_"To continue Idris' character after this high point of the third season, would've been to serve character and not story"_ -- Far too many shows today just can't get this concept down.
@Ogma Dagda That would've been great, just have ghost String shaking his head and muttering "McNulty, you sick muthafucka" during the serial killer storyline when McNulty's working up the corpses
@@mikeo5003He was a bad cop, a great desk detective, and a great teacher. I got over his antics in the first season because he never hurt someone with ill intentions again. Yes, he killed the black undercover cop at the end of season 3 but that was from fear and stupidity. He wasn't some weak guy that was trying to be "the man" like he was, early in the first season.
The stories of mike, randy and dukie get me the most. They represent the kids that do their best to avoid a life that was already chosen for them and are eventually forced to eat the shit life threw at them.
And Namond Brice, the biggest screw-up in S4, ends up being the one to have the biggest turn-around; being granted a new start with loving foster parents & a new school environment. The rest become a street thief, a foster-home deliquent and a heroin-user who steals scrap for a living.
This is why I love this show. It takes realism to a whole other level. Every shot captures the environment perfectly and it actually feels like I'm watching an in-depth tour through Baltimore.
When they killed Stringer I REFUSED TO WATCH the 4th and 5th season.. For 3 days... Consider that I've seen the 5 seasons in 12 days you can imagine how angry I was.
What a fantastic show, and hell, what an amazing casting of actors. One better than another, really liked every single one of them, how they got into the character that they are in The Wire. They all have their unique charm. Jimmy, Stringer, Bunk, Lester, Bubs, Frank Sobotka, Daniels, Tommy Carcetti, ''Bunny'' Colvin, Carver, Herc, Omar, D'angelo, Chris, Snoop, Prop Joe, Duke, Michael, Namond, Prez and the list goes on Hell, even Marlo. I had a nightmare with that guy. Hats off to one hell of a TV show. 10/10
***** i was only playing mate...being a youtube idiot...nah you are right brilliant show with one of the best casts ever picked...strongly recommend the corner,has alot of the cast from the wire in it also
I wanted OMAR to survive.....he was a great character. Yes would of loved to see Marlo out. He was just too cold blooded. Very sinister. I mean all those bodies in those abandos??? Phew. And Avon could come home. But i loved bodie as well, but i wanted to see his character grow and evolve even more. What i didnt like was he really didnt have much of a storyline outside of standing on the corner. For being a Lt. He should have been able to have a decent crib, a car and where did he live?
Many series have come close but no series I have ever watched has had me hooked like the Wire. You can watch it 3,4 even 5 times and still learn more each time than a single season of some shows.
Yeah, when it's wrote like The Wire. Else it's some kind of cheap railroad station litterature. I agree with your analysis tho. With series, you can go in depth with the characters and the story line. Really amazing how it can result when you have a masterclass writer.
We were upset that he wasn't in jail, placed there by McNulty. If The Joker ever dies, it would be criminal to know that anyone other than Batman did it.
@fooloof Definitely business decisions. But DAngelo is what got him killed. He should've ran that one by Avon before he had the hit done. You can't kill a Barksdale and get away with it. Avon wasnt a caring or compassionate character towards his family, but you better believe he rode for em the best way he knew how.
Gidina S Did you forget about Wallace’s remorse when he realized the full implications of his phone call? The guilt literally turned him into a drug addict. Also, we don’t know what Brandon had done, but we never see him kill or even shoot anyone. I don’t think he deserved to die the way he did. Stringer Bell ordered D killed and then played the comforting family friend to Breanna after making her think her only son killed himself. That’s one of the coldest things I’ve ever seen.
Excellent show The hoppers in school was a great part of the story it shows how it starts Everything begins with how you were raised Parents that can't take care of themselves sending their babys out unprepared and the cycle repeats
I just started watching the wire about a month ago & I like how 3 of the black characters from the walking dead are in it. Cool to see them all in completely differant roles.
I Start WATCHING FROM season 1 on....It still has me wanting more. Love to see the actors now showing up on different movies, shows, music videos and reality shows. Talking about career cases, thus was a career series!
The kids were amazing in their parts and I can't think of any other show that gives the time and effort in the story lines to the kids story and is so integral to the whole plot. Just a master class...no one is not giving it their all. They don't make enough of this class of show
after being a FAN of the wire for years now, ur comment has validity. But in my opinion, that show CAN NOT FUNCTION if u remoeve JUST ONE character from it...all the characters are awesomely depeicted
Jimmy K Nick for me he's in my opinion very relatable, also he could have been a mayor player in the criminal underworld and he's I think a little bit like me in a way.
Haven't seen the 5th season yet but I'm with you on Bunk and Freamon being great characters. But season 3 did me in on McNulty. McNulty was the definition of a douche bag, as he banged chicks and got drunk out of his mind every single night, all while providing 0 support for his family and consistently pissing off his coworkers with little to no consideration for anyone other than himself. Part of me thought he was never gonna grow up. Glad he seemed to get his stuff together in season 4, but by season 3's end I had all had it with Stringer and McNulty. They were bugging hard and both got what they deserved. McNulty finally realized he was a bum, but I despised the man he became in season 3.
Yeah, I mean it was kind of surprising considering how much work they put into developing his character but I think it was necessary in order for the plot to continue. I was devastated when Bodie died though, but at least he went out like a true solider, guns blazing.
Bodie and Omar, definetly my 2 favorites on the show, at least of the ones that died. Omar had it coming tho lol. He was getting careless. Omar is actually based on someone, and the person is still alive today.
FabyBaby 36 He's probably talking about that funny scene where Bunk and McNulty think they've got him talking about murder but it's an actual dog that they killed.
@@G-TV_TheOneManArmy SOA is my favorite show all time personally. The poster likes The Shield which is produced by Kurt Sutter who produces Sons Of Anarchy. I gotta say though The Sopranos is my second favorite and honestly the most well put together show I've seen. SOA hits differently though
Did you watch Show me a hero, the last tv show created by David Simon?! With many guests from The Wire: Kima's girlfriend Namond Orlando Lester Freamon Maurice Levy Brother Mouzone Michael Steintorf Only one episode left. A guest appearance from Bunky Bunk Moreland or Clay "shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit" Davis would be awesome ;-)
One thing change in the script that was needed was changing "Pryzbylewski" to "Przybylewski", cause the second one is a real polish name. They needed to add a line that told that the guy at immigration made a typo and it stuck. Sort of like Vito got surname Corleone. *That is my biggest criticism of the entire show, it is almost too perfect to be honest :P*
"we want people to close the show - every season of the show - the same way they close the book and to say, 'that was worth the time to read it, and really think about it." well done DS
I'm from D.C but went to PG County schools and in high school majority all my classes was like Prezbo class . But the most memorable was my 11th grade Algebra I swear to god our class was just LIK dat shit
Sonja Sohn in the next Burn Notice episode (6x13) and Seth Gilliam made a short appearance in the last Homeland episode ;-) Always good to see this great actors again :)
Notice the Herc actor said 'pissed on'- that's because in the original script Omar was supposed to piss on Strungers body after he shot him but Idris Elba refused to go with it
BEST TV SHOW OF ALL TIME!! Gomorrah, the Italian crime show based in Naples, Italy is right there with The Wire, but I still think the Wire is the best!
Everything make everything complete the hell would be the hood without those figures because in the sense it is all about a bag is just different ways to get it
@Subartimaeus The cop on the Shield would be a dead cop coming into rough neighborhoods with that attitude. The Wire is way more grittier and more real and thats why so many people can relate to the show. Season 2 focused on how the ports and the bue collar workers got affected by city politics and the drug game with such perfection. No cop drama show can even come close to touching the Wire.
I live in asia and slangs is also different to 2-3 towns over. also we have street names whatever sticks though not all of us and we did not sling drugs. it seems i can say thats a similarity
I only watched this for the 1st time a few weeks back and truly its right there up top as one of the best tv shows ever made. I rate BSG, The Wire, Agents of Shield as the best shows ever written.
_"To continue Idris' character after this high point of the third season, would've been to serve character and not story"_ -- Far too many shows today just can't get this concept down.
Amen
Very true
one of many reasons why it'll always be the greatest show ever
Mick Bolton why do you want to ruin the show?
@Ogma Dagda That would've been great, just have ghost String shaking his head and muttering "McNulty, you sick muthafucka" during the serial killer storyline when McNulty's working up the corpses
I enjoyed Pryzbylewski as a teacher.
This show has amazing character developments.
ikr! carver showed so much growth!
Dalaal Alablani Bubbles and Michael too
hated him as a cop. tolerated him as teach
Bunk went from cutting corners for bs cases to standing tall when it truly mattered. He had great development as well
@@mikeo5003He was a bad cop, a great desk detective, and a great teacher. I got over his antics in the first season because he never hurt someone with ill intentions again. Yes, he killed the black undercover cop at the end of season 3 but that was from fear and stupidity. He wasn't some weak guy that was trying to be "the man" like he was, early in the first season.
snoop was jus being her i dont think she knew they were fliming her lol
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Imagine getting a check for being yourself 🤗🤗🤗
That's because she was never originally written into the show, they created her character based off her life.
The stories of mike, randy and dukie get me the most. They represent the kids that do their best to avoid a life that was already chosen for them and are eventually forced to eat the shit life threw at them.
And Namond Brice, the biggest screw-up in S4, ends up being the one to have the biggest turn-around; being granted a new start with loving foster parents & a new school environment. The rest become a street thief, a foster-home deliquent and a heroin-user who steals scrap for a living.
This is why I love this show. It takes realism to a whole other level. Every shot captures the environment perfectly and it actually feels like I'm watching an in-depth tour through Baltimore.
When they killed Stringer I REFUSED TO WATCH the 4th and 5th season.. For 3 days... Consider that I've seen the 5 seasons in 12 days you can imagine how angry I was.
I hear ya lol.
The wire kicks the Game of Throes ass in all formats.
alexh4319 agree but literally comparing apples to oranges.
@@totalba69 Not the novels tho, they in a whole different league
The Wire is up there with any show ever !!! Breaking Bad : Soprano's , Ozark:: There are more
@@doniezzi6474 The wire, Band of Brothers and Gomorrah. Others don't touch them 3.
Man it’s not even close
Half the deaths I was pretty upset about. But Bodie should have survived, that is a tv death that still effects me.
never forgave him for taking out Wallace
A murderer of a friend, a drug dealer, and a dumbass all in one, and on top of that he's is a fake TV character. Don't get emotional over it.
"Deserve ain't got nothin' to do wit it"
He was a snitch ...
They let poot and marlo live but took brodie
Namonds actor fits his character perfectly, he looks like hed start crying if you confront him
you never know, though. He may be with the business.
Not sure I agree with that. What the hell does a face have to do with inner feelings and capabilities?????
Try Him & Record It
What a fantastic show, and hell, what an amazing casting of actors.
One better than another, really liked every single one of them, how they got into the character that they are in The Wire.
They all have their unique charm. Jimmy, Stringer, Bunk, Lester, Bubs, Frank Sobotka, Daniels, Tommy Carcetti, ''Bunny'' Colvin, Carver, Herc, Omar, D'angelo, Chris, Snoop, Prop Joe, Duke, Michael, Namond, Prez and the list goes on
Hell, even Marlo. I had a nightmare with that guy.
Hats off to one hell of a TV show. 10/10
you forgot bodie man ...fail
I know, that's why i said the list goes on..
*****
i was only playing mate...being a youtube idiot...nah you are right brilliant show with one of the best casts ever picked...strongly recommend the corner,has alot of the cast from the wire in it also
"my dog is slang for my boy"...groundbreaking
Not hardly groundbreaking the term dog meaning your homeboy partner friend that your mom's been around for years for a long
It's not dog it's doug
@@joeharris8762 whooosh
@@joeharris8762 I think he was being sarcastic
That scene was hilarious
Lived in Baltimore for 3 years... The wire is basically a documentary of Baltimore
"I've never worked with a script in english that had a glossary"
Wanted to see Avon take out Marlo and witnessing bodie die was sad.
I wanted OMAR to survive.....he was a great character. Yes would of loved to see Marlo out. He was just too cold blooded. Very sinister. I mean all those bodies in those abandos??? Phew. And Avon could come home. But i loved bodie as well, but i wanted to see his character grow and evolve even more. What i didnt like was he really didnt have much of a storyline outside of standing on the corner. For being a Lt. He should have been able to have a decent crib, a car and where did he live?
Oh but still my no.1 scene was when Bodie and Poot took out Wallace. Omg! Soo sad. That scene was intense.
If Marlo had a honey nut cheery oh, Omar would've stepped up.
Yeah it was::: :mr (Contrapment ) Hard to believe Michael did it
Avon did use Sergei to punk marlo
Many series have come close but no series I have ever watched has had me hooked like the Wire. You can watch it 3,4 even 5 times and still learn more each time than a single season of some shows.
It is so compelling. Exudes truth.
I'm watching it for the 6th time right now lol. Bout to start season 6 tomorrow
This show taught me the core difference between TV and Cinema. Cinema is a visual art -- like painting or photography. TV is more like literature.
Yeah, when it's wrote like The Wire. Else it's some kind of cheap railroad station litterature. I agree with your analysis tho. With series, you can go in depth with the characters and the story line. Really amazing how it can result when you have a masterclass writer.
I wasn't upset when Stringer died. He had Wallace, D'Angelo, and Brandon killed. He brought it on himself.
We were upset that he wasn't in jail, placed there by McNulty. If The Joker ever dies, it would be criminal to know that anyone other than Batman did it.
@fooloof Definitely business decisions. But DAngelo is what got him killed. He should've ran that one by Avon before he had the hit done. You can't kill a Barksdale and get away with it. Avon wasnt a caring or compassionate character towards his family, but you better believe he rode for em the best way he knew how.
JimmySteller the games the game
Who cares about Brandon? he brought that on himself, him & Omar did rob Avon them, Wallace was a snitch, D'Angelo was a snitch & to soft...
Gidina S Did you forget about Wallace’s remorse when he realized the full implications of his phone call? The guilt literally turned him into a drug addict. Also, we don’t know what Brandon had done, but we never see him kill or even shoot anyone. I don’t think he deserved to die the way he did. Stringer Bell ordered D killed and then played the comforting family friend to Breanna after making her think her only son killed himself. That’s one of the coldest things I’ve ever seen.
Best cast ever on a show. These guys are masters of their craft. Even the kids!
Excellent show
The hoppers in school was a great part of the story it shows how it starts
Everything begins with how you were raised
Parents that can't take care of themselves sending their babys out unprepared and the cycle repeats
I just started watching the wire about a month ago & I like how 3 of the black characters from the walking dead are in it. Cool to see them all in completely differant roles.
Where the fuck is wallace?
It’s a season 4 video
@@mdd04000 Flew over your head
@@Kingwalkk187 definitely did😂😂
Bodie or JD Williams sound the same in real life and on the tv show LOL
I Start WATCHING FROM season 1 on....It still has me wanting more. Love to see the actors now showing up on different movies, shows, music videos and reality shows. Talking about career cases, thus was a career series!
I'll take seasons 3 & 4 of The Wire over 95% of all other television any day.
The wire may have been the most grittiest show of its genre!! It makes power look like a day time soap!
I just can’t believe these ppl were all actors, such a tremendous job
So many great characters. All the actors did an amazing job.
THE WIRE, IS ONE THE TRUE SHOWS I EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE AND TIME.
Wow. These writers are so smart and talented. Best show ever, probably will be until the end of time
more like experienced
all great seasons, 4 is my favorite and 2 and 5 are so underrated
how this show didn't win any Emmy's is baffling.
Yeah. But at least it got the respect it deserved years later.
The Wire was to real for Hollywood. This show didn't need awards to prove its greatness
Best serie ever
That little hop-back reaction from Omar because of the recoil .... I LOOOVE that split second.
7:00 Ms. Holley. My middle school Principal. She's the reason the Wire used us as the students for season 4. Great experience.
1:11 I swear Bodie is like the love of my life 😭
When the school year was in I was where is this going now. But to be fair they were excellent. 20 year on and it's still a fresh show to watch
The kids were amazing in their parts and I can't think of any other show that gives the time and effort in the story lines to the kids story and is so integral to the whole plot. Just a master class...no one is not giving it their all. They don't make enough of this class of show
I cannot be the only one who wants to watch the whole thing again after watching this
After watching all 5 seasons I think Lester Freamon is the best character on this show. Mcnulty and Bunk aren't far behind either
after being a FAN of the wire for years now, ur comment has validity. But in my opinion, that show CAN NOT FUNCTION if u remoeve JUST ONE character from it...all the characters are awesomely depeicted
Omar is my fav and i am no homo just to be sure. :)
Bubbles!
Jimmy K Nick for me he's in my opinion very relatable, also he could have been a mayor player in the criminal underworld and he's I think a little bit like me in a way.
Haven't seen the 5th season yet but I'm with you on Bunk and Freamon being great characters. But season 3 did me in on McNulty. McNulty was the definition of a douche bag, as he banged chicks and got drunk out of his mind every single night, all while providing 0 support for his family and consistently pissing off his coworkers with little to no consideration for anyone other than himself. Part of me thought he was never gonna grow up. Glad he seemed to get his stuff together in season 4, but by season 3's end I had all had it with Stringer and McNulty. They were bugging hard and both got what they deserved. McNulty finally realized he was a bum, but I despised the man he became in season 3.
This actors were so good, have never felt connected to any show at this level. The Wire is Gold Standard of Television.
It's strange looking back on the Wire and realizing just how many faces were actually part of the prison drama, Oz.
David Simon looks so smart. The kind of guy you want to talk to all night long.
brilliant, masterpiece of television
3:20, lol did Michael K. Williams not want to have his name shown cause it sounds like he doing the interview as Omar
People were heartbroken when Stringer was killed?! I must have missed that somewhere along the way
Yeah, I mean it was kind of surprising considering how much work they put into developing his character but I think it was necessary in order for the plot to continue. I was devastated when Bodie died though, but at least he went out like a true solider, guns blazing.
Bodie and Omar, definetly my 2 favorites on the show, at least of the ones that died. Omar had it coming tho lol. He was getting careless.
Omar is actually based on someone, and the person is still alive today.
***** Haha my bad!
Anders Kristensen Who is he based on?
think mostly because Idris Elba is awesome.
just watching the BBC serie "Luther": funny to see Stringer Bell as a cop! ;-)
We deserve a spin off or a movie
Method Man said "my dawg is like saying your boy" no shit Meth, haha everyone knows that one!!
FabyBaby 36 He's probably talking about that funny scene where Bunk and McNulty think they've got him talking about murder but it's an actual dog that they killed.
lol
The game never changes. Just the players.
It just got more fierce.
1:30 - calling young drug dealers hoppers was one of my favourite sayings in The Wire.
“You ever shot somebody” whole time that’s the reason why he a teacher now 😂😂
Thanks for the stringer bell spoiler, I just started season 2 💀
Its a really brilliant show i recommend it
I live in the setting of this movie Baltimore
still tryin' to find a show as good as this one but no luck so far ;-) This one and The Shield are definitely the best tv shows ever mae, to me ;-)
Twin peaks and the sopranos are on par with it
I heard sons of anarchy was good
@@G-TV_TheOneManArmy SOA is my favorite show all time personally. The poster likes The Shield which is produced by Kurt Sutter who produces Sons Of Anarchy. I gotta say though The Sopranos is my second favorite and honestly the most well put together show I've seen. SOA hits differently though
Did you watch Show me a hero, the last tv show created by David Simon?! With many guests from The Wire:
Kima's girlfriend
Namond
Orlando
Lester Freamon
Maurice Levy
Brother Mouzone
Michael Steintorf
Only one episode left. A guest appearance from Bunky Bunk Moreland or Clay "shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit" Davis would be awesome ;-)
Shieeeeeeeeeet
One thing change in the script that was needed was changing "Pryzbylewski" to "Przybylewski", cause the second one is a real polish name. They needed to add a line that told that the guy at immigration made a typo and it stuck. Sort of like Vito got surname Corleone.
*That is my biggest criticism of the entire show, it is almost too perfect to be honest :P*
8:48 "One of the corner kids huh?". Sharp as a fuckin que ball this lad 😂
3:30 Omar sounds sooo much like 2pac there xD
"life goes on, but the game dont stop"
Baltimore is like a beautiful woman with a huge scar across her face...
Best, smartest show ever made. It shits on everything else on television (past, present and most likely in the future tense).
"we want people to close the show - every season of the show - the same way they close the book and to say, 'that was worth the time to read it, and really think about it." well done DS
in 2014 baltimore started talking like wassup stooopid ayo dummie 😂
10 out of 10 to all the casting people
Dammm I miss these guys so much
i love this doctoring of terms for the kids
I'm from D.C but went to PG County schools and in high school majority all my classes was like Prezbo class . But the most memorable was my 11th grade Algebra I swear to god our class was just LIK dat shit
I too was gutted when stringer was killed but that's testament to the show and how he played the role
really good Wire upload. thanks
Sonja Sohn in the next Burn Notice episode (6x13) and Seth Gilliam made a short appearance in the last Homeland episode ;-) Always good to see this great actors again :)
What Omar said about moving on was so true. (That's his name IDC)
top 10 show of all time man
Hey Meth, instead of telling me what DAWG means I need you to translate 80% of ODB's 'Return to the 36 Chambers' album for me................
lol
Marc L. Underrated comment
I still think about how true this fucking comment is.
I don't think he was a cop, just John's Sponsor from his recovery group.
the wire,classic work.
i want more like the wire. something perfect.
In real life mayors say shitttttt lol
The Wire Sheeeeeeeeiiiiiiiitttttts all over any other tv ever created.
Notice the Herc actor said 'pissed on'- that's because in the original script Omar was supposed to piss on Strungers body after he shot him but Idris Elba refused to go with it
BEST TV SHOW OF ALL TIME!! Gomorrah, the Italian crime show based in Naples, Italy is right there with The Wire, but I still think the Wire is the best!
I was glad when Stringer got what was coming to him, because too many bad things happen to good people on this show.
Bruh stringer bell 🔔 says get on with it then after he begged 4 his life lol
MY FAVE INTERVIEW OF "THE WIRE"
Yup, I was jumping up and down when those two appeared again.
I hope to see Michael K. Williams
The best show ever! Power is the 2nd best. It's like the 21st century version of The Wire.
+Lamar Washington watch Sopranos, might make you rethink ur rankings
Isn't the wire 21st century?
Blue Tha Goat There a list of shows that come b4 Power. Sopranos. 24. The Shield. Breaking Bad. OZ. But Wire is the daddy of all shows
You might be confusing Power with Empire. Power isn't as detailed as The Wire but it's definitely more than a soap opera.
Power is wack. I'm sorry.
see that m3 e46 cruising thru the heart of the ghetto @ 0:08 you know thats a dope boy. Every dope boy in my hood got one..
Michael is my favorite though
1:21 I never knew Kawhi Leonard was in The Wire.
the hood need people like prop joe not marlo
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agreed
The hood needs nor Joe or marlo.bad influences.
The hood needs more Micheal Lee's withouth the molestation involved
Everything make everything complete the hell would be the hood without those figures because in the sense it is all about a bag is just different ways to get it
I had to pause at 1:33 cause im already laughing my ass off!
thank u alot
The Wire has ended I mean if they made like a spin-off of it showing what happens after the last episode nothing will be better than that.
Luther is an amazing show...
@Subartimaeus The cop on the Shield would be a dead cop coming into rough neighborhoods with that attitude. The Wire is way more grittier and more real and thats why so many people can relate to the show. Season 2 focused on how the ports and the bue collar workers got affected by city politics and the drug game with such perfection. No cop drama show can even come close to touching the Wire.
Seth gilliam is also a recurring character on teen wolf
I live in asia and slangs is also different to 2-3 towns over. also we have street names whatever sticks though not all of us and we did not sling drugs. it seems i can say thats a similarity
The corner is good to
"Fuck you Perez bo" 🤣😂😂😂
I only watched this for the 1st time a few weeks back and truly its right there up top as one of the best tv shows ever made. I rate BSG, The Wire, Agents of Shield as the best shows ever written.
season 4 was the best