Smh I was already wondering why frank didn’t concede the window. The last thing I would want in Franks position is to attract any attention from law enforcement especially so high in the chain
@@brotherlylovely pride comes before the fall. But to be fair it would be very hard for anybody that considers themself a man to eat the plate of shit Valchek was offering Frank here
Frank should have backed down. Where the window was didn’t really matter to Frank’s political goals and it doesn’t take a genius to recognize that a dying union doesn’t have legitimate money to throw at lobbyists.
Glad to see this scene finally up on the site. Amazing how much of season two and the rest of the seasons partially happens all because of a feud over a glass window in a church.
All of season 2 started over this. If they had talked it out. The investigation over the girls would have went on but the dock wouldn’t have been looked at so heavily
Season 4 i think was their best but damn season 2 is my favorite. They cover so much about the cycle of suffering and betryal at EVERY level in both crime and law. Same fucking bullshit, both sides, but one thinks their bullshit is somehow less smelly because they impose their will on the other.
Proof that Valchek was one of the most unlikable characters in the whole show. He might not have dealt drugs or murdered people, but he was a truly corrupt figure who abused his power purely to satisfy his own ego. It speaks volumes that Frank Sobotka was accidentally complicit in several women dying in a crate yet he still comes off better in this scene.
Just think, Seasons 2 happened because Valchek was sore about Frank Sobotka buying a more expensive window for a local church. Had it not been for that window, Valchek wouldn't have ordered an investigation against Frank and the a lot of the problems in the season probably wouldn't have occurred. All that over a window.
@@tomace4898 They would have, and they would have moved the investigation on to the bigger fish when they realized that Frank and the boys didn't know about the girls and weren't responsible for their deaths. That's exactly what Daniels was going to do before Valchek blew a gasket and insisted they charge Frank even if it meant botching the larger investigation.
It's all on Frank though - yes Valchek is a dick, but if Frank had just been like -- "ok you can have the window, maybe find a way to give me something for the union?" it all works out. But then we have no union storyline -- like when BET edited out all that stuff!
wonder though even if he came to Frank and asked him nicely and Frank said you could have the window would he have still let up on him? he was convinced Frank was into some dirt so even if he did give him the window I wouldnt put it past Valchek to still go after Frank. But provoking him was a dumb move, Valchek was one of the most connected guys with pull in the entire police force.
“Fuck you! And your window”, is one of the best lines of television history. I try to squeeze it in at the end of every argument and people look at me like I’m crazy 😂.
"hey Frank, look, here is the thing." "What is it?" "We both accidentally made a window for the church, and I didn't tell father because I wanted it to be a surprise" "So?" "Frank, I took many people's money and told them the window is gonna be there. Could you place your window in the other spot" "Ehhh, alright" Season 2 ends
Every scene Frank plays is pure gold. His delivery is always on point: frustrated, scared, enraged; pure raw acting. I always get happy when he appears in season 2. Also, Horseface is a damn killer actor. You happy now, bitches?
frank is trafficking drugs in the docks and you piss off the SDC over a location of a window. Valchek won't bother me and my illegal shit, i am sure it will be fine for me and my family. nope. he dies, kid in jail and nephew turns rat and union gets decertified........ hat trick
oh man, if all Sobotka told about Valchk is true, its just a career guide for corrupt anrgy vengeful future "law enforcer" in any country. they are hiring
Damn this is the epitome of telling the truth will cost you your life. If Frank doesn't tell him off no investigation of any kind comes and he lives through the season but thankfully the writers chose otherwise
Spittin' on another man's floor, his Ma ain't brought him up right. My father went across the side of my face because I spit in front of the building we lived in and we lived in a piss neighborhood. Fights break out behind disrespectful sh*t like that.
@@Lamporre he told him that his whole family thought he was trash, he shouldn't be a cop and he is an asshole. Oh by the way you are a criminal, you know you traffic in drugs........ why go out of your way to make an enemy for life out of a police . oh well, it worked out well for everyone.
You know, it wasn't until later I realized that Frank and Valchek were supposed to be only about maybe 5-10 years apart in age. Near contemporaries. It's just that they cast a much younger actor to play Frank.
This is where Frank Fucked up... he shoulda stayed lowkey and just took his window on the 2nd floor.... but seeing him lay into valcheck was fuckin tite
They’re the same story really. The people struggling to survive in “hood” have a lot in common with the struggling dock workers. And the Greek is a major figure in the drug trade, which means Frank and his people were too.
the windows were being put up in a church. i think the reason for their obsession with their respective window's placement is that it symbolizes power (basically bragging rights) and influence in the polish community. could be wrong tho
@@El6Magico6Arlequin6 yeah pretty much, stained glass windows are more like really intricate art rather than just a pane of glass. Frank's design got the spot in the nave (main part of the church, everyone can see) and Valchek had to settle for the rectory (where the priest gets ready, basically only a few people would see it). Just vying for bragging rights on who can be the most generous.
A lot of anger/hate for Valchek here. He is a petty and vindictive man, however Frank went out of his way to antagonise and humiliate him. Frank made a committed enemy in Valchek and it cost him.
Valchek wanted to design and install a stained glass window (more a piece of art than just a pane of glass) in the nave of their church (main hall part where people sit). He raised the funding but Frank also raised money and talked to the priest first about putting his own design in that spot. So now Frank's design is going up in the nave and the priest told Valchek that his design can go in the rectory (basically the wing of church or building where the priest gets ready for mass). Valchek is pissed cause having the spot in the main church is a lot more prestigious than just the rectory, and tries to convince Frank to switch. So basically a big dick measuring contest.
Frank was an idiot, you have to pick your battles. Even if Frank was running a clean shop you still dont want to piss off and have a mortal enemy with a guy as connected as Valchek. And then you add in he's dirty and doing illegal shit why the fuck would you start shit.
Frank gave his life for that window.
Fuck...
He shouldn’t have pissed valcheck off.
Frank gave his life for his union.
I doubt it would have made a difference
The pebble that started the avalanche ...
You ain’t lying’. Sheeesh!
Smh I was already wondering why frank didn’t concede the window. The last thing I would want in Franks position is to attract any attention from law enforcement especially so high in the chain
If it wasn’t that, it would have been something else. Valchek had it out for Frank.
Also Dee shooting that person in the high rises
@@brotherlylovely pride comes before the fall. But to be fair it would be very hard for anybody that considers themself a man to eat the plate of shit Valchek was offering Frank here
I love how one-sided this feud is. Valchek is obsessed with getting Frank but Frank barely ever talks or thinks about Valchek.
Frank did have a lot shit on his mind
lol bro one works in the real world the their sits on his throne doing nothing
Frank should have backed down. Where the window was didn’t really matter to Frank’s political goals and it doesn’t take a genius to recognize that a dying union doesn’t have legitimate money to throw at lobbyists.
@@Catapult5 fuck that authoritarian pig he did the right thing standing up to a literal corrupt cop and bully
@Catapult5 "What's right would be for you is to come down my house like a decent human being and ask a common courtesy".
Glad to see this scene finally up on the site. Amazing how much of season two and the rest of the seasons partially happens all because of a feud over a glass window in a church.
Yeah, that window was a lot of $$ and from that point, Valchek had his finger in Franks eye.
All of season 2 started over this. If they had talked it out. The investigation over the girls would have went on but the dock wouldn’t have been looked at so heavily
Season 4 i think was their best but damn season 2 is my favorite. They cover so much about the cycle of suffering and betryal at EVERY level in both crime and law. Same fucking bullshit, both sides, but one thinks their bullshit is somehow less smelly because they impose their will on the other.
Rawls: Two fuckin' Polacks pissin' on each other's leg.
I love that in the end after his death, Valchek actually felt bad for Frank and was humbled a bit.
He was? Really? That old asshole.
RIP Mr. Brown. You made Valchek one of the most memorable characters ever.
Few things can hurt a man's self-esteem more than being told straight he's a creep who repulses the pretty girls away ...
That would only hurt if you had no success with the laydees
only hurts if it's true.
@@jordyjohn2275 I doubt it involves the ladies. Valchek was married.
@@kingleepz You know it hit home. 😅
Being a creep who has been told this
That's right, hurts. Not everybody is beautiful.
Proof that Valchek was one of the most unlikable characters in the whole show. He might not have dealt drugs or murdered people, but he was a truly corrupt figure who abused his power purely to satisfy his own ego. It speaks volumes that Frank Sobotka was accidentally complicit in several women dying in a crate yet he still comes off better in this scene.
@Jerry Mathurin he is like that angry, old, relative during the holidays who always gets cranky with someone but nobody takes seriously
He made Rawls look like an amateur. True Rawls was an asshole in his own right but he had a few redeeming scenes
the only decent human being part was when Herc talked to him and even then it was just so he could bank a favor.
@@Kruppt808 I was referring to when Kima got shot he basically told the FBI "fuck you and your money" also he talked to McNulty his arch nemesis haha
Val check wasn’t really corrupt, he was just a lousy human being and a shitty cop.
All of Seasons 2 Events (And partially 3-5 as well) happened because of a Church Window. Best Macguffin ever. TV or Movies
It’ll always be funny to me that this season basically happened because valchek was annoyed that his window wasnt put in the church
Just think, Seasons 2 happened because Valchek was sore about Frank Sobotka buying a more expensive window for a local church. Had it not been for that window, Valchek wouldn't have ordered an investigation against Frank and the a lot of the problems in the season probably wouldn't have occurred. All that over a window.
I'm pretty sure the police still would have found the 11 dead hookers in the can.
@@tomace4898 They would have, and they would have moved the investigation on to the bigger fish when they realized that Frank and the boys didn't know about the girls and weren't responsible for their deaths. That's exactly what Daniels was going to do before Valchek blew a gasket and insisted they charge Frank even if it meant botching the larger investigation.
It's all on Frank though - yes Valchek is a dick, but if Frank had just been like -- "ok you can have the window, maybe find a way to give me something for the union?" it all works out. But then we have no union storyline -- like when BET edited out all that stuff!
wonder though even if he came to Frank and asked him nicely and Frank said you could have the window would he have still let up on him? he was convinced Frank was into some dirt so even if he did give him the window I wouldnt put it past Valchek to still go after Frank. But provoking him was a dumb move, Valchek was one of the most connected guys with pull in the entire police force.
1:37 frank cut him pretty deep. You can tell in the eyes.
Love how something so unbelievably petty spun the whole second season story…
“Fuck you! And your window”, is one of the best lines of television history. I try to squeeze it in at the end of every argument and people look at me like I’m crazy 😂.
Shit was funny then and still funny now 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
That or, right after the argument get up and go "one more thing...price of the brick going up..." Then just walk away with no explanation
@@maxxmarino6500: 😂
"hey Frank, look, here is the thing."
"What is it?"
"We both accidentally made a window for the church, and I didn't tell father because I wanted it to be a surprise"
"So?"
"Frank, I took many people's money and told them the window is gonna be there. Could you place your window in the other spot"
"Ehhh, alright"
Season 2 ends
Credits roll.
Every scene Frank plays is pure gold. His delivery is always on point: frustrated, scared, enraged; pure raw acting. I always get happy when he appears in season 2. Also, Horseface is a damn killer actor. You happy now, bitches?
And half of season 2's plot is set in motion...
Boy if Frank only knew what was about to happen he would’ve just gave him the window lol
Fuck that! A man must have a code.
frank is trafficking drugs in the docks and you piss off the SDC over a location of a window. Valchek won't bother me and my illegal shit, i am sure it will be fine for me and my family. nope. he dies, kid in jail and nephew turns rat and union gets decertified........ hat trick
oh man, if all Sobotka told about Valchk is true, its just a career guide for corrupt anrgy vengeful future "law enforcer" in any country. they are hiring
I loved every scene with Frank!
Damn this is the epitome of telling the truth will cost you your life. If Frank doesn't tell him off no investigation of any kind comes and he lives through the season but thankfully the writers chose otherwise
Glad to see tony supranos coach
Savage from Frank but needed
“Rat fukkers, all of ya!”
Spittin' on another man's floor, his Ma ain't brought him up right. My father went across the side of my face because I spit in front of the building we lived in and we lived in a piss neighborhood. Fights break out behind disrespectful sh*t like that.
You have to pick your battles and Frank made one enemy too many. Thanks for posting!
Valchek failed out of jump school
RIP Valchek
You got the scene when Valcheck is looking back about the Sobataka beef.
Which exactly? Please describe it with details
typical meme the ending where he looks at Frank’s photo with the van and says something in Polish
@Sveno V He said "rest in peace".
th-cam.com/video/lyk0RNaPuEc/w-d-xo.html - There you go :)
0:45 : "Boris" on the right awaiting orders. Wow, nice Easter egg there!
hmmm piss of a high ranking police officer in Baltimore? Frank always liked to do things the hard way.........
Given the hostile relationship between the police and labour unions in American history, I'm pretty sure that they were always gonna hate each other.
@@Lamporre he told him that his whole family thought he was trash, he shouldn't be a cop and he is an asshole. Oh by the way you are a criminal, you know you traffic in drugs........ why go out of your way to make an enemy for life out of a police . oh well, it worked out well for everyone.
@@Kruppt808 yep a stupid move indeed
You know, it wasn't until later I realized that Frank and Valchek were supposed to be only about maybe 5-10 years apart in age. Near contemporaries.
It's just that they cast a much younger actor to play Frank.
What was the guy at 0:20 making reference to with his gesture towards valchek?
Valchek's droopy eye
This is where Frank Fucked up... he shoulda stayed lowkey and just took his window on the 2nd floor.... but seeing him lay into valcheck was fuckin tite
Season 2 was always my favourite. I preferred the port storyline to the drug dealer one.
They’re the same story really. The people struggling to survive in “hood” have a lot in common with the struggling dock workers.
And the Greek is a major figure in the drug trade, which means Frank and his people were too.
why are the fighting over a window
Turns out working with glass is pretty expensive. Look it up.
the windows were being put up in a church. i think the reason for their obsession with their respective window's placement is that it symbolizes power (basically bragging rights) and influence in the polish community. could be wrong tho
wiley man sounds about right.
because they're dumb pollacks.
@@El6Magico6Arlequin6 yeah pretty much, stained glass windows are more like really intricate art rather than just a pane of glass. Frank's design got the spot in the nave (main part of the church, everyone can see) and Valchek had to settle for the rectory (where the priest gets ready, basically only a few people would see it). Just vying for bragging rights on who can be the most generous.
I hate Valchek's character I really do. Props to Mr. Brown acting. R.I.P
This type of generational hate is so pure. Everyone should listen to “Pod Yourself The Wire”, the world’s only Wire and Sopranos podcasts.
A lot of anger/hate for Valchek here. He is a petty and vindictive man, however Frank went out of his way to antagonise and humiliate him. Frank made a committed enemy in Valchek and it cost him.
If Frank had been the kind of Man to back down, on a Window (That he rightfully earned) he never would have been a Union-Boss.
Imagine if he stfu and did as valchek bid
All over a window 🤔😩
I can never pay enough attention to this show, why did their beef start? Because of a window at a church shattering?
Valchek wanted to design and install a stained glass window (more a piece of art than just a pane of glass) in the nave of their church (main hall part where people sit). He raised the funding but Frank also raised money and talked to the priest first about putting his own design in that spot. So now Frank's design is going up in the nave and the priest told Valchek that his design can go in the rectory (basically the wing of church or building where the priest gets ready for mass). Valchek is pissed cause having the spot in the main church is a lot more prestigious than just the rectory, and tries to convince Frank to switch. So basically a big dick measuring contest.
@@desertdogv "and tries to convince Frank to switch." More like tries to order\bully Frank to switch. Valchek is a petty little man.
Frank was an idiot, you have to pick your battles. Even if Frank was running a clean shop you still dont want to piss off and have a mortal enemy with a guy as connected as Valchek. And then you add in he's dirty and doing illegal shit why the fuck would you start shit.
This can’t be about a stained glass window. Who is this fucking petty? Is Valcheck 5 years old?
I have a valid suggestion but I won’t let this become political.
You'd be surprised how petty people can be
@@Legba85 I'll do it for you-cops are union busting class traitors. That's just history.
Polack
Frank made a major error political here.