Poor Randy. Chewed up and forgotten about in the system. He used to be so happy selling sweets to the kids in school.

@silk2smooth542

7 жыл бұрын

dovestones he could've still been Happy if he kept his lips shut all together he shouldn't have said shit about the murder or be a look out

@babyfacechem8156

6 жыл бұрын

He should have never said nothing

@MRIDDLE72

5 жыл бұрын

Japaulus Hall he was a kid. Y’all talk like y’all live this type of life. Kids ain’t supposed to be like Michael, they’re supposed to be like Randy.

@juwanmills8049

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah u right bro

@9Luh9Youngan9

5 жыл бұрын

@@MRIDDLE72 factz

he was sportin' the Riley Freeman look lol

@OLDHEAD313

6 жыл бұрын

Mr. Sinista Productions, LLC. True story

@fredrickjohnson7711

6 жыл бұрын

facts

@pf3305

6 жыл бұрын

hell yea

@jaykay4775

5 жыл бұрын

@@spambamkeija634 comment of the year

@gotenhuggins270

5 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

I don’t blame Randy one bit, the police failed him.

@SteveSmith-eb6ze

5 жыл бұрын

Sam Brooks How did the police fail randy? Since when is it their job to babysit?It appears the fake ass news, Democrats, Hillary supporters and bs reality shows have brainwashed you into thinking it is up to society to take care of criminals and future thugs. Wake up.

@jalenjohnson1662

4 жыл бұрын

Have you even seen the show?

@FNNickJamesTV

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteveSmith-eb6ze Randy wasn't a criminal you dumb fuck.

@juliocapeles1889

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteveSmith-eb6ze stupid ass get your facts straight before you go on one of your stupid ass tangents wich you probably recite to anybody unfortunate enough to hear it dumbass

@CrabbinFever

4 жыл бұрын

...if you call protect and serve “babysitting” yes, they are. Herc and his big mouth snitched randy out, then the squad fails to safeguard a child and his foster mom until the shit settles, then their house is sent a blaze, and his foster mom sent to the burn unit. An innocent family destroyed over one gangbanger killing another gangbanger... great results! W that said I too cannot stand the snowflakes. TRUMP2020

Remember how much Randy was smiling in Season 4? Learning dice, making money, he was happy. Damn victim of the system imo. Randy is almost sadder than Duquan's story

@j2times2006

5 жыл бұрын

Yup I agree

@Aivottaja

3 жыл бұрын

@abdul fattah Yeah, Dukie was the saddest case of the kids.

@aidacailar1126

3 жыл бұрын

Randy's history was sad but nothing beats Dukie's

@3000Degreez

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@androlibre9661

3 жыл бұрын

@@aidacailar1126 Duukie was sad.....but its almost like he was always weak. Randy could have went another way

The crazy part about all the kids from season 4 is how they all drifted apart and went their separate ways like no one reached out to anyone to see how they were

@LSTORMTheMC

5 жыл бұрын

Word💯

@mmcneil777

5 жыл бұрын

It is true...though Dukie hung with Mike for awhile. They didn’t talk much about each other though. Would have been a cool scene if they had crossed paths.

@paullucas6275

5 жыл бұрын

@@mmcneil777 There was a scene when Donut and Namond acknowledged each other and Donut drove off and ran a stop sign in a stolen car

@mmcneil777

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Lucas Right...that was at the end of season 4. Other then Michael and Dukie, they disbanded in season 5. Good point though.

@brandonbates9259

4 жыл бұрын

Whats interesting is,by the time Namond gets back to Prez's class that Randy,Mike,Dukie were all gone..Felt like that was the show pointing out that Namond was the one to make it

Bunk knew his play was lost when Randy had it figured he's already doing time, forever. Fucking heart-breaking scene

@Testsubjex

6 жыл бұрын

Edriss Scofield I see u comment on mad wire vids

@Onigirli

6 жыл бұрын

U mirin me a lil too much

@sbrooks729

5 жыл бұрын

Or until he becomes a ward

@LilRyan732

5 жыл бұрын

@@Onigirli Shit I would shoot my shot too lol u cute as hell

@jrodriguez2133

4 жыл бұрын

Great show

You see how much colder Randy has become in this scene.

@spiderloco97ecc47

5 жыл бұрын

yea the boy's innocence is gone he is a young man here or atleast on the road to becoming one.

@leviathanmg

5 жыл бұрын

No, his humanity is still there. That look he throws Bunk as he runs up the stairs. Randy is a good soul but it will be buried under the pressure of a life and place he was born into. I don't know... that look gave me some hope. The odds aren't in his favor but the Randy from the first episode of Season 4 is in there. Bunk can see it; that's why he leaves him alone.

@jamesbranyon8469

5 жыл бұрын

Leviathanmg i agree with you randy is still in there. He told bunk how they sold him out for helping them before. He put on a act when he left out so it would be no confussion. Bunk sees it and understands

@JadeMcfly2

5 жыл бұрын

James Branyon for sure. That’s exactly how I see it

@positivevibesandmorelife7307

4 жыл бұрын

Yea that's because he became the new marlo. He cared about his name and he grew to become a hustler like him as well.

The saddest thing about Randy's story is that you know if he had been born middle class he'd have a business degree and a moderately successful small business.

@DavidLee-vp3nr

7 жыл бұрын

nature vs nurture

@Emperor.Penguin.

7 жыл бұрын

is a flawed concept

@jesus4lyfe00

7 жыл бұрын

lol my nigga said intimating *LOL* dead

@Invincible-Under-the-Sun

6 жыл бұрын

Rusty Streets I nominated the dumbass as well.

@esathegreat

6 жыл бұрын

punk

Randy really was the ultimate tragic figure of the wire, went from having a happy, carefree life with friends and a devoted foster mother to being thrown into the system and forgotten.

@JakeKoenig

7 ай бұрын

And he'd still living that life if BLACK thugs hadn't firebombed his house. I pointed out their race because that's the exact reason you walked on eggshells around it.

@trymex9168

Ай бұрын

Are you retarded? The fuck are you talking about? Gibbering buffoon.

@SauReacts

Ай бұрын

@@JakeKoenigtell me you’ve never seen the show without telling me you’ve never seen the show… it’s a show. No need to be racist. He got involved in something he shouldn’t have because of the environment around him

@Buskeeeeeeee

Ай бұрын

@@JakeKoenigI saw you on another comment and I’m gonna say the same thing. You didn’t understand the show.

@joesinister

24 күн бұрын

@@JakeKoenig They were BLACK? Holy shit I would have never know by just looking at them. Thanks for telling me , Jake!

The worst thing ever is destroying a child’s innocence.

Bunk approached this shit so wrong. Randy already felt betrayed, let down, tricked and forgotten and instead of trying to help him and get him to eventually consider talking Bunk IMMEDIATELY goes in with threats

@dme1016

8 ай бұрын

The writers ruined bunk in #5, turning him into such a "proper" cop, suddenly respecting authority, when that's not who he was

@noahmclaughlin7921

5 ай бұрын

@@dme1016Even beyond that, Bunk was just insanely boring and repetitive in season 5. It felt like most of his scenes were just a constant loop of Jimmy doing dumbass schemes and Bunk angrily shaking his head in disapproval while doing nothing about it. They used to have great chemistry.

@dme1016

5 ай бұрын

@noahmclaughlin7921 Yeah....he was useless in the last season. Also Omar had been reduced to such a nothing charachter that they had a booger-nosed little kid kill him while he bought cigarettes...

@noahmclaughlin7921

5 ай бұрын

@@dme1016 I kind of like Kenard killing him, since he’s one of the kids who were imitating Omar in season 3, so in a way it was Omar’s past behavior and legacy coming back to end him. It adds weight to Bunk’s accusations towards him and Omar’s guilt. Still mixed on the actual death scene though.

@niellin5161

5 ай бұрын

​​​@@noahmclaughlin7921I agree, as I see it a kid killing Omar is perfect, a kid who was glorifying him along with others seasons before, even if he didn't intend to, Omar was the one who created Kenard and other kids trying to be like him, ultimately killing him

Man I felt so bad for randy after losing his foster mom like that and he wasn't even trying to be no corner boy

@chancecould6969

3 жыл бұрын

His Foster mom died in the fire didn't she

@nintendofan775

3 жыл бұрын

@@chancecould6969 Yeah. She died.

@roydemeo509

3 жыл бұрын

@@nintendofan775 No she did not. But she was severely burned and was unable to take care of Randy anymore.

@sm0keyMcP0t420

3 жыл бұрын

@@chancecould6969 In the scene where Carver see's Randy in the hospital, he see's Randy's foster mom (Anna) listed on the patient intake board. She's listed as critical/stable with 2nd and 3rd degree burns.

@chancecould6969

3 жыл бұрын

@@sm0keyMcP0t420 damn thanks bro

I think people take this scene a bit too literally. Randy rightfully calls Bunk out on his bullshit, then basically yells to the whole house MAN I HATE POLICE I AINT NO SNITCH and shoves a kid to display his power there. He's still Randy, he's just smarter.

@AndyinMTL

7 жыл бұрын

and tougher!

@apollo105

7 жыл бұрын

Syrantking im starting to see why people say hes turning into stringer.

@kennethgregory8764

7 жыл бұрын

Syrantking nigga pushed a little ass kid lol

@raheemlewis5979

6 жыл бұрын

That nigga push a lil kid that look like he 5 years old. How the hell he getting rep from that bullshit

@brandonbates9259

6 жыл бұрын

Look at what yall typing,the old Randy would have never bullied a little kid like that...Ya'll forgetting Randy threw the first punch on them niggaz that was 10 times his size at the end end of season 4.So, just because it was a younger kid doesnt mean he not tougher than he used to be.

A child, once full of hope. Now aware and hardened by the deadly harsh realities of the world he seems confined to. America makes Randy's daily. It is socially and politically necessary for boys like Randy to exist in America.

@spiderloco97ecc47

5 жыл бұрын

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. Matthew 24:12

One of the saddest moments I can remember watching in The Wire. He started out a child selling candy to make a profit in an elementary school. The system is rigged. No Child Left Behind? My ass. Anyone of these asshats calling Randy a snitch consider disregarded.

@keithtgreene527

7 жыл бұрын

The saddest situation was Randy's, esp. that hospital scene. I think Wallace was the 2nd worst, not just for his outcome, but for Poot & Bodie, too. How do you get the nerve to kill a friend you grew up with orders from your boss? Dukie was more of a disappointment, b/c he chose to become a hype.

@TheBlackKakashi

7 жыл бұрын

GoldeneyePwner he went from the next Prop Joe to Snitching Randy

@classicstorm

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, dukie was such a disaapointment..he chose to live like that...he got promoted to high school and never went...there are people who are homeless that make something of themselves and he chooses not to...

@lawrencegray6324

6 жыл бұрын

He had no support

@FaMe901EnT

4 жыл бұрын

He was a snitch fuck em

Randy couldn't keep the devil down in the hole

Randy and Namond did a flip flop. Namond was raised in a household that encouraged the street life and moved into one where you were expected to go to college. It was vice versa for Randy.

I'll hate Herc forever how he totally fucked over Randy. Gotta blame Carver as well for not following up before it was to late. There's no happy endings in the wire and that's the rub. I do strongly believe that Randy become Stringer due to his business sense and hardened exterior due to how much he went through. Prez told Daniels I don't want him getting lost in the system and that's exactly what happened. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. They were better off leaving him alone. Most shows you watch would show a happy ending, not this one and that's the reason it's the best show ever. More like a live documentary not a tv show

@austinmctier2153

9 жыл бұрын

drishatv At least Carver felt remorse for not being able to do what he could do. He was one of the few dudes that actually cared about people, mainly defenseless kids, on the street, rather than someone like Herc who was hot headed and unable to see the pros and cons of both sides

@because_the_internet

5 жыл бұрын

Carver couldn't face the shame. He failed that boy and he knew it. Woulda been too painful to try and look him in the eye.

@JackBNimbleify

5 жыл бұрын

Carver at least tried but his hands were tied. Even if he tried the legal way,there would be no gaurauntee he could adopt him,and Randy would be in the group home for months getting his ass whooped for being a snitch. Carver was trying to get him out before any damage could be done

@deathrager2404

5 жыл бұрын

herc also fucked bubbs over. remember when bubbs got banked? fucking herc didnt even care dude

@cashless1980

4 жыл бұрын

Damn!! Randy becoming Stringer!! Never looked at it like that.. but makes total sense!! This shit is deep!!

I'd say that Randy had the best family life at the beginning of season 4. Namonds mom may have bought him the best clothes but she pushed him into drug dealing which probably would have led to his death or prison. Randy's foster mom was a much better parent who loved him and wanted him to get an education and stay out of crime.

@magetaaaaaa

Жыл бұрын

Was really glad that Wee-bey listened to Colvin and let him take care of Namond. One of the best things to happen in the school kids arc.

@amitkenan3878

Жыл бұрын

@@magetaaaaaa Shows that humans are not black and white. His father was cruel to his enemies but kind to his loved ones

I said this a while ago: this is the foreshadowing of Marlo. Nobody knows Marlo's origin, but the police said that he was the spawn of Satan. Marlo does not respect authority, but nobody knows what led him to that. No one is born a sociopath, but things along the way of someone's development can bring that person to that crossroad. Look at Randy: abandoned by parents/never knew parents (possible father is Cheese); only stable foster parent is working, leaving him lots of time in the streets; has a good entrepreneurial sense but a tarnished rep that he didn't really earn; most of all, a child forced to grow up too fast. He ended up back in the system due to circumstances brought on by a cover up. Years go by, and now Randy is hardened by being in the system with no outlet and constant abuse (assuming that his punishment didn't stop). Every adult he's tried to trust has let him down, so now he's in a position that he has no other choice to depend on himself. The only soft spot I can give on Marlo is when he was observing Chris interact with his children; that brought a smile to Marlo's face. This could lead me to believe that Marlo could have been an orphan and longed for a family: sounds like Randy, right?

@pf3305

8 жыл бұрын

+Keith Greene I thought I was the only one saying that

@andrew7taylor

8 жыл бұрын

+Keith Greene You're only wrong in one thing. You must be born a psychopath, which Marlo was. He (they) didn't feel any empathy for anybody because of faulty genes that make the brain unable to activate the empathy area. Lack of parenting is just the icing on the top.

@Capcoor

8 жыл бұрын

Why Marlo, though? Why not Bodie or Cheese?

@travisitio

8 жыл бұрын

+Keith Greene I say I see him being more like Bodie

@pf3305

8 жыл бұрын

*****​​ because of the Wagstaff last name... I don't see him like Bodie because Randy was more humble than Bodie was. Definitely more Avon, Stringer or Marlo. He has legitimate anger and Mike and he ended on a good note w/ each other... i will say the Bodie observation isn't far off since Bodie was good w/ Math too

Don't even blame Randy for what he turned into, I'd become the same way in a hard place.

@zachperkins688

2 жыл бұрын

Contrary to what others say, I don't even think he changed that much. To me, it seems like he was just putting on an act to be perceived as tougher and harder than he was. You have to morph into that type of personality to survive in a place like that

@islamicjoker5127

2 жыл бұрын

@@zachperkins688 That's possible as well, I believe he gave that glance at Bunk as a way of saying thanks for giving him a reason to put on a show to further garner 'respect' to keep the others away from him but also was still hurt on what the system put him through. I believe he would've been more nice if Carver had showed up instead of Bunk who used him and then stage an act once he exited the room.

@TheSuperNats

11 ай бұрын

He had to, to survive. Being happy and carefree is a privilege. It’s tragic that it was taken from him.

@MrDash711

21 күн бұрын

@@zachperkins688put on the act for long enough and you change fundamentally. That’s what happened here.

He used to be such a good kid.. but the streets chew him up.. that's life.

@pcangeldust

2 жыл бұрын

The system chewed him up

"Why don't you promise to get me outta here? That's what y'all do ain't it? Lie to dumbass niggas?" Amazing moment. Bunk's face says it all. Remember the beginning scene of the season where they lie to the kid using the copier? Bunk says it himself. "The bigger the lie, the more they believe"

The Hangtime On His Braids Got Longer. You Can See The Growth.

Prop joe was his uncle and he never knew but he had his hustlers mentality when it came to business with the candy.

@jaymoralucifer

6 жыл бұрын

So cheese is his father ?

@_keno5100

6 жыл бұрын

jaymoralucifer yes

@sm0keyMcP0t420

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaymoralucifer "He shares his last name with drug lieutenant Melvin "Cheese" Wagstaff. Though the relationship was never established on the show, creator David Simon revealed Cheese to be Randy's biological father-which would also make Proposition Joe Randy's granduncle."

@michaelmitchell3822

3 жыл бұрын

@@sm0keyMcP0t420 Man are you serious? I never would of thought of that in a million years when did they announce that..

@sm0keyMcP0t420

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmitchell3822 Yeah they never mentioned any relationship between the two on the show, from the show we only learned they have the same last name. The show creator David Simon said Cheese was Randy's father during a fan Q&A.

Putting this scene in context with the "lie detector" interrogation gives even more food for thought. Bunk understands the system, even though his heart is normally in the right place. But as an inside victim of the system, Randy could see right through him.

Why is everyone always trying to hurt my boys? Wallace, Bodie, Randy, Dukie, Micheal, Poot, Namond? You leave my boys alone!!

@kabooby0

5 жыл бұрын

Namond was a punk ass bitch. D was the more compassionate version of Namond.

@TheArchitect9593

4 жыл бұрын

Poot kills Wallace lol

@Tuelz...

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheArchitect9593 yeah right lol i was hoping Poot got killed but he made it out

@emeraldcelestial1058

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tuelz... lol you hoped poot would die? damn

@MrBluebirds22

2 жыл бұрын

@@emeraldcelestial1058 who wouldn’t he killed Wallace!

He'll be worse than Marlo, Marlo is governed by pure, naked ambition, Randy is controlled by hate, hate for the police, the system that has failed him and the saddest part is I can't find a reason not to agree with him.

@seandarebel8115

4 жыл бұрын

Nah he’ll be like Bodie Kenard is like Marlo

@SSBBigO1

4 жыл бұрын

Sean Da Rebel Kennard is Bird

@jeremybrown9611

4 жыл бұрын

Nah he's just trying to survive he really wants out of there

@positivevibesandmorelife7307

4 жыл бұрын

Nah bruh you right he'll be even colder then marlo

@imfine6904

4 жыл бұрын

Randy will find some sort of way to sustain in all this hatred abandoning all hope in faith with the system failing him. I'd say he'd get cold enough where this snitch shit will get forgotten about him (probably when he HIMSELF commits a murder). I'd see him being muscle like Bird in his future.

The New Wire. Randy will become a drug kingpin, Dukie will be coming to him to get ripped, Namond in a high position as a cop or a mayor or something trying to stop Randy, and Michael sticking up Randy's crew.

@positivevibesandmorelife7307

4 жыл бұрын

Facts randy the new marlo.

@blastbeatindustries3191

2 жыл бұрын

In 2021, Namond went to college and left Maryland forever. The rest of them are dead.

@franknitti9288

2 жыл бұрын

I like that sh...!!!!! That ain't a bad idea!!!!!

@JoSheperd

6 күн бұрын

​@@positivevibesandmorelife7307Nah Kenard the new Marlo, Randy the new Prop Joe or at least Cheese, only actually competent

This was so chilling when I saw it (I'm British so the realities of these things in America arent on my doorstep). Randy, this outgoing, charismatic, charming kid being ground down into someone who just has to survive in the day to day of a brutal system. His personality and potential being snuffed out. The Wire pulled no punches.

@Oderraboi

3 жыл бұрын

a lot of the stuff from the wire happens here in london too g

randy done turned to a whole gangsta

Randy became Riley Freeman... With Huey toughness.

Definitely not the up an coming version of Marlo. He's putting on a show to survive in his new environment. That look back while walking up the stairs is the tell tell sign.

@positivevibesandmorelife7307

4 жыл бұрын

Nah that look was like you tryna get me fucked up I'm in the game now it ain't no going back. He even got respect cause he popped off first when niggas tried to jump him.

@brandonbates9259

4 жыл бұрын

@@positivevibesandmorelife7307 What you mean tried to jump him lol after he threw the first punch they still jumped him

@Ballin2Honchos

4 жыл бұрын

You’re so terrible at critical thinking it’s hilarious

@BM-du4xo

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes a show becomes the real act though...especially under these conditions

@SupportGamin2024

3 жыл бұрын

He isn't putting on a show,I can tell you're troll

They told Carver the screening process was 3 to 4 months and then he could adopt him... Why wouldn't he do that?!? 3 to 4 months is way better than years

Randy was in survival mode and developed a toughness to deal with a terrible situation, but I believe he will end up being an adult version of the original 'Randy' in the end. He was one of the saddest characters. Part of it was you know he is heading into a tough situation, but somehow he is going to keep his humanity and you fell for him. You just want him to be alright.

@kopmis

7 жыл бұрын

What's he gonna do after he gets out of high school? Sell drugs?

@davetrachtenberg6855

6 жыл бұрын

You might believe that, but the point of this scene unfortunately is a much more cynical view. It's showing us he won't grow up to become the Randy we want him to be. He got hard...it's very difficult to unteach that, and will follow him for years.

@Account.for.Comment

6 жыл бұрын

Dave Trachtenberg I think differently. Plenty of people who grew up in a terrible system can grow out of it like the black actors in the Wire and the real-life inspiration of Omar. Randy by nature and by his formative years knew the world outside of his neighborhood due to his decent forster mother and his ability to take advantage of the access to the internet and his education system. I think this scene is meant to comment more of the ignorany and stupid actions of the police and social service instead and provide a closure to Randy's story. Once he is out the place, I think he can build something of himself.

@spiderloco97ecc47

5 жыл бұрын

@@Account.for.Comment he will grow into a calm but hardened man.

@mmcneil777

5 жыл бұрын

Account for Comment That’s what I thought to. He was either going on to a normal life or going to be Prop Joe. As awful as this was, he has learned how to survive in that foster home and would probably make his way back to the path he was one when he was younger. Prop Joe as a youngster sort didn’t want to do anything else, but Randy’s heart was to have a normal life.

Bunk is generally a very smart detective. You just wouldn't know it from this scene. The arrogance of him coming in with that kind of a heavy handed speech, with threats against Randy tossed in, and thinking that was going to work on a kid whose life had been treated so viciously and callously by the system. Randy lost everything. Threats weren't going to work on him like they did back in the time he was dealing with Miss Donnelly. The happy go lucky kid, with that endearing smile, is now someone whose demeanor is a mirror image of Marlo.

The oppressed becomes the oppressor. Sad.

@XxxX-wx3er

6 жыл бұрын

Capcoor - the abused become the abused. Facts.

@Onigirli

6 жыл бұрын

Switcheroo between the power and the powerless

@spiderloco97ecc47

5 жыл бұрын

hurt ppl hurt ppl

@unfortunatebeam

5 жыл бұрын

He aint no oppressor. Just another person bootfucked by society and the system.

@malashawilliams34

3 жыл бұрын

Where is he? Was he on jail in this school

“That’s what y’all do right? Lie to dumbass n-s?” Such a heartbreaking, yet truthful line...I hate that of all the kids, Namond-the least deserving-had the only happy ending. But, as we all know: “Deserve got nuttin' to DEWW wit it!!”

@RashBoogieTV

3 жыл бұрын

This was definitely heartbreaking...You can literally feel the resentment Randy has for the system, and here comes Bunk, just playing his part with no feelings WHATSOEVER smh...But who are we to say who's deserving and who's not?

its crazy how out of all those boys Namond was the one who got out that life....i was sure it was gonna be Michael until he started trippin lol

@ChrisJWattsTV

7 жыл бұрын

tee lovee - Idk You, But You're Beautiful 😍😍😍

@TijasWorld

7 жыл бұрын

Aww thanks for the compliment ❤️ @ChrisJWattsTV

@ChrisJWattsTV

7 жыл бұрын

@ tee lovee - No Problem....Your Welcome Luv :-)

@vardenispavardenis4443

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisJWattsTV simp

@ChrisJWattsTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@vardenispavardenis4443 - Calling Me A Simp From A Comment That I Left 3 Years Ago?!?! 🤣🤣🤣 Man Please STFU!! 😆😆😆

This may be one of the saddest scenes knowing how Randy used to be in season 4

@BeachSamuraiStudios

3 жыл бұрын

He just got tougher in life. But he is going into the dark side, prolly going towards the streets.

Damn, I just noticed that @1:12 Randy is transforming into Marlo. Look at his mannerisms.

@richp.1234

5 жыл бұрын

Well spotted. Exactly like Marlo.

@downtoearthproductions

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely a Marlo transformation.

@BabyBoiQue

4 жыл бұрын

I always said he was turning into Bodie, but I can definitely see it that way as well.

@mario167100

4 жыл бұрын

Randy seems more like Bodie. Marlo was straight sociopath who didn't care about anyone but himself.

@BabyBoiQue

4 жыл бұрын

@@mario167100 Kanard is Marlo

This the scene that epitomizes what The Wire is really about, at least for me. Nobody is born evil, so we should feel empathy even for those who are…because today’s villains are yesterday’s victims that once where innocent and good.

I really hated Bunk. The Baltimore PD messed things up and ruined Randy's life. Yet, Bunk goes in there all arrogant, threatening and acting entitled to answers. He did that with Michael's mom too. He would just threaten without even knowing shit about the situation.

@Igetsitin89

9 жыл бұрын

You mean herc ruined Randy's life.....

@MozeleyTribe

9 жыл бұрын

Dam Cre Bunk is a cop. You pick a side, and you ride for that side (That means you take the good and the bad of being on that side). There is no "good" team like they teach you in grade school.

@molasorrosalom4846

6 жыл бұрын

Herc had one job, to deliver Randy to Bunk...and he couldn't even do that.

@willia3r

6 жыл бұрын

Molasor Rosalom then gets promoted to Sgt only to make yet ANOTHER screw-up and get fired anyways. Herc was just a moron through and through.

@unknownguy3770

5 жыл бұрын

Dam Cre Yeah, I don’t know how anyone liked Bunk’s self righteous ass. That scene where he’s preaching to Omar is the worst.

The thing I love about the wire was there was no true happy endings, most shows try to do that where everyone lives happily ever after or the last episode is heartwarming. Not the wire. This show was the sad reality of life in Baltimore. Of the 4 corner boys in season 4, only Namond was able to get out and be a success story, and that was because he got lucky to develop a relationship with Colvin and unlike his friends his father was in his life even though he was in jail, he still made sure his boy had a chance at a better life than he had. The other 4 boys sadly became statistics Michael is the new Omar after retiring from drug dealing, Randy has been failed by the system and is all alone, and Dukie became a homeless drug addict. It’s heartbreaking to see where the boys ended up.

I hate herc and that white lady at his school for throwing him under the bus and making him look like a snitch And what’s crazy is cheese his dad Bunk shouldn’t have threaten the kid after the cops threw him under the bus and ruined his life

I love a sequel series of the wire showing what happens to the kids like Mike, Randy, Namond, hell even Kenard

@garyward5515

Жыл бұрын

Bad endings except for Naymond.

Randy becomes the new Marlo he even got the scar and mannerisms down perfect

Great scene as usual. These comments saying "Randy is gonna be Stringer / Marlo" though, missing the point a little bit. So much of it is down to chance and external forces, no one could have predicted how Omar would end up or that Namond would be the chosen one. The machine is way bigger than we can see

@theniceone26

6 жыл бұрын

iquiverwithFEAR Exactly! There are so many kids who leave group homes and flourish into something beautiful.

I'm glad Randy got tougher. I'd rather see him survive than stay a victim.

Wasn’t still like the 4th time going through the show til I found out Randy is Cheese’s son. Cheese Wagstaff Randy Wagstaff

@asherjohnson6678

2 жыл бұрын

Wait! Have this been confirmed????

@devin_so_devious

2 жыл бұрын

@@asherjohnson6678 Yes

Randy was fed up with being lied to....

i wish they would have put more Randy in the 5th season too so people could see his path because he was such a big part in the 4th season

It's crazy how it's never mentioned throughout the entire show that Cheese is Randy's father

Its crazy that Cheese was Randy's biological father. Slim Charles killed cheese too. So neither of them will ever know they were father and son.

@raulsouza5866

3 жыл бұрын

what ? I didn't know about that, when they say that Cheese is his father?

@kingatlas5140

3 жыл бұрын

@@raulsouza5866 they both have the same last name and the creator of the show confirmed it after the show ended.

@raulsouza5866

3 жыл бұрын

@@kingatlas5140 Damn. Fuck Cheese

@kingatlas5140

3 жыл бұрын

@@raulsouza5866 Yeah. Poor Randy had to live in group homes his whole life because cheese was a deadbeat dad.

Seasons four and five show the true cost of the systems we build and maintain. When you see adults go through the cycle, it’s sad and frustrating. To see it happening to children makes it tragic. I have no doubt that there have been countless Randys, Dukies, and so many others that never really had a chance. It breaks my heart to know this, and it buries me that I’m impotent to do anything about it.

this scene was always sad to me randy was a good kid but had to become hard to survive

This the saddest scene he was such a good kid man

And to think, all Herc should have done is be obtuse and ask back, "Who?", when they bring Little Kevin in. But by not doing that, he confirmed what they were already speaking on the street, which in turn buried the kid. Small matter, but that's why Herc wasn't natural poh-lice.

@snoopdollawood5327

8 жыл бұрын

agreed

@classicstorm

6 жыл бұрын

Or he could've left it alone all for a camera that he should've gone through the proper channels to get...he sucked as police and I was glad he got fired for it...

@maskedavenger9981

6 жыл бұрын

andrew7taylor That's what y'all not gettin. Herc didn't give a fuck about randy, he just wanted the camera back.

@classicstorm

6 жыл бұрын

Right, and I was glad he got fired for it...I thought they were going to fine and suspended him for it but nope...

@molasorrosalom4846

6 жыл бұрын

It wasn't just the camera, it was his handling of the minister, the lying to the higher-ups, etc.

I think Randy's storyline was the best in the whole show, close to Wallace in Season 1. Both of these kids were almost completely innocent when you meet them. Both are trapped in the environments they grew up. While most would say that Wallace is more tragic because he actually gets killed, there's something way more disturbing about Randy. He literally gets the innocence beaten out of him. A good kid getting killed is heartbreaking, but a good kid turning into a bad one is worse IMO.

survive lil brother

Randy becomes the next Stringer Bell. He was money motivated like Stringer. Avon and Marlo was motivated by power and street credibility

@knutinho2001

2 жыл бұрын

Yh Stringer was also cold af, which Randy might become

Randy had enough sense to hear him out . Then told em how he felt about them. Then put on a act when he left out

@Ballin2Honchos

4 жыл бұрын

James Branyon from your comment you can tell how white people don’t really understand struggle

i really hated Bunk in this scene.

@jmoney2552

4 жыл бұрын

MrLilfee For some reason I always hated bunk

@DrNickRiveria

4 жыл бұрын

@@jmoney2552 whoa whoa whoa. You can hate the bunk, but you cant always hate the bunk.

Growing up my cousin was the Randy of the group. Good kid , good grades , good heart and a rider to the end. Unfortunately circumstances took over and he went a hard path 😔. This a sad reality hood wide

Randy and Namond should have remained main characters in season 5.

The downfall was him helping the police and them fucking it up and letting it out that he told... had to become a predator or continue being a victim

Jesus, this is only a one year difference. Didn’t used to get it, but I can see how some people see shades of Marlo in Randy.

Randy turned thuggish ruggish

Randy is smart. At least, he figured out a way to survive in this cruel system. Everything has a cost, and it is always the ordinary people pay those cost.

Bunk knew how he got there and was still insensitive to him.

Bunk thought it was gonna go one way. But it’s the other way

I swear randy makes me sad and he looks and reminds me so much of my grandson.

lol Randy looks like Riley from the Boondocks

True, true. Randy was one of the characters that didnt deserve what he got.

I didn’t see it at first, but Randy definitely became the new Bodie. His father wasn’t there (even though he was literally on the other side of town the entire time.) I don’t doubt his mother may have been an addict, but he was incredibly smart and business savvy. But finding out what happened to Lex traumatized him and being labeled a snitch while also losing the only home and loving parent he’s ever known because of it hardened him. He isn’t completely heartless but he’s no longer innocent.

Good job, Bunk! That's some real quality, Season 5 investigation.

Marlo seems that way, but there's a reason for his ambition. You realize that the only times we see Marlo show any emotion is when he doesn't feel like he's getting his respect? My name is my name, his final scene with the corner boys talking about Omar, etc. The guy is obsessed with respect and street cred because no one gave it to him when he was a kid, Randy is obsessed with his reputation because he knows what happens when it's a bad one.

This proves that law enforcement is nothing more than a group of bullies Seriously what more can they do to randy that randy hasn’t already been through?

When that nigga Bunk doing time as though Randy ain’t already doing a long ass bid in the foster home.

One of the best scenes of the season

They both have the same last name, I think Cheese was at least aware of it. He just ignored it 'cause he was a coward.

This suggests that the police aren't here to help but hurt.

The scared Randy in the teacher's office to this Randy

Was so glad to see Randy still breathing,season 4 really broke my heart

They never really developed it but Cheese was Randy’s Father. He also inherited Prop Joe’s business sense. I felt Randy still had a chance even though ended up in the institution. Seemed he was heading for a long and windy road, but he could end up possibly having a normal life at some point if he made it through the turbulence his life was heading. He was such a sweet kid that the system ruined.

lol damn Randy look like a real life Riley from the Boondocks

Randy went to the darkside he went from good kid to straight up gangsta the system srewed Randy

Randy Wagstaff is actually Cheese Wagstaff's son.

Randy got a little bit of prop Joe in him.

This is why nobody likes the police Bunk couldn't help randy and he knew it, it's not like he cared to help him Anyway, All he could do was threaten him and coerce him But what could you threaten randy with which he already hasnt gone through? He already got fucked over

@defragsbin

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, bunk is good police, but you can tell he's motivated to solve murders first and foremost. Carver is absolutely gutted by Randy's fall, whereas Bunk turns up, says his piece (trying to bluff, scare & threaten the boy, even after knowing the tragic backstory) and leaves. He's a good detective and shakes the only branch in front of him, but it's just process. Randy's swallowed by the system, and he's just a piece in Bunk's puzzle, barely even a human being.

Man, this scene hurt my heart when I first saw it. When you remember how Randy was just one season before, smiling and full of hopes and dreams, only to see him here---older, drained of his hope, and hiding behind a hard exterior that you know he's only doing in order to protect himself because of the reputation he gained for being a snitch---I truly broke down and cried. Because all I could think about was the possibilities he could have had if only he had been allowed the opportunity.

Randy is awesome

Randy is gonna be a prop joe with a mrlo type mean streak which = DAMN

Really sad too see Randy like this he could have been a great kid!

Bunk just showed the reason that poor boy is in the shit he’s in 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️ it’s crazy how far a police will go all he ask was to get out there 💯💯 randy had a real high spirit with a beautiful soul & the system failed him 😔😔

Great conversation!! I really love this feed & all of the comments and arguments we're getting into about these child characters!

@keithtgreene527

7 жыл бұрын

We we agree or not, the ONLY child we should agree with is Spider. He's the true foreshadow of Bodie. All he does is hustle, all he does is keep the count right. There is nothing beyond that with him.

@Igetsitin89

7 жыл бұрын

how do u figure randy is the new bodie ?

@keithtgreene527

7 жыл бұрын

Igetsitin89 I never said Randy became Bodie, I said Spider.

@Igetsitin89

7 жыл бұрын

ok u right

Gotta wonder how Randy would have turned out if he had known Prop Joe and Cheese. I feel like Joe would have taken him in if he'd known.

@andrebryant5081

3 жыл бұрын

I mean he would have been in the same group home with no Prop Joe or Cheese being adult to watch him.

Whats crazy is Bunk used to knock down his foster mom lol

@SSBBigO1

4 жыл бұрын

Ron L. Damn

W that bidness acumen he the next Marlo

Can't Believe BBC2 Is Showing It So Late ... I Coulda Been Watching This Years Backk!