"I liked your son. All things considered, he was a pretty decent kid. And it grinds me that no one ever spoke up for him, and it seems to me that nobody ever will."This scene is McNulty at his best

@dmoney8602

4 ай бұрын

All things considered he was a drug dealer…

@heresYoshii

4 ай бұрын

@@dmoney8602all things considered, he saw beyond the narrow scope of the average hustler in the game. he was one of the few born into the game who had compassion, and that is why he ultimately could never succeed in it

@dmoney8602

4 ай бұрын

It’s a fictional show. He was a drug dealer who was murdered in prison. You see allegory in anything even your toilet bowl and cum sock.@@heresYoshii

@98loud

4 ай бұрын

@@dmoney8602 jfc it's like the themes of the show went straight over your head

@tsarquinn8500

3 ай бұрын

@@dmoney8602 Pretty stupid to be saying “all things considered” when you’re specifically only considering one thing lol

"Honestly, I thought Id tell someone who actually cared about the kid" this is brutal.

@Activated_Complex

4 жыл бұрын

Less of a telling off than she deserved.

@TreWimsical

4 жыл бұрын

If only he knew Bodie bought the carnations for the funeral

@matthewmochan3161

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is. The next most brutal line I can think of after this is Cutty getting told “you shouldn’t look then”... that was another punch to the gut!

@ticalbenjamin5494

3 жыл бұрын

She deserved it

@phifediggy9659

3 жыл бұрын

Made me tear up, Brianna didn't anticipate what was gonna happen. One of the few characters I felt truly sorry for, she thought Avon would protect him inside but he couldn't

"Honestly? I was looking for somebody who cared about the kid." Call Bunk Moreland, we have a homicide. Victim named Brianna Barksdale.

@FuNWithAChemicaLBomb

6 жыл бұрын

More like a burn victim... homicide ain't going to touch that.

@DynastyLuminous46

6 жыл бұрын

Suspect is an Irish alcoholic.

@samuelmuiruri4704

6 жыл бұрын

she dead

@33GLOCK

5 жыл бұрын

@B K LOL

@BadNewsBaltimore

5 жыл бұрын

2222

"There you go McNulty. Giving a f**k when it's not your turn to give a f**K" -Bunk

@mechengr1731

2 жыл бұрын

Bunk and Jay are probably mad they missed the show. Jay: "I would have brought popcorn."

@royzellcooper8397

2 жыл бұрын

Classic line thou bro

@TT-dv9er

2 жыл бұрын

The lines in this series

@MrPete-pe6uk

2 жыл бұрын

what the f**k did I do?

When Brianna asked "why not come to me first" she already knew why he didn't, but she was hoping he wouldn't say it to her face...but this is McNulty we are talking about. He let her have it full blast !

@shytguy

7 жыл бұрын

Mcnulty was an absolute savage in this scene

@money345atherley2

7 жыл бұрын

and he was smooth with it too

@BlackJohnnyCage

7 жыл бұрын

KnockSquared 😂 Real Talk.

@mygoogleemail2063

7 жыл бұрын

KnockSquared she knew but she wanted to hear it. From the moment her son was dead she was blaming herself.

@bennettsnyder315

7 жыл бұрын

This is such a great McNulty scene. Half of him is just letting shit fly because he's frustrated, but part of him is still working her, twisting the knife. Not for any particular reason, because he knows the case is going nowhere, but just out of instinct, because working the angles on a case is all he knows.

Can we talk about how good the actress is playing Brianna? She's legit tearing up at this., Lip quivering. You forget it's a scene in a TV show.

@hank1519

3 жыл бұрын

Superb! 100% real.

@prideaviles5867

3 жыл бұрын

Franklin saints mum

@DeyRapingEveryone

3 жыл бұрын

No we can't talk about that

@hank1519

3 жыл бұрын

@@DeyRapingEveryone You are very funny!

@brianwilliams6549

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, incredible acting by her in this scene. That change from hostility and defensiveness to guilt ridden grief (almost speechlessly at times) is brilliant

PEAK McNulty

@albertmoreno6408

8 жыл бұрын

SAVAGE

@BabyBoiQue

8 жыл бұрын

As hell

@elephantshelf3617

6 жыл бұрын

natural po-lice

@durachokblead

6 жыл бұрын

NATRAL POO-LICE

@batchagaloopytv5816

5 жыл бұрын

based

I love how she cried. Like, one of those cries that you try desperately to conceal from people nearby, but you’re too torn to shreds on the inside. Brilliantly executed as an actress.

@deecee1647

Жыл бұрын

i didnt even know she was british

@dontchatbreeze

8 ай бұрын

@@deecee1647 brianna, mcnulty, carcetti, stringer, are all british impersonating american accents, 3 of them major characters

@deecee1647

7 ай бұрын

@@dontchatbreeze thought the dude who played carcetti was Irish

@mastod0n1

3 ай бұрын

​@@dontchatbreezethe actress who played Brianna was only born in England. Her parents are Jamaican and I believe she spent a few years living there and then her family moved to the US when she was 10. Her normal speaking voice definitely doesn't have a British accent to it.

@mastod0n1

3 ай бұрын

​@@deecee1647He is Irish. Just a lot of us Americans think Irish people are British because our education system is generally awful about stuff like that.

“We hung more wire on your brother than AT&T”

@J48038

4 жыл бұрын

brother's crew*

The acting in this scene is just....superlative.

@sonnymp1337

7 жыл бұрын

+1

@richiehunt5097

7 жыл бұрын

I agree. As great as Dominic West is, Michael Hyatt shines even more here.

@Rucker1980

7 жыл бұрын

Richie Hunt with Ms Hyatt, it wasn't even the lines, the way she conveyed emotions with her face and posture was incredible. The shock, the pain and shame were radiating off her

@HemanParkFilms

6 жыл бұрын

She always shines with the material she is given. The Wire was just on a whole other level.

@yawgmoth5662

6 жыл бұрын

There is actually nothing remarkable that occurs here. It's not otherworldly acting, it's just quality acting with a good script, dialogue, and cinematography (the way the shot moves to her wrist with the jewelry when she's trying not to cry).

One of the times McNulty being an asshole was 100% warranted. I love how absolutely nothing McNulty says is factually wrong, and for the first time in Brianna's life, someone finally told her what she NEEDED to hear, not what she wanted. Her biggest sin was something she couldn't run or hide from, and Mcnulty wasn't giving her any outs, because they both know she doesn't deserve one. I love the little detail of how he didn't even introduce himself or ask her why she wanted to see him. Just answered her questions and gave it to her straight. And he did it without once being purposefully cruel. I think his anger at the Barksdale family as a whole came out, especially the fact that D'Angelo, who he genuinely liked, was just tossed aside like garbage once he no longer had any use for them.

@VersaceJesus

Жыл бұрын

Oh he was definitely trying to be cruel and rip Brianna's heart out. He had the autopsy photos ready and everything. But McNulty's ego and sense of justice is why he's such a great character. He's driven to do the right thing for the wrong reasons. To even the score by any means necessary . Often to the detriment of the people around him. Contrasted with someone like Slim Charles. Who is intensely loyal and ethical, while being willing to murder a child if they're "in the game"

@yovtobe

Жыл бұрын

It's not like there was a happy ending here D'Angelo selling out his family would have been awful in a pride sense as well

@jloo6822

Жыл бұрын

I LOVE the way he came off here. You can feel that it genuinely bothers him, beyond the job, on a human level that he ended up caring more about the well being of Deangelo than his mother. He’s not being purposefully cruel, he just can’t speak it any other way.

@davidsamuels9557

Жыл бұрын

@@yovtobe "Selling out his family"? Avon put D'Angelo in a fucking rental car with a brick of cocaine in the trunk. There might as well have been a sign on the car that said, "Barksdale Cocaine Delivery". Then Mother of the Year made him take the 20 year sentence! Stop being a Barksdale groupie.

@Wattywatasaurus

5 ай бұрын

I also like how he doesn’t even say goodbye or offer to walk her out. He just walks out and leaves her there. She’s not just in a police station, she’s also in a huge pit of grief and guilt, and he’s basically telling her to find her own way out, because to him, she’s not even worth normal human niceties.

Possibly my favorite McNulty scene. "It grinds me that no one ever spoke up for him, and it seems to me that nobody ever will." Devastating and true.

@ArbiterDan

10 ай бұрын

the use of the word "ever"... so simple, so true, so devastating.

@nicoleallen6792

2 ай бұрын

Avon stood up for him and gave Stringer to Brother Mouzon and Omar.

He shamed her ass just like Bunk did to Omar.

@Gryffilion

7 жыл бұрын

Conscience do cost.

@hemanroczko1799

7 жыл бұрын

William May Ain't no other way I can see that.

He cut her so deep at the end. That's the best part!

@vision-gc4hy

6 жыл бұрын

AboutMillions She's a really good actress

@burtonryan50

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah well...she asked to be cut.

@anthonybourdain2748

6 жыл бұрын

he twisted the knife 360 degrees

@bigman25plus25

6 жыл бұрын

She destroyed his case. He got his own back big time.

@aboutmillions

6 жыл бұрын

Russell Mondy agreed the made the audience believe it was her real son. Great actress.

McNulty goes beast mode in this scene. He was brutal with Brianna but she absolutely deserved every word of it.

McNulty laying out the cold hard facts, no sugar coating.

@samuelmuiruri4704

6 жыл бұрын

people call it being an a** hole

@holyreality02

4 жыл бұрын

@NEGUS MBARKA he was right 100% on this one dipshit

@djohnson7087

4 жыл бұрын

Joel Johnson fr

@k3vint0wn3r

3 жыл бұрын

@@samuelmuiruri4704 but he's a special kind of asshole

@balabanasireti

3 жыл бұрын

@@samuelmuiruri4704 Nah.

The end at 3:02 is powerful without words. You hear the sound of gold jewelry as Brianna brings her hand to her mouth. The same drug game that supplied the blood money for her jewelry is also what claimed the life of her only son.

@eluddite889

6 жыл бұрын

wow im a moron and i noticed that

@mrivera6975

6 жыл бұрын

Oh shit that's good

@paradoxdea

6 жыл бұрын

cocotazo Damn, that was deep bro!

@ItsAllLove4Real

6 жыл бұрын

YES!!! I'm sittin' here peepin' the bling cuz it's tinkling and thinking the same damn thing, smh.

@HemanParkFilms

6 жыл бұрын

Hysterical!

Great little moment at the very end of the scene, too, when Brianna brings her hand up, watches and jewelry clattering. It underscores the real choice she made: humanity or money. She chose money and now she's seeing what it cost her.

@Zamolxes77

9 жыл бұрын

***** great comment dude, nice catch.

@manchesterblue2007

9 жыл бұрын

***** i buy that mate

@carlagarrison8114

7 жыл бұрын

ziweiyuan That cry at the end she was hurt by that slap in the face.

@carlagarrison8114

7 жыл бұрын

ziweiyuan Brianna played that part

@marshallslade6626

6 жыл бұрын

Deep

Such a heart wrenching scene but you can feel her insides twisting because she knows he’s right. She shaking from guilt. So well acted

This last sentence from McNulty: "You're the one that made him take the years, right!!??......It's like taking an uppercut from a heavyweight...

@Cheesusful

3 жыл бұрын

To the genitals.

@ibrahimabdi6285

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cheesusful 😂

I like this scene because you can see that McNulty is taking the opportunity to get back at her for snatching D from the cops...He sticks the knife in deep and red hot with his last phrase. Also, he doesn't let her leave when she's about to but lets her have it with the photos..such a sweet scene! I love The Wire to this day.

@BIGSEXXY62677

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed!!! 💯

@codyschwarz5155

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t about her ruining his case. Just wanted her to understand the consequences of her actions. D never had a shot

@blaze4metal

2 жыл бұрын

@@codyschwarz5155 Yep. She was the one marching in there all high and mighty and got hit with the truth.

@quentinparker7404

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a firm believer in Karma. McNulty did an immaculate job of dispensing it to Brianna.

@kevinkibble8342

2 жыл бұрын

@@codyschwarz5155 Half and half I'd say. I think McNulty genuinely felt compassion for D, but he's also a man driven by his ego, and having his case ruined must have felt like a huge blow.

I love how after he walks away and she raises her hand it shows all her gold jewelry- basically showing what she traded her son for

@JJRichardson_

2 жыл бұрын

That is deep

McNulty at the end cuts deep...hurt her heart, but she had that coming.

@mygoogleemail2063

4 жыл бұрын

southtxxbox McNulty don’t flex

@johnnyhinton3138

4 жыл бұрын

Nope she didn't have that coming. Cause it was handled. String fucked that up as usual. And left Avon to clean it up as usual. The game is.You don't flip.You take your lick.

@elliotmyers625

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnnyhinton3138 She chose to have her child in prison to keep the money flowing to the family. That's why she had it coming. The "rules of the game" is some bullshit that gangs sell to people to keep control. Your loyalty to your kids should rise above that.

@johnnyhinton3138

4 жыл бұрын

@@elliotmyers625 I understand what u saying. But as you get older and wiser. You will understand. Its levels to everything. And they had already chosen as a family what direction they wanted to go in.. Dee was not a teenager. He was a growing adult and he made his choice of buisness. And his mom reminded him. This is the game.She wish it was someone else who took the drive..But it was him..So guess what?

@elliotmyers625

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnnyhinton3138 He was pushed out onto the corners as a kid. That's what Naimon's story shows you. When he's in the interrogation room, he talks about how it's all his family knows. They put you on a corner when you're a kid and they convince you that school doesn't matter. By the end of that, all you know is that life and you're trapped in it. Even Cutty struggles to do something else when he gets out of prison. The family made the choice for him. When he wanted to think for himself and get out of it, she guilted him into backing down.

"I was looking for someone who cared about the kid" DAMMMMNNNNN!!!!

That moment when Briana realizes that she made D take the years because of her own selfishness is too real.

@geordiejones5618

2 жыл бұрын

Her acting was amazing. Like goddamn you see and feel that heart shatter.

The acting by Jimmy in this scene is classic. I like how he completely brakes her and does so on purpose. Great scene. He let her know what timenit was. Broke her in half.

@BadNewsBaltimore

5 жыл бұрын

9996d5essss

@paulaffleck

4 жыл бұрын

This actress has sad eyes. Like gandolfini

@cyruszdatvirusz1589

4 жыл бұрын

8q

He literally crushed her soul at the end of their conversation. Beautifully brutal scene

"You're the one that made him take the years, right?" Boom! Headshot!

jesus. He served up that ether with no remorse.

@travyp.2430

3 жыл бұрын

She doesn't deserve remorse. Her son is gone because of her. She should suffer because of that

@CollectorChronicles

2 жыл бұрын

“Drop that ether beat!”

"DAngelo was strangled." Send chills everytime. The truth finally comes out.

@JimmySteller

3 жыл бұрын

Ironic for a man whose only wish was to breathe free.

She felt all of that. The tears, that fell from her soul being punished. Great scene!!

@shangtatum1770

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Donette didn't care either, she was taking Stringer Bell's package!

@TheNord06

3 жыл бұрын

yeah well, she wasn't the one that convinced dee to take the years.

@joemckim1183

3 жыл бұрын

That's because she was getting points on the package.

@joemckim1183

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNord06 A mother who talked her son into going to prison for nearly 20 years so she could remain living a rich lifestyle.

@KtotheG

2 жыл бұрын

McNulty didn't know that... but he knew that Brianna didn't care. David Simon really put single mothers on display in this series.... Dee's mom, Michael's mom, Wallace's mom, Namond's mom and that chick who left her toddler alone to go hangout in Season 5, when Freamon was staking out Monk's crib.

@seabassdarapper

2 жыл бұрын

​@@KtotheG Well, you also have a bunch of fathers who are dead or in jail. Unfortunately, one of the prerequisites for ending up in the street life to that degree is a failure at home, and if your father is out of the picture, who's left? By contrast, you have Beadie, who's kids are decent children from what I saw. McNulty's ex is a pretty good single mom if you consider her that. It's unfortunate that the socio-economic lines match racial lines so closely, but, I don't think it's explicitly mean to be a criticism of minority single mothers as much as it is a observation that following a bad path in life usually starts as a child and in the home.

"Squeezed against the sides." GOD ITS SO COLD

@williammiller1265

4 жыл бұрын

Malcolm Nicholson it is a cold statement

@hanklesacks

4 жыл бұрын

Damn

@amyellawrence6516

4 жыл бұрын

William Miller what does he mean by that?

@SteveLaneGalway

4 жыл бұрын

@@amyellawrence6516 A Mother that didn't really care on one side, and being killed by somebody who should not have been able to kill him, by his uncle, one the other side

@nomongosinthaworld

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteveLaneGalway you mean String

McNulty was the 'king' of these kinds of confrontations and could be incredibly persuasive. For him to get to Brianna said it all. She was tough and shrewd. You got to 'the best' to get to someone like her. He had an instictive sense about what buttons to push and was willing to push them. It made him incredibly annoying to his superiors, but that same quality flourished in cross examinations and persuading people like Bodie, who normally were almost impenetrable. Even though they didn't like to hear what McNulty had to say, they seemed to instinctively trust him, sensing he was 'natural police' and what he was saying resonated with them.

@mmcneil777

9 жыл бұрын

That's true. Bodie wanted to know if someone was 'real'. If they were 'real', from his point of view, they were alright in his book.

@Gryffilion

7 жыл бұрын

I love it when Jimmy sits down briefly to eat with Bodie, gets a call on his radio and says "We should do this again." The fleeting look of bewilderment and amusement on Bodie's face was amazing.

@renzopeterson153

6 жыл бұрын

That's a fair assessment but you neglect the fact that everytime McNulty had these moments with people, they were already at an emotional edge ready to crack. I think Jimmy saw and understood this, hence his approach.

@BadNewsBaltimore

5 жыл бұрын

ee8o8o8

@waltjones6927

5 жыл бұрын

He didnt get Stringer with that bullshit tho😂😂

(At 3:00) Like Cheese said, "Man, y'all some cold ass muthaf#(kas man." The real irony here is that D'Angelo's girl, Donette, was the one who cared the least about him in the end.

@renzopeterson153

6 жыл бұрын

Watcher Media Stringer called the least, clearly.

@silverfox389

4 жыл бұрын

@@renzopeterson153 I don't think you understood his statement, maybe read it again?

@fhfs

4 жыл бұрын

She cared about the money and lifestyle and with D locked up, She was looking for replacements like a flat tire on a car.

@GGtheRealest

3 жыл бұрын

@@fhfs but that's a lot of women when her being with you was based on that. She did what women do. Dee just didn't have her whole mind and spirit yet to make her not do that. There ain't a whole lot of women that are gonna sit around and wait that many years man. All the dudes in prison serving long bids think they got the same shorty waiting for em when they get out and that's just not the case lmao calling em every day in there won't be keeping em waiting lmao soon as they hang up, their homie is already fuckin that girl in the mouth.

@veeedgee

3 жыл бұрын

Screwing who killed him!

The look on McNulty face as he walks away....too good😂

@mauriceboone7865

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir!!! I thought I was the only one who caught that.. The look says lady you have the nerve to ask me why I didn’t come to you first ?? Bitch please!!

This writing is so damn good, and here's why: the entire purpose of this conversation is to destroy Brianna. That's McNulty's purpose from the beginning. In a way, he's giving her a rundown of all the people who don't care that her son was murdered: the police are perfectly willing to let this one go. And Avon obviously didn't take the blood they share into consideration. And the person who killed him probably didn't even care too much, because it was obviously a calculated hit. And he mentions that even he himself does not really care anymore. Finally lays the boom on Brianna that she obviously didn't care either. So gracefully done.

@mijreed

4 жыл бұрын

She had it coming though.

@dyingearth

4 жыл бұрын

He qualified by saying that he's not supposed to care as ordered by his boss who does not want to investigate this as a murder.

@claymac7895

4 жыл бұрын

She went to him and asked the questions, he didn’t seek her out. How could he have a purpose when he was simply answering her questions. He didn’t set out to destroy her, he simply set out to bring the truth to light.

@eirtars

4 жыл бұрын

@derek your analysis is good but i think you missed the point about McNulty playing his strings. He's just playing with Brianna's psychology. It was his plan all along when he went to see Donette : to move some shit in the barksdale clan. Of course hes overdoing it with Brianna cuz he knows shes living the good life out of the drug trade and respect that omerta principle, and because she stopped Dee from flippin and making Avon fall aswell.

@eirtars

4 жыл бұрын

@@claymac7895 Correct, and play his strings aswell to get something back from it. It was his plan from the begining. Search a breach in the barksdale organisation.

" I kinda liked your son... all things considered.."

@m.h.lockesteppe9834

3 жыл бұрын

"I liked your son. All things considered, he was a decent kid." There ya go, bud.

@alexk5907

2 жыл бұрын

@@m.h.lockesteppe9834 "I kinda liked your son, you know. All things considered, he was a pretty decent kid." There you go bud. Was it worth it being such nonce?

I would say it is more like McNulty confronts Brianna about D'Angelo.

I’ve always wondered. Did they enhance the sound of her jewelry clanging as she lifts her hand to fight her tears as symbolism for how that love of money not only cost her, her child. But her right to be called a mother. Brilliant writing directing and acting. This scene is amazing

@jeffthornton6998

Жыл бұрын

That’s the running theory.

@trendybistro

2 ай бұрын

They must of because after learning about Foley artist work, that wouldn't even register. Not to mention the always potent phones ringing "homicide". I know Baltimore is a busy city with more murders than you can shake a stick at, but the phone ain't ringing that much lol.

@michaelotis223

Ай бұрын

Fuckin A

This scene gave me the chills amazing show

God-level acting by both!

I never get enough of rewatching this... McNulty words was so true to the point D'Angelo mother died two times emotionally. and on the third charm she self-destruct when she confronted stringer and Avon about the truth... 🤐🚨

If your beer is ever too warm, just hold it close to McNulty's heart. (Simultaneously... she kind of earned that)

McNulty aint scared of nobody

@carcharodonoodle

3 жыл бұрын

Nope. He just gives fucks when it's not his turn to give them.

One of my favorite scenes.....Mcnulty's voice and tone was on point....more wire than AT&T....... Great line.

Acting, dialogue, emotional heft, attention to detail, ramifications and realisations - all off-the-chart, absurdly good. Arguably the best scene in the entire series.

The different looks on both of their faces throughout this scene told its own story. These 2 actors knocked this scene out of the park. When fans mention all the great characters this show gave us they may go 20 deep before they mention Brianna but its those peripheral characters strong performances that put this show at the exalted level it deserves.

When Jimmy says it grinds him that no one ever spoke up for deangelo Brianna moves a little bit like that hurts her to the point where she's about to cry. Great acting. You know she's remembering when deangelo is asking "what about me". I feel bad for her in a way. Obviously she now knows that he had some good in him and wasn't meant for the game and she knows she should have let him take the deal so he could live a new life. Powerful stuff. I just watched the series for the first time and am watching it again with my girlfriend. I'm glad I didn't watch it live. I would have hated waiting weeks for new episodes. Ha. Gotta be in my top 5 shows

@erichsmall9395

3 жыл бұрын

What are the other 4 shows

@WhoopsieDayZ

3 жыл бұрын

@@erichsmall9395 Deadwood, Sopranos, Mad Men for me. The fifth would be hard to pick. Maybe Boardwalk Empire? Better Call Saul? Season 1 of True Detective? Something like that.

You can say what you want about Brianna she was a better mother than Namond's mom

@MrLilfee

10 жыл бұрын

lol yeah, way to set the bar high

@JERMAINE650

10 жыл бұрын

Delonda was dependent on the Barksdale family, Brianna was independent while Avon was around and after he left. Think about that little man

@leonwelcome7025

10 жыл бұрын

Any mother who allows or promotes their child to that lifestyle is a horrible mother. They both are mothers who should be jailed. She sucks just as much as Namonds mom.

@perman07

9 жыл бұрын

Leon Welcome I don't think she sucks just as much, but as MrLilfee said, way to set the bar high. Even if you're a better mom than Namond's mom, you can still be a pretty terrible mom. DeLonda basically miscalculated and didn't expect other elements of Avon's operation going behind Avon's back. Avon would never have killed De'Angelo. She should have realized that in the world of crime, you're basically on your own, no matter what bullshit an organization spouts about loyalty.

@marchfifth1754

9 жыл бұрын

Leon Welcome Or maybe your reality and someone else's reality are two different things. Right and wrong is not universal. Your truth is different from my truth, to you she was a scumbag supporting drug dealers. To her she was living the only life she knew.

Such great writing. Such great acting. Such unnecessary cruelty. Such an honest show.

This show was so powerful with its delivery. I miss this style of show

@love1orhate1boxingnewsupda61

3 жыл бұрын

Thats why it havent been duplicated yet This show acting was so real it was real That it actually was real

Wow what a brutal scene, painful truth is one of the big hallmarks of the wire.

that was the most brutal 3 minute takedown of a person without one punch being thrown.

This scene is absolute genius! Mcnulty tels it as it is, and Breanna knows it!!

So I just wrote a 2,400 word evaluation essay for my english 111 class. And it was about the wire, I covered my body paragraphs about the subtle dialog that was play out through the season, this was one of the quotes I used. The other body paragraphs were about "the game" and the police-- good police and "juking the stats" police. I love the technique David simon used to establish such an underrated hit television series. I concluded by saying how many of the fans who watch the wire enjoy for its subtle moments and character development. This was truly a underrated television series. Just the show alone, never has there been another cop drama that humanize heroin addicts, or had a Omar character to help the citizens of Baltimore. Thank you David Simon for producing this hit. I was extremely excited and honored to write an evaluation essay on the show. Much love for the fans as well! ❤

McNulty broke her down like a Lego set,The Wire,best television series ever!!..Even Brianna can act her ass off..what is her name in real life? #RESPECT

@IGotAllOfThat

9 жыл бұрын

Her names in the description

The last line was probably one of the most brutal moments on the show. Yet it contained no violence... One of my favorite scenes from the show.

@michaelcorcoran8768

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah 10 years later and I totally agree.

@KleWdSide

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelcorcoran8768 I'm old

This scene shows why this show was so damn good. It feels real. No overly dramatic music and over acting. Just a hard hit in the gut.

Final nail in the coffin for Brianna, knowing that while she always looked out for her son she tried to raise him as the next Avon, when he would of been better & happier being pretty much anything else

@homework1992

3 жыл бұрын

Like Wee-Bey told De’Londa, “Who the fuck would wanna be that if they could be anything else?”

@KtotheG

2 жыл бұрын

She emasculated him like Delonda did Namond. Single mothers need to accept the fact that they are not MEN. Boys need softness and nurturing from their mothers... and toughness and leadership from their dads.

@johnlocke8642

2 жыл бұрын

@@KtotheG speak it bruv

@mariahyohannes

2 жыл бұрын

@@KtotheG Lack of father's in the home

@KtotheG

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariahyohannes They don't want fathers in the home. That's the problem.

The way McNulty handles the conversation is Emmy.

I literally celebrated this scene when I first saw it. She pretended to be above it all, but in the end she cared more about her cut of the family trade than the life of her son, and it took McNulty pointing that out to her for her poison mind to realize it.

Easily one of the most powerful scenes of the series ......

Wow, this show is so unbelievably good. The writing is second to none.

This scene is definitely one of the more powerful ones in the entire series with how in such a short time McNulty just speaking cold truths breaks someone. Show's what Landsman says later at the "wake" about "You were one of the best, if I was dead on some corner, I'd want you standing over my body". What made McNulty the best though was ultimately his own downfall too sadly.

I know there are all the set piece events and "Stars" of The Wire but the woman that plays D'Angelo's Mum was one of the people that stuck with me the most- she was incredible at that tortured loyalty and total devestation about what happened. It was heart breaking.

The winner of the Mother of The Year Contest and McNulty just handed her the prize. A Reality Check!

Now, one thing to understand is that it actually took almost no effort for McNulty to figure out Brianna's complicity in D'Angelo suddenly backing out of the deal: The cops have a general idea of who most likely visits who in cases like this. D'Angelo suddenly had a change of heart following a visitation by her. So it wouldn't take much for McNulty to conclude what happened.

@MrAsthmatic

3 жыл бұрын

He didn't have to conclude anything. He saw it.

@MauriceBoone-jm2xu

2 ай бұрын

There is no general idea who visits they k now exactly who visits and when

Jesus... This show was so good.

mcnulty did not go savage mode, he just spoke the truth, and no one likes to be told the truth because the majority cannot take it. plus, a wise person would have figured out that was no suicide anyway, it just doesnt make it as one.it looks as a set up. and the cop knew it right away, common sense.

@julio87th

7 жыл бұрын

they did know but the police would rather leave it as a suicide then actually try to figure out the murder when there was no trace as to who couldve done it.

@dyingearth

5 жыл бұрын

Well, the cop really don't care, as suicide of a known drug dealer won't messed up on their statistics. If it's a murder, they'll have some idea who order it (Stringer), but it'll be a stone whodoneit as there's practically no physical evidence and no witness.

@tochiRTA

3 жыл бұрын

he definitely went 21

@munstrumridcully

3 жыл бұрын

Though he didn't know it, the reason it her so much was because McNulty told her a half-truth. He made her think Avon killed D, _and_ that it was her fault for making him take the time. If she knew it was String that did it, I think it might have backfired and just made her see red at Stringer and be even more strongly bonded to Avon.

When he’s like “no one else cares” I felt that

She knew he was right too and that's why it hurt so much.

We are watching this scene largely from McNulty's perspective hence it is easier to think Brianna got what she deserved. But looking from Brianna's point of view, this situation is fucking brutal. She probably grew up being taught the importance of sticking with the family, which leads her to convince D to do the same. Now she finds out the same family has thrown D under the bus for protecting themselves. Where did she go wrong? By convincing D not to snitch on Avon? Or by grooming D in the first place to join the family business? Or by not getting out of it herself long before that? We might think these questions have a trivial answer, but they are very tough questions for someone in Brianna's shoes.

@jloo6822

Жыл бұрын

It’s a brutal situation, yes. But, above all, you protect your children. Period. She didn’t push him back in the game for loyalty to Avon as a principle, she pushed him back into the game because loyalty to Avon is what drove her lavish way of living in comparison to what they grew up with. It was a decision based off selfishness, not loyalty to Avon

@falseprophet1024

Жыл бұрын

Do you have that same sympathy for someone raised into the kkk? She is a big girl, and she made her own decisions. At a certain age, you have to take responsibility for your own actions, and can't blame it on your bad upbringing.. She deserves every brutal thought that pops into her head. She should be wondering which of her decisions cost her son his life.. In all reality, though, I highly doubt moms like her actually care about their kids...

"Squeezed between the sides" Goddamn that's a cold thing to say to his mother

This show is far more better than anything out there. It's just brilliant

This is one of the best acted scenes in the series in my opinion, with Brianna stealing the show. Michael Hyatt does such a great job transforming from cocky pissed off arrogance to puddle of tears as it all started to make sense.

"he asked for no quarter, and he gave no quarter" -- Jay

Still resonates til this day.

McNaulty was in rare form for this one.

This scene is perfect! I just noticed that when brianna starts crying realizing that jimmy is true, you can see that she's got plenty of gold but her son is dead!

Both of Mama Franklin son’s went out bad

Geez! what a series. These KZread clips! Everything is so strong!

One of the best scenes in TV history. These two pulled off something electric here. Poignant and amazing.

“You were the one who made him take the years right” -- power in words

I never saw a tea bag jump back into the glass from the trash like that before.

@roscoemilsap265

8 жыл бұрын

My guess is you have seen plenty of tea bags otherwise.

@lilbigbrow

8 жыл бұрын

Hahaha GOOOOT EMMMMM

@ZackKolin

7 жыл бұрын

OH SHIT GOT'EM

One of that best sense in the wire

How do this show not win every award?!?!? How are these actors and actresses sought after and receiving super high pay days?!?! My Lord!

@seandlax9

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, it did win a bunch, but it was also overshadowed by The Sopranos. Despite The Wire being the better show.

@SankofaNYC

2 жыл бұрын

@@seandlax9 Yeah, i was really referring to emmy awards

McNulty inadvertently gets Stringer killed. Tells Brianna, so Stringer tells Avon, who because of that gives up Stringer. If McNulty kept his mouth shut he'd have arrested Stringer the day he was killed. :) It's this kind of storytelling that makes The Wire the best show.

@VClarity

8 жыл бұрын

That's not why he gave him up. He gave him up because Stringer put a hit out on Brother Mouzone, who then demanded to Avon that he give up Stringer and Avon complied because he cares most about his reputation above all else.

@austinboylan5476

8 жыл бұрын

+VClarity But Avon may have resisted Brother Mouzone's request had Stringer not killed D.

@jefffromjersey52

8 жыл бұрын

Both Very good points... again awesome story telling.. just perfection.

@VClarity

8 жыл бұрын

Austin Boylan Perhaps, but for me that wasn't implied or hinted at in the series :-)

@Taospark

8 жыл бұрын

It's even better when you find out that the show used really good sound design in lieu of music. Brianna's clicking of gold bracelets at the end implies the tradeoff she received for her son's life.

One of the best scenes in tv history.

Such incredible, top-class acting from both of them!!

Damn near every scene was award winning. This really STILL IS the BEST series ever

This why this was show was so great.. there are good guys on BOTH sides of the war.. As a convicted felon, I still got respect for cops like McNulty.

@At0mHeart

3 жыл бұрын

And as a person who hasn't seen the inside of a jail i liked omar far more than nulty i kind of hated him

"...and it grinds me that no one ever spoke up for him". MnNulty knew the streets man.

@Mr_DPZ

2 жыл бұрын

McNulty saw people for who they were, not what side of the law they were on.

Going back looking at this scene, Great acting, makes my eyes well up😭😭😭

It's scenes like this that make The Wire so uniquely powerful and unforgettable. People who have watched the show remember everything that has led up to this moment and they just nail it with the writing and the acting to make a scene that always hits like a hammer when you rewatch it, even out of context so many years later.

Her expression at 3:03! Amazing acting.

@Tetsuo_btc

Жыл бұрын

Oh indeed. Powerful.

Avon should have told Brianna what went down with D'Angelo. He truly had nothing to do with it and would have never, ever agreed to it. Avon was a gangsta, but he had a heart when it came to his blood. He shouldn't have let his sister suffer thinking that he had anything to do with her son's murder.

@Zamolxes77

9 жыл бұрын

Lecuyer Dooley Avon didn't know about D'Angelo, not until season 5 I think, when String fesses up. If I remember right, Brianna confronts both of them and by that time Avon knows

@lecuyerdooley1084

9 жыл бұрын

It was in season 3 that Avon knows, but he never tells Brianna what happened to D, even when she was pleading with him to know.

@planetmurkury

8 жыл бұрын

+Lecuyer Dooley He wouldn't rat out his boy like that. Agree to have him killed? Sure. But not that.

@planetmurkury

8 жыл бұрын

I think Avon got the logic of it, you know? He just couldn't bring himself to do it. And, yeah, it's kind of dumb considering what happens to String later and how Avon set him up.

@dbstewart86

6 жыл бұрын

Avon couldn't. He's in a catch-22 when Brianna asks him about it. If he tells her String set it up, she'll assume it was with Avon's approval, otherwise String would be dead. If he somehow convinces her that String did it on his own, the question becomes why wasn't String killed the moment Avon found out; that complicity still seems like approval. Beyond that, she'll think family means nothing to Avon because he ultimately did nothing. This pretty much put Avon in an all lose situation where Brianna would never trust him again.

Oh man, the acting of this actress is perfect, amazing.

Oh this scene gets me every damn time…subtle but brutal at the same time

he cut her deeply .. " Honestly I was looking for somebody that cared about the kid ""