Fucked up thing is at first I thought he was trying to say “don’t do it” but he said it in a way that didn’t imply weakness. Then I got to know his character and realized he meant what he said, “do it or don’t” it really didn’t matter to him. He’s truly a stone cold killer.
@@gustavoespinosa7970 And when you analyse his character it's a symbolic line. What I got from it was he was focused on getting to the top and anything that didn't align with that vision was irrelevant and insignificant or didn't matter like you said. That's his attitude throughout the whole series, anything that got in his way was just something to get removed & had no meaning whatsoever, that's why while Avon & Stringer had so much emotion in the beef between the two it was because of pride & ego of a young cat showing them up, with Marlo it was simply something that had to be taken care of to get to the next stage of taking over no emotions.
Joe went out like a boss. Didn't beg, didn't plead, offered an alternative, and accepted his fate when his proposition was rejected. Great character, RIP Robert Chew
@@donsly375 I think you misread what bguze said. He didn't beg, did not plead, OFFERED an alternative etc. (unless you were replying to someone else and that dude deleted his comment or something)
That’s totally incorrect. They push Marlo to step away and it looks like he will but his last scene shows that he’s unable to leave the game just like Avon. He’ll be killed or jailed at some point.
@@thesinaclwonman idk about that. I see what you’re saying, and I can definitely see an argument for your stance. But given Marlos absolute dedication to his name and reputation, i feel he would go out and handle business himself He didn’t get to where he is for no reason. Snoop and Chris both stood with him and never shirked from their loyalty to him. That tells me that Marlo is someone who 100 percent put in work. And I mean, no one dude can run anything. If Avon and stringer didn’t have muscle, they wouldn’t be anything as well. Every leader needs his followers, ya know?
@@thesinaclwonhe’s a killer just the same, before he was boss he killed a witness, got his hands dirty killing avons Thor trap, watched Joe get his head blown off without flinching. Dude was a menace
Marlo not getting killed made me appreciate the series more. We are always looking for the "bad guy" to take a fall, but in The Wire, most of the characters we saw as "good" or would root for, lost. Omar was the one people wanted to see survive. Instead we see him killed by Kennard which was great writing in my opinion. Snoop is killed by Michael who is now the new Omar I guess. Chris is the enforcer rotting in jail like Weebay. Duquan aka Dukie is now lost and smoking dookie. Randy is most likely going to be stuck in the system and forgotten, Poot is trying to get on track but will he ever live down the heartless killing of Wallace? Prezbo is learning that his new job is as hopeless as his last. Namond at least has a shot at something great but his life is what we wanted for Michael. But even Marlo lost at the end where he finds himself back where he started and not happy with his new found status. if you did a poll of the most intriguing and beloved character, I'm sure it would be Omar. Who knew that everyone would root for a gay stick up man? Fantastic show.
I love how Marlo is sitting in jail with life and business on line, calm as can be. But he hears 1 guy badmouthed him in the streets - and that's! the real concern. David Simon's intimate knowledge of his own characters is so sublime.
In this scene the writers told Jamie Hector(Marlo) that they want him to react the same way a company ceo would react if he finds out his companies reputation is on the line. The game is the game.
Marlo smiled at Michael after calling him out because he recognized himself in their stare down. One of the most intense 5 seconds on the screen. Great acting.
Telling Prop Joe that he too is incapable of changing, then walking up in his suit, running the two slingers away, then enjoying the pure satisfaction of taking that corner. Summed up Marlo perfectly.
The killing of Joe was one of the coldest things I’ve ever seen in tv or movies...the Marlo character is so low key, never gets worked up, what an actor
@@carlitosur7949 the wire & The corner & the This is England TV series is how tv should be done 💯 kept short with not many series and episode's with a brilliant cast and a brilliant end product The film This is England is how film should done anything shane meadows does is Gold cos he's a genius .
Marko killed people to massage his ego. Avon was much more of an embodiment of the game. That's encapsulated by the scene where Avon is upset with Stringer for breaking the Sunday morning peace rule.
@@garymac5571 "The first time Marlo makes an impact is when his underlings are about to punish Bubbles and Johnny for leaning on their car, threatening them with a handgun. Marlo takes in the situation and says simply 'Do it or don't. I've got places to be." He instantly puts himself above trivial concerns; he shows neither anger nor compassion. He has merely sized the situation up, judged there is no threat or benefit to him therein, and leaves it as not worth his time. His decision-making is calibrated to winning "the game". Sounds very egotistical to me.
@@nonchalant1984 Contrast that though to the entirely unnecessary murder of a security guard. Marlo had just lost a shit ton of money in a poker game. He clearly felt frustrated and powerless in that situation. To boost his fragile ego, he challenges the authority of a convenience store security guard, knowing he would always have the upper hand in this scenario. Not content with belittling the security guard, he then has Chris kill the security guard for daring to challenge him. That wasn't the game. That was entirely against the ethics of the game. That was Marlo's fragility manifesting itself in cold blooded murder of a civilian. Even in season one, when the Barksdale crew were killing civilians, it was because they were witnesses. It made sense from a business perspective. Marlo's murder of the security guard was purely egotistical.
That’s the game! It’s unpredictable, you never know what’s around the corner. His introduction is significant, the frame is of him in between one of his soldiers in the midst of deciding whether or not to kill Bubbles. When Marlo tells him “do it or don’t either way I got somewhere to be.” That shows you how ruthless the unknown can be. No preparation for it 🔥🔥🔥
I feel bad for people who never give The Wire a chance. They have no idea what they're missing. It's sooo much more than just an old, non HD, show. Every few years I watch the entire series from beginning to end.
4 me a white guy live in east of France..it was really like this in BMore ??? Dammnnn u ppl who lives in ghetto in US its so scary !!! But god bless u wish the best 4 u
@@henrye.5512 As a person born and raised in Baltimore. Its still ruthless, but no different than any city in the USA. Not as big as NY, Chicago or LA, but all cities have less resources for the lower class, which makes it hard for minorities and poor whites. Its a circumstance created by the government and those with money. No different than a third world country.
Ms.Peaches215 I FW Bodie but i feel like his Karma was for Killing wallace.. Just like Stringer didnt give Wallace the benefit of a doubt when it came to being a snitch, Marlo didnt give Bodie a chance..
Marlo was the realest character in the entire series. He's is my favorite for sure. Why? Marlo operated outside the hypocrisy of the game. Loyalty, honesty, respect, and honor are just trigger words to legitimize the grimy aspect of the game. When you are selling dope and committing murders for cash, there are no rules or codes. Marlo understood this fully and that's how he came up so quickly. Why is it that Marlo survived? He played the game the way it was meant to be played, ruthless.
Thing is, Marlo's reputation wasn't nearly as good as Avon's reputation. Avon was the one who had the reputation to hire a day of the jackal type nigga like Brother Mouzone. Hell, even Sergei followed Avon's advice on how to deal with certain situations. In the end, Marlo had want Stringer wanted but couldn't achieve, but Avon had what Marlo wanted and couldn't achieve, and Avon was the kind of guy who knew his place.
The Super Star that's the thing though, respect was Marlo's priority and not reputation. Marlo ran Avon's people off the block. People didn't like Marlo because they couldn't play him. Dude played the game in true fashion. Marlo was loyal to himself. You can't have moral values in an immoral game.
Brandon Smith I really doubt that if Marlo was in prison, people would call timeout on a baseball game for him to walk through. Also, Avon never lost to Marlo. Avon only lost to the cops. Marlo and his muscles weren't the ones who took Avon out. In the end, Avon had respect while Marlo didn't, which is my response to those who say that Marlo beat Avon because Avon was the one in prison.
The scene with Omar robbing the card game feels like the best depiction of Marlo's realness. He shows no obvious emotion, he was completely calm even with two guns in his face and him getting robbed. It just felt like a perfect illustration of what a boss is, even in the worst situation Marlo still carried himself like he was in total control.
The only time he was ever uncomfortable was when he wasn't in full power and in control. When Stringer got too close in season 3 he flinched. When Avon surprised in jail, he was unseated because he didn't know Avon still wielded that much power and saw through him where Joe and String and others failed to.
Thought the same thing. They kind of alluded to him being no joke when his character is first introduced. Not only did Marlo have Chris's respect, he had his undivided loyalty as well, to the very end, even when Chris doubted him at times, or when Chris was facing life in prison. Two bloodthirsty, ruthless, driven kats who truly understood and accepted each other in a way that most people could never understand.
I heard a rumor of them.possibly being African or Nigerian immigrants. Who came over together n grew up w each other. They do look the part. Too bad we nener get to see much about marlo,snoop or chirs' family. Woulda been cool to see chriss' or marlos ppl. If he has any here.. I dunno jus a thought
I just realised when Omar robs the card game and says to Marlo "I can find your people a whole lot easier then they can find me." is so true. When Omar got killed he had a list with names of Marlo, Chris, Monk, Cheese, Snoop and locations. Marlo and his crew couldn't even find Omar after the set-up in Monks house, while Omar was hiding in the same building!!
@@Bluesrock1815 don't you remember the scene where Marlo walks alway from the party when he had sold the connect, when he took over a corner on his own? Dudes one the corner were talking like if a SWAT team took him down (exaggerated iknow lol). Even when Michael told Spider it was Kenard, he wouldn't believe him.
There was something captivating about Marlo's character and I chalk a lot of it up to Jamie Hector's performance. He was so cold, reptilian and alien. We'd seen tough and memorable street characters like Avon, Omar, Bey and Bodie but Marlo was nothing like them. He was more like a force of nature than an actual human being: just scooping up as much power and control as he could with no regard for sentiment, compassion, respect or honor. The only thing that could rile him up was when people challenged his reputation (Michael; Omar calling him out; the corner punks).
Textbook psychopath. Highly intelligent, cold and calculating, not a hint of empathy. Exudes confidence, charm when needed, manipulative, completely ruthless. Homeboy didn't even have one damn ruth. Prime example...his expression and demeanor as he ended Joe. He didn't bat an eye as Joe's skull exploded right in front of him as he watched. I felt bad for Joe. Betrayed multiple ways. His nephew, the Greeks, and Marlo...a young man he treated as a son apparently.
Neverfalsecomments I thought he meant to say something to the effect of "You're a nobody. I'm a somebody. And you wish nobodys can confront somebodys. But they can't."
GT G i think its a combo.... the scene, the season, the series, life... think Stringer, Major Colvin, think life in general.....we want it to be one way.... we want to believe all is good, everybody honest....there's good in everyone...but like he said...its the other.....thats my take on it
intsoccersuperstar1 I think it's simpler than you guys are making it out to be. He wants it to be one way, the way where he doesn't get killed because he made it clear he wasn't stepping to Marlo. But it's the other way, Marlo's way, where having the audacity to challenge him in any way is the same thing as stepping to him.
I personally loved Marlo's character. It showed just how cold, unforgiving and fucked up the drug game can be. Marlo had no morals, compassion or empathy and this is why he was able to take over. Everyone else had boundaries. Marlo did not. He saw every drug bosses weakness and exploited it. He was honestly the most ruthless gangster on the show. Stringer Bell being a close second.
Michael looked Marlo right in the eyes before he was even a killer. After his first body is when Chris told him now you can look him in the eyes, no matter who is or what he’s done you look him right in the eyes. Amazing writing in this show
6:16 explains why Marlo really lost, even though we wanted to see him get smoked or go to jail the worst thing that could happen to him was losing his crown and having his name lose weight. Perfection I swear.
Nah, Marlo showed some attachment when he killed that bitch Yvonne. Chris said to him "it had to be done", Marlo seemed like he didn't wanna believe it or do it, so you can't say he's completely cold/ruthless. Also, if he had no emotional attachment, then why did he try to hook up with that bitch again another day after he had already fucked her? I dunno why that girl didn't just have a gun and shoot Marlo if she was hired to entrap him so he can be killed by someone else.. But yeah. That whole situation shows that Marlo is just human, and his weakness is women just like every other hard gangster cunt out there.. women are always the end of them. Marlo got lucky in this one
He wanted to hook up again as he was immediately suspicious about her haste and guessed it could be a trap. So he used the situation to feel out whether Avon and his crew were coming for him and set up his own ambush. You're kind of right though. She might have had the chance to do Marlo herself, but that's why Chris is always close by as his security.
he murdered her himself. and they also say it wasn't the first time he'd killed a woman like that. I don't think you call that a weakness. I think it's heartless
strafer there’s some truth to that but I always saw Marlo as someone who was addicted to the game. He couldn’t stop being in the game as much as he could stop breathing
+fartmagizewarth I kinda love him because he was damn good in what he was doing and thats one point the series was about for me, everyone just wanna do best but everyone has a different opinion on whats best and also on whats the game about.
+fartmagizewarth Yeah I agree, his game was basically about gaining a reputation and he did everything he thought was the best to do so, but he failed. One good example you missed I guess is the scene where where he steals a lolly in front of the security guard, which is later be killed for not showing him respect. But I guess to remember one reason why he failed to do so is the fact that Chris didnt tell him what Omar is talking about him for weeks (or days, but Chris definitely hold this information back as long as possible) Oh yeah and what I was trying to say in previous comment: Like you said other drug lords had a degree of logic but Marlo had in his decisions probably more logic and LESS EMOTIONS involved as any other drug lord, only what he wanted to achieve with his abilities is beyond our comprehension. P.S. Strike that, I would say Prop Joe was even more logical but didnt help him either. ;)
+Sunshinewhenitsgone as far as I m concerned Marlo retiered a winner. So what if the pawns don't know your name, who cares... This man left the game a FREE...well repected multimillionaire, and he didn't snitch or get snitched on I mean damn!!!! Everybody else left dead or in jail. Now he`s going to be a cold calculating man in a corporate setting, its a reason why the writers did that. Second, as a side note if he was WHITE you wouldn'tbe saying that.
Jamie Hector played that villain role too well. Cold blooded, heartless brotha didn't even blink when Prop Joe caught that dome shot. Phenomenal performance in those final three seasons.
Greatest character right here, and his crew were freaks like him, smart outcasts that lost any empathy they may ever had for humans. Watching them was so entertaining, they didn't have fun like barksdales crew, they were serious and strategic beyond belief. Anybody that posed a threat was wiped out off their path. Their whole life was this, it was all they thought about. The only time they smiled was when they had succeeded in the game
Marlo had a thirst for power more than a thirst for money which was his weakness. He’ll drop bodies over words he wouldn’t survive in todays surveillance heavy world
@@asher6657 because his character is fantasize to fit the movie aspect of the show , he is a real person . he's still alive and most important the guy they interviewed for the inside specifics of the things that went on at that time.......little Melvin who they got the story from after they read the infamous new paper clip called " Westside story " held back secrets because real players who names was never mentioned , are still alive to this day and in control . I am from Baltimore city , and I still live here in the hood , where things really gets real at ?!
@@rickiehawkes5665 You make a compelling argument. I heard about Little Melvin, from a documentary, and my knowledge of the streets of Baltimore is what i gleaned from ''The Corner'', and "The Wire'' .... and my own 'experiences' in the 'crack epidemic' in NYC. Yah willing, i will be 30 years Clean, October 14!
Marlo is the kind of dude that killed someone one day went home laid down and slept like a new born baby ..once a person learns that they can take a life and wake up the next day and not feel jack shit about it ...its what ever goes after that..
@wildhorse891 And that is why he is my favorite character. He did what he had to do to survive everything was calculated. He ended up being the one that made it out as well.
@@bestbean9836 how can you read something explicitly detailing the differences in sociopathy and psychopathy and then just say "yeah well he's still a pyschopath" .... Do you not take in new information?
If you look at the cinematography in that scene he swings the golf club right into the other dude’s head via forced perspective: “best step off before I go for a birdie”
The way I'd sum up Marlo is: "he took and gave nothing back". When he talked, he paid close attention to those he was talking with, learning from and learning about them, while saying nothing that might reveal his thoughts, plans or character, not even that or what he was learning. So nobody could tell what he was about, while he knew what they were about. It made others underestimate him, too, because he didn't show what he was capable of. He took info, but gave no info. He took territory, and gave no territory. He took power, shared no power. Always walking forward, not a step back. That's about as hard as a person can get. You can't rule the world with just hard, though. Maybe that's why he walked out at the end, he realized he couldn't control the new environment he was in. So he went back to the streets, where his power meant something. In a way though, that too was a compromise, as he admitted his powerlessness before the world of big business. Now that's some good and subtle character development. Or maybe I'm just plain wrong about all this.
That's what I like the most about Marlo's character he didn't talk much. But when he did it was always something with some sort of plan behind it. He never wasted words. Every little thing about the game seemed important to him.
All the way down to, he took info but gave no info. when i read all of that it pretty much sums up exactly how i am, sometimes i wonder why other people is'nt like that
Marlo has a lot of really admirable traits. Stoic, ambitious, intuitive, successful at anything he puts his mind to. He also has an extremely impressive knowledge of persuasion. I wish I had his glare.
One thing forsure,Bodie had heart and never really feared Marlo but he knew he was no match for his crew by himself.Marlo starts too pretend he doesnt know his name and Bodie replys with "YOU KNOW MY NAME"..
MegaRunningback1 And then in the scene where Marlo asks Michael if he's ready to put in work, he tells Michael that Bodie's old spot is his. Even after he died, Marlo still remembered Bodie's name.
kyle cole this is the first i ever sae of the wire jus that convo blew my mind and drew me in.the way he didnt really acknowledge bodie and just kept practicing his swing was very menacing
"Boy, you got me confused with a man that repeats himself..." - Omar Little Lowkey one of the best characters/actors on the show. Trench coat, sawed-off shotty, whistling 'The Farmer in the Dell' "Omar Coming!!!" 😩😥 😮 🤐
12:00 that look that Michael gave Marlo let him know that he wasn’t no punk. Marlo actually cracks a smile and looks back at Chris in disbelief. He may have been disappointed he couldn’t turn Michael into a soldier but he respected the fact that he wasn’t a punk and looked Marlo dead in his eyes. And interesting interaction to say the least. Marlo respects Michael for having strong morals. “It ain’t no thing shorty, we cool”
@0:39 "I'm being a gentleman about it for the moment." This line went over a lot of people's heads. Golf is often referred to as a gentleman's game and, in this scene, Marlo is shown wielding a golf club. What's even more interesting is that he's holding a type of golf club called an iron. Therefore, his statement implies that were he holding another type of "iron" (i.e. a handgun), he wouldn't be acting so gentlemanly towards Bodie.
I really want to see Marlo's story before this show. I want to know why someone as ruthless as Chris follows Marlo. Marlo must have done something to earn Chris' respect and fear.
Vladzycjrcgc Yukmnjervjicus Carmine Galatea was most definitely murdered he was ambushed and died with an eye blown out and his cigar still in his mouth on a restaurant patio it's a very famous /infamous picture
I keep seeing people say Marlo was a bitch cause he had Chris and Snoop doing his dirty work. That's how a boss is suppose to move. But you gotta think what Marlo had did before he was introduced. If Chris and serial killer/cold blooded killer had so much respect and loyalty to Marlo you can only wonder or imagine how ruthless Marlo was. Theh didn't show that, cause that's something you gotta pick up for yourself. The first time we see Marlo is when Bubs and dude hits one of Marlo's people's car and dude has the gun on the white boy. Marlo's reply is " Either do it or don't, but I got somewhere to be." HEARTLESS from the first time you see him! They didn't show Marlo killing and all that cause he had already did it. Killers only respect killers! And Chris respected the shit out of a Marlo. Like in the scene where they are in jail after getting knocked, Chris was obviously scared to tell Marlo what Omar was saying about him. Marlo snapped on Chris... "What you know about what I need to be worried about muthafucka!!" Marlo was that dude! Baddest bad guy to hit the screen! Hector nailed that!! I ain't with all this meeting and shit... Plus Price of the brick is going up $30,000... Alright enough of this shit and walks out like a boss!!
I see people saying he should've died or went to prison, that's not the case every time. Sometimes the bad guy wins. But he also lost, cause he lost the only thing he really ever wanted... To be king of the streets.
Here’s what I really love about this. On the one hand, Avon and Stringer needed each other. Stringer was the brain, the cunning, the pure capitalist (Adam Smith on his bookshelf and all) while Avon was the heart, the fraternal aspect of the hood, the familial ties. Stringer fell because he commanded no loyalty without Avon, while Avon fell because he lacked Stringer’s chessmasterly imagination. Marlo, in a purely practical sense, is the best of both worlds; whether through fear or respect, he commands loyalty as Avon does, while also sharing Stringer’s grander ambitions. Even with Chris in jail and Snoop dead, he continues to thrive in large part because he’s wired so perfectly for survival in his environment. By the end Marlo has managed to parlay everything he had gained in the street into the legitimate businessman position, the connections, the security. But while he does well, he clearly feels aimless, so he leaves the party and, for no apparent reason, inserts himself into some street shit; fundamentally, that’s what he’s wired for. That’s what I think is really genius - not only does the clearest villain in a story with no perfect heroes come out on top at the end, but in true Greek tragedy fashion, Marlo has gained everything Stringer wanted so badly, and yet, because he’s from Avon’s cloth as well, he’s ultimately unsatisfied with it.
You know, at first I thought Marlo in season 3 was going to be some kind of underdog against his war with Avon, but when season 4-5 came out it became clear that Marlo is a more ruthless and cold blooded version of Avon. Here are some of my thoughts on Marlo. I used to hate Marlo, but I realize that Marlo was a manifestation of the crack/heroin game today. He was cunning, dangerous, malicious, malevolent, murderous, power hungry, ruthless and violent. That's how the crack/heroin game is; no code, no decency, no honor, no integrity, no love and no respect. I'm probably giving Marlo WAY too much credit than he deserves (he was truly a scumbag piece of human shit, lol!) but he was a strategist; he knew how to play the game to the fullest. He kept himself insulated from the many dangers of the streets and the law by having a team of people who were willing to follow and obey his orders. He also sought the council of people who have knowledge of how the streets and the law work; i.e. Prop Joe and Levy the lawyer respectively. He was willing to listen and wasn't as hard-headed as a lot of people are, who let their egos get the best of them when it comes to receiving information that might help them. He also knew how to humble himself amongst authority figures bigger than him; the Greeks. He owned up to his mistake of giving them dirty money from the streets and rectified it by giving them clean ones instead. He was tenacious, he pressed forward to accomplish his goals. He never drank alcohol, smoked cigarettes, or used his own product. Now with that being said, Marlo is the same as King Joffrey/Hitler in regards to being an arrogant, vain, self-absorbed, immature, and pompous asshole. He truly was a sociopath; he didn't care about no one but himself. He was a bully; killed people for minor offenses, hell...for nothing at all sometimes. He was a snake; cold blooded, slippery, slimy, and poisonous to the community. He is the representation of black on black crime; it's nothing at all to kill your own people over bullshit in America. When it came out in the news that 22 bodies were found in the vacant houses, there were a few in the police that went on a prolonged surveillance to bring down Marlo, but over time it took the back burner when the alleged serial killer who was killing white people came out. Marlo is a lot like Nino Brown from New Jack City. When they both got in trouble with the law, both of them they shifted the blame on their own team members. They completely threw all of them under the bus and they both were acquitted. They may of walked out from that predicament alive and rich, Nino got his however, but they lost all respect from people living in the neighborhoods in which they poisoned. Marlo was a great character in The Wire and Jaime Hector did a great job portraying him, you just loved to hate him, LOL!
You're not giving him too much credit. He played the game masterfully. Because for him, there was nothing else. With Prop Joe you get the sense the game is just a good paying job. With Stringer it was all about legitimizing himself, and essentially trying to escape the game. For Avon, the game was his life, but he had heart and cared about people too. Marlo didn't care about anyone (at least, he didn't put anyone above the game), and he had no ambition outside of winning the game. He didn't care about getting out or trying to go legitimate, or even, it seems, about making money. It was simply about being the King.
Kweku Duncan the niggas on the corner also didn’t kill him like some shorty did omar..niggas was scared but everybody ain’t scared remember that🤔and it took a kid to take Omar out who knew what he was bout and ain’t gaf
The scene that shows Marlo’s cold-bloodedness, for me, is the Omar poker game scene. He’s not a happy camper by any means. But the fact that he doesn’t really talk shit is wild. He understands the game, realizes he’s beat on this play, and writes it off like nothing. I just don’t see anyone else with the ego needed to get to the top maintaining that level of cool in the same situation.
At 9:09 Marlo displays his psycological knowledge of the game; the fact that your reputation and fear actor is such a fundemental aspect if you want to stay king in the biz. You can't let people smell weakness, or even let people have any doubts or second guesses. The pawns don't pay attention to this fact, too busy with their 2-bit hustlin'. Even Chris kind of gently shrugs it off as a minor nuisance, but Marlo knows full well how crucial this is and thus he goes off.
Imagine Omar. He's no king or anyone in a powerful position, yet everyone is scared of him. At the end, he won because his name is on the streets even in death. He is what Marlo wants to be, a legend.
BFLY1980 Omar didn’t rat on anyone. The streets knew that Bird killed the maintenance worker. He just lied about seeing him. And everyone knew that Bird kept the damn gun.
‘3.28: You won’t be able to change up any more than me’ That’s the quote that explains the final episode in The Wire. Marlo walks out of the meeting with the property guys and takes a corner unarmed. This quote and that action hints that Marlo got right back in the game after the rest of his crew got killed or sentenced. People agree with my analysis?
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"You must have me confused with a man who repeats himself".......Love that line.
😂😂 classic/vintage
Right😂😂😂
Class!
Love it so much you can't even quote it right? 🤣
That's technically repeating himself.
"do it or don't but I got somewhere to be" coldest line and really introduces who he is mentally
Best line.
Fucked up thing is at first I thought he was trying to say “don’t do it” but he said it in a way that didn’t imply weakness. Then I got to know his character and realized he meant what he said, “do it or don’t” it really didn’t matter to him. He’s truly a stone cold killer.
No value for life
@@gustavoespinosa7970 more like psychotic. Dude belongs in an asylum
@@gustavoespinosa7970 And when you analyse his character it's a symbolic line. What I got from it was he was focused on getting to the top and anything that didn't align with that vision was irrelevant and insignificant or didn't matter like you said. That's his attitude throughout the whole series, anything that got in his way was just something to get removed & had no meaning whatsoever, that's why while Avon & Stringer had so much emotion in the beef between the two it was because of pride & ego of a young cat showing them up, with Marlo it was simply something that had to be taken care of to get to the next stage of taking over no emotions.
Joe went out like a boss. Didn't beg, didn't plead, offered an alternative, and accepted his fate when his proposition was rejected. Great character, RIP Robert Chew
lol what? he quite literally offered an alternative
@@donsly375 a “proposition” 😂
he literally did beg he said it dont gotta be this way i treated you like a son !
@@donsly375 I think you misread what bguze said.
He didn't beg, did not plead, OFFERED an alternative etc.
(unless you were replying to someone else and that dude deleted his comment or something)
i'm gonna fold u like a pretzel @@0kills
"Man, money ain't go no owners. Only spenders." -Omar
+Kamofy Early burd get the wurm!!!
best line ever
+Makk Sin that was a good one but i liked when he told levy " i got the shotgun, you got the briefcase. its all in the game though right?"
definitely some ruff ryda shit dog -X
imahelpfulperson what else can you tell me about the Rothschilds
In the end Marlo walks away from the party Stringer worked his whole life trying to get into.
A Gendil wow I never noticed that
Guess Im just a gangster, And I want my corners.
Marlo was smart & lucky
Bad Faith Actor so true great insight
That’s totally incorrect. They push Marlo to step away and it looks like he will but his last scene shows that he’s unable to leave the game just like Avon. He’ll be killed or jailed at some point.
Marlo doesn't care about money, friends, family, fancy clothes, jewelry. He just wants everyone to be in awe of, and fear him.
And no one knows who he is. While Omar still lives on as a legend.
@@fuckyoutube2326 I would say a shit load of real fans know about marlo
well he did care for jewelry, he straight robbed andre for that ring😂😂😂
@@fuckyoutube2326 name doesn't last for long. In the end, Marlo had the most success.
@@miekgg it was more about the act of power...i take what i want and you cant do anything about it.
"He was a dead man when he opened his mouth. He's just walking around not knowing it." DAMN! Marlo ain't playing.
Yes sir
He only talks a good talk because he had Chris and Snoop. Without them Marlo would have been punked quick.
@@thesinaclwonman idk about that. I see what you’re saying, and I can definitely see an argument for your stance.
But given Marlos absolute dedication to his name and reputation, i feel he would go out and handle business himself
He didn’t get to where he is for no reason. Snoop and Chris both stood with him and never shirked from their loyalty to him. That tells me that Marlo is someone who 100 percent put in work.
And I mean, no one dude can run anything. If Avon and stringer didn’t have muscle, they wouldn’t be anything as well. Every leader needs his followers, ya know?
@@thesinaclwonyou literally see Marlo handle two armed dealers by himself bare handed. He’s just as capable of his soldiers
@@thesinaclwonhe’s a killer just the same, before he was boss he killed a witness, got his hands dirty killing avons Thor trap, watched Joe get his head blown off without flinching. Dude was a menace
Marlo not getting killed made me appreciate the series more. We are always looking for the "bad guy" to take a fall, but in The Wire, most of the characters we saw as "good" or would root for, lost. Omar was the one people wanted to see survive. Instead we see him killed by Kennard which was great writing in my opinion. Snoop is killed by Michael who is now the new Omar I guess. Chris is the enforcer rotting in jail like Weebay. Duquan aka Dukie is now lost and smoking dookie. Randy is most likely going to be stuck in the system and forgotten, Poot is trying to get on track but will he ever live down the heartless killing of Wallace? Prezbo is learning that his new job is as hopeless as his last. Namond at least has a shot at something great but his life is what we wanted for Michael. But even Marlo lost at the end where he finds himself back where he started and not happy with his new found status. if you did a poll of the most intriguing and beloved character, I'm sure it would be Omar. Who knew that everyone would root for a gay stick up man? Fantastic show.
+mikedaflexta Excellent analysis. I agree with everything you said.
Omar and Bubbles
+mikedaflexta the true irony IMO was the fact that Marlo ended up legit like stringer always wanted
Excellent character analysis! # I absolutely love the WIRE!
+mikedaflexta Omar Little IMO is the best written character ever.
12:10 Marlo looks at Chris like an NBA scout who just found a generational star player in high school that no one knows about yet lol
Lmao, love this analogy
Marlo's first scene personified his character perfectly. "Do it, or don't. But I got some place to be" He was a cold ruthless SOB.
I love how Marlo is sitting in jail with life and business on line, calm as can be. But he hears 1 guy badmouthed him in the streets - and that's! the real concern.
David Simon's intimate knowledge of his own characters is so sublime.
Omar said what...
In this scene the writers told Jamie Hector(Marlo) that they want him to react the same way a company ceo would react if he finds out his companies reputation is on the line. The game is the game.
@d R well that's why you are where you are and the usual leaders that are that way, are where they are. We all fit in this world like a foot in a boot
And Michael told them that Marlo would want to know his name was in the streets. But they just said you ain’t marlo shut up.
🤮🤮🤮
“I wasn’t made to play the son.” What a villain Marlo was
Dumbest sht ever
that hit hard lol
When Marlo meet Michael he sees it, eyes of a soldier. Love how he looks at Chris like a kid in a store looking back at his dad "I want this one"🤣
Delgado smooth72 real shit
I wonder what would've happened if the new Michael would have robbed Marlo after he went back to the block...
@@Ace_Capone28 Good question.
normal men lick their lips when they see a hot ass broad
marlo licks his lips when he recognizes a soldier on the street.
lol
They treated mike like a first draft pick LMAO
Marlo smiled at Michael after calling him out because he recognized himself in their stare down. One of the most intense 5 seconds on the screen. Great acting.
Didn’t recognise himself, he recognised Chris.
I don't think marlo and micheal were similar at all marlo was cold.
He respects a man who dont take handouts and dont take bullshit from noone
He just recognized he was different and had heart
The very slight shift in Marlo's expression when he sizes up Michael and realizes he isnt just another hoppa - man that's what we watch for!
Telling Prop Joe that he too is incapable of changing, then walking up in his suit, running the two slingers away, then enjoying the pure satisfaction of taking that corner. Summed up Marlo perfectly.
The killing of Joe was one of the coldest things I’ve ever seen in tv or movies...the Marlo character is so low key, never gets worked up, what an actor
lol soft
@@carlitosur7949 youngen you can't call anyone soft lol
@@carlitosur7949 the wire & The corner & the This is England TV series is how tv should be done 💯 kept short with not many series and episode's with a brilliant cast and a brilliant end product
The film This is England is how film should done anything shane meadows does is Gold cos he's a genius .
Check out gangs of London. Best show ever as far as British.
@@JoshuaValentine sure there is. No need for emotions
I say "price of the brick going up" whenever I leave a room.
Lol
Cool, I say "I have to return some videotapes"...
😭😭😂😭
Vince Torres 🤣 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽i say ‘now go get your shine box” when i leave 🤣🤣
@@glenndoleberry8418 😂😂
"Boy u got me confused with a man who repeats himself" 😎
💪
Indeed
Omar treated his ass
Marlo was the human embodiment of the game. All logic, no emotion.
Nope. Avon was.
Marko killed people to massage his ego. Avon was much more of an embodiment of the game. That's encapsulated by the scene where Avon is upset with Stringer for breaking the Sunday morning peace rule.
@@MrPimptastic1 very enlightening
@@garymac5571 "The first time Marlo makes an impact is when his underlings are about to punish Bubbles and Johnny for leaning on their car, threatening them with a handgun. Marlo takes in the situation and says simply 'Do it or don't. I've got places to be." He instantly puts himself above trivial concerns; he shows neither anger nor compassion. He has merely sized the situation up, judged there is no threat or benefit to him therein, and leaves it as not worth his time. His decision-making is calibrated to winning "the game". Sounds very egotistical to me.
@@nonchalant1984 Contrast that though to the entirely unnecessary murder of a security guard. Marlo had just lost a shit ton of money in a poker game. He clearly felt frustrated and powerless in that situation. To boost his fragile ego, he challenges the authority of a convenience store security guard, knowing he would always have the upper hand in this scenario. Not content with belittling the security guard, he then has Chris kill the security guard for daring to challenge him.
That wasn't the game. That was entirely against the ethics of the game. That was Marlo's fragility manifesting itself in cold blooded murder of a civilian.
Even in season one, when the Barksdale crew were killing civilians, it was because they were witnesses. It made sense from a business perspective. Marlo's murder of the security guard was purely egotistical.
“I wasn’t made to play the son.” Cold
Marlo just came from outta nowhere in the Wire... He was like Cancer, you never seen him coming. Real Talk 💯
That’s the game! It’s unpredictable, you never know what’s around the corner. His introduction is significant, the frame is of him in between one of his soldiers in the midst of deciding whether or not to kill Bubbles. When Marlo tells him “do it or don’t either way I got somewhere to be.” That shows you how ruthless the unknown can be. No preparation for it 🔥🔥🔥
I feel bad for people who never give The Wire a chance. They have no idea what they're missing. It's sooo much more than just an old, non HD, show. Every few years I watch the entire series from beginning to end.
F them people
It’s a visual novel…best written show I’ve ever seen
@@bossshxtonly the ending was bad…
@@bossshxtonly true detective doesn't have shit on the wire, they're completely different things.
Being from B- More makes watching it even better. I see so many streets I grew on or visited on this show
The Wire is one of the best shows ever made so real and grimey, the realest shit ever said "money don't have owners only spenders" true shit.
gangsta game of thrones
@@Daemon1995_ dude stop
@@Daemon1995_ got season 1-4 is on par with the wire
4 me a white guy live in east of France..it was really like this in BMore ??? Dammnnn u ppl who lives in ghetto in US its so scary !!!
But god bless u wish the best 4 u
@@henrye.5512 As a person born and raised in Baltimore. Its still ruthless, but no different than any city in the USA. Not as big as NY, Chicago or LA, but all cities have less resources for the lower class, which makes it hard for minorities and poor whites. Its a circumstance created by the government and those with money. No different than a third world country.
“I wasn’t made to play the son” the most gangsta line ever
Say it again.....
“I need u to walk back up there and pack up ya people. I’m being a gentleman about it for the moment” -Marlo
That’s one of the best quotes
The fact he had a golf club makes that scene even more surreal. The writers for this show are on another level
Bodie wasn't scared of Marlo💯 That's a true #Soldier Stood his ground fo'real💯
yeah I Really like bodie he was a hard person but he also had a consionce.
bodie was the fucking truth
vincent hammons bodie was a scumbag who killed his own friend
@Verse Wonder you right a smart nigga woulda stayed there n got jumped you must know so much about the streets
Ms.Peaches215 I FW Bodie but i feel like his Karma was for Killing wallace.. Just like Stringer didnt give Wallace the benefit of a doubt when it came to being a snitch, Marlo didnt give Bodie a chance..
Marlo: do it or you don’t
Bubbles: thank you for your kindness 😂😂😂😂 my favorite series ever
"Price of the brick going up" Then he just walks off classic
"I've had enuffathisshit!"
30 more
Piss off every other major player and make everyone your enemy lol, great move!
Marlo was the realest character in the entire series. He's is my favorite for sure. Why? Marlo operated outside the hypocrisy of the game. Loyalty, honesty, respect, and honor are just trigger words to legitimize the grimy aspect of the game. When you are selling dope and committing murders for cash, there are no rules or codes. Marlo understood this fully and that's how he came up so quickly. Why is it that Marlo survived? He played the game the way it was meant to be played, ruthless.
Spot on analysis.
The most Important thing to Marlo was respect/
Thing is, Marlo's reputation wasn't nearly as good as Avon's reputation. Avon was the one who had the reputation to hire a day of the jackal type nigga like Brother Mouzone. Hell, even Sergei followed Avon's advice on how to deal with certain situations. In the end, Marlo had want Stringer wanted but couldn't achieve, but Avon had what Marlo wanted and couldn't achieve, and Avon was the kind of guy who knew his place.
The Super Star that's the thing though, respect was Marlo's priority and not reputation. Marlo ran Avon's people off the block. People didn't like Marlo because they couldn't play him. Dude played the game in true fashion. Marlo was loyal to himself. You can't have moral values in an immoral game.
Brandon Smith I really doubt that if Marlo was in prison, people would call timeout on a baseball game for him to walk through. Also, Avon never lost to Marlo. Avon only lost to the cops. Marlo and his muscles weren't the ones who took Avon out. In the end, Avon had respect while Marlo didn't, which is my response to those who say that Marlo beat Avon because Avon was the one in prison.
The scene with Omar robbing the card game feels like the best depiction of Marlo's realness. He shows no obvious emotion, he was completely calm even with two guns in his face and him getting robbed. It just felt like a perfect illustration of what a boss is, even in the worst situation Marlo still carried himself like he was in total control.
Don't forget he even threatened Omar, "wear it in health"
The only time he was ever uncomfortable was when he wasn't in full power and in control. When Stringer got too close in season 3 he flinched. When Avon surprised in jail, he was unseated because he didn't know Avon still wielded that much power and saw through him where Joe and String and others failed to.
Imagine how much of an idiot you would have to be to get into a card game with him.
Most who actually acted like Marlo never see 21. He was a good 😊, in reality, they fall 1st.. It's too egotistical to see the big difference.
@@mikemann1960yep dude is weak
When Michael matched Marlos intensity Marlo knew the streets was already in him.
I don't even want to know what marlo did to earn the respect of lunatic like Chris
Kima explains it in one of the episodes. He murdered some people and was acquitted.
Thought the same thing. They kind of alluded to him being no joke when his character is first introduced. Not only did Marlo have Chris's respect, he had his undivided loyalty as well, to the very end, even when Chris doubted him at times, or when Chris was facing life in prison. Two bloodthirsty, ruthless, driven kats who truly understood and accepted each other in a way that most people could never understand.
>Implying Marlo isn't a lunatic
They were equals tho. They respected each other's opinions. He used to ask Chris' advice all the time
I heard a rumor of them.possibly being African or Nigerian immigrants. Who came over together n grew up w each other. They do look the part. Too bad we nener get to see much about marlo,snoop or chirs' family. Woulda been cool to see chriss' or marlos ppl. If he has any here.. I dunno jus a thought
I just realised when Omar robs the card game and says to Marlo "I can find your people a whole lot easier then they can find me." is so true. When Omar got killed he had a list with names of Marlo, Chris, Monk, Cheese, Snoop and locations. Marlo and his crew couldn't even find Omar after the set-up in Monks house, while Omar was hiding in the same building!!
Got wacked by a embryo doesnt make sense
@@Bluesrock1815 don't you remember the scene where Marlo walks alway from the party when he had sold the connect, when he took over a corner on his own? Dudes one the corner were talking like if a SWAT team took him down (exaggerated iknow lol). Even when Michael told Spider it was Kenard, he wouldn't believe him.
@@Bluesrock1815 Omar was a dinosaur. Living off principle. It made sense that a young unruly person took him out over nothing.
Marlow ran the streets, Omar was the streets. If there were multiple Omars that shit would have been over in a day, lol.
@@Bluesrock1815took them hoppers age for innocence
“My name is my name!” Forever going remember dat line
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I think that scene is the only time we hear this character raise his voice. Brilliant.
Not that deep lol
What's in a name?
Thats line is from The Crucibles by Arthur Miller.
"I've given you my soul, leave me my name! My name is my name!!!"
There was something captivating about Marlo's character and I chalk a lot of it up to Jamie Hector's performance. He was so cold, reptilian and alien. We'd seen tough and memorable street characters like Avon, Omar, Bey and Bodie but Marlo was nothing like them. He was more like a force of nature than an actual human being: just scooping up as much power and control as he could with no regard for sentiment, compassion, respect or honor. The only thing that could rile him up was when people challenged his reputation (Michael; Omar calling him out; the corner punks).
Best analysis. Very true.
Thats well said
Textbook psychopath. Highly intelligent, cold and calculating, not a hint of empathy. Exudes confidence, charm when needed, manipulative, completely ruthless. Homeboy didn't even have one damn ruth. Prime example...his expression and demeanor as he ended Joe. He didn't bat an eye as Joe's skull exploded right in front of him as he watched. I felt bad for Joe. Betrayed multiple ways. His nephew, the Greeks, and Marlo...a young man he treated as a son apparently.
ajbahus He reminded me of Michael Corleone.
Jamie Hector did a terrific job.
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"I ain't much for sentiment" Marlo perfectly summed up 😂😅
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"You want it to be one way. But it's the other way."
Might be the quote of the series right there.
intsoccersuperstar1 Seen the show 3 times and I';m still not entirely sure I understand that part, or maybe I've over thought it each time
Neverfalsecomments I thought he meant to say something to the effect of "You're a nobody. I'm a somebody. And you wish nobodys can confront somebodys. But they can't."
GT G i think its a combo.... the scene, the season, the series, life... think Stringer, Major Colvin, think life in general.....we want it to be one way.... we want to believe all is good, everybody honest....there's good in everyone...but like he said...its the other.....thats my take on it
S Ross Yes, could be . . . . . kind of like when people say "it beez like that."
intsoccersuperstar1 I think it's simpler than you guys are making it out to be. He wants it to be one way, the way where he doesn't get killed because he made it clear he wasn't stepping to Marlo. But it's the other way, Marlo's way, where having the audacity to challenge him in any way is the same thing as stepping to him.
I personally loved Marlo's character.
It showed just how cold, unforgiving and fucked up the drug game can be.
Marlo had no morals, compassion or empathy and this is why he was able to take over.
Everyone else had boundaries. Marlo did not. He saw every drug bosses weakness and exploited it. He was honestly the most ruthless gangster on the show. Stringer Bell being a close second.
it's funny how people see stringer as civilized and he was ruthless as hell.
Mike C held his moms hand at the funeral 2
***** yes i totally agree but a combination more powerfull a super sayan
But marlo ain’t beat barksdale the police did
GNTRY Stringer made several mistakes. The two that got him killed were not being loyal to his boss and not always packing.
Michael looked Marlo right in the eyes before he was even a killer. After his first body is when Chris told him now you can look him in the eyes, no matter who is or what he’s done you look him right in the eyes. Amazing writing in this show
But yet prop joe....
Marlo looks like death.
Grim reaper for sure.
Nah, that's Chris.
@@143jcmMan they both do lol
He’s COLD for a 24 year old. Think about that. At the end, they wanted to turn him into what Stringer couldn’t be. Excellent writing and acting!!
Marlo is a real life character he is doing life in Cumberland Maryland his son is in the feds doing 25 right now
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@@rickiehawkes5665 I know, I’m from Md.
The crazy thing is that he didn’t want what stringer wanted. He wanted the rep that Omar had
@@rickiehawkes5665 what’s the name of this person
6:16 explains why Marlo really lost, even though we wanted to see him get smoked or go to jail the worst thing that could happen to him was losing his crown and having his name lose weight. Perfection I swear.
He kept all his MONEY tho.
@@devonmarz5539 He'll be rich and miserable.
@@TheSuirad nah he good, you barksdale fanboys lie to cope
Couple years too young to have kept his head a little more.
@@ubt3606lol u weird 😂😂😂
The way he kills Joe is one of scariest/amazing things on television
The way he looked at Joe after he got shot was crazy
Telling a nigga to relax and breathe easy before you kill him🤦🏿♂️forgot I was watching a show
Seriously
looks like he killed him with a damn hi point....
It's the tilt of the head for me
"What's the real value? I ain't too much for sentiment"
***** Facts
Nah, Marlo showed some attachment when he killed that bitch Yvonne. Chris said to him "it had to be done", Marlo seemed like he didn't wanna believe it or do it, so you can't say he's completely cold/ruthless. Also, if he had no emotional attachment, then why did he try to hook up with that bitch again another day after he had already fucked her?
I dunno why that girl didn't just have a gun and shoot Marlo if she was hired to entrap him so he can be killed by someone else..
But yeah. That whole situation shows that Marlo is just human, and his weakness is women just like every other hard gangster cunt out there.. women are always the end of them. Marlo got lucky in this one
He wanted to hook up again as he was immediately suspicious about her haste and guessed it could be a trap. So he used the situation to feel out whether Avon and his crew were coming for him and set up his own ambush. You're kind of right though. She might have had the chance to do Marlo herself, but that's why Chris is always close by as his security.
he murdered her himself. and they also say it wasn't the first time he'd killed a woman like that. I don't think you call that a weakness. I think it's heartless
ex0duzz You mean that girl
he had most unromantic sex scene in history with? She was just a walking fleshlight
to him.
"I don't know much about cards but uh, I think these .45 beat a full house"....cracks me up all the time...Omar was a savage!!
Even with all his toughness he was intimidated by unfamiliarity just like most people. That's why he went back to the corner.
True. He knew he couldn't make it in the straight world, so...
Back to dem corners.
Very well said, and that was exactly the reason why he went back. It's all he knew.
strafer he went back to prove himself, like Omar said, he ain't no man cause he ain't showing his face, duuuuh
strafer that corner was home 🏡 were he fell right at !!!
strafer there’s some truth to that but I always saw Marlo as someone who was addicted to the game. He couldn’t stop being in the game as much as he could stop breathing
End of the series was so ironic..omar become a street legend and marlo name was uknown to nev players
pawel ostaszewski But Marlo was free and Omar was dead. Do you think Marlo stops with the game?
Realshit
+fartmagizewarth I kinda love him because he was damn good in what he was doing and thats one point the series was about for me, everyone just wanna do best but everyone has a different opinion on whats best and also on whats the game about.
+fartmagizewarth
Yeah I agree, his game was basically about gaining a reputation and he did everything he thought was the best to do so, but he failed. One good example you missed I guess is the scene where where he steals a lolly in front of the security guard, which is later be killed for not showing him respect.
But I guess to remember one reason why he failed to do so is the fact that Chris didnt tell him what Omar is talking about him for weeks (or days, but Chris definitely hold this information back as long as possible)
Oh yeah and what I was trying to say in previous comment: Like you said other drug lords had a degree of logic but Marlo had in his decisions probably more logic and LESS EMOTIONS involved as any other drug lord, only what he wanted to achieve with his abilities is beyond our comprehension.
P.S. Strike that, I would say Prop Joe was even more logical but didnt help him either. ;)
+Sunshinewhenitsgone as far as I m concerned Marlo retiered a winner. So what if the pawns don't know your name, who cares... This man left the game a FREE...well repected multimillionaire, and he didn't snitch or get snitched on I mean damn!!!! Everybody else left dead or in jail. Now he`s going to be a cold calculating man in a corporate setting, its a reason why the writers did that.
Second, as a side note if he was WHITE you wouldn'tbe saying that.
Jamie Hector played that villain role too well. Cold blooded, heartless brotha didn't even blink when Prop Joe caught that dome shot. Phenomenal performance in those final three seasons.
Looked like dude came in his pants lol
Saw him in something else recently and thought he was really poor. In The Wire he is sublime. Where do you go after that performance?
Greatest character right here, and his crew were freaks like him, smart outcasts that lost any empathy they may ever had for humans. Watching them was so entertaining, they didn't have fun like barksdales crew, they were serious and strategic beyond belief. Anybody that posed a threat was wiped out off their path. Their whole life was this, it was all they thought about. The only time they smiled was when they had succeeded in the game
DAMN I MISS THIS SHOW.
purp why would a nigga wanna do that?? i'd rather watch it on TV, fuck trying to live it...
i still watch it.
***** not scared but that was a terrible analogy. so you're saying instead of watching it you should either participate or don't watch it at all?
Yung Purp, so by your logic, people shouldn't watch horror movies like Saw etc. unless they want to live it.
Susan ur beautiful
"Joe, you'd be up to mischief in no time" - in a kind, mother-knows voice
Marlo had a thirst for power more than a thirst for money which was his weakness. He’ll drop bodies over words he wouldn’t survive in todays surveillance heavy world
Stop confusing tv with real life I'm from Baltimore we move different
@@rickiehawkes5665 how so?
@@asher6657 because his character is fantasize to fit the movie aspect of the show , he is a real person . he's still alive and most important the guy they interviewed for the inside specifics of the things that went on at that time.......little Melvin who they got the story from after they read the infamous new paper clip called " Westside story " held back secrets because real players who names was never mentioned , are still alive to this day and in control . I am from Baltimore city , and I still live here in the hood , where things really gets real at ?!
@@rickiehawkes5665 You make a compelling argument. I heard about Little Melvin, from a documentary, and my knowledge of the streets of Baltimore is what i gleaned from ''The Corner'', and "The Wire'' .... and my own 'experiences' in the 'crack epidemic' in NYC. Yah willing, i will be 30 years Clean, October 14!
@@asher6657 YAH willing for sure......The Corner was definitely authentic
Marlo is the kind of dude that killed someone one day went home laid down and slept like a new born baby ..once a person learns that they can take a life and wake up the next day and not feel jack shit about it ...its what ever goes after that..
@Joshua Runt pretty sure there psychopaths.
@wildhorse891 okay. He's still a psycho though.
@Joshua Runt chris had a code tho. Tge only one who didn't on this show was Marlo
@wildhorse891 And that is why he is my favorite character. He did what he had to do to survive everything was calculated. He ended up being the one that made it out as well.
@@bestbean9836 how can you read something explicitly detailing the differences in sociopathy and psychopathy and then just say "yeah well he's still a pyschopath" .... Do you not take in new information?
"Imma need you to pack up yo people"
Like they luggage..... while he swingin that golf club.
If you look at the cinematography in that scene he swings the golf club right into the other dude’s head via forced perspective: “best step off before I go for a birdie”
Lmao
Knowing how he usually deals with his problems those people should be happy that Marlo let them live.
The way I'd sum up Marlo is: "he took and gave nothing back". When he talked, he paid close attention to those he was talking with, learning from and learning about them, while saying nothing that might reveal his thoughts, plans or character, not even that or what he was learning. So nobody could tell what he was about, while he knew what they were about. It made others underestimate him, too, because he didn't show what he was capable of.
He took info, but gave no info. He took territory, and gave no territory. He took power, shared no power. Always walking forward, not a step back. That's about as hard as a person can get. You can't rule the world with just hard, though. Maybe that's why he walked out at the end, he realized he couldn't control the new environment he was in. So he went back to the streets, where his power meant something. In a way though, that too was a compromise, as he admitted his powerlessness before the world of big business.
Now that's some good and subtle character development. Or maybe I'm just plain wrong about all this.
That's what I like the most about Marlo's character he didn't talk much. But when he did it was always something with some sort of plan behind it. He never wasted words. Every little thing about the game seemed important to him.
All the way down to, he took info but gave no info. when i read all of that it pretty much sums up exactly how i am, sometimes i wonder why other people is'nt like that
Now that's a character breakdown,that was simply dope.
Marlo has a lot of really admirable traits. Stoic, ambitious, intuitive, successful at anything he puts his mind to. He also has an extremely impressive knowledge of persuasion. I wish I had his glare.
"I don't know much bout' cards, but uh, I think these .45's are full house" Omar lol
Would be ok to be robed like that
I thought he said four fives beat a full house not 45 as in the gun LOL
@Stephanie Henry it's a double entandra. 4-5s is a 45 gun and four 5s in poker beats a full house.
@@GhettoArabSage great writing.
One thing forsure,Bodie had heart and never really feared Marlo but he knew he was no match for his crew by himself.Marlo starts too pretend he doesnt know his name and Bodie replys with "YOU KNOW MY NAME"..
Bodie aint afraid of Marlos bitch ass or nobody else, solid rock hard ass nigga
MegaRunningback1 And then in the scene where Marlo asks Michael if he's ready to put in work, he tells Michael that Bodie's old spot is his. Even after he died, Marlo still remembered Bodie's name.
Smart ass pawns
and Marlo was like, "yeah whatever"
I feel yall but bodie still was finna snitch.
"Joe relax, breathe easy" a cold blooded line. "Nobody fucks with me now" tells you how much confidence he had in himself
Cost of brick gone up.
price of the brick*
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The first scene is the coldest I ever seen on television.
kyle cole this is the first i ever sae of the wire jus that convo blew my mind and drew me in.the way he didnt really acknowledge bodie and just kept practicing his swing was very menacing
Rolling Stone called him the second greatest TV villain of all time... I think that's one too low
bigstar66 Walter white or tony soprano
Walter White and T Soprano had a conscious, Marlo didn't
Marlo gave no fucks I only seen him have one sympathized moment and that's when Chris left his family
The Joker is number 1!
Gustavo Fring is number one
When he looks at Mike,he looks straight back at Chris.He knows he s seeing Chris as a kid
Interesting
Gave him that "This kid reminds me of you bro" look
"You find that camera?"
"Cost me the job"
**Chuckles**
This should've been made in the order it was shown on the show
Timmy O'toole Nah I like him shooting prop Joe then very next scene he's alive
I hate Baltimore but loved " the wire"and " the corner" too real not to like both.
Timmy O'toole yeah check out Omar’s his in order! Looks like a mini film!
"Boy, you got me confused with a man that repeats himself..." - Omar Little
Lowkey one of the best characters/actors on the show.
Trench coat, sawed-off shotty, whistling 'The Farmer in the Dell'
"Omar Coming!!!" 😩😥 😮 🤐
12:00 that look that Michael gave Marlo let him know that he wasn’t no punk. Marlo actually cracks a smile and looks back at Chris in disbelief. He may have been disappointed he couldn’t turn Michael into a soldier but he respected the fact that he wasn’t a punk and looked Marlo dead in his eyes. And interesting interaction to say the least. Marlo respects Michael for having strong morals. “It ain’t no thing shorty, we cool”
"I'm being a gentleman about it for the moment" So calm and cold.
@0:39 "I'm being a gentleman about it for the moment."
This line went over a lot of people's heads. Golf is often referred to as a gentleman's game and, in this scene, Marlo is shown wielding a golf club.
What's even more interesting is that he's holding a type of golf club called an iron.
Therefore, his statement implies that were he holding another type of "iron" (i.e. a handgun), he wouldn't be acting so gentlemanly towards Bodie.
had to come back here on CHRISTMAS EVE DEC 24th 2019 JUST TO SAY THIS IS THE GREATEST SHOW. SALUTE TO OMAR AND MARLO STANDFIELD
Marlo is one of the best characters ever, from any tv show..
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Jerome b williams word , why would any respect his skinny ass: I don’t think he was intimidating at all
MrDaithi240 agreed
*worst
Marlo is a real person
I love how Marlo took one look at Michael and immediately knew he was with the shits and was not the one
I really want to see Marlo's story before this show. I want to know why someone as ruthless as Chris follows Marlo. Marlo must have done something to earn Chris' respect and fear.
money man wake up why you think people got big scary body guards
Koontah Kentay no, it's more than just money. it's his ruthlessness among other things.
Koontah Kentay Marlo was muscle too... he just hustled also.. Chris was strict muscle. they explained it in the show
Erick Santos Marlo was a leader of men. Like a top gangster even in a room full of gangsters
Vladzycjrcgc Yukmnjervjicus Carmine Galatea was most definitely murdered he was ambushed and died with an eye blown out and his cigar still in his mouth on a restaurant patio it's a very famous /infamous picture
That look Michael gave Marlo at 12:00 was like the Reaper..😂
It's crazy how much of this series I unconsciously know word for word.
I keep seeing people say Marlo was a bitch cause he had Chris and Snoop doing his dirty work. That's how a boss is suppose to move. But you gotta think what Marlo had did before he was introduced. If Chris and serial killer/cold blooded killer had so much respect and loyalty to Marlo you can only wonder or imagine how ruthless Marlo was. Theh didn't show that, cause that's something you gotta pick up for yourself. The first time we see Marlo is when Bubs and dude hits one of Marlo's people's car and dude has the gun on the white boy. Marlo's reply is " Either do it or don't, but I got somewhere to be." HEARTLESS from the first time you see him! They didn't show Marlo killing and all that cause he had already did it. Killers only respect killers! And Chris respected the shit out of a Marlo. Like in the scene where they are in jail after getting knocked, Chris was obviously scared to tell Marlo what Omar was saying about him. Marlo snapped on Chris... "What you know about what I need to be worried about muthafucka!!" Marlo was that dude! Baddest bad guy to hit the screen! Hector nailed that!!
I ain't with all this meeting and shit... Plus Price of the brick is going up $30,000... Alright enough of this shit and walks out like a boss!!
I see people saying he should've died or went to prison, that's not the case every time. Sometimes the bad guy wins. But he also lost, cause he lost the only thing he really ever wanted... To be king of the streets.
they did show Marlo kill in this show when he killed that girl.
So jealous of people who watch The Wire for the first time in their life
Here’s what I really love about this. On the one hand, Avon and Stringer needed each other. Stringer was the brain, the cunning, the pure capitalist (Adam Smith on his bookshelf and all) while Avon was the heart, the fraternal aspect of the hood, the familial ties. Stringer fell because he commanded no loyalty without Avon, while Avon fell because he lacked Stringer’s chessmasterly imagination.
Marlo, in a purely practical sense, is the best of both worlds; whether through fear or respect, he commands loyalty as Avon does, while also sharing Stringer’s grander ambitions. Even with Chris in jail and Snoop dead, he continues to thrive in large part because he’s wired so perfectly for survival in his environment.
By the end Marlo has managed to parlay everything he had gained in the street into the legitimate businessman position, the connections, the security. But while he does well, he clearly feels aimless, so he leaves the party and, for no apparent reason, inserts himself into some street shit; fundamentally, that’s what he’s wired for.
That’s what I think is really genius - not only does the clearest villain in a story with no perfect heroes come out on top at the end, but in true Greek tragedy fashion, Marlo has gained everything Stringer wanted so badly, and yet, because he’s from Avon’s cloth as well, he’s ultimately unsatisfied with it.
Omar had the best line: "I think these fo-fives be the full house"
Round House beat*
its even better because it is correct. Quads do indeed beat a full house, so perhaps he knows cards a bit better than he lets on
Round House “wear it in health” was a good warning shot
it was a typo dude.
he clearly got the double entendre.. that's why it's one of his favorite lines
why would it be his favorite lines if that wasn't a typo? it doesn't make any sense. you just seem to be condescending towards him
"Thank you for your kindness " bubbles 😂
Marlo was straight savage, had no remorse for anyone, not even children, truly cold hearted
You know, at first I thought Marlo in season 3 was going to be some kind of underdog against his war with Avon, but when season 4-5 came out it became clear that Marlo is a more ruthless and cold blooded version of Avon. Here are some of my thoughts on Marlo.
I used to hate Marlo, but I realize that Marlo was a manifestation of the crack/heroin game today. He was cunning, dangerous, malicious, malevolent, murderous, power hungry, ruthless and violent. That's how the crack/heroin game is; no code, no decency, no honor, no integrity, no love and no respect.
I'm probably giving Marlo WAY too much credit than he deserves (he was truly a scumbag piece of human shit, lol!) but he was a strategist; he knew how to play the game to the fullest. He kept himself insulated from the many dangers of the streets and the law by having a team of people who were willing to follow and obey his orders. He also sought the council of people who have knowledge of how the streets and the law work; i.e. Prop Joe and Levy the lawyer respectively. He was willing to listen and wasn't as hard-headed as a lot of people are, who let their egos get the best of them when it comes to receiving information that might help them. He also knew how to humble himself amongst authority figures bigger than him; the Greeks. He owned up to his mistake of giving them dirty money from the streets and rectified it by giving them clean ones instead. He was tenacious, he pressed forward to accomplish his goals. He never drank alcohol, smoked cigarettes, or used his own product.
Now with that being said, Marlo is the same as King Joffrey/Hitler in regards to being an arrogant, vain, self-absorbed, immature, and pompous asshole. He truly was a sociopath; he didn't care about no one but himself. He was a bully; killed people for minor offenses, hell...for nothing at all sometimes. He was a snake; cold blooded, slippery, slimy, and poisonous to the community. He is the representation of black on black crime; it's nothing at all to kill your own people over bullshit in America. When it came out in the news that 22 bodies were found in the vacant houses, there were a few in the police that went on a prolonged surveillance to bring down Marlo, but over time it took the back burner when the alleged serial killer who was killing white people came out. Marlo is a lot like Nino Brown from New Jack City. When they both got in trouble with the law, both of them they shifted the blame on their own team members. They completely threw all of them under the bus and they both were acquitted. They may of walked out from that predicament alive and rich, Nino got his however, but they lost all respect from people living in the neighborhoods in which they poisoned.
Marlo was a great character in The Wire and Jaime Hector did a great job portraying him, you just loved to hate him, LOL!
You're not giving him too much credit. He played the game masterfully. Because for him, there was nothing else. With Prop Joe you get the sense the game is just a good paying job. With Stringer it was all about legitimizing himself, and essentially trying to escape the game. For Avon, the game was his life, but he had heart and cared about people too.
Marlo didn't care about anyone (at least, he didn't put anyone above the game), and he had no ambition outside of winning the game. He didn't care about getting out or trying to go legitimate, or even, it seems, about making money. It was simply about being the King.
I thought the "LOL!" really brought your whole comment together.
@@TheLadyFl3x He cared about Chris and his family.
Marlo was a classic sociopathic narcissist. He would’ve popped Chris and Snoop too if his paranoia suspected they disrespected him too.
I concur, Zip.
#JamieHector played Marlo Stanfield brilliantly; cold as an ice water enema.
"I'm bein' a gentleman about it for the moment." Ha!
He a zoe 🇭🇹
The way Marlo talks joe thru his death is chilling
Man if Marlo and Omar would have war, Omar would've slaughtered his name lol
Andre Monique we need a celebrity death match! 😂 😂 😂
Man, Omar already did. Those corner DIDN'T run from Marlo at the sight of him. No one else would have stepped to Omar like that.
Kweku Duncan the niggas on the corner also didn’t kill him like some shorty did omar..niggas was scared but everybody ain’t scared remember that🤔and it took a kid to take Omar out who knew what he was bout and ain’t gaf
You got my two favorite Marlo scenes back to back, starting with "but it's the other way." Damn, that was classic stuff.
Mine 2
And then the payoff is in the last episode of the season-“One of the bodies in that vacant was wearing a security guard uniform”. Cold.
The scene that shows Marlo’s cold-bloodedness, for me, is the Omar poker game scene. He’s not a happy camper by any means. But the fact that he doesn’t really talk shit is wild. He understands the game, realizes he’s beat on this play, and writes it off like nothing. I just don’t see anyone else with the ego needed to get to the top maintaining that level of cool in the same situation.
At 9:09 Marlo displays his psycological knowledge of the game; the fact that your reputation and fear actor is such a fundemental aspect if you want to stay king in the biz. You can't let people smell weakness, or even let people have any doubts or second guesses. The pawns don't pay attention to this fact, too busy with their 2-bit hustlin'. Even Chris kind of gently shrugs it off as a minor nuisance, but Marlo knows full well how crucial this is and thus he goes off.
Imagine Omar. He's no king or anyone in a powerful position, yet everyone is scared of him. At the end, he won because his name is on the streets even in death. He is what Marlo wants to be, a legend.
That's what the ray twins figured out that the fear of a beating is usually worse than the beating it's self.
I agree and plan to use your words to make mine stronger..
BFLY1980 Omar didn’t rat on anyone. The streets knew that Bird killed the maintenance worker. He just lied about seeing him. And everyone knew that Bird kept the damn gun.
@Deb 7 Explain wearing a wire when him and Stringer had that meeting and Mcnulty in the van listening??And he testified in court pointing at Bird.
i watch this everyday for motivation
mardiov wtf
mardiov any idea what the song I'm the beginning is?
You’re lost
@@truartist5379 fr this nigga Marlo a psychopath 💀💀💀 why would you use this as motivation
Dialogue for this character was always great. He never minced words just got straight to the point.
"I ain't much for sentiment" Truer words were never spoken
They ain’t never called him Black in the whole damn series lmao
Avon was called B (Black) sometimes. Maybe the poster got things mixed up
Yes they did
they do call him black, at least once when they are first looking up Marlo on the PC
He was called Black in the police case file on him before they knew his actual name
@Samwisegamgee The Brave whatever wannabe greaseball
"Point is they wore it."
You're only who you are for as long as you can be him, one year at 24, one year at 25 and never again. Be him now.
I'm need y'all to go back there and pack up your people. I'm being a gentleman about it for the moment.
Larvemannenz001 Bodie was on him tho, he definitely held his own & ain't give up without a fight💯
Marlo represents the young gun mentality low on morals heavy on respect
“✋🏽No one fucks with me now” this the hardest line in the entire series 💯
‘3.28: You won’t be able to change up any more than me’
That’s the quote that explains the final episode in The Wire.
Marlo walks out of the meeting with the property guys and takes a corner unarmed. This quote and that action hints that Marlo got right back in the game after the rest of his crew got killed or sentenced.
People agree with my analysis?
12:00 was the the moment he (Marlo) realized that he was about to make the same mistake prop Joe made with him.
The Wire was such a good series.... Excellent acting!!!
I wasn’t made to play the son