@@raysmith1026 yeah and also at the end Avon admitted that String was right all along. The bullshit war wasn't worth it. But by that time it was too late to back out
@@claudewashington5247it's not that deep. I like this show a lot but I've noticed that a lot of fans (and I don't mean you) in the wires comment section try to make things seem bigger, deeper, or more significant than they actually are.
@@first_namelast_name5139 ordering a hit is way more gangsta than doing it yourself... anybody can go kill someone but not everyone can order a hit. Levels
D was a body Avon wasnt ready to take even tho he was a liability, so “I killed your nephew” was more like i killed a nigga that you couldnt kill even tho you knew you had to
There will never be a show like this again. EVERY SINGLE ACTOR PLAYED THEIR CHARACTER TO THE TEE AND MADE THEM THEIR OWN. This show played out like real life and nothing was unbelievable. That's why this series is a classic regardless of being black-balled by Follywood.
I mean, up until a couple years ago when I told him the facts, my brother always though Idris Elba was a dude from Baltimore. Little did he know, Idris is a Lad. And my brother is from Baltimore!
Yes The Wire is my favorite show. Even since I have come across Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, and all the other awesome shows. Nothing matches up to The Wire. The sheer authenticity and genius of the writing are amazing.
Yup! I felt that too, Stringer should have arranged D's killing and Avon's at the same time and took over the whole Empire, all he had to do was poison Avon some how, and boom he's the new boss, he was smart enough and respected enough by all his and Avon's soldiers that he would have been accepted as the new King Pin, his loose end was after killing D leaving Avon alive to take revenge, Avon loved D to much, family was it for Avon, Stringer killing D ment Avon had to kill Stringer to take revenge, don't know how Stringer didn't see that.
trunkzdbz he wouldn't have done anything to string. he tried to fix the problem with brother from ny but business is business. his nefew was business and he knew that. the real ethics of the streets. you gotta be from that shit to understand
trunkzdbz So you do know that if he did what you said...Avon sister was smart of enough to know Stringer would behind that and she woukd never let him be a boss
BFLY1980 that got him killed though should of kept his mouth shut but Avon called him a pussy “bitch nigga” I understand why stringer said that but it got him killed if Avon didn’t know he would of gone to war for stringers life...
@@3Dside13 Iunno...Avon had too much respect for Brother Mouzone. Stringer did some foul shit on that. Which doesn't make sense that Omar believed that Brother Mouzone killed Brandon. He already knew who the muscle was for Avon's crew.
Stringer's ego was so wild he immediately focused on "not hard enough" and immediately dismissed the idea that he's not smart enough for the real businessmen
Or many he recognized Avon was right about the not art enough part but went to the I killed ur nephew cuz u couldn’t that hard enough for ya lol cuz to be honest that was some cold shit to say
@@boogiedown881 in a shotgun it's not a single bullet but smaller pebbles that spray not in a single line,loses its effectiveness more than an handgun and accuracy,but it covers a wider area like if 3 or 4 guys are on a corner,you're across the street- you blast the area,all 4 may get hit but not all fatally,10 ft - you could kill them all sitting at a table.if ducks are flying in the air, you just blast in the general area & a few could drop down.
@@tyrejohn8576 Wasn't that it was haunting him, it's just that it was coming back to bite him. He axed someone important who in actuality, he never had to. The kind of action that breaks the foundation of those at the top.
@@tyrejohn8576 he didn’t really care, trust me he had no guilt. You say that it never leaves your mind but I’ve known folks like that, for some people they are just wired like that yk? Environment genetics whatever but it’s the truth. For certain folks they can do that shit and not have it be a detriment
@@PBandShayne not really . We even see in this show, drug dealers that are plagued by morality . Good guys with good hearts but deep into the game and corrupted by it
The ending of this episode is brilliant, stringer dressed as a businessman and Avon dressed like a thug- symbolized the opposite directions they were moving in
Ironically, Avon said Stringer wasn't hard enough or smart enough but Stringer was so offended only by the hard enough remark he proved Avon right in making a dumb move that cost him
Stringer Bell fucked up.... his ego/pride got in the way, came out with the truth of killing D, just to prove he was hard coz Avon questioned him..... This scene was the beginning of the end for there organisation.
Yeah but string got killed over Putin Omar on to mouzone Avon even tried to save string saying you want money and mouzone said you have a good reputation and it ain’t about money
Doesn’t come close-lacks the depth and integrity of these. BB has amazing cinematography, some good scenes but the characters and dialogue fall way short.
String was outta pocket He let his emotions get the better of him.. he should have kept that secret to the grave. And back Avon in the war. Regardless of him telling Avon or not he was on borrowed time for setting up muzone.
He didn't take much convincing. He didn't try very hard to protect String there, because of things like this. Avon wouldn't get rid of De'Angelo and that put him in real jeopardy. He gave up String, though. And his issue with giving up String was more to do with his code than anything.
@@deRoyLight Yea but it wasn't because of D getting murked in prison. Avon actually understood that String was right on this one. But that mess he pulled with Omar and Brother M and all of his "away games" got him jammed up.
Ive seen people commenting this but ive never noticed it myself...is it because im from London so dont know from real life experience what his accent should be like maybe? Lol
its bullshit though. he couldve run that shit like a machine if avon hadnt fucked it up, the way stringer started to run it was they way forward for everyone.
@@jegbryrmegikke1 Not with Marlo out there. IMO the only way the Barksdale's could've survived is compromise on both sides. Both Stringer and Avon needed to hear each other out more. Stringer should've taken Marlo far more seriously and asked the coop for help w/ muscle to deal with the Marlo problem. Avon should've also listened to Stringer more and tried to insulate himself from gang banging more so that he wouldn't end up in prison again. But then the show wouldn't be good.
In a series that was basically perfect from top to bottom, this one stands out as the best acted and possibly best written scene. The emotion, the fall of two life long brothers , it’s Shakespearean in scope. Sheer brilliance
The wire’s accents arent accurate to be a perfect series, lots of characters don’t talk like baltimore they talk like caritcatures of black people who stereotypical bronx people Also it doesnt have consistency with the seasons
@@allaboutthemurzic bruh this shit was shot in early 2000’s , that shit was legit authentic for its time, social media wasnt like that back then so the BALTIMORE culture wasnt as out there, the show writers probably was really out west baltimore talking to them niggas lol
No way on Gods green earth Stringer gets that brave if Avon hadn’t caught a bullet. Shows the difference and power between them. You can see the fear in Stringers face when Avon asks him to leave him up. He could have killed him but instead he was powerless to the wounded leader. A perfect scene.
@@dharmatycoon I took it as fear but not fear of reprisal. Stringer is portrayed as someone who has a certain vision he wants and is willing to lie and manipulate and do literally whatever to enact that. And usually when he's lying or manipulating, you can see a moment where he's looking at the person and seeing if his manipulation and lies are taking root. Here, he was trying to talk to Avon and push him to accept Dee's death, and come back into the fold, and accept that war wasn't the right path. And then in that moment where he lets him up, he is rapidly trying to assess if he overplayed his hand by revealing the info- he's trying to see if he messed up his manipulation and caused the Avon connection to be permanently broken.
Stringer is physically speaking way more menacing than Avon. Avon got charisma but he aint all that intimidating, he was just pure savage gangster. Stringer was civilised and still menacing also he just comes off bulky as fuck. Avon was just ripped
@@FaithandPurpose828 Marlo never killed anyone tho, just ordered snoop and chris to do it. Cheese ratted out Butchie to snoop and chris which got him killed and did the same to prop Joe. Not to mention he abandoned his son, Randy Wagstaff, who is one of the best characters from season 4.
Can I just ask, did you make that comment because you think typing "lol" is a funny by itself, or is it just because your brain can't handle an social exchange more complicated than that?
Tyler's Headmeat I mean I’m not really gonna say much more but all you accomplish with that comment is that you now get notifications when one of us responds to each other. It’s one thing if you’re the OP and want people to stop so you stop getting notifications but other than that mediating in the internet doesn’t accomplish anything.
Well, we may have a bit of a confrontation, but hey, that's nothing some more Wire-clips can't sort out. Time heals all wounds, and so does watching The Wire.
They were going in different directions and it showed. This was that “ain’t no going back” moment between them. String showed for real he was worse than he seemed
"A man without a country. Not hard enough for this right here. And maybe, just maybe, not smart enough for them out there." He saw right through it. Stringer wanted to be a suit, someone with money and respect who people think is "legit". He wanted to be like Clay Davis and his kind, but he never could. Marlo only had to go to one dinner with Clay, and leave early, to know that's not him.
Powerful performance by idris elba. It's amazing how this british actor had so many viewers fooled by his ability to fluently speak with an urban american "hood" dialict, he had it down cold.
His British accent kept slipping out... You can tell this was one of his early roles. Nevertheless, Idris was constantly one of the best parts of this show
A lot of people don't seem to get that. Marlo didn't take them. The police didn't either. They did it to themselves. Both were Kings and neither was a soldier like Marlo's crew. That's what undid the Barksdale crew.
As well written as the Wire was, I think it was a lot more complicated for the writers to anticipate the future action of a thinking Stringer Bell character then a reactionary Avon. At the heart of this series, this was a street corner story. That’s why Stringer had to go. Not to mention idris elba was about to be a breakout actor and paying him moving forward would also be another issue all together. I would have love to see Stringer Bell character progress. Nevertheless, love this series.
Avon knew he never should've put his nephew in the game anyway. He knew D wasn't built for that shit from the start and that it self was his own downfall. Must not have heard the 10 crack commandments
Nah maybe in Avons golden days but String looks bulky as fuck. Avon at this point was ripped and damn muscular but physically speaking Stringer would merk him lol
"Because I think" *proceeds to tell a man who already thinks he's weak and doesn't belong in the game that his nephew he loved dearly is dead because of him* Ah yes, the actions of a thinking man.
@@justsometurtleg dee has already snitched to the police already lol he was gonna snitch some more and get them all locked up eventually. They made the right call this time
I never realized how much that hurt Avon to hear...he was sad/hurt by that...thus the pacing and literally collapsing down and sitting on the bed...he was at a loss...he really loved D'Angelo...i'm still with team Stringer like Bodie...but damn that shit hurt Avon
Not me Stringer was a slimy piece of shit. Dee takes years for him and then he starts bangin Dee's woman THEN if that ain't enough has the boy KILLED and has the nerve to look Dee's family in the eyes and manipulate them. Avon was what he was and made no quarrels about it. YOU KNEW where the guy stood..... Stringer on the other hand Avon bucks him a couple of times and he is ready to put Avon away with the COPS. FUCK Stringer.
@@floydthomas2194 Nor would he have. He never would have. He didn't have the guts to do so, much less do it himself. Stringer's loyalty was harder than Avon's might. Avon stopped at the end because he knew Stringer was right. Avon's pain for the love he had for D is what made him weak and ultimately helped lead to their fall.
I hated Stringer after he took D'Angelo out, however I had to agree with him here, even though he had ulterior motives for killing D. D, was about to take the entire Barksdale organization down. Yet, what Stringer thought was the Rook's power move on the chessboard, ultimately lead him to becoming the weakest piece in the game, a pawn, when Avon put Omar & Brother Mouzone on him. "The King stay the King".
am i remembering this incorrectly? I thought D wasnt going to snitch. he was down to do the time but just didnt want anything else to do with Avon/Stringer/the game in general cuz they killed Wallace
Ironically, Stringer cannot control his pride any more than Avon can. Whether it’s killing someone without thinking or telling a violent criminal that you murdered his nephew, the results are self destructive.
What people don't understand is that Avon and String were really like brothers. They were best friends. Avon was more upset when String died than he was when D died. Avon loved String even more than D. They were tight before D was even born. And String could have been the boss as well. But he would never kill Avon or Brianna
Another great great unbelievable scene from the wire. I mean this was the best group of actors ever put together in a television series or movie for that matter. The show is a worldwide phenomenon 20 years later for a reason.
People don’t want to admit but speaking in terms of the game, D’s death was justified and nepotism is the only reason he was involved in the game to begin with. He was getting high, he was refusing to speak to anyone and he almost rolled over once. If it were anyone else, he woulda been killed a long time ago. Stringer was right on this one even though he said it out of spite because his ego was hurt.
@@kaelanbradford3664 You didn’t get the point of the show if you think that. Most people born in the game weren’t evil, they were normal people who had a different morality. O
@@kaelanbradford3664 “evil” doesn’t really exists, it depends on the perspective. Stringer thought Wallace was snitching. Snitching is one thing you just can’t do in the game, it means you are a traitor, someone that could never be trusted anymore. So for Stringer and everyone else in the game, what Wallace did was wrong. From that perspective, his murder was 100% justified.
@@Obs23456 Wallace was about to snitch too. That's why the police put him up in his Grandma's house in Eastern Shores till the Grand Jury. But they forgot about him because Kima got shot during that time. Stringer was technically right to have both D'Angelo and Wallace murdered. Now if they stood tall like the rest of them, they still be alive like Savino.
String didn’t know when to keep his mouth shut. He was a business man but when it came to the streets. He just didn’t know how the meaning of “Watch what you say cause you might pay”
Brianna convinced him not to testify in court so what he said to the police didn't matter. After the talk with Brianna D was quiet and was just doing his time. I mean dam first you take the man's woman then wack him. Stringer was the devil
Stringer's timing was perfect. McNulty was sniffing around, stirring up dust, Avon was questioning his street creds. There was no better time to unload the burden of guilt he carried. Contrary to what some have said, Stringer's confession is not what had him killed. Avon went back to business as usual after this scene, even lying to his sister to protect Stringer and the business. When you think about it, Killing DeAngelo was the right move, business-wise- I opine. DeAngelo was acting cold towards Avon in prison. DeAngelo flipped then backtracked because of his mother. Business is business. I would have had DeAngelo knocked off too.
@@Obs23456 , Sorry, but the facts do not support your opinion. Brother Mouzone approached Avon in the barber shop. He told Avon that Stringer double-crossed him. Avon offered Brother Mouzone money to squash the issue. The Brother was not biting. That is what killed Stringer. If Avon wanted Stringer killed for what he did to his nephew, he would not have even tried to talk Brother out of doing it. But he did try to talk Brother out of killing Stringer. Those are the facts.
Stringer walks closer to him so Avon couldn’t reach his gun. With every step he knew wat was about to go down. What stringer didn’t know is would he kill his friend or not. You can see that when Avon had to ask twice to let him up. Stringer himself said take that blood over anything somewhere else but he couldn’t take his own advice, he should have ended Avon right in this scene.
Stringer was right in theory about turning legit. but he wasn't smart enough for what he was trying to accomplish like what Avon said. Avon only knew the steets and didn't want to do anything else. Both of their shortcomings ended in their demise. String got killed and Avon ended up in prison.
Support String is the ultimate cerebral crime boss...He’s pulls strings (of course hence the name Stringer) on some Street Wizard of Oz type shit and is a master chess player. Man’s took business from the streets to the boardroom...while maintaining the streets. Legendary shit
Yeah, he wasn’t a seasoned and actor at this time but I bet now he wouldn’t slip. This show literally handed him his career on a silver platter. Idris Elbas great but it’s a shame that Wood Harris never got more prominent rolls.
The final nail in the coffin for a wanna be gangster. Ran Barksdale crew into the ground and killed his blood for literally no reason then tell him about it? Yah Avon will handle that fine.......
He could’ve said how he had Wallace killed, but he chose to bring up D’Angelo for a reason … to try to assert power and dominance. Just backfired in the end
But he was wrong about Dee, true he snitched when he was arrested but in season two we see how all he wanted was to get out of the game and live his own life
The irony of Stringer acting like a smart businessman, while doing nothing but making the wrong decisions is so poetic.
Nah he was making the right decisions, Avon and Omar were the ones holding him back. Pay attention.
At the end, he got what he deserved. Ain’t no sympathy for he did. Glad that Omar and Brother Man took him out.
That's deep
@@raysmith1026 yeah and also at the end Avon admitted that String was right all along. The bullshit war wasn't worth it. But by that time it was too late to back out
@@claudewashington5247it's not that deep. I like this show a lot but I've noticed that a lot of fans (and I don't mean you) in the wires comment section try to make things seem bigger, deeper, or more significant than they actually are.
Stringer: Because I think before I snatch a life?
Also stringer: I need you to hit Clay Davis.
"you ain't hard enough for the life in here and you ain't smart enough for the life out there" Avon had him pegged already
@Darth Xodius Shit, murder ain't no thing, but this here is some assassination shit!
And Wallace
Some assassination shit
@@fourthaeon9418 did Avon even know about Wallace’s death
Incredibly cruel and vicious, but “I killed your nephew” is a damn good rebuttal to being called a coward lol
It’s not like he did it himself. Ordering a hit and killing someone yourself are very different
@@first_namelast_name5139 What was he sposed to do? get locked up to knock D off?
@@trystan3641 it’s still different
@@first_namelast_name5139 ordering a hit is way more gangsta than doing it yourself... anybody can go kill someone but not everyone can order a hit. Levels
D was a body Avon wasnt ready to take even tho he was a liability, so “I killed your nephew” was more like i killed a nigga that you couldnt kill even tho you knew you had to
Stringer was so mad in this scene he turned British
Yeah true
You can’t hide the accent when you’re angry
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😭😭
Ngl, as a Brit he sounded nothing like a Brit in this scene.
There will never be a show like this again. EVERY SINGLE ACTOR PLAYED THEIR CHARACTER TO THE TEE AND MADE THEM THEIR OWN. This show played out like real life and nothing was unbelievable. That's why this series is a classic regardless of being black-balled by Follywood.
I mean, up until a couple years ago when I told him the facts, my brother always though Idris Elba was a dude from Baltimore. Little did he know, Idris is a Lad. And my brother is from Baltimore!
Yes The Wire is my favorite show. Even since I have come across Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, and all the other awesome shows. Nothing matches up to The Wire. The sheer authenticity and genius of the writing are amazing.
Yea i never knew the actors that played Stringer Bell and Mcnulty are from the UK. Great actors
The Sopranos is comparable.
***** Evolved into shit if that's what you mean.
After this scene I knew Stringer was on borrowed time.
Yup! I felt that too, Stringer should have arranged D's killing and Avon's at the same time and took over the whole Empire, all he had to do was poison Avon some how, and boom he's the new boss, he was smart enough and respected enough by all his and Avon's soldiers that he would have been accepted as the new King Pin, his loose end was after killing D leaving Avon alive to take revenge, Avon loved D to much, family was it for Avon, Stringer killing D ment Avon had to kill Stringer to take revenge, don't know how Stringer didn't see that.
trunkzdbz he wouldn't have done anything to string. he tried to fix the problem with brother from ny but business is business. his nefew was business and he knew that. the real ethics of the streets. you gotta be from that shit to understand
trunkzdbz So you do know that if he did what you said...Avon sister was smart of enough to know Stringer would behind that and she woukd never let him be a boss
She could have been killed too, take out Avon his sister and D her son and the solider's will fall in line OG style, no problem.
trunkzdbz nah dawg Avon sister was more gangster than Avon himself... She was a behind the scene shot caller
I woulda Kept my Mouth shut if I was Stringer. Some Secrets You Take To ya Grave, Play The Role Of the Soft Bussiness Man...
BFLY1980 that got him killed though should of kept his mouth shut but Avon called him a pussy “bitch nigga” I understand why stringer said that but it got him killed if Avon didn’t know he would of gone to war for stringers life...
Avon destroyed him with the "man without a country" line. His ego was crushed by "not smart enough for them out there" and he needed to flex.
Avon had tested his inner GANGSTER
@@3Dside13 Iunno...Avon had too much respect for Brother Mouzone. Stringer did some foul shit on that. Which doesn't make sense that Omar believed that Brother Mouzone killed Brandon. He already knew who the muscle was for Avon's crew.
Avon calling string soft shows the thought never crossed his mind that he would have dee killed. Stringer started digging his own grave in this scene
Stringer's ego was so wild he immediately focused on "not hard enough" and immediately dismissed the idea that he's not smart enough for the real businessmen
This explains his character to a t. Arrogant enough to think he is a street shot caller. Delusional enough to ignore that jab about business
They saw his ghetto ass coming from MILES away.
Or many he recognized Avon was right about the not art enough part but went to the I killed ur nephew cuz u couldn’t that hard enough for ya lol cuz to be honest that was some cold shit to say
I love how Avon was full of heart. He had buckshot in his arm and he still attacked stringer with everything he had, making no difference
What’s buckshot
@@boogiedown881 pieces from a shotgun blast
@@charliemancuso6980 oh wow ok didn’t know that thank you yea Avon a savage for that ik that had to hurt
@@boogiedown881 a type of shotgun round(very powerful)
@@boogiedown881 in a shotgun it's not a single bullet but smaller pebbles that spray not in a single line,loses its effectiveness more than an handgun and accuracy,but it covers a wider area like if 3 or 4 guys are on a corner,you're across the street- you blast the area,all 4 may get hit but not all fatally,10 ft - you could kill them all sitting at a table.if ducks are flying in the air, you just blast in the general area & a few could drop down.
I love how this scene ends. They're just staring at each other, they both realize everything between them is completely fucked now.
And neither of them even leave the room. Even after Stringer admitted to killing Avon’s nephew. They just sit in an insanely awkward silence
String wanted to prove to Avon that he could be a gangster, but he revealed that he was a monster.
He couldn't handle the ish that comes with killing someone. It never leaves your mind.
@@tyrejohn8576 Wasn't that it was haunting him, it's just that it was coming back to bite him. He axed someone important who in actuality, he never had to. The kind of action that breaks the foundation of those at the top.
Gangster, monster it's pretty much the same thing
@@tyrejohn8576 he didn’t really care, trust me he had no guilt. You say that it never leaves your mind but I’ve known folks like that, for some people they are just wired like that yk? Environment genetics whatever but it’s the truth. For certain folks they can do that shit and not have it be a detriment
@@PBandShayne not really . We even see in this show, drug dealers that are plagued by morality . Good guys with good hearts but deep into the game and corrupted by it
The ending of this episode is brilliant, stringer dressed as a businessman and Avon dressed like a thug- symbolized the opposite directions they were moving in
Good observation
They were polar opposites and since day one
Obviously
You ain’t that smart
Avon was the better businessman and Stringer had the thug mentality.
When Avon tells String to hold on you see Strings face. He got used to being the boss, but now the real king is back.
Stringer was the business but he failed Avon was the streets which is why he never died the streets always go on
“The king stay the king” D’Angelo Barksdale
My all-time favourite show and I will never stop preaching about it.
I agree!!!
shut your pie hole skank
You are from England. This is only real life for about 2% of the population.
@@JK-vc7ie are you stupid
@@JK-vc7ie have you not watched top boy ? It also accurately portrays the uk drug scene
Ironically, Avon said Stringer wasn't hard enough or smart enough but Stringer was so offended only by the hard enough remark he proved Avon right in making a dumb move that cost him
Stringer Bell fucked up.... his ego/pride got in the way, came out with the truth of killing D, just to prove he was hard coz Avon questioned him..... This scene was the beginning of the end for there organisation.
Yeah but string got killed over Putin Omar on to mouzone Avon even tried to save string saying you want money and mouzone said you have a good reputation and it ain’t about money
@@lacosa24x I feel if string didn't admit that he killed D to Avon, Avon wouldn't of gave him up to Brother mouzone so easily or at all.
As long as they been around each other u kno Avon knows how deadly he could be seen actually makes no since string wasn’t his right hand for nothing
They were never be a better show than the wire and sopranos
mro aho breaking bad was a tad better than the sopranos
Board walk empire is on the same level of great with those two
You're both right
breaking bad?
Doesn’t come close-lacks the depth and integrity of these. BB has amazing cinematography, some good scenes but the characters and dialogue fall way short.
String was outta pocket
He let his emotions get the better of him.. he should have kept that secret to the grave. And back Avon in the war. Regardless of him telling Avon or not he was on borrowed time for setting up muzone.
Exactly bro
One of the few times Stringer acted on his emotions instead of with his head, and it got him killed.
deRoyLight This didn't get him killed. That bullshit he pulled with mouzone and Omar got him killed
@OtisMichael Avon gave Stringer up because of this.
deRoyLight No he gave string up because of brother mouzone he actually tried to save string but knew his organization would be in jeopardy if he did
He didn't take much convincing. He didn't try very hard to protect String there, because of things like this. Avon wouldn't get rid of De'Angelo and that put him in real jeopardy. He gave up String, though. And his issue with giving up String was more to do with his code than anything.
@@deRoyLight Yea but it wasn't because of D getting murked in prison. Avon actually understood that String was right on this one. But that mess he pulled with Omar and Brother M and all of his "away games" got him jammed up.
When Idris Elba starts yelling , you can hear the Cockney accent. Especially when he said " Starting with you ,killa!"
Yeaa lol I peeped that too
Ive seen people commenting this but ive never noticed it myself...is it because im from London so dont know from real life experience what his accent should be like maybe? Lol
I'm black and cockney and he doesn't break into the true cockney accent here.
There's a bit of a slip but he doesnt sound cockney.
@@southerner6852 definitely doesnt sound cockney lol. Even his real voice doesn't sound cockney he's quite well spoken
@@michaeluden7131 I am cockney, I just no longer use the accent. Left the UK years ago
powerful scene by these two actors
Deandre Cary no doubt
So much love, tension, and hate...powerful scene alright.
Bubs was more powerful than these two
I love how Idris accent slips out during this scene is makes shit much more authentic XD
at what minute and second?
Alex Rodríguez "starting with you killa"
2:38
GNTRY real acting
Lmao it damn sure did
D'Angelo never had the makings as a Varsity athlete.
CD Tharpe Lmfaoo uhh this isnt the sopranos “killa”
I know...its one of my go to quotes. Uncle June rulz!
Was one hell of a place kicker.
Lmao this is to funny
I remember you told that to my girl cousins and it was very hurtful
"You look like a man not hard enough for right here, and maybe.. just maybe, not smart for out there."
Truer words were never spoken.
its bullshit though. he couldve run that shit like a machine if avon hadnt fucked it up, the way stringer started to run it was they way forward for everyone.
@@jegbryrmegikke1 Not with Marlo out there. IMO the only way the Barksdale's could've survived is compromise on both sides. Both Stringer and Avon needed to hear each other out more. Stringer should've taken Marlo far more seriously and asked the coop for help w/ muscle to deal with the Marlo problem. Avon should've also listened to Stringer more and tried to insulate himself from gang banging more so that he wouldn't end up in prison again. But then the show wouldn't be good.
@@jegbryrmegikke1 he didnt make a single good decision after s1
In a series that was basically perfect from top to bottom, this one stands out as the best acted and possibly best written scene. The emotion, the fall of two life long brothers , it’s Shakespearean in scope. Sheer brilliance
The wire’s accents arent accurate to be a perfect series, lots of characters don’t talk like baltimore they talk like caritcatures of black people who stereotypical bronx people
Also it doesnt have consistency with the seasons
@@allaboutthemurzic false. Many many many accounts of Baltimore residents praising the authenticity of the accents
@@allaboutthemurzic bruh this shit was shot in early 2000’s , that shit was legit authentic for its time, social media wasnt like that back then so the BALTIMORE culture wasnt as out there, the show writers probably was really out west baltimore talking to them niggas lol
Nearly perfect like you said
@@allaboutthemurzic no one cares except a bozo like you
No way on Gods green earth Stringer gets that brave if Avon hadn’t caught a bullet. Shows the difference and power between them. You can see the fear in Stringers face when Avon asks him to leave him up. He could have killed him but instead he was powerless to the wounded leader. A perfect scene.
Total wrong read. Stringer lets him up out of empathy & their brotherhood, not cause hes afraid of Avon.
@@dharmatycoon I took it as fear but not fear of reprisal. Stringer is portrayed as someone who has a certain vision he wants and is willing to lie and manipulate and do literally whatever to enact that. And usually when he's lying or manipulating, you can see a moment where he's looking at the person and seeing if his manipulation and lies are taking root.
Here, he was trying to talk to Avon and push him to accept Dee's death, and come back into the fold, and accept that war wasn't the right path.
And then in that moment where he lets him up, he is rapidly trying to assess if he overplayed his hand by revealing the info- he's trying to see if he messed up his manipulation and caused the Avon connection to be permanently broken.
bro what
Stringer is physically speaking way more menacing than Avon. Avon got charisma but he aint all that intimidating, he was just pure savage gangster. Stringer was civilised and still menacing also he just comes off bulky as fuck. Avon was just ripped
@@JB-xl2jcDamn you analysed that damn well!
absolutely the best scene of the series. anything you want from a drama you get from this scene, I'm sure everyone watching was in complete silence.
@@charlesferdinand422 Jesus, anger issues much?
@@charlesferdinand422 you sound like a right bellend
Charles Ferdinand lol, its not the best scene, but as whole The Wire is the most groundbreaking tv there is ever
Complete shock. I couldn't believe he told him that shit
The end of their friendship was one of the saddest scenes in TV history. Still miss Stringer.
Man no one misses String. In a series of shiesty ass individuals, he may have been the king.
@@blakswizzy Come on, we both know Cheese was the worst dude in the show.
@@trendybistro To me, Marlo.
@@FaithandPurpose828 Marlo never killed anyone tho, just ordered snoop and chris to do it. Cheese ratted out Butchie to snoop and chris which got him killed and did the same to prop Joe. Not to mention he abandoned his son, Randy Wagstaff, who is one of the best characters from season 4.
@@trendybistro Bro, Marlo was a psychopath...but I digress, I was glad when Slim shot Cheese
You can tell Avon was HURT as soon as Stringer told him. Realized his family got murdered by his own "brother"
Yeah the look on Avon’s face makes me wanna cry for real
He's also angry that he has to kill Stringer to ever be able to face his sister again too.
Knowing how much he relies on Stringer.
And the initial reaction by Avon. In disbelief for few seconds. This scene 😍
Idris Elba cemented the role right here, man... legendary acting right here!!
Stringer: “Ay yo Avon I had D killed”
Avon: “Oh word lol”
Stringer: “Lol”
Can I just ask, did you make that comment because you think typing "lol" is a funny by itself, or is it just because your brain can't handle an social exchange more complicated than that?
Can I just ask? Are you genuinely that big a douche bag or are you trying to prove a point?
lol
Tyler's Headmeat I mean I’m not really gonna say much more but all you accomplish with that comment is that you now get notifications when one of us responds to each other. It’s one thing if you’re the OP and want people to stop so you stop getting notifications but other than that mediating in the internet doesn’t accomplish anything.
Well, we may have a bit of a confrontation, but hey, that's nothing some more Wire-clips can't sort out.
Time heals all wounds, and so does watching The Wire.
They were going in different directions and it showed. This was that “ain’t no going back” moment between them. String showed for real he was worse than he seemed
He said doing this scene it was a struggle for him to hide that British accent
"A man without a country. Not hard enough for this right here. And maybe, just maybe, not smart enough for them out there."
He saw right through it. Stringer wanted to be a suit, someone with money and respect who people think is "legit". He wanted to be like Clay Davis and his kind, but he never could. Marlo only had to go to one dinner with Clay, and leave early, to know that's not him.
Legendary show never can be replaced💯
Stringer is so dirty for putting all that pressure on his freshly shot arm.
That’s exactly why they showed him doing that. Dude bleeds green
Powerful performance by idris elba. It's amazing how this british actor had so many viewers fooled by his ability to fluently speak with an urban american "hood" dialict, he had it down cold.
His British accent kept slipping out... You can tell this was one of his early roles. Nevertheless, Idris was constantly one of the best parts of this show
There’s no such thing as a British accent…
@@CVIN33 yes there is
I don't hear it at all
@@claudewashington5247 2:46 sounds very british gangster
I think Avon could have taken if it wasn’t for those gunshot wounds.
Goro Harumichi98 hellyea..he was a golden gloves.or he would've jus shot him
@@sashatt2842 yea he was in golden gloves .... he would’ve gave stringer a 2 piece 😂😂
Yea Avon was golden gloves. But then again String had that Samari sword in his apartment. He may have studied something
@@claudewashington5247 Yeah, String studied the home shopping network at 4am when they used to sell all those crazy cheap knives.
@@jeffkaczmarek3577 IDK bro that Katana looked legit af
Funny thing is they destroyed themselves
Meaning of being at war with oneself.
A lot of people don't seem to get that. Marlo didn't take them. The police didn't either. They did it to themselves. Both were Kings and neither was a soldier like Marlo's crew. That's what undid the Barksdale crew.
It's sad that art imitates life..... Especially when you have personally seen events similar to this..... So many lost chasing that money.
I love how the wire never leaves stuff up to interpretation. Just come out and say it. Gotta Love It.
Hiring someone to sneak up on a dude and strangle him is the definition of a coward move
How? he couldn't go in there and do it himself
As well written as the Wire was, I think it was a lot more complicated for the writers to anticipate the future action of a thinking Stringer Bell character then a reactionary Avon. At the heart of this series, this was a street corner story. That’s why Stringer had to go. Not to mention idris elba was about to be a breakout actor and paying him moving forward would also be another issue all together. I would have love to see Stringer Bell character progress. Nevertheless, love this series.
One of my favorite scenes in the series
Avon knew he never should've put his nephew in the game anyway. He knew D wasn't built for that shit from the start and that it self was his own downfall.
Must not have heard the 10 crack commandments
10 crack commandments...is this real?...
classicstorm biggie song
Insane BARZ they was all born into it so d was probably persuaded more into it by his mom than avon..Avon's sister
@@sashatt2842 exactly just like nomad mom was pushing him to do the exact thing but bunny saved him along with his pops weebey
krlm2280 You mean Namond.
Wood Harris is so good here. He can't even breathe he's so horrified.
Thing about it is D would have did that bid before stringer would have that’s for sure
When Avon started to cry in this scene its because for him stringer, his best friend is already dead
did u watch the show this is not what got stringer killed crossing too killers is what got him killed
Yea im thinkin Avon would've boxed him up had he been 100%, u got lucky String
Lejay J Idris Elba? Naaaaw cuzzy lol
@@paulobermudez1014 In the show, yes. Avon was golden gloves Champ I believe.
Nah maybe in Avons golden days but String looks bulky as fuck. Avon at this point was ripped and damn muscular but physically speaking Stringer would merk him lol
"Because I think"
*proceeds to tell a man who already thinks he's weak and doesn't belong in the game that his nephew he loved dearly is dead because of him*
Ah yes, the actions of a thinking man.
This scene is so epic. The ending of it too is so heart breaking
Stringer made the right call and Avon knew it once he cooled off. Perfect scene
Yeah 20 years is too long, D might have cracked.
@@justsometurtleg dee has already snitched to the police already lol he was gonna snitch some more and get them all locked up eventually. They made the right call this time
@@reallifegtabrrr D never snitched shit, whatever D said, they all knew, they just need him to testify on a court. He never testified
BS. It's the bodies that bring the police on them.
He wasn’t. D just wanted out.
Avon looking like CJ from San Andreas here
great fucking acting
I never realized how much that hurt Avon to hear...he was sad/hurt by that...thus the pacing and literally collapsing down and sitting on the bed...he was at a loss...he really loved D'Angelo...i'm still with team Stringer like Bodie...but damn that shit hurt Avon
Not me Stringer was a slimy piece of shit. Dee takes years for him and then he starts bangin Dee's woman THEN if that ain't enough has the boy KILLED and has the nerve to look Dee's family in the eyes and manipulate them. Avon was what he was and made no quarrels about it. YOU KNEW where the guy stood..... Stringer on the other hand Avon bucks him a couple of times and he is ready to put Avon away with the COPS. FUCK Stringer.
The British accent came through just a little bit on this scene
The greatest show On earth okay and?
When he said Killa
Both of them should’ve won emmys for the wire
That's why Avon gave up Stringer to Omar
He didn't give him permission to kill his nephew
@@floydthomas2194 Nor would he have. He never would have. He didn't have the guts to do so, much less do it himself. Stringer's loyalty was harder than Avon's might.
Avon stopped at the end because he knew Stringer was right. Avon's pain for the love he had for D is what made him weak and ultimately helped lead to their fall.
He didn’t do it bc of that he did it bc of the New York ties
Avon could have took Stringer if he was not still hurt from that gunshot wound.
305MRCITY Stringer is so much bigger than him though
Levain Sylvaux Size dose not always matter
Avon had golden glove in boxing..
@After Glow Good point i forgot about that Stringer aint stand a chance
Avon would've knocked him on his ass easy
I hated Stringer after he took D'Angelo out, however I had to agree with him here, even though he had ulterior motives for killing D. D, was about to take the entire Barksdale organization down. Yet, what Stringer thought was the Rook's power move on the chessboard, ultimately lead him to becoming the weakest piece in the game, a pawn, when Avon put Omar & Brother Mouzone on him. "The King stay the King".
Qunniefication D. took the time tho, he ain't rat in the end and that's what count
the weakness displayed was the same as telling, he could not have been left to live.
Qunniefication What a sweet reverse by Avon, to hire out OMAR...of all people....lol, and Bro. Mouzone to Merc. Stringer B.....
am i remembering this incorrectly? I thought D wasnt going to snitch. he was down to do the time but just didnt want anything else to do with Avon/Stringer/the game in general cuz they killed Wallace
smackinmatt right....D was just solid with morals that’s all
This blew me away goddamn I did not think he would admit to the killing of Dee
Ironically, Stringer cannot control his pride any more than Avon can. Whether it’s killing someone without thinking or telling a violent criminal that you murdered his nephew, the results are self destructive.
What people don't understand is that Avon and String were really like brothers. They were best friends. Avon was more upset when String died than he was when D died. Avon loved String even more than D. They were tight before D was even born. And String could have been the boss as well. But he would never kill Avon or Brianna
Naw he was hurt over D. Watch the prison scene with him and Webay.
Oh he definitely was but he was just as hurt if not more hurt over stringer
Another great great unbelievable scene from the wire. I mean this was the best group of actors ever put together in a television series or movie for that matter. The show is a worldwide phenomenon 20 years later for a reason.
People don’t want to admit but speaking in terms of the game, D’s death was justified and nepotism is the only reason he was involved in the game to begin with. He was getting high, he was refusing to speak to anyone and he almost rolled over once. If it were anyone else, he woulda been killed a long time ago. Stringer was right on this one even though he said it out of spite because his ego was hurt.
I agree. I liked D’Angelo a lot but he wasn’t made for the game. Stringer did the right thing killing him.
@@kaelanbradford3664 You didn’t get the point of the show if you think that. Most people born in the game weren’t evil, they were normal people who had a different morality. O
@@kaelanbradford3664 “evil” doesn’t really exists, it depends on the perspective. Stringer thought Wallace was snitching. Snitching is one thing you just can’t do in the game, it means you are a traitor, someone that could never be trusted anymore. So for Stringer and everyone else in the game, what Wallace did was wrong. From that perspective, his murder was 100% justified.
@@aidacailar1126 Stringer acted on things like a sociopath by being paranoid of any threats. Wallace didn’t do anything wrong
@@Obs23456 Wallace was about to snitch too. That's why the police put him up in his Grandma's house in Eastern Shores till the Grand Jury. But they forgot about him because Kima got shot during that time. Stringer was technically right to have both D'Angelo and Wallace murdered. Now if they stood tall like the rest of them, they still be alive like Savino.
Avon- white wife beater. Stringer- black suit. Another chess reference in a major scene. Wow so many hidden layers in this show.
Bigass stretch wtf
Ultimate reach
You gonna pull a muscle reaching that hard
I thought this comment was good and wouldn’t put it past the the writers
@@crush_4103 right
The reach was ridiculous
Now Avon's mad. lol
I hate that bodie never found out D didn’t kill himself
String didn’t know when to keep his mouth shut. He was a business man but when it came to the streets. He just didn’t know how the meaning of “Watch what you say cause you might pay”
The worst part about this whole situation. . . . Stringer bell was right d'angelo gave up everything he knew
Brianna convinced him not to testify in court so what he said to the police didn't matter. After the talk with Brianna D was quiet and was just doing his time. I mean dam first you take the man's woman then wack him. Stringer was the devil
The scene where we notice Idris's British accent and let it slide because of his great acting.
The Wire in 3 words. "Avon was right."
Stringer's timing was perfect. McNulty was sniffing around, stirring up dust, Avon was questioning his street creds. There was no better time to unload the burden of guilt he carried.
Contrary to what some have said, Stringer's confession is not what had him killed. Avon went back to business as usual after this scene, even lying to his sister to protect Stringer and the business.
When you think about it, Killing DeAngelo was the right move, business-wise- I opine. DeAngelo was acting cold towards Avon in prison. DeAngelo flipped then backtracked because of his mother. Business is business. I would have had DeAngelo knocked off too.
No it got him killed and would be the one thing he crossed that he couldn’t go back on by admitting
@@Obs23456 , Sorry, but the facts do not support your opinion. Brother Mouzone approached Avon in the barber shop. He told Avon that Stringer double-crossed him. Avon offered Brother Mouzone money to squash the issue. The Brother was not biting. That is what killed Stringer.
If Avon wanted Stringer killed for what he did to his nephew, he would not have even tried to talk Brother out of doing it. But he did try to talk Brother out of killing Stringer.
Those are the facts.
What burdon of guilt? Stringer couldn't stand D lol
💯💯💯💯💯
He killed Dee over Pussy 🚮
Stringer opening up his wound symbolizes that Avon got shot again
Stringer walks closer to him so Avon couldn’t reach his gun. With every step he knew wat was about to go down. What stringer didn’t know is would he kill his friend or not. You can see that when Avon had to ask twice to let him up. Stringer himself said take that blood over anything somewhere else but he couldn’t take his own advice, he should have ended Avon right in this scene.
He wouldn't they were like brothers. Avon wouldn't kill him either. Hell he tried to save him even after he knew he killed D
So Avon's crew could torture and kill his ass? Naw I don't think so... Avon's crew only left the room not the place. THINK LOGICALLY.
Stringer was right in theory about turning legit. but he wasn't smart enough for what he was trying to accomplish like what Avon said.
Avon only knew the steets and didn't want to do anything else.
Both of their shortcomings ended in their demise.
String got killed and Avon ended up in prison.
That’s mad tho how stringer get all this respect without killing someone
Support String is the ultimate cerebral crime boss...He’s pulls strings (of course hence the name Stringer) on some Street Wizard of Oz type shit and is a master chess player. Man’s took business from the streets to the boardroom...while maintaining the streets. Legendary shit
He kill d angelo i know it pains ppl to admit this even myself
But d angelo alive would have told on every single one
No way I would've told him
He was saying that stringer wasnt tough and never snatched no lives so he showed him
Same. But that ego is a bi#ch.
I really hope these two share a scene again.
This reminds me of when Walt tells Jesse he let Jane die in Breaking Bad. No other reason to confess to it than pure spite and malice.
The truth is Stringer made the right call D'Angelo was gonna tell.
Avon really was treating stringer like a lil bro 😂😂 especially when he tried to send slim off to kill a state senator and throw away his life 😂😂
Everything about Wood Harris is so authentic straight from the streets. Even the “Whatever what you want man” authentic.
There goes a shoe that had to be shined Avon.
The significance of Stringer wearing a yellow tie
"now I know that's family
you love that nigga"
We met these two when they were at the top I’d love a spin off of them coming up
This scene... Was just powerful.
You can hear the accent come through a little bit, makes the scene better somehow, he was really feeling it
Masterpiece theater
Yeah, he wasn’t a seasoned and actor at this time but I bet now he wouldn’t slip. This show literally handed him his career on a silver platter. Idris Elbas great but it’s a shame that Wood Harris never got more prominent rolls.
I think this was the real beginning of the end for String.
The final nail in the coffin for a wanna be gangster. Ran Barksdale crew into the ground and killed his blood for literally no reason then tell him about it? Yah Avon will handle that fine.......
The show with the best dialogue and the silence at the end said everything
Think this was the only time Avon showed he cared about D.
He could’ve said how he had Wallace killed, but he chose to bring up D’Angelo for a reason … to try to assert power and dominance. Just backfired in the end
“ That MF would of Took down the whole show starting with you KILLER “ …. stringer was a slime ball but he was not wrong about that
But he was wrong about Dee, true he snitched when he was arrested but in season two we see how all he wanted was to get out of the game and live his own life
@@niellin5161naw dee had to go. Stringer did the right thing
Avon “The difference between me n u is i bleed red u bleed green”🔥
Yo String! Run home and get your Shine Box!
Scenes like this is why this is the best series ever made