The actress that plays Brianna Barksdale is from Birmingham, England and the actor that plays Stringer Bell is from London, England. I still cannot wrap my head around that.
I love how she starts saying that the person who did it didn’t want avon to know, and purposely made it look like a suicide and the camera pans towards stringer, and his eyes are jumping as he realizes how the truth was coming out.
Oh age knew for sure when she said to do with what 🤔then string gives that stupid azz line whatever happened she thinks they in on it together or maybe string ordered it & Avon let it go
@dwightwilkerson8664 yea avon knew for sure, and he let it happen just like how he was about to let dangelo die from drugs in prison. Avon told dangelo something is going down and he needs to get off the drugs for a few days. He didn't even tell him what was gonna happen, he just let it happen while he calmly read his book listening to prisoners screaming and dying.
He’s just a average drug dealer he’s good at playing it but what kind of award does he deserve he plays the same reserved character in everything he’s in above the rim paid in full ect I like him but just a good actor
Definitely. And in a way it can be said that his reaction (if you didn't know all that he's keeping secret) is a shallow one that wouldn't acquit him in Brianna's eyes if she was thinking of blaming him for D'Angelo's death.
@@dr2599 And let's face it, Avon was always more honest than Stringer. Stringer lies almost constantly on the show. Avon might tell a few lies but generally he's pretty open. You can see how heavily this weighs on him whereas Stringer is used to this shit. He has no problem fucking a man's girl while he's in prison, then offing him and lying to his family.... one of my favorite characters but damn if he ain't a snake
The way Stringer is finishing Avon's sentences for him speaks volumes. Plus we know that Avon knows the truth, and is absolutely disgusted that he has to lie to his own sister about it too. This was a rift that would never have been mended between Avon and Stringer.
@@cyreekcyreek2329 Avon did not know at this point. Just re watched the whole series in a couple weeks. Stringer confesses way later on when they're at war with Marlo full on war
" i aint have shit to do with it" "... To do with what..?" Brianna knew right there that she had him, she knew he fucked up just by the look she gave him. She knew he was lying through his teeth
Notice Stringer keeping his back to her,Avon facing away: she was an authority figure from their childhood, and it shows. Ironically, Avon was innocent, only finding out after the fact.
It's hard trying to lie to a sibling, especially an older sibling. Older siblings like Brianna were like moms/dads-in-training watching after their younger kin. And a big-sister like Brianna could sniff out bs from miles away.
Yeah there were a few things that made me think she could tell. The way she asked "To do with what" and the fact that Stringer was the one who answered. She had to know, she's not a stupid woman.
The greed what are you talking about Brianna was asking questions because she wanted to know, it wasn't greed did you not forget what she told dee when he got knocked Avon will take the years but you have to hold the family down....He wasn't built for the game he wanted what came with it.
This is why when McNulty tells Brianna off in that office, making her face the fact that she could have saved Dee from his fate, is one of my favorite scenes of the show. While she looked for others to blame, she ultimately could have stopped all of this from happening if she could have separated herself from her materialism and her greed. Her cars, apartment, and possessions meant more to her than her own son, and it cost her.
True story. She really seemed to believe that Avon's name would carry him forever as well. Like there was no way Dee could've been touched in prison. And we see otherwise.
I remember first seeing the first second of this scene thinking of that awkward silence between Avon and Stringer, knowing how rocky their relationship was at this point. Then how it multiplies when you see Brianna looking at Avon with eyes that can slice through frozen beef. It was so intense even before words were spoken.
Marlo and his people never have scenes that elevate too this level. The Barksdale empire was more engrossing. Specifically the break down and Stringers death This scene is class.. I love how uncomfortable Bell is. He constantly wants everyone out of the way and talks at the wrong time. Just like with Brother in the hospital. Hes cracking up and the grim reaper is coming.
@@dr2599 Morning. I am not discussing the character/plot deviation to the Marlo empire. The ruthless new breed. I understand that as a narrative point. My point is the seasoned acting of the Barksdale empire was unmatched. A scene like this one is simply phenomenal acting. Marlo and his people were not on this level of acting. Brianna was insanely good in this show. As was Avon and Stringer. Simply put, they were superior actors. Peace
@@ben86jones82 You don’t get this type of scene with Marlo’s crew because they never talked talked things out like Avon’s people. At the slightest hint of contention, someone was gonna die.
Marlo was a Wal-Mart drug empire. He sold the product, seized the connect, got rid of his enemy Prop Joe but ultimately only had the corners and Omar to worry about. Everyone was loyal to Marlo, his second was a support instead of an overthinking wiseguy and Marlo ran everything tight. There was no family dynamic like the Barksdale, in fact if Marlo didn't want to be famous he could just be like the Greeks and run things from behind and make money.
@@Wungus_Bill The Barksdales were human people doing inhuman thing for the game. Marlo crew are monster created by there action and playing their game and breaking it at the same time.
watching this scene, there’s no way you can tell me that Brianna didn’t purposefully, subliminally accuse Avon of killing D, in order to get his natural reaction & see if there was anything. Other than her managing the assets, we never saw her display her intelligence. But this in my opinion was her using her intellect psychologically. Look at how she immediately looks down when Avon gets mad & then immediately looks up as soon as Avon says he had nothing to do with it.
Gah damn she is sharp . It’s took me a few times of listening to read in between the lines of what is being said with words and the message that’s conveyed
I think she knew it was Stringer right when Avon said that noticed she didn't even look at Stringer when she left the room as an acknowledgement of Stringer's involvement in D'Angelo's death
Notice how Stringer couldn't help himself interjecting after the second "To do with what? went unanswered. He had to be thinking Avon was close to cracking at that point and possibly giving him up right then and there.
Wire is the only show that gets better and better even after you've seen in multiple times. I can't think of any show that's ever done that, for me at least
I think this scene is what led Avon to ultimately sell Stringer out. He might've been willing to go to the wall for him if he hadn't killed his nephew and poisoned his relationship with his sister.
Man I would love to see a follow up to this whole scenario. Spoiler ahead, don't scroll down if you haven't seen it, youve been warned: I would love to see Avon speaking with Brianna post Stringers death. Them sitting in USP Jessup and having to tell her the truth. How Stringer killed D without his knowledge. He can also somewhat save face with his sister by saying he had Stringer killed because of that. Now that would be a half truth since we know he had to give up Stringer to Brother because of business and maintaining his rep. But at least it allows him to re-build a connection with his sister. Would have been interesting to see that whole scenerio play out
McNulty's understanding of human behaviour enables him to predict how other people will react when he creates a situation like this one. He knew D'Angelo's murder would force Avon to come out of denial, then take action against Stringer. The office scene where McNulty told D'Angelo's mother he knew she did not care about her own son was the pinnacle moment in this drama. String & Avon together were a force of nature, pitted against one other meant the end for both. What a perfect casting choice for the McNulty character, all these characters...
One thing I love about this scene is how Avon and Stringer, a powerful duo, ruthless gangsters are so insecure and tiny comparing to Brianna, who wants to know what happened to her only child. She's Avon's older sister, but in this scene she's like a strict mother to two boys who broke a vase or a window and she's trying to find out who did it. xD Impeccable scene and acting by all three of them.
Avon basically told her the truth without telling her he said he aint have nothing to do with it basically saying somebody did murder d but he wasnt involved that's why she said to do with what an stringer looked up
The opening shot at 0:00 is so beautiful man. It's like an oil painting. Avon's contemplative and guilt-ridden head basked in the sun's glow, while Stringer's on his full black outfit, is on display on the otherside of the frame; Sitting slanted, slightly on edge, but nonetheless knows what is about to come. Them being on a funeral home about to speak on a dead family member. Then cut to Brianna's piercing stare, as if a knife to Avon's throat. Sheesh this show is nuts
Avon White Shirt = Innocent (didn't do it) String Black Shirt = Guilty (ordered the hit) Brianna Red Cardigan = Victim (lost her son) Brianna Black Shirt = Guilty (made D take the years)
Don’t forget about clanging of her jewelry after talking to McNulty. It subtly showed where her values were; and what she chose to take priority in her life.
What’s crazy is that Avon chooses loyalty to Stringer over his sister and in the end it’s Stringer who betrays him…..Stringer showed his true colors at that cookout when he was pulling up on D’Angelo baby mama. This is why the Italians prevented that kind of behavior.
Damn i fucking love this scene. The acting, the way how the lighting kinda ressembles the truth and Stringer starts with all the light and end up dragging avon to darker shots, the way String is between avon and Brianna and at the same time it's just at the back interpossing between the truth. Fucking genius!!! Man i love this show, and you still find details after all this time
This scene right here alone was slowly the downfall of the Barksdale organization. The way Avon couldn’t give his own sister direct eye contact was very telling .to Stringer finishing Avons sentences out of nervousness and Brenna knowing something ain’t adding up.
I think String and Avon would have weathered this. This was the final inquiry about D, the case wasn't even open. I would say when Stringer orchestrated a hit on Bro Muzone was the downfall. His intelligence was feeding his ego into thinking he could change the drug empire into IBM. String thought he was more business savvy than Avon when he was in jail but he ignored the rule of the jungle. String made one to many decisions behind Avon's back but D was a neccessary evil act which Avon understood.
deangelo was always built for the game, just had too much of a good heart for it, i liked how avon found out the truth cuz it proved him wrong about his nephew, he wasn’t weak at all he was a soldier who stood for what he believed and never gave in which sadly caused his death, plus mfs forget he literally killed someone😂
Holy shit so when Avon tells Marlo to give his sister the 100k for the russian meeting on the prison he did it because of guilt right? daaamn , yeah I havent watch the series , just going by the clips on youtube XD
@Crazyknight, well yes and no. The 100k was symbolic for several reasons. In the first season, Prop Joe schemed 100k in a basketball game from Avon. Later on, Prop Joe got close to String when Avon and the best of his muscle had gotten locked up (Bird, Wee-Bay, Savino) or taken out (Stinkem), and they had lost their connect. Avon was very reluctant because of how shady Prop Joe was but because of Stringer's sneaky ways, they would have to go to Prop Joe for product (exactly what Prop Joe wanted). All of this lead to the Barksdales losing full control of all of their towers and eventually the corners that they tried to take away from Marlo. All of the previous became very evident to Avon in the scene from Season 3 when Mouzone visited with him at the Barbershop and Avon shakes his head and whispers to himself in disgust, "Prop Joe package." So Avon knew that with Marlo having a line to the connect and cutting everyone else off, he could help set it up and it would be a way to get back at Prop Joe and how he said it in Season 5, "the rest of those East Side B____s." That's just the way he felt about em. ...and yes, he and Brianna's relationship was forever strained after what happened with D, yet he probably continued to do what he could for her more than ever.
It's well known as a fact that every second who start talking in presence of the number one and make decisions will end up going for the throne ,pples never learn whether in movies or real lives.
Parents should know shish like this comes with the territory. It’s pure evil and delusional to turn your children out to criminal activity that leads to the death and destruction of others and not be touched. Just one example of greed is really evil. Gifts corrupts the heart.
Something that eludes me, despite seeing this clip several times over the past 8 years: why exactly wouldn't Avon divulge the truth? He didn't truly need Stringer at this point...and the latter had already shown disloyalty and unpredictability. Is the answer as simple as "blood of the covenant"?
Since season 1 we've been shown the differences between Avon and Stringer and how they operate and what matters to each individually. Avon views their business as a family structure-his people, his crew, their blocks, their home while Stringer views it as a business, an operation to get another opportunity to do something else and makes decisions with that idea. We hear the saying the game is the game repeatedly and Avon stays true to that while Stringer does what he needs to for the business so long story short...Avon knows D'Angelo could've hurt them and most likely would talk and ruin everything. Stringer having him killed was apart of the game because he was a threat and if he wasn't Avons nephew there wouldn't be any hesitation on handling the issue. So he's torn, he knows it had to happen but hates how it happened since it was family and doesn't want to tell his sister because it draws a line within the relationship and creates a new issue since she definitely would want something done to Stringer for making the call to have D'Angelo killed. So as unhappy he is about lying he knows he has to not tell her the truth.
@@tazt21 very true. Snoop and Chris definitely made going war even harder since they are experienced killers and at the moment all of Avons muscle was dead or in jail. No more weebay, stinker, little man smh...
My question is: after this scene Avon pretty much disregarded stringer because of the business deals and chaos he was causing, so when they had the confrontation in front of slim about the clay davis hit, did stringer know his time was about to expire?
Avon’s blood ran red. Part of the difference between him and String. Also why Avon understood someone like Brother Mouzon. There conversation in the barbershop was a blood conversation. The business side of the game was important to Avon of course, but a lot of his actions where driven by his blood running red. He gave up String to Mouzon but was still trying to save him at the end. He simply couldn’t fix it. Mouzon as a matter principle had already made up his mind and based on the game String had to go. Mouzon was driven by vengeance but by the time he got to String he was basically almost like a machine carrying out the execution. A lot of the unpredictability of Avon was understanding of the game mixed with his blood running red, which gave him a dynamism that String didn’t understand and Marlo lacked.
It’s crazy how much Avon, Breonna and D’Angelo looked like actual family, especially Breonna and D’Angelo. I actually thought she was his real mother when I first saw the show lol
The actress that plays Brianna Barksdale is from Birmingham, England and the actor that plays Stringer Bell is from London, England. I still cannot wrap my head around that.
professionals!!😳🤙!
I knew about idris but not Brianna. That’s wild
@@Yvp13 because she wasn't raised there.... < was born there. She's Jamaican American basically. Been here most of her life 🌾
They're not British. You're reaching.
@@yani2499 Ok big man.
Brianna: ...to do with what?... TO DO WITH WHAT?!
Carmine Jr: Your son D'Angelo, whateva happened there
never had the makings of a varsity athlete.
Hahaha fuck! Dee died on the vine.. petered out.
D'Angelo was at the precipice of an enormous crossroads.
WHATEVA HAPPENED THERE?!
12 fucking years !
Wood Harris is an incredibly underrated actor.
I keep saying this. Unbelievable performance throughout.
Shoulda been given a chance. Can't swing if haven't been given any pitches.
Only that he's widely recognized for his talent.
I love him
I agree very underrated
I love how she starts saying that the person who did it didn’t want avon to know, and purposely made it look like a suicide and the camera pans towards stringer, and his eyes are jumping as he realizes how the truth was coming out.
Coincidentally enough as I was reading your comment I happened to be paused on the exact second his eyes are buggin
She was right stringer was right there the whole time.
Oh age knew for sure when she said to do with what 🤔then string gives that stupid azz line whatever happened she thinks they in on it together or maybe string ordered it & Avon let it go
@@yishaqdavid2029windows to the soul.
@dwightwilkerson8664 yea avon knew for sure, and he let it happen just like how he was about to let dangelo die from drugs in prison. Avon told dangelo something is going down and he needs to get off the drugs for a few days. He didn't even tell him what was gonna happen, he just let it happen while he calmly read his book listening to prisoners screaming and dying.
Wood Harris as Avon should have won awards for his acting. In this scene alone we see that even Avon is vulnerable. Love WH as an actor.
He’s just a average drug dealer he’s good at playing it but what kind of award does he deserve he plays the same reserved character in everything he’s in above the rim paid in full ect I like him but just a good actor
@@caseymckenzie3951 You missed it 💯
@@caseymckenzie3951 but Denzel movies are all based on similar characters as well
@@caseymckenzie3951 you must haven’t seen him in Winning Time as Spencer Haywood
@@caseymckenzie3951 remember the titans!
Crazy how if you don't know the truth, Avon looks and acts more suspicious than Stringer here
I think that's bc Avon feels more guilt than Stringer. Both for what happened and for not being able to tell his sister the truth.
Definitely. And in a way it can be said that his reaction (if you didn't know all that he's keeping secret) is a shallow one that wouldn't acquit him in Brianna's eyes if she was thinking of blaming him for D'Angelo's death.
@@dr2599 And let's face it, Avon was always more honest than Stringer. Stringer lies almost constantly on the show. Avon might tell a few lies but generally he's pretty open. You can see how heavily this weighs on him whereas Stringer is used to this shit. He has no problem fucking a man's girl while he's in prison, then offing him and lying to his family.... one of my favorite characters but damn if he ain't a snake
@@troygalarza8326 agreed and she would want Avon to kill whoever was responsible which Avon did anyway although for other reasons
There’s a reason for that.
it’s called GUILT plus D’Angelo was his nephew and felt responsible.
Brianna flexing her older sister muscle.
Sibling muscle always work! They give no Fs about "who you are" they have seen you crying to mommy lol.
@@TONEakaSHOW Probably changed his pampers too.
@@steez5769
Back when he was a snotty nose bed wetter
Should have flexed her mother muscle
I mean I feel him I could never hurt my sister or mom so he has to listen and she been good to him
The way Stringer is finishing Avon's sentences for him speaks volumes. Plus we know that Avon knows the truth, and is absolutely disgusted that he has to lie to his own sister about it too. This was a rift that would never have been mended between Avon and Stringer.
At this point Avon didn’t know yet. He didn’t find out until later when Stringer confessed.
@@Polostar79 he did know at that point
@@Polostar79 Wrong this was after they fought. Pay attention
@@cyreekcyreek2329 Avon did not know at this point. Just re watched the whole series in a couple weeks. Stringer confesses way later on when they're at war with Marlo full on war
@@megaboner690 This scene is one episode after Stringer tells Avon he ordered it.
" i aint have shit to do with it"
"... To do with what..?"
Brianna knew right there that she had him, she knew he fucked up just by the look she gave him. She knew he was lying through his teeth
Avon had nothing to do with d's death tho. String did it behind his back.
Avon didn't even know what happened at this point, right? He still believed it was a suicide here no?
I swear older sisters stay know when the younger siblings lying
@@DoctorChained no he knew at this point. String had already told him.
@@otismichael2583 deadass?
Brianna actually looks like D'Angelos mom
It’s called casting
@@kalebanth8323uh no because look at Namond parents, he does not look like their child
I was thinking the same thing.. it's the eyes
@@kalebanth8323it’s called great casting. It’s very very rare for the parents and they kids to look that much alike
I been saying this for years .😂
Notice Stringer keeping his back to her,Avon facing away: she was an authority figure from their childhood, and it shows. Ironically, Avon was innocent, only finding out after the fact.
It's hard trying to lie to a sibling, especially an older sibling. Older siblings like Brianna were like moms/dads-in-training watching after their younger kin. And a big-sister like Brianna could sniff out bs from miles away.
The acting on this series is unmatched. I can watch all 5 seasons right now. Never feels dated.
I agree 1000%. I will be watching this show again 20 years from now.
The color scheme
Avon (white)=innocence
Brianna(red)=sacrifice
Stringer(black)=death , in his case he brought it upon them
Holy shit
You have a good eye for detail. Thanks.
@@jeffthornton6998 thank you
Now I have to watch the whole show over to see who is wearing what! :)
This is a crazy outlook 🤔 :o
Brianna knew by Avon's face who did it. But her greed for the lifestyle caused her to be blind . And it was too late.
Yeah there were a few things that made me think she could tell. The way she asked "To do with what" and the fact that Stringer was the one who answered. She had to know, she's not a stupid woman.
She also cut Avon off after this.
The greed what are you talking about Brianna was asking questions because she wanted to know, it wasn't greed did you not forget what she told dee when he got knocked Avon will take the years but you have to hold the family down....He wasn't built for the game he wanted what came with it.
Avon was in a bad position. Loyal to the game.
She wasn't blind. Brianna was in more control than y'all think. It was a family business they inherited from their daddy and his brothers
This is why when McNulty tells Brianna off in that office, making her face the fact that she could have saved Dee from his fate, is one of my favorite scenes of the show. While she looked for others to blame, she ultimately could have stopped all of this from happening if she could have separated herself from her materialism and her greed. Her cars, apartment, and possessions meant more to her than her own son, and it cost her.
True story. She really seemed to believe that Avon's name would carry him forever as well. Like there was no way Dee could've been touched in prison. And we see otherwise.
@@maciomorris5468 Agree 100%. Brianna was no different than De’Londa from a materialistic perspective. ‘Things’ were more important than family.
Stolen comment
@@noi8017 noone cares loser
Yep she told dee don’t take the he ain’t take the deal and look what happened
The subtle cinematography in this scene enhances the performances beautifully. Excellent artistry by everyone involved
Facts!
I know I'm years late but yes! The way Stringer is sitting & framed for the "whatever happened" line....brilliant
Yeah I like at 1:25, Stringer just sitting there at the middle while both sides crashed, kind of like a open trial but the secrets were forever sealed
"I ain't had shit to do with it" - Avon lettin slip that it wasn't a lie but it wasn't his call.
Is this after stringer told him that he did it?*or ordered it I mean
@@wiutchtuba6248 It was after. Avon fully knew what happened by this stage.
@@leesmith813 damn...
I remember first seeing the first second of this scene thinking of that awkward silence between Avon and Stringer, knowing how rocky their relationship was at this point. Then how it multiplies when you see Brianna looking at Avon with eyes that can slice through frozen beef. It was so intense even before words were spoken.
Marlo and his people never have scenes that elevate too this level. The Barksdale empire was more engrossing. Specifically the break down and Stringers death This scene is class.. I love how uncomfortable Bell is. He constantly wants everyone out of the way and talks at the wrong time. Just like with Brother in the hospital. Hes cracking up and the grim reaper is coming.
@@dr2599 Morning. I am not discussing the character/plot deviation to the Marlo empire. The ruthless new breed. I understand that as a narrative point. My point is the seasoned acting of the Barksdale empire was unmatched. A scene like this one is simply phenomenal acting. Marlo and his people were not on this level of acting. Brianna was insanely good in this show. As was Avon and Stringer. Simply put, they were superior actors. Peace
@@ben86jones82 You don’t get this type of scene with Marlo’s crew because they never talked talked things out like Avon’s people. At the slightest hint of contention, someone was gonna die.
Marlo was a Wal-Mart drug empire. He sold the product, seized the connect, got rid of his enemy Prop Joe but ultimately only had the corners and Omar to worry about. Everyone was loyal to Marlo, his second was a support instead of an overthinking wiseguy and Marlo ran everything tight.
There was no family dynamic like the Barksdale, in fact if Marlo didn't want to be famous he could just be like the Greeks and run things from behind and make money.
@@ben86jones82 idk, the whole "my name is my name" scene with marlo losing his temper was pretty amazing too
@@Wungus_Bill The Barksdales were human people doing inhuman thing for the game.
Marlo crew are monster created by there action and playing their game and breaking it at the same time.
This scene still holds up over 15 years later.
Hard to believe it's been that long. This series is as epic as the original "Godfather". You never tire of watching it!
watching this scene, there’s no way you can tell me that Brianna didn’t purposefully, subliminally accuse Avon of killing D, in order to get his natural reaction & see if there was anything. Other than her managing the assets, we never saw her display her intelligence. But this in my opinion was her using her intellect psychologically. Look at how she immediately looks down when Avon gets mad & then immediately looks up as soon as Avon says he had nothing to do with it.
Gah damn she is sharp . It’s took me a few times of listening to read in between the lines of what is being said with words and the message that’s conveyed
This scene was like a Shakespeare play. Brilliant writing and acting. Breanna looking like she could rip Stringer's head off. Poweful. 0:47
I think it was later that Stringer told them, "keep that bitch away from me"!.
Avon never look at Stringer after he said that line. Because his sister would’ve figure out who did it. She wasn’t stupid
I think she knew it was Stringer right when Avon said that noticed she didn't even look at Stringer when she left the room as an acknowledgement of Stringer's involvement in D'Angelo's death
she figured it out anyway
@@KingslayerSrb Right. She knew it was Stringer before she even went in that room. She was just coming in there for confirmation. Which she got.
Avon was so disgusted
The look sting throwing at avon, classic
Notice how Stringer couldn't help himself interjecting after the second "To do with what? went unanswered. He had to be thinking Avon was close to cracking at that point and possibly giving him up right then and there.
she knew and they knew that she knew and she knew that they knew that she knew, you know?
Wire is the only show that gets better and better even after you've seen in multiple times. I can't think of any show that's ever done that, for me at least
@D G
Not even comparable
The Shield and The Sopranos id throw in
@@johnmcnamara8741
Yea the Shield was awesome especially after season 3. Shane and Vic were tv gold
@@TONEakaSHOW I think it’s by far the most underrated show of all time.
I've probably seen the series like 20 times. Even watched it backwards.
I think this scene is what led Avon to ultimately sell Stringer out. He might've been willing to go to the wall for him if he hadn't killed his nephew and poisoned his relationship with his sister.
Man I would love to see a follow up to this whole scenario.
Spoiler ahead, don't scroll down if you haven't seen it, youve been warned:
I would love to see Avon speaking with Brianna post Stringers death. Them sitting in USP Jessup and having to tell her the truth. How Stringer killed D without his knowledge. He can also somewhat save face with his sister by saying he had Stringer killed because of that. Now that would be a half truth since we know he had to give up Stringer to Brother because of business and maintaining his rep. But at least it allows him to re-build a connection with his sister. Would have been interesting to see that whole scenerio play out
I wish D never died so early he was one my favourites
Crazy how Stringer order the hit and sitting there in front D uncle and mother smh
I never realized how powerful this scene was, probably because I wasn't a husband with three kids when I first saw this.
Wood played this scene perfectly
McNulty's understanding of human behaviour enables him to predict how other people will react when he creates a situation like this one. He knew D'Angelo's murder would force Avon to come out of denial, then take action against Stringer. The office scene where McNulty told D'Angelo's mother he knew she did not care about her own son was the pinnacle moment in this drama. String & Avon together were a force of nature, pitted against one other meant the end for both. What a perfect casting choice for the McNulty character, all these characters...
Me too. I've been watching this show since I was 14, but I didn't fully understand until I was in my mid twenties. It's that deep...
One thing I love about this scene is how Avon and Stringer, a powerful duo, ruthless gangsters are so insecure and tiny comparing to Brianna, who wants to know what happened to her only child. She's Avon's older sister, but in this scene she's like a strict mother to two boys who broke a vase or a window and she's trying to find out who did it. xD
Impeccable scene and acting by all three of them.
Your son D’angelo… whatever happened there…….
🤣🤣🤣
Whateva happened there??!?
He was f*cking kid.
I mean he looked old af but he was a kid.
I told my boy, a pint of blood, weighs more than. A gallon of gold. He didn't listen. Took me to Burger King instead.
@@Carmine_Lupertazzi ya son was down in Miami fixing wet t shirt contests
Avon knew because he knows his family, he fronting for stringer and that's why he gave stringer up after stringer confessed
Oooh, now I see why Avon served Stringer up. I’m surprised he didn’t do it himself.
I have older sisters and that's actually how they treat me i am grown until i piss one of them off then i am 10 years old again.
Avon basically told her the truth without telling her he said he aint have nothing to do with it basically saying somebody did murder d but he wasnt involved that's why she said to do with what an stringer looked up
The opening shot at 0:00 is so beautiful man. It's like an oil painting. Avon's contemplative and guilt-ridden head basked in the sun's glow, while Stringer's on his full black outfit, is on display on the otherside of the frame; Sitting slanted, slightly on edge, but nonetheless knows what is about to come. Them being on a funeral home about to speak on a dead family member. Then cut to Brianna's piercing stare, as if a knife to Avon's throat. Sheesh this show is nuts
Avon White Shirt = Innocent (didn't do it)
String Black Shirt = Guilty (ordered the hit)
Brianna Red Cardigan = Victim (lost her son)
Brianna Black Shirt = Guilty (made D take the years)
Nice 👍
damn. So much went into this.
the director & writer probably never even noticed this detail 🤔
Don’t forget about clanging of her jewelry after talking to McNulty. It subtly showed where her values were; and what she chose to take priority in her life.
she knew..they just confirmed it for her.
Bingo! She's not stupid. She knew before she entered the room.
Kay, now Imma go watch brother Mouzone and Omar do their thing to String.
The look she gave stringer though, after asking avon "with what?" Can slice a body through and through
What’s crazy is that Avon chooses loyalty to Stringer over his sister and in the end it’s Stringer who betrays him…..Stringer showed his true colors at that cookout when he was pulling up on D’Angelo baby mama. This is why the Italians prevented that kind of behavior.
You don't mess with wives and girlfriends. Ask Nicky Barnes' crew why ! !
Brianna's face is so good in the beginning. She was so pissed. 😹
Damn i fucking love this scene. The acting, the way how the lighting kinda ressembles the truth and Stringer starts with all the light and end up dragging avon to darker shots, the way String is between avon and Brianna and at the same time it's just at the back interpossing between the truth. Fucking genius!!! Man i love this show, and you still find details after all this time
That cap string held down, Brianna knew her son! Smh
The good days, I wish I could go back
This scene right here alone was slowly the downfall of the Barksdale organization. The way Avon couldn’t give his own sister direct eye contact was very telling .to Stringer finishing Avons sentences out of nervousness and Brenna knowing something ain’t adding up.
I think String and Avon would have weathered this. This was the final inquiry about D, the case wasn't even open. I would say when Stringer orchestrated a hit on Bro Muzone was the downfall. His intelligence was feeding his ego into thinking he could change the drug empire into IBM. String thought he was more business savvy than Avon when he was in jail but he ignored the rule of the jungle. String made one to many decisions behind Avon's back but D was a neccessary evil act which Avon understood.
Who is here today Brianna is Franklin mom in snowfall 😂😂
I was today years old 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Avon would have had somebody clapped for that LSD thing at that wedding. 🤣
Didn’t realize Brianna was Franklin mother
Amazing conversation, they with held the truth without lying
Smh she knew, her guilt just made her not press for it. It didn't help when Donnette told her she was with Stringer.
Damm! THE WIRE was the best!
He should have told her the truth. Even if not here. He definitely should have.
Red victim
White innocent
Black guilty
Nice.
lool
Mind blowing
Brianna being both victim and guilty, 10/10
I fucking love the depth and rawness of this show!
Ah! This was after Stringer told Avon that he had D killed. Took me a minute. :)
She def knew something was up, she was just in denial that Avon/Stringer mightve been involved but she def realized it
This is the only time I noticed Idris Elba slip into his natural accent when he says 'whatever it is that happened Brianna'
1:09 best scene of the entire series
I love how she made the transition into being Franklin's mother on Snowfall
This is the straw that broke the camel’s back for Avon and String
A mother always knows.
D Angelo wanted out ,they killed the lad for wanting a better life
deangelo was always built for the game, just had too much of a good heart for it, i liked how avon found out the truth cuz it proved him wrong about his nephew, he wasn’t weak at all he was a soldier who stood for what he believed and never gave in which sadly caused his death, plus mfs forget he literally killed someone😂
Stringer in the cut sweatin ! 😂😂😂
Like a Hebrew slave
Dam she turned into Franklin Saint mothers
Some of the worst mothers on this show
No worse than the fictional ones in Jersey during this same timeframe
@@Fakename70Do you mean the reality shows?
@@ShowDonkeys
The Sopranos
Naymonds mom is runner up
1:14 stringer face said if you fold you next
Avon gave himself away at the end. He confirmed the rumor for his sister when he didn’t answer her final question.
Briana closes the door more gently when Avon is in the room. With Stringer, not so much.
Holy shit so when Avon tells Marlo to give his sister the 100k for the russian meeting on the prison he did it because of guilt right? daaamn , yeah I havent watch the series , just going by the clips on youtube XD
@Crazyknight, well yes and no. The 100k was symbolic for several reasons. In the first season, Prop Joe schemed 100k in a basketball game from Avon. Later on, Prop Joe got close to String when Avon and the best of his muscle had gotten locked up (Bird, Wee-Bay, Savino) or taken out (Stinkem), and they had lost their connect. Avon was very reluctant because of how shady Prop Joe was but because of Stringer's sneaky ways, they would have to go to Prop Joe for product (exactly what Prop Joe wanted). All of this lead to the Barksdales losing full control of all of their towers and eventually the corners that they tried to take away from Marlo. All of the previous became very evident to Avon in the scene from Season 3 when Mouzone visited with him at the Barbershop and Avon shakes his head and whispers to himself in disgust, "Prop Joe package." So Avon knew that with Marlo having a line to the connect and cutting everyone else off, he could help set it up and it would be a way to get back at Prop Joe and how he said it in Season 5, "the rest of those East Side B____s." That's just the way he felt about em. ...and yes, he and Brianna's relationship was forever strained after what happened with D, yet he probably continued to do what he could for her more than ever.
no the 100k was cause nothing is free and his sister was trustworthy
Jedi I'm exactly the same. I haven't watched the series either, just a bunch of TH-cam clips out of synch.
the acting in this scene alone is off the charts.
This scene is powerful. Here in 2022.
Wood Harris and Idris Elba are so fucking good. The wire is such an incredible show.
Dont forget her role in Law n Order arguing against Jack Mckoy.
That look that Stringer gave.
2:02 That side-eye from Stringer..
D'Angelo never snitched. Keep that in mind
String was paranoid about it anyway. He just didn't take the chance. Same case when he had Bodie and Poot kill Wallace.
D did snitch before not this time but he told before nobody knew he told where wee bay was
He did, have you even watched the show ?
He ratted on wee bay
Uh, yes tf he did
I hate string, his death wasn't horrible enough
Cissy really be queen of the drug lords 😂😂😂
The Wire not getting recognized during its main run is simply disgusting and flat out racist.
It was regularly called the “best show on Television” and “the President of the USA’s favorite show”.
It had the misfortune airing simultaneously as the other greatest show of all time.
Libtards see racism everywhere.
Muh racism.
Your son D'Angelo, whateva happened there...
It's well known as a fact that every second who start talking in presence of the number one and make decisions will end up going for the throne ,pples never learn whether in movies or real lives.
Stringer was like played both devil & angel to Avon.
Brianna being the older sister will defo know when her lil bro is lying
Avon don’t know
@@dionruffin3996 na he does. he gets told in season 3 episode 8 and then this scene happens in episode 9
If they were smart they woulda just supported her theory
That's what I'm saying!
2:12 he tryna clean dat up ! Nah, your bro already slipped !! 🤣🤣🤣
Brianna looks like she really could be deangelos mother or sister even
or deanglo in a wig?
Stringer got D’angelo killed because he wanted Donnette to himself 😂
I swear 😂
He didn’t give a shit about Donette. He threw her some pity D to keep her in line.
He used Donette to see where D'angelo's head was. He didn't care about her. He just needed her to get close to D'Angelo.
No Stringer got him killed cause he was about to snitch!
Ok, guys, this comment is most likely a joke. Everyone that has watched The Wire knows why Stringer did it.
I love her..❤
Parents should know shish like this comes with the territory. It’s pure evil and delusional to turn your children out to criminal activity that leads to the death and destruction of others and not be touched. Just one example of greed is really evil. Gifts corrupts the heart.
Brianna eventually left B More for Cali changed her name got married and had another son and named him Franklin
You mean she left Cali for b more because snowfall takes place before the wire. She came to Baltimore to put her people on in the east coast
Something that eludes me, despite seeing this clip several times over the past 8 years: why exactly wouldn't Avon divulge the truth? He didn't truly need Stringer at this point...and the latter had already shown disloyalty and unpredictability. Is the answer as simple as "blood of the covenant"?
Since season 1 we've been shown the differences between Avon and Stringer and how they operate and what matters to each individually. Avon views their business as a family structure-his people, his crew, their blocks, their home while Stringer views it as a business, an operation to get another opportunity to do something else and makes decisions with that idea. We hear the saying the game is the game repeatedly and Avon stays true to that while Stringer does what he needs to for the business so long story short...Avon knows D'Angelo could've hurt them and most likely would talk and ruin everything. Stringer having him killed was apart of the game because he was a threat and if he wasn't Avons nephew there wouldn't be any hesitation on handling the issue. So he's torn, he knows it had to happen but hates how it happened since it was family and doesn't want to tell his sister because it draws a line within the relationship and creates a new issue since she definitely would want something done to Stringer for making the call to have D'Angelo killed. So as unhappy he is about lying he knows he has to not tell her the truth.
Not only that but he couldn't afford to divide the whole family/crew while at war with Marlo
@@tazt21 very true. Snoop and Chris definitely made going war even harder since they are experienced killers and at the moment all of Avons muscle was dead or in jail. No more weebay, stinker, little man smh...
My question is: after this scene Avon pretty much disregarded stringer because of the business deals and chaos he was causing, so when they had the confrontation in front of slim about the clay davis hit, did stringer know his time was about to expire?
Avon’s blood ran red. Part of the difference between him and String. Also why Avon understood someone like Brother Mouzon. There conversation in the barbershop was a blood conversation. The business side of the game was important to Avon of course, but a lot of his actions where driven by his blood running red. He gave up String to Mouzon but was still trying to save him at the end. He simply couldn’t fix it. Mouzon as a matter principle had already made up his mind and based on the game String had to go. Mouzon was driven by vengeance but by the time he got to String he was basically almost like a machine carrying out the execution. A lot of the unpredictability of Avon was understanding of the game mixed with his blood running red, which gave him a dynamism that String didn’t understand and Marlo lacked.
He made it so obvious he got so emotional when she said he had something too do with it ain’t so no emotion up until then
It’s crazy how much Avon, Breonna and D’Angelo looked like actual family, especially Breonna and D’Angelo. I actually thought she was his real mother when I first saw the show lol
They set him up he was never a rat
She knows whenever Avon say he ain't have shit to do wit it...he didn't...but he knows