I used to work with an elderly white woman and every Monday we would eat lunch and discuss the most recent episode of the wire. It was the only thing we had in common. Wire gave me a great friend from the most unexpected person
When I worked for medicare I would often talk about the sopranos with old people and man it was some of the greatest conversations . I encouraged them to check out Breaking Bad and Bettter Call Saul with their remaining years *I hadn’t seen the wire until recently*
Never saw this show. Never understood how anyone could look into a dysfunctional city and learn or be entertained. Black folks living like rats and Hollywood profiting from it. " Usual suspects"- code language from racists making mockery of black people, as if they are righteous.
The greatest thing about The Wire is it's one of the few pieces of media that developed and humanized the "bad guys" just as much as the "good guys." Bodie killed his friend Wallace in cold blood and faced no consequences but even at the time of his demise, I was still hoping Bodie would get out of the life. Or Avon's "He a man today." or the scene with is comatose brother and D'Angelo or "How my hair look, Mike? You look good, girl."
I watched the corner and was stuck in the wire after that. The shows hit a spot that were untouched in society like how that guy on the corner became a hardcore user or how his son followed suit even after seeing the damage of the life. I haven’t seen nothing close to the corner or the wire on tv since.
I loved the way it linked everything, drugs, ports, police, politics, poverty. It showed it’s not as simple as the dealers being responsible for everything
Bodie continued his life in the streets, but as he got older he fell to his heroin habit. He ended becoming one of thee leaders in the Maryland chapter of BGF in the Maryland prison system. Uncle Bodie (which became known as across the streets) died 3 years ago "old age"
I ran into Snoop randomly at a Safeway in the Baltimore suburbs. She was cool as hell, took a few minutes to chop it up with my son and I. Just as cool as you'd expect.
@@chingyminecraftgods9424 Lol no that was the question that was asked that changed his life.... And actually now that I'm thinking about it it's pretty much self explanatory really. "Why?" is the deepest question anyone can ask ?? Have a conversation with a child in his why phase nd you'll see.... Side note stop being sensitive and taking shit personal gang
The beauty of the Wire was that nobody was flat and type casted. The criminals weren’t always the “bad guys”. Nor were they made to be lovable hood guys. Same with the cops. One could say Snoop and Marlo might have been some what flat, but they needed to be. They represented to soul less “new gangster” who honored no code and had serial killer tendencies
I'm so happy my father decided to spend 20 yr career in the Army. If not me and my brother would have grown up in Park Heights Baltimore (4501 Umatilla AVe) (70-'s-90's). I watch the wire and see exactly what could have been my life. Thanks pop! RIP!
Did not know that was him all this time, and after many rewatches. I always find some tidbit about The Wire from behind the scenes that I never knew, making it even better the next watch. David & Ed has definitively and authentically, created the greatest show ever made.
Michael K Willaims... Only man I ever shed a tear for who passed away that I never met personally. Ive had two friends murdered, a dozen or so overdose, one that just disappeared... And I cried at least once for all of them. Michael K Williams just hit me different. He was clean for so long and relapsed and Ive been there. Rest in peace my man. You will be missed by many that never even met you.
I just watched the entire 5 seasons of The Wire now, in 2024, and can't stop thinking about it. It has stayed like a permanent mark on my soul, dove into my mind and sunk into my body. Wish the show would return; one of the finest bit of television ART I have ever seen, and oh-so-true-to-life. Broke my heart but *somehow* gave me HOPE, I don't know why.
I just finished it today and I feel exactly the same. I held off looking any on yt that to do with it so it didnt spoil the show for and im so glad I waited. truly an amazing show.
The only thing I wish is that they didn't let the character get killed off, as that would have been reflected of his real survival and change. He survived and found redemption in righteous living and sharing his truth with others.
Getting killed by an 8 year old while buying chips at the store is pretty poetic though, it's a tragic irony kinda thing. Everyone afraid, trying to get him, and he falls to the 8 year old
the whole point of the big montage scene at the end of wire was that after all that, nothing really changes, new people in charge but the same cycle repeats itself. the kid that shot omar was in a much earlier episode playing at being omar with his buddies. i don't think there was another way it could have gone tbh
There's really no comparison. One is like a low budget independent project and the other was like the main feature. The corner walked so the wire could fly
Butchies death will always be the saddest part of The Wire for me. Not only because a great man died, but because the second he did, we knew Omar was going to lose his peace of retirement.
See how the suit fits that guy. Not that it’s a horrible fit, but Andre 3000 would only wear a suit that was perfectly tailored. Sorry, no way that’s Andre.
@@for_sureskiLol look at your username. They're obviously talking about black people. And yes, statistically YALL are the usual suspects lmao. Turn on the local news once in a while brah. Black people are destroying this country. Not all black people, but the people destroying our country happen to be black or middle eastern immigrants. Sorry no one told you lol
4:34 imagine being 6yrs old and having a full understanding of the boogey man in your neighborhood/ I hate that kids are growing up in this same situation everyday
I believe him on the balcony thing ngl, adrenaline like that makes you capable of surviving such a fall (if he was in a shoot out thinking “it’s out this window or my life”)
Yes! He had the look and mannerisms. There's also a made man in rush hour who tells Chris Tucker's character to get off the table, who I said was real without actually knowing. Turned out he was.
I don’t want to glorify or defend anything. But they put people to death. The man Donnie, changed, this is a true story. Who are we to judge? We could be Donnie. I know ima get killed for this….but this is a well done clip. Great job. Donnie, props. Not for the evil, but for the good you did. If you seek redemption, it can be found. H-O-P-E a four letter word.
My grandfather was a police captain in NJ, early in his career he got into a scuffle with someone over a shotgun and accidentally killed the guy (I do believe it was an accident because the type of shotgun it was - it was antiquated and if you slammed the pump-handle backward with a shell in the chamber it would fire - called slamfiring), I see him in a lot of the police characters in this show. Cops can also be killers.
Not onky I loved the show I love it more because now it makes you wanna go back and watch from season 1.. HANDS DOWN OF THE GREATEST TV SHOWS OF ALL TIME
The wire did what the Sopranos did, it humanized the underworld, it showed us that the people we see on the news are just like us in a lot of ways. They like the same food as us, have family problems, make jokes, have families, loved, cried, and lived lives. It humanized an entire city of people.
donnies inclusion also continues the ideas in the wire that this is generational, and each player of the game is just an adopted loner in many ways, from politicians to cops to gang members
Omar was more like 3 people in 1️⃣ from my city. But the one person who starred in the series while Omar was locked 🆙 is a real killa/head bussa who had no picks💯💯💯. Just giving you the real. Rip 🪦 Lor Melvin & Donny Aka Byrd. Baldamore until the 🌎 🔚
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I used to work with an elderly white woman and every Monday we would eat lunch and discuss the most recent episode of the wire. It was the only thing we had in common. Wire gave me a great friend from the most unexpected person
She must have been a hell of a lady to watch that show …. I still re watch it every few years
Thts wassup
When I worked for medicare I would often talk about the sopranos with old people and man it was some of the greatest conversations . I encouraged them to check out Breaking Bad and Bettter Call Saul with their remaining years
*I hadn’t seen the wire until recently*
The wire still holds up today. Wonderful writing and wonderful actors.
Never saw this show. Never understood how anyone could look into a dysfunctional city and learn or be entertained.
Black folks living like rats and Hollywood profiting from it.
" Usual suspects"- code language from racists making mockery of black people, as if they are righteous.
“Man got ta have a code”. One of my favorite lines ever in any show or movie.
That's something I say and stand for, regardless of what your "code" is, stick by it and don't break it for anything.
Same with “the world go one way, people another! ~ poot
Buy for a dollar, sell for tew. So much great writing and acting that sticks with you.
@@OzzystrawI was gonna say that one was mine too.
The greatest thing about The Wire is it's one of the few pieces of media that developed and humanized the "bad guys" just as much as the "good guys." Bodie killed his friend Wallace in cold blood and faced no consequences but even at the time of his demise, I was still hoping Bodie would get out of the life. Or Avon's "He a man today." or the scene with is comatose brother and D'Angelo or "How my hair look, Mike? You look good, girl."
Exactly, one of the main aspects I appreciated was how it demonstrated how life and circumstances can 'make' a person fall into the life.
I watched the corner and was stuck in the wire after that. The shows hit a spot that were untouched in society like how that guy on the corner became a hardcore user or how his son followed suit even after seeing the damage of the life. I haven’t seen nothing close to the corner or the wire on tv since.
FACTS
I loved the way it linked everything, drugs, ports, police, politics, poverty. It showed it’s not as simple as the dealers being responsible for everything
Bodie continued his life in the streets, but as he got older he fell to his heroin habit. He ended becoming one of thee leaders in the Maryland chapter of BGF in the Maryland prison system. Uncle Bodie (which became known as across the streets) died 3 years ago "old age"
Jumping 6 stories, stick the landing, and is able to run again is wild
Tommy vercetti: "a new challenger has appeared"
Adrenaline goes crazy.
🍀
He didn’t go far prolly did run he went in the utility like room the same apt building the shootout was
That really happened in Baltimore! That’s a true story! Them people know who that was…you don’t
His code wasn’t not using women. He had women on his team. His code was not to rob or hurt sumone who not in the game.
That was the woke Agenda being forced in the show
No the "Code" is No women no children no cops no civilians
@@mofoziwomen be setting dudes up some get that pass to get got. If they choosing to be in that life
@@llClassifiedll 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I didn't make the rules
@@mofozi Omar had the same code too but ended up getting shot by a child...lol
I ran into Snoop randomly at a Safeway in the Baltimore suburbs. She was cool as hell, took a few minutes to chop it up with my son and I. Just as cool as you'd expect.
Yeah me too😂
@@christopherfields9785 freak
She really be out here 😂
Shieeeeeeet
did you ask him to sign your DoggFather CD?
Man, he was asked a one word question and it changed his life. That’s deep.
Elaborate
@@chingyminecraftgods9424 Watch the video.
@@chingyminecraftgods9424 "Why?"
@@Your_Father_LA cause I like the Wire and want to hear his thoughts on it.
Is it illegal ?
@@chingyminecraftgods9424 Lol no that was the question that was asked that changed his life.... And actually now that I'm thinking about it it's pretty much self explanatory really. "Why?" is the deepest question anyone can ask ??
Have a conversation with a child in his why phase nd you'll see.... Side note stop being sensitive and taking shit personal gang
The Wire is simply the best tv show ever. I return back to it every now and then.
Precisely. 💯
facts
These are straight facts
that 5th season though.....
Cannot touch The Sopranos
The beauty of the Wire was that nobody was flat and type casted. The criminals weren’t always the “bad guys”. Nor were they made to be lovable hood guys. Same with the cops. One could say Snoop and Marlo might have been some what flat, but they needed to be. They represented to soul less “new gangster” who honored no code and had serial killer tendencies
Well said
“Usual suspects”? God damn that wild lol.
Ah Capone? Lansky? Gotta? Spilotro?all those movies and documentaries of the 🕎sual suspec✝️s? 🤪🤪🤪
Who tf is Gotta?
@@Nicotine_psychosis Gotti, tard
@@Nicotine_psychosis John Gotti. Gambino crime family leader 1985-~2002.
Yeah, its a cultural thing
"Dont seem possible....
Some Spider Man Shyt there."
One blast of the horn, rangers returning.
Two blasts, wildlings attacking.
Three blasts, white walkers appearing.
Four blasts, Omar comin'.
I'm so happy my father decided to spend 20 yr career in the Army. If not me and my brother would have grown up in Park Heights Baltimore (4501 Umatilla AVe) (70-'s-90's). I watch the wire and see exactly what could have been my life. Thanks pop! RIP!
What is a Superior Man?
This was excellent. I knew the Omar character was based off of a real person but didn’t know who.
Most of the main characters are based on real life people from the 80’s and 90’s era of Baltimore
The man Avon is based on is also in the show
No shit that’s what the whole video is about u goober
Did not know that was him all this time, and after many rewatches. I always find some tidbit about The Wire from behind the scenes that I never knew, making it even better the next watch. David & Ed has definitively and authentically, created the greatest show ever made.
So many times there's an actual expert in the scene while things are happening.
RIP Michael K Williams - one of the most memorable characters on one of the greatest TV shows of all time
Pretty dope that his stepson, the real DeAndre from The Corner, played Lamar on The Wire.
And he too died of a drug overdose a few years back. Very sad.
Michael K Willaims... Only man I ever shed a tear for who passed away that I never met personally. Ive had two friends murdered, a dozen or so overdose, one that just disappeared... And I cried at least once for all of them. Michael K Williams just hit me different. He was clean for so long and relapsed and Ive been there. Rest in peace my man. You will be missed by many that never even met you.
I just watched the entire 5 seasons of The Wire now, in 2024, and can't stop thinking about it. It has stayed like a permanent mark on my soul, dove into my mind and sunk into my body. Wish the show would return; one of the finest bit of television ART I have ever seen, and oh-so-true-to-life. Broke my heart but *somehow* gave me HOPE, I don't know why.
I just finished it today and I feel exactly the same. I held off looking any on yt that to do with it so it didnt spoil the show for and im so glad I waited. truly an amazing show.
The only thing I wish is that they didn't let the character get killed off, as that would have been reflected of his real survival and change. He survived and found redemption in righteous living and sharing his truth with others.
Getting killed by an 8 year old while buying chips at the store is pretty poetic though, it's a tragic irony kinda thing. Everyone afraid, trying to get him, and he falls to the 8 year old
@@NEKOUFaryup, a lot of layers to it. Like the boy is just the next in line to take up the Mantle, which was a major theme of that season overall
Micheal took up the mantle. kenard was just a random punk. @@djandjb1
the whole point of the big montage scene at the end of wire was that after all that, nothing really changes, new people in charge but the same cycle repeats itself. the kid that shot omar was in a much earlier episode playing at being omar with his buddies. i don't think there was another way it could have gone tbh
and michael is all set to be the next omar
You want a much sadder version. Watch The Corner. That one has be depressed for days
The fact that all of those people are dead
Except fran
@@Itzsfo0 she died in 2022 man
The wire put the corner to shame.. I liked both shows, but the wire is a real Gem...
No it doesn't
It's just two different Shows based on life in the streets
@@wayne9077My opinion dude calm down..
do you like homicide life on the street?
There's really no comparison. One is like a low budget independent project and the other was like the main feature. The corner walked so the wire could fly
@@jonrobbin170 I agree 💯
I like the season when they went to the dock. People sleep on the season. Crazy ahh white boy snapped lol
Whenever ppl find out i moved to Maryland they always ask why would i want to move to the wire?!😂😂
Many years later and it's still the best television series ever made.
That's subjective.
@@user-if9pp4vg7g No doubt.
Butchies death will always be the saddest part of The Wire for me. Not only because a great man died, but because the second he did, we knew Omar was going to lose his peace of retirement.
every year I rewatch The Wire ... and it's still just as good as when I first saw it when it premired on HBO. Top Tier Storytelling at it's finest
Donnie Andrews passed away in 2012.
RIP 🙏🏾🕊️
He didn’t play himself: he played alongside the character he inspired.
Operation: Usual Suspects
Is crazy 😭
6:06 IS THAT ANDRE 3000???😂😂😂
Not all blacks are the same person 😂
Omg. It does look like him though.
@@robertsaget6918tell Eddie Murphy that…..
See how the suit fits that guy. Not that it’s a horrible fit, but Andre 3000 would only wear a suit that was perfectly tailored. Sorry, no way that’s Andre.
Really liking these mini docs, keep them coming! ❤
I think ima rewatch this show it’s really good
That Giancarlo Esposito bit is wild. Very good stuff
I thought that was Paul Mooney
operation “usual suspects” sounds crazy 🤔 wonder what that was all about.
It doesnt sound crazy. Yall just find a way to make everythin out of context
@@doyadirty3804 who's "y'all"
@@for_sureskiyou and any other person doing this dumb shit
@@for_sureskiLol look at your username. They're obviously talking about black people. And yes, statistically YALL are the usual suspects lmao. Turn on the local news once in a while brah. Black people are destroying this country. Not all black people, but the people destroying our country happen to be black or middle eastern immigrants. Sorry no one told you lol
@@doyadirty3804"Y'all". 😂 U nd to be worried bout your own family gettin swept up in "Operation Desert Storm" & bein' sent tf back 😂
that's crazy because Donnie looked like a killer. Turns out he really was one
I’m a Felon and right away I could almost sense just by seeing him that he was the real deal.
@@cloudyns Calm down mr."felon" anyone can feel vibes off looking at a person its our survival instinct.
@@user-if9pp4vg7g The only that needs to calm down is you. My input shouldnt have made you feel any type of way but apparently it did
Brillant Show the dvd set got me through my surgery rehab .
When I thought I saw a young Giancarlo and u pointed him out I went wild
"She was arrested during a state and federal sting dubbed 'Operation Usual Suspects'"
Based
4:34 imagine being 6yrs old and having a full understanding of the boogey man in your neighborhood/ I hate that kids are growing up in this same situation everyday
I believe him on the balcony thing ngl, adrenaline like that makes you capable of surviving such a fall (if he was in a shoot out thinking “it’s out this window or my life”)
This is why the show felt so real, I gotta rewatch it all over agin. Best show ever IMO
I used to watch "the corner" that's the main reason I got on the wire early on still one of my favourite shows
No lie I knew he was a real killer😂
you could see it in his face. dude was scary
@@thecircle2662I’m a sociopath and you would never know it by my looks 😅
@@JohnWickkkk Some people you can’t tell and some others, it’s very obvious.
Yes! He had the look and mannerisms. There's also a made man in rush hour who tells Chris Tucker's character to get off the table, who I said was real without actually knowing. Turned out he was.
Let me tell you something, The Wire did & still has me in major chokehold.
1:41 'operation usual suspects' LMAOOOOOOOOOO
Amazing channel man, so happy i found it, subscribed for sure
Saying he recognized he didn’t have a conscience, because he couldn’t think of a reason was surprising to hear from a killer.
You really should use a de-esser plug-in on your voice's audio to reduce the "s" sounds, they're distracting from an otherwise great video
I don’t want to glorify or defend anything. But they put people to death. The man Donnie, changed, this is a true story. Who are we to judge? We could be Donnie. I know ima get killed for this….but this is a well done clip. Great job. Donnie, props. Not for the evil, but for the good you did. If you seek redemption, it can be found. H-O-P-E a four letter word.
My grandfather was a police captain in NJ, early in his career he got into a scuffle with someone over a shotgun and accidentally killed the guy (I do believe it was an accident because the type of shotgun it was - it was antiquated and if you slammed the pump-handle backward with a shell in the chamber it would fire - called slamfiring), I see him in a lot of the police characters in this show. Cops can also be killers.
Cutty is Gervonta Tank Davis' coach Calvin Ford... Since he was like 7 yrs old. Still is too .
That's some Spider-Man shit right there...
Deeper down the rabbit hole.....
❤
this showw never wins an award but sopranos does. like wow
This show is sooooo good
Snoop going back to jail is crazy. She was a great actress and could have had a great career!
The greatest show which made a positive change in the long run
Donnies life is a movie on its own. Very interesting
You’re telling me Omar survived!?
All 3 they made are great shows. The Wire, Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire. They all accurate in their own way
The greatest show ever.... simply put.
Pulled out the Rugers like Shame in A Low Down Dirty Shame.
Time to watch The Wire again
Not onky I loved the show I love it more because now it makes you wanna go back and watch from season 1.. HANDS DOWN OF THE GREATEST TV SHOWS OF ALL TIME
That is how you take acting to another level!
“Thats some spiderman shi there”
Donnie was the hood Batman. He would be there, rob you of your stash, probably shoot you, then he would be gone.
I saw that!! Never heard him talk
I just realized he put his lollipop in the ashtray
I did like the wire in the beginning it just started to feel like a show about only cops & politics by the end. I guess that’s the point.
The wire did what the Sopranos did, it humanized the underworld, it showed us that the people we see on the news are just like us in a lot of ways. They like the same food as us, have family problems, make jokes, have families, loved, cried, and lived lives. It humanized an entire city of people.
IRL Omar is one scary looking dude.
Obama, “Let’s make The Wire a nationwide thing.”
🙄🤡
"Operation usual suspects" ahaha
All in the game yo… all In the game! R.I.P Micheal K Williams
Good video man! Enjoyed it a lot
lol just realized that the biology teacher on community is supposed to be omar 😂
Learned a lot. Great video!
love your videos :)) keep it up!
Well done 🙌🏽🙌🏽
This is an example of a writer giving a fuck about characters and stories in a different way of life of his own. Not that inclusion bullshit.
Ha! I thought it was the actor Ed Burns
The game, is the game... Always.
Gold standard of crime dramas.
What is the tune in the background at the start it’s in Jackie brown aswell and I can never get what it is
Cissy strut by the Meters
th-cam.com/video/MXI5Nuz6OHg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xRhh7TzGtDyfa_GP
donnies inclusion also continues the ideas in the wire that this is generational, and each player of the game is just an adopted loner in many ways, from politicians to cops to gang members
hey that was really good man
I still yet to finish the wire
Omar was more like 3 people in 1️⃣ from my city. But the one person who starred in the series while Omar was locked 🆙 is a real killa/head bussa who had no picks💯💯💯. Just giving you the real. Rip 🪦 Lor Melvin & Donny Aka Byrd. Baldamore until the 🌎 🔚
Operation "Usual Suspects"?
Loved the Wire ❤ still watched the clips 2024❤
The hood storylines were great but the police and political stuff was so lame.
I had no idea.
Baltimore is different 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Read the tumbnail before watching. Wouldn’t that count as a confession?
Best séries of all time
Imagine living in a society where things are backwards smh!!
just made the wire ten times better