if the wife starts interjecting, that's when buttons can get pushed and violence can suddenly erupt.
Domestics are some of the most dangerous calls for the police. I love that Bunk stepped forward once Frank got triggered by Beadie. I see it both as a way to defend Beadie and to deescalate Frank. A quick cut shows that Beadie was shook when Frank looked in her direction as he punched his own hand. Bunk stayed calm and made a pouty face, and Frank was able to calm down.
This scene is amazing.
5th Commandment: "Honour thy father and mother"
5th Amendment: No person being provided to testify against themselves or be tried twice for the same crime
eh, close enough
First time watching The Wire and coming in off season 1 I remember thinking "What the hell? What is this? Who are these guys?" as season 2 started but I stuck with it and while it is maybe the odd one out, I think it stands strong on its own and honestly its my favourite overall and Frank Sabotka is a big reason why.
Me too, it was Iike a different show with the same cops as an adhesive - but fuck, in the end S 2 is the greatest season in the history of teIevision, imo!
Right! Frank is one of my top 3 favorites!
Thanks! finally folks who thinks like me
@@Tomer-xm1xs There's more of us out there than you think. Season 2 is one of my favorites. Completely underrated.
@@sethzwicker3631 Wow I barley remeber wrotung this comment, trust me since this comment I have watched The Wire 2 more time and much much more people who call S2 one of the greates. I's been a long six months.
I love Beadie's face at 2:29 She's half in awe of the tirade
She’s in awe of nothing but his blatant guilt
Dude said the 5th commandment 😂
Jc_sage773 bruh i literally lmao when he said that dumb shit!!!😂😂😂💀💀💀
Yes. Well done for quoting
he didn't want to be set up for one them contrapment things ;)
frank was such a great character. i really felt for him. season 2 was also really underrated
Criminally underrated.
What a legendary performance, my god.
Chris Bauer was the best part of Season 2 and one of the best parts of this entire show. He was so damn good.
It's exquisite and some of the finest television ever made
The whole second season of the wire really displays what happened to the middle class in the us. The federal government spent decades fighting unions and destroying them in order the help their campaign contributors.
This isn't the middle class. Frank Sobotka is a worker, telling the middle class police how the working class responds to being fucked over by the upper class through the middle class.
@@MinecraftRick Frank and his people are as Blue Collar as it gets.
They were working class who grew up to be middle class in revenue thanks to great unionism.
Frank couldn't win because he wasn't fighting one or two sleazy politicians; he was fighting a system designed to take down the working class, in order to maximize profits for shareholders and big entrepreneurs.
I've seen people blame Frank for trying to play the game and losing; what they fail to see is that if he had not played the game, his port workers would still have gotten the proverbial shaft and those condos would definitely still have been built.
I disagree with his strategy - as I believe in other forms of unionism - but at least, Frank was a working class man through and through. He helped put bread and butter on the table of many families there. What the show does not explore is the aftermath; we see this "workers will get shafted" movement unfold with a sense of fatalism but there is no reason to believe that just because the working class has been getting fucked over for forty years, we will forever stay down. Radicalization, in the face of such alienation, is coming and will benefit all workers.
Frank is like a combination of Michael and Trevor from GTA 5
great scene!!! Season 2 Aged nicely and was slept on.
Whoever thought of the 5th commandment line...... I'm buying them a beer.
Buy them 53!
This scene, as well as Frank talking about dredging the canal was delivered powerful af
I love the way Bunk shouts "Noaaw" at Johnny Fifty.
Love how Bunk and his partner just make pouty faces and tilt their heads back and forth, like is that supposed to scare them or something? Lol.
No cleaver retort. These are not street kids, but grown-ass men. They got lucky in the end.
They're just doing their job, that all.
They’re trolling him. Letting him rant and make a fool of himself. They got the last laugh anyhow…..
@@jameswestfall835bunk is a soft crybaby frank died like a man bunk is a typical colored person cheated on his wife and kids and abused substances
I always took Bee's face at 2:30 to be the moment she realized Frank himself was guilty and totally involved. Up to then, she wasn't certain he had anything to do with it and thought that it may just be guys on his crew - and she figured he was just begin defensive and overly dense in the face of extremely suspicious circumstances. But when he lost it, she realized the dead girls went all the way up to Frank (not that he knew about the actual girls, but that he was in on the smuggling scheme).
2:01 "I take the fifth commandment" 😂
Perhaps my favorite scene in the entire show.
bunk's the one who got served
lol bitch please, Bunk was bored listening to frank flap his gums.
No afterwards Bunk and Beadie were pissed off that none of the union workers talked...
@@moriellymoproblems7842 nah...Bunk definitely got more than he bargained for, and that was the point. The union boys have been through politics and courts before. They are just as much a gang as the cops and the barksdale or marlo crew. Different uniform, different currency but still a gang.
@Captain Kirk naw bunk and McNulty were pretty good especially in the early seasons but the way both of them handled their stress when times got tough wasn't exactly healthy.
@Captain Kirk
Ummmm, I don't know where you get that from as Bunk was clearly one of the most competent detectives on the show. I would rank him second to Lester as far as "natural Po-Leece" goes.
Ronny “the union buster” Reagan lmfao
Reagan was a fucking piece of shit. The fact that he is venerated so much in this country really just goes to show you how fucked we are.
@ Drax514 : Amen to that brother
DAvid Simon is a leftists. He cares about unions.
Fuck Reagan
That was true?
Its='s sad that Frank only got one season. Great character, played superbly by Chris Bauer. Imagine if he had been in more seasons.
Sobotka was the man. Hard working man that’s squeezed in the middle.
Johnny said I take the 5th commandment. Love everything about it
Bunks face at 1:32 is like Catelyn Stark when Tyrion asks her “who would arm an assassin with his own blade?” That face when you realize you’re heading toward a dead end
Season 2 was great. Yes it was a departure from the focus on the Barksdale crew, but my God, did it introduce a whole host of exceptional characters. Frank is one hell of an actor. Everything he does and says is believable. He is Frank Sobatka
Yes and in everything I’ve ever seen you in, Sir. Much Respect to an underrated under utilized character actor.
Just superb acting.
Frank gave that speech like a real boss
This is my favorite scene in the show.
Same here
Anyone who says they don't like Season 2 or tells you it's weakest of the four, doesn't deserve to watch the show.
THIS is the season that showed that the drug problem in this country is multi-layered. It isn't just a inner-city problem. It brings to light that the entire scope of major drug trafficking, which correlates to the dynamics on a street level in seasons three & four of the show. Just brilliant writing overall and Frank was a unforgettable character.
"All the pieces matter."
The Wire should be required in all college curriculum. Period.
It should be mandatory for everyone gunning for an elected office.
Acting in this entire scene is just so well done!
So sad to see Johnny Fifty in the homeless encampment in season 5.
Horseface is my grandfather 😂😂😂
for real?
I can believe it. Same last name.
Oh snap!!!🤗
Yoooo that’s fucking awesome, tell him he’s a great actor.
Yooo my brother tell Your Granddad happy New Years!
I live the little parallels that are strewn throughout the wire. The whistles in the beginning to signal 50 are a nice mirror image of the lookout hoppers on the corners. Symbolizes that enclosed brotherhood mentality of us against them.
Damn, Chris Bauer is one of a kind.
Frank was classic Wire character. Complex and flawed, where you wrestled whether to like him or not. But (spoiler alert..) when the Greeks got to him, it was sad and you wish he could survived through it. He was similar to Bodie, where he wasn't really that likeable initially, but you could see, though he was severely flawed, he actually cared about his son and had deep loyalty to his men at the union.
Johnny 50 taking the 5th commandment is pure genius, basically gives him immunity. The man truly was brilliant
Season 2 is the best season because of the Sobotka family.
I wonder was 5th commandment a blooper or realism that he didn't know
Definitely the latter.
@Khaled Rapp what do you mean murder cop for decades?
@Hotsam Noirchards he means Ed Burns, you never seen his name during the end credits along with Simon's?
@@dokfoto Ed Burns is a former BPD homicide detective, as well as a former teacher.
Frank reminds me of my father, someone I didn't want to piss off when I was little.
Frank Sobotka was a very underrated character
A good man, at the very least. All he ever wanted was to keep what he and his men had.
By stealing?
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions”
He may have had values and principles and was steadfast in helping his community and prolonging a dying trade, but no matter which way you slice it up he’s a criminal, he was blissfully ignorant to what was being shipped in but he knew it wasn’t anything good, he’d made a deal with the devil and he only cared when it affected him personally. Evil? No. Sympathetic character? Yes but he wasn’t a “good man”
“I take The Fifth Commandment.” 😂
“I take the fifth commandment”
What a powerful and masterful performance by Chris B! I put this up there with Jack Nicholson as Hoffa! WOW!!!!
This shiw was amazing and this season really layed the ground work
I wish they could've made a Frank sobtoka spin-off, That guy is so fucking cool
I love the ending of this scene.
"Today?"
"NOW!"
There’s a scene after this where the cops are questioning the workers and one of them said “we almost got one of them to admit they work by the waters” showed the loyalty of union workers
Based unions
If you want to relive one of the greatest monologues in this series, just press '6'.
the best scene not only in the wire but of all time...
I really wish they did more with Ronnie “the Union Buster” Reagan. He was my favorite character on the show.
I don’t care what anyone says, Season 2 was the best!!!!
Hell yeah Dee!!!
The actor playing Frank is so god damned good.
@lintownboy Actor who played Officer Cole actually died - Robert F Colesberry - he was assistant director as well.
Frank's speech is the reason why holly left Baltimore and went into the paper business.
The actor playing Frank Sobotka (played by Chris Bauer I think?) was one of the best actors on the show along with Chris, Snoop, Slim, Omar, Lester, and Mcnulty... I honestly can't believe I haven't really seen him in anything since The Wire. I could be wrong or have missed his films and shows, but I can't fathom why an actor as talented as Chris isn't starring in movies/television shows constantly! I mean, if I ever got lucky enough to make a television series/movie, Chris would be on the TOP of my list for actors to cast. I feel like that actor is capable of amazing performances in any genre, he just hasn't really been given a mainstream media chance. I mean hell, if Bryan Cranston for some reason turned down the role of Walter White for Breaking Bad, I could almost see this actor doing a decent job! And I know all the BB fans are going to go fucking crazy on me for saying that but Bryan was obviously the best actor the show could have ever had, I'm just saying that if he didn't take the role, I could imagine Chris doing a decent job if you had no knowledge of how good Cranston's performance was! Sorry for the long and somewhat nonsensical rant... I've had a few drinks and I always end up ranting and raving over movies while drunk!
tankmaster1018 he was just in the people vs oj Simpson as a detective recently
Guest you didn’t watch True Blood
yea he did true blood after the wire
LOL Snoop wasn’t even acting
Absolutely brilliant how he immediately composes himself after his rant and tells him those gentlemen aren't working that day. Frank was great. Somebody you'd really like to meet/know in real life.
I forget about season 2, but it’s so necessary in hindsight
Johnny 50, haha legend!!!
I wanted to see more of officer cole, he was underrated... season 2 is def the best one in the series!!!
Oh man, i gotta rewatch the wire!
I remember Nick showing up later once they blew up the towers..and Jhonny 50 showing as a homeless dude in season 5...
GREAT acting. Holy shit I felt his anger in my bones.
"Johnny 50…? what the fuck is that…?"
Frank was the GOAT🐐
A subtle note about Johnny 50 and if it's been said, please forgive me. The fifth commandment in Catholic theology is "thou shalt not murder" so in a way, he's actually talking about the girls when trying to deny that he's talking about the girls. Another small detail that the writers threw in there.
Thank you lol I didnt peep that
The 5th commandment is honor thy mother and father
Dude Chris Bauer fucking killed it.
Horseface knew those cops didn't have the making of varsity athletes
how about you Johnny, what will you do if they ask you to testify in front of your brothers? I take the 5th commandment! hahaha.
Just realized if Johnny had 2 more beers it could have been rounded off to Johnny 60
You got it. The one with the dog when McNulty was interviewing the homeless that first time.
What u say johnny? " " ✋i take the 5th commandment"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
i would pay to see frank subotka fight bunk
that prep school boy would be pissing himself, when the ole Bunk coming at him
Osman Dahir Bunk *IS* All-Metro attack. You’re right!
i kinda think Frank would fuck him up
I think Frank would win. He's in better shape and definitely bigger. Plus he's working a physical labor which makes you pretty strong
Horseface is Tony's HS coach in the Sopranos!
I take the 5th commandment hahahaha
Awesome! Thanks for the video
I always thought the second series was my favorite.. I was shocked to read online that a lot of people didn't like it.
I love the second season! I think it was just a shock to the fans that it changed so drastically after they had grown to like the characters from season one and this was so different!
My favorite season
fuck, now that was some great acting..!!