The Wire - Lester's Just the Police

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Pearlman, Freamon and Sydnor fight about serving the subpoenas to the political figures that were associated with the Barksdale organization.

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  • @robertovaldivia1573
    @robertovaldivia15735 жыл бұрын

    The tragedy was Lester was absolutely right. The only time you can hope to take down corrupt politicians is when they're vulnerable (election time).

  • @dd.4910

    @dd.4910

    4 жыл бұрын

    unless you re Putin, then you can have opposers killed

  • @connordowning216

    @connordowning216

    4 жыл бұрын

    they should have a clearing out during purdah

  • @shinlanten

    @shinlanten

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sad reality of U.S. politics

  • @josephzanes7334

    @josephzanes7334

    4 жыл бұрын

    She was protecting them same politicians, so that makes her complicit in some manner

  • @Carlwat78

    @Carlwat78

    3 жыл бұрын

    Which is LITERALLY what is happening to Trump right now. 😂😂😂

  • @Rudy04
    @Rudy045 жыл бұрын

    Can I give a shout to Sydnor? If you paid close the entire series you noticed how much he grew as a detective. By the end, he was a mix of Lester, Kima, and McNulty all rolled into one

  • @gayrambo4529

    @gayrambo4529

    4 жыл бұрын

    Turns into McNulty in the end, mouthing off to the damn judge! The Wire shares something with S1 of True Detective: Time is a flat circle.

  • @bigbilliams4233

    @bigbilliams4233

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sydnor is an extremely efficient role player, just like Seth Curry, who looks like Sydnor

  • @leonbrooks2107

    @leonbrooks2107

    4 жыл бұрын

    His scene with Clay Davis and the subpoenas is epic 👍

  • @mystikkrap

    @mystikkrap

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sydnor was always considered good high value po-lice. Even in season one leagues ahead of Beavis and Butthead combo of Herc and Carver.

  • @mystikkrap

    @mystikkrap

    4 жыл бұрын

    @DICK LONG agreed. I'm just saying even in season one you could tell he's one of the better ones in his age group/level of experience. So even when I did see him be a part of the wire team in the later seasons it made sense.

  • @MohamedChehaibi
    @MohamedChehaibi6 жыл бұрын

    Lester has been, always, two steps ahead of anybody in this show. True Police, indeed.

  • @The_dry-god

    @The_dry-god

    3 жыл бұрын

    POlice

  • @Niko-bf7nw

    @Niko-bf7nw

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol in the real world, real police ain't even 1 step ahead of anyone except idiots and people that got tipped off.

  • @parhhesia

    @parhhesia

    3 жыл бұрын

    Indeed. Look who he ended up with in the end...

  • @pedrogates3189

    @pedrogates3189

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Niko-bf7nw nah it’s cops out here in jersey like Lester they just get over shadowed by the corrupt guys and politics … I’m from jersey city the gang unit/ narcotics sergeant was mean n he played by the rules the rest of them were ducks

  • @Niko-bf7nw

    @Niko-bf7nw

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Mitch Ddhfacetyy the resl criminals are sitting in suits and will never ever face any prison time. But oh well.

  • @limyohwan
    @limyohwan3 жыл бұрын

    As lesters real income comes from making miniatures he is the only person there who doesnt actually depend on his job.

  • @lordoffaiyum9727

    @lordoffaiyum9727

    3 жыл бұрын

    Facts does not need it

  • @redtheftauto

    @redtheftauto

    3 жыл бұрын

    funny how the only one not needing his job gives him the motivation and ability to do whats right. The wire is so heart breakingly true to life

  • @tris421

    @tris421

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@redtheftauto right but this is a problem. The other guys don't wanna risk their careers on this shit. It's not right but it's understandable.

  • @woodrowwilder481

    @woodrowwilder481

    3 жыл бұрын

    dollhouse furniture? he's just a po-lice...

  • @jpowers55

    @jpowers55

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tris421 Lester didn't give a shit if Pearlman and Syndor lost their job or got demoted.

  • @connorthesaucejones
    @connorthesaucejones8 жыл бұрын

    Freeman was my favorite po-lice on the show. He did the best police work of anyone, he was smart and careful about it, and in his personal life he was pretty upstanding. Never cheated on his woman, and didn't get drunk as often as Mcnulty or Bunk. But what I like most is how humble he is; instead of someone like McNulty, who thrives on being the smartest fuck in the room, Lester knows he is in this moment and simply states "I'm just a po-lice". Definitely one of the best characters I've seen in television.

  • @Capcoor

    @Capcoor

    8 жыл бұрын

    True, and great analysis.

  • @cennon

    @cennon

    8 жыл бұрын

    +connorthesaucejones He's like McNulty without all the baggage.

  • @justinjha

    @justinjha

    8 жыл бұрын

    +cennon they were very much alike, great at their job and not afraid to piss in someone's pool

  • @joshbarnes8544

    @joshbarnes8544

    8 жыл бұрын

    ahight

  • @datniggaeazye.5968

    @datniggaeazye.5968

    6 жыл бұрын

    silent mental approach fr?

  • @Frivolitility
    @Frivolitility8 жыл бұрын

    Lester's bureaucracy skills are way more entertaining to watch than some of the other cops' gun-pointing and yelling and handcuffing skills.

  • @fuloran1

    @fuloran1

    8 жыл бұрын

    Here's a fun fact. A cop fired their weapon only 3 times on the wire, it was Prez each time, and each time it was a mistake.

  • @ajbahus

    @ajbahus

    8 жыл бұрын

    To be fair the gun had a light trigger pull :)

  • @Coalemos

    @Coalemos

    7 жыл бұрын

    That's the beauty of The Wire. It wasn't about action or gangster bullshit, it was about the blurred lines between the supposedly "good guys" and the "bad guys". That grey area that is so much more interesting than cops and robbers. The other great thing about The Wire is it wasn't perverted by fans, it wasn't a huge hit like Game of Thrones is or Breaking Bad was. It's more of a cult classic type TV show like Oz or Deadwood that was unfortunately cancelled. The Wire was Number 2 on the IMDB all time Top 250 Best TV Show for _years_, second only to Attenborough's Planet Earth! Then of course it's been knocked off by much bigger shows such as Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad. I love Game of Thrones, I like Breaking Bad but they changed the script because of fans. For instance Jessie in Breaking Bad wasn't supposed to last the entire series and Game of Thrones, well they've taken their own path from the books which has brought about some utter retardedness. My favourite TV shows are The Sopranos and The Wire. The Soprano's is fucking great but The Wire just has, I hate to say it, "the X factor". It's gritty and real, it's not got the best actors but it has got the story. It's a masterpiece. Truly. HBO really do make the best TV shows but when it becomes this popular juggernaut like Game of Thrones it can end up fucking itself up. Actors want more money, production costs go out of control. Now it looks like it's effectively being cut short with apparently only 13 episodes left over 2 seasons! The Sopranos Season 6 had 21 episodes!

  • @permitted_277

    @permitted_277

    7 жыл бұрын

    Chirs MCMLXXXII I say it to anyone who watches the show, if they think the "boring" parts are just too boring to watch, they obviously don't understand what's going on. The "boring" parts are the most important pieces to this masterpiece of a series and is way more rewarding than the typical "gangsta wild" shit.

  • @rventra85

    @rventra85

    6 жыл бұрын

    ajbahus tell that to the dead cop’s family ;)

  • @marqueswilliams345
    @marqueswilliams3453 жыл бұрын

    Lol 😆 my dad works Major Crimes Unit in St Louis Mo and he has huge pic of Lestor Freeman in his office 🏢 now I see why lol 😆 lol 😆

  • @Hetsfesta

    @Hetsfesta

    3 жыл бұрын

    For real? What a king!

  • @mutt8553

    @mutt8553

    3 жыл бұрын

    Jesus those emojis

  • @jasminemonroe5784

    @jasminemonroe5784

    3 жыл бұрын

    Smart man.

  • @robert4123

    @robert4123

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dont even know him but your dad is my hero! So to speak. 🙂

  • @pedrogates3189

    @pedrogates3189

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lester and Mcnulty were actually good cops they really wanted to catch the bad guys it just everybody else around them wanted to take short cuts and play politics just like she’s doing in this scene

  • @cakecakeham5823
    @cakecakeham58233 жыл бұрын

    The ability of this show to shift seamlessly from politics, to police and legal procedure, to the nuts and bolts of investigative work, to the corners themselves and the mechanisms of the drug trade, never ceases to amaze me. It's a comprehensive masterpiece that everyone can learn something from.

  • @melvinbrennaniii2355
    @melvinbrennaniii23555 жыл бұрын

    Y'all playin' checkers; Lester is playing Taikyoku shōgi....

  • @trw4war322

    @trw4war322

    4 жыл бұрын

    Melvin Brennan III Yep! Nice insight. Played every day in real life in places of power everywhere. Salute to you sir.

  • @JustSomeCanadianGuy

    @JustSomeCanadianGuy

    4 жыл бұрын

    Y'all can't be playin' Taikyoku shōgi with no chess set yo!

  • @youngyoung3123

    @youngyoung3123

    4 жыл бұрын

    ✊🏾✊🏾

  • @furiousd123456

    @furiousd123456

    4 жыл бұрын

    lmao!

  • @shamshirhussain8198

    @shamshirhussain8198

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @sidstam
    @sidstam10 жыл бұрын

    Lester Freamon is natural pohlice

  • @dmk5n1

    @dmk5n1

    4 жыл бұрын

    I read that in Bunk's voice

  • @andregordon2599
    @andregordon25995 жыл бұрын

    One of the many reasons I love this show even more as I get older is that all of this city politics and administrative procedure stuff went over my head as a kid, but now that I am a public policy major I'm finding it more and more engaging. The fact that the show made it front and centre since day one is what makes it classic TV.

  • @ed95755

    @ed95755

    4 жыл бұрын

    I worked in criminal law. so on the nail

  • @ahmedamine24

    @ahmedamine24

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ed95755 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_model_(criminal_justice) ?

  • @khobarkastenglish5029
    @khobarkastenglish50295 жыл бұрын

    When Lester opens a folder, a theme song like Shaft should be playing. Because Lester Smooth doesn't play.

  • @markandrijcich751

    @markandrijcich751

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha-nice...Rhonda Pearlman (Deirdre Lovejoy) was in Shaft and played a “pohlice” officer.

  • @SoulSocietyMk2
    @SoulSocietyMk211 жыл бұрын

    I love how she doesn't think she is part of the problem when she is an exact example of the problem they have been facing for the past 3 seasons/

  • @pedrogates3189

    @pedrogates3189

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @Bigbudd0045

    @Bigbudd0045

    3 жыл бұрын

    But she has to be. If she gets burned she loses her job. Prosecutors aren't in a union, they don't have protection. She is a criminal prosecutor if she gets fired and black listed by the connected....she gets what a future of only protecting scumbags for peanuts? You shouldn't have to put your career on the line to do your job. Lester has a union, so they can't fire him for doing police work. If they do his collective bargaining agreement will ensure he gets his pension.

  • @CheerfullyCynical829

    @CheerfullyCynical829

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Bigbudd0045 Public servants CANNOT (or SHOULD not) be ambitious careerists. If you are hungry for status, money, etc go work in the private sector, Wall St, etc. If you're a public servant, you need to stop thinking about yourself and start thinking about the people you serve.

  • @riparoo9675

    @riparoo9675

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CheerfullyCynical829 You missed his point. Ronda is in a position where she *can't* pursue cases that matter without the risk of being fired. If she gets fired doing this stuff then what? A ego fueled careerist takes her place? Or a hump put in because they're related to a judge? While noble, Mcnulty and Lester end up being essentially fired for taking their good policework too far. Ronda ends up a judge- and while I don't think she was as effective as the two, as a judge she can start twisting the police department's wrist (like we see in season 1) and helping people like Lester and Mcnulty effect change.

  • @DrCrabnuts

    @DrCrabnuts

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@riparoo9675 … but then she’ll have new friends to worry about, more excuses to make. The system is designed to dissuade real change. Someone has to take a stand on principle, regardless of the personal outcome.

  • @michaellarnach4161
    @michaellarnach41614 жыл бұрын

    i love when shes describing this scene to daniels later on and he knows exactly how it went down

  • @NYCentralSpotter1070
    @NYCentralSpotter10708 жыл бұрын

    I think I like when Daniels does his Lester Freamon impersonation to Rhonda later in the episode.

  • @makani9004
    @makani90044 жыл бұрын

    "What was the thrill for the bear?" is a line that always makes me chuckle.

  • @Patogeno1000

    @Patogeno1000

    3 жыл бұрын

    Crushing and devouring prey that thought itself a hunter

  • @elemento188
    @elemento18811 жыл бұрын

    I'm the father you never had

  • @adils786

    @adils786

    4 жыл бұрын

    And I don't want you to disappoint me ever again...

  • @tomfoolery815

    @tomfoolery815

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's such a great scene: Rhonda and Daniels comparing notes on being guilt-tripped by Lester.

  • @vka337

    @vka337

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tomfoolery815 coz they weren't worth the skin of his knuckles??

  • @PierreDennis
    @PierreDennis11 жыл бұрын

    Its funny how in the end this ended up helping Rhonda in her career....

  • @AoE2Replays

    @AoE2Replays

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lester took the risk for her!

  • @vka337

    @vka337

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AoE2Replays Daniels gave up his career for her.

  • @ccth22

    @ccth22

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lester always saw the advantages before everyone else did...

  • @hughmckendrick3018

    @hughmckendrick3018

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ccth22 Lester, real police.

  • @jronche

    @jronche

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vka337 What career? Everyone involved in the homeless scandal was fucked, Daniels included.

  • @HPESOJ67
    @HPESOJ678 жыл бұрын

    "Me, I just the po-lice", one of my favorite line from this underrated series. Lester Freamon is the purest example of "Good Police". Smooth, cool and clear headed.

  • @allovdem

    @allovdem

    6 жыл бұрын

    HPESOJ67 who the fuck under rates the wire? Nearly everyone who knows about tv call it the greatest show ever

  • @ProdSun83

    @ProdSun83

    5 жыл бұрын

    HPESOJ67 the wire is many things but it is not underrated. This is some of the best writing of the 21st century. Everyone knows it but u

  • @BruteStrength99

    @BruteStrength99

    4 жыл бұрын

    @DICK LONG McNulty was right to chew him out. He jumped down McNulty's throat for continuing to investigate Stringer Bell against Daniels orders. After the arguement Lester got onboard.

  • @BruteStrength99

    @BruteStrength99

    4 жыл бұрын

    @DICK LONG I know he said all that but that was in response after McNulty jerked his chain. And Kima wasn't protecting McNulty she was going along with him which pissed off Lester. He told her she ought to know better since Daniels raised her from being a pup. Later in the episode Freamon concedes. Tells McNulty to find something on Stringer by end of week or start working on the Kintel Williams case like Daniels assigned. But Freeman was never going to do anything to McNulty. Said he wasn't worth the skin off his knuckles. Lester was Natural Police but he'd been neutered and had accepted it. He needed a pot stirrer like McNulty to reawaken him.

  • @BruteStrength99

    @BruteStrength99

    4 жыл бұрын

    @DICK LONG Bunny was introduced in season 2. Bunk loved McNulty at this time. McNulty had every reason to be mad at Daniels. He told Daniels not to blow a wire over Cheese who didn't know they were on to him. Daniels was hard headed. Blew the wire and all that hard work over a damn dog and didn't even seem that hurt about it because he went and fucked Rhonda in the same episode. McNulty was the first one to tell Daniels in season one if you reveal what you have they'll change up. Two years later Daniels does it again desperate to for that promotion to major. Daniels always was a climber. He always had to be pushed into the cases that mattered by McNulty in season one, Freamon in season two and McNulty again in season three. What made McNulty my favorite character was revealed when Daniels asked him if he'd gone to Colvin. McNulty says "I'd have gone to the Devil." Pure police. Whatever it takes. You're right the wire has no duplicates. Clearly one of a kind.

  • @francescotamburini5790
    @francescotamburini57902 жыл бұрын

    The argument that Pealrman and Lester have here is pretty much the same she has with McNulty in S1 when they leave Levy's office. She's trying to balance her job with her career aspirations, while Jimmy and Lester just want to follow the case no matter what. That's why they worked together on the fake wire in S5, and why Pearlman was bound to have more chemistry with Daniels. In The Wire conflicts are as much about a clash between individuals as a clash between different approaches to social and political institutions. There's no show like the Wire.

  • @rebelrebel10
    @rebelrebel1011 жыл бұрын

    "im the father you never had..."

  • @Maxphyte
    @Maxphyte5 жыл бұрын

    Need a GIF of Lester asking “Why do you care?!”

  • @mattrushing7010
    @mattrushing70106 жыл бұрын

    God damn Lester was smooth af.

  • @bearwooden660
    @bearwooden6604 жыл бұрын

    Sydnor was a rookie in the beginning but after a while you see he really likes his works and improves by learning from his peers.

  • @Lazyguy22
    @Lazyguy227 жыл бұрын

    Just a police I s'pose.

  • @therealwillsmith

    @therealwillsmith

    7 жыл бұрын

    lmao

  • @mattwardpictures

    @mattwardpictures

    6 жыл бұрын

    "But I _want_ my subpoenas."

  • @StudioMod

    @StudioMod

    5 жыл бұрын

    Matthew Ward lmao stop you guys

  • @zulu3274

    @zulu3274

    5 жыл бұрын

    😁

  • @chicken2jail545

    @chicken2jail545

    4 жыл бұрын

    And i want my peppa steak.

  • @Roman413
    @Roman41311 жыл бұрын

    Lester Freamon is half Morgan Freeman.

  • @keithklassen5320

    @keithklassen5320

    4 жыл бұрын

    Vice versa.

  • @SankofaNYC
    @SankofaNYC5 жыл бұрын

    Lester is actually very similar to Jimmy... They are both so passionate about the job they don't care who gets hurt by their actions... Lester is morally superior to Jimmy though because it's not all about him, he will take the hit, he will goto the pawn shop unit, he won't fake something to make something... This is a good cop... If he saw a cop doing dirt he wouldn't just turn the other way... He couldnt

  • @NormAppleton

    @NormAppleton

    4 жыл бұрын

    It isn't so much passion about the job so much as being uncompromising because life is too damn short to cut corners. They are both wise fools.

  • @tommylakindasorta3068

    @tommylakindasorta3068

    4 жыл бұрын

    Until season 5. Which is the main reason I don't like season 5.

  • @Raphie009

    @Raphie009

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tommylakindasorta3068 Season 5 was bizarrely rushed...

  • @rishabhanand4973

    @rishabhanand4973

    4 жыл бұрын

    lester is a jimmy who learned from his mistakes

  • @user-nj3jg6if5i

    @user-nj3jg6if5i

    4 жыл бұрын

    I see Lester as Mcnulty's future in the same way that Bubbles is Dukie's future.

  • @Jonbombs
    @Jonbombs5 жыл бұрын

    *EYY SHAWTAYYY!*

  • @pdog109

    @pdog109

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yall got any pepper steak?

  • @socallawrence

    @socallawrence

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂 this made my day !

  • @projectdan3369

    @projectdan3369

    4 жыл бұрын

    The way he says it and hits Byrd lmfaooooooo...ayyyyey

  • @uppers7703

    @uppers7703

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ayyyyyoooooooohhhhhh

  • @lobsterdfw1
    @lobsterdfw13 жыл бұрын

    Sydnor was so nervous here, but he acted cool as hell when he served Clay Davis.

  • @garyfrombrooklyn
    @garyfrombrooklyn3 жыл бұрын

    If Lester ever played the game and became corrupt, it’d be like Yoda turning to the Dark Side

  • @jonmacie7581

    @jonmacie7581

    3 ай бұрын

    He did on Person of Interest.....another great show

  • @davetrachtenberg6855
    @davetrachtenberg68554 жыл бұрын

    Love the "oh my god, here we go again..." look Sydnor gives when Freeman asks him about if he knew what Teddy Roosevelt said about grizzly bears lol.

  • @lorenfok1097

    @lorenfok1097

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's like hanging out with your pops and he always quotes these ancient stories to school you on something.

  • @Rrr_558

    @Rrr_558

    3 ай бұрын

    @@lorenfok1097”everyone loved Augustus because he shared the wealth” or whatever Tony was trying to say to uncle jr.

  • @joelsimms4636
    @joelsimms46363 жыл бұрын

    This was the best series ever filmed!!

  • @hank1519

    @hank1519

    2 жыл бұрын

    It just is! Even watching old clips is so enjoyable! Have you seen the various videos where David discusses the series? Really heavy, brilliant stuff.

  • @mijreed
    @mijreed2 жыл бұрын

    2:46. "I'm the father you never had, and I don't want to be disappointed in you ever again."

  • @gregorylibra5114
    @gregorylibra51143 жыл бұрын

    That redhead was so freaking 🔥

  • @MightMouse2174

    @MightMouse2174

    3 жыл бұрын

    There was another redhead on this show ??

  • @ApathyBM
    @ApathyBM3 жыл бұрын

    When everyone else was looking out for themselves, Lester was the only one trying to save his city

  • @stefanc4520
    @stefanc45202 жыл бұрын

    "Like butter would melt in his mouth" 🤣

  • @BehrBob
    @BehrBob9 жыл бұрын

    "Natural PO-Lice"

  • @mijreed
    @mijreed7 жыл бұрын

    Unbelievable writing that shows the inner workings of a city and how its politics can affect police and vise versa.

  • @yusufabdulle7349
    @yusufabdulle73494 жыл бұрын

    Pearlman and Daniels where great for eachother they wanted to do the right thing but also play the game

  • @BlotRorschach
    @BlotRorschach Жыл бұрын

    By far the smartest character in the show, and he knows it.

  • @demetriusmckay617
    @demetriusmckay6175 жыл бұрын

    Criminals in the streets.....criminals holding offices. This show is so deep....nothing compares

  • @jasminemonroe5784
    @jasminemonroe57843 жыл бұрын

    The body language and facial expressions from everyone in this scene are beautiful. 💘 The Wire purchasing the complete series of this show is the best purchase I've made in my entire life!!💕🎯😂💞💜😍

  • @wephilips6651
    @wephilips66513 жыл бұрын

    Love the reaction of sydnor at 0:34. That’s I feel when people start an answer with a rhetorical question

  • @roanboersma3401

    @roanboersma3401

    3 жыл бұрын

    rhetorical questions are the worst!

  • @JaSamsimplythebest
    @JaSamsimplythebest10 жыл бұрын

    Lester and Daniels were my favorite police.

  • @TheStRyder91

    @TheStRyder91

    8 жыл бұрын

    +JaSamsimplythebest "I'm the father you never had and I don't want to be disappointed in you again."

  • @leonbrooks2107
    @leonbrooks21074 жыл бұрын

    “Me, I’m just a police” damn Lester 😂 god I miss i this series. Still waiting for something else like it but it’s a long ass wait!

  • @michaelcaboose9276

    @michaelcaboose9276

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gonna be waiting till the end of time good buddy

  • @ryanduray1

    @ryanduray1

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm afraid we'll never get anything this good again.

  • @jasminemonroe5784

    @jasminemonroe5784

    3 жыл бұрын

    Target has the complete series on DVD for $45.

  • @decarlocalloway01
    @decarlocalloway012 жыл бұрын

    Shout out to Lester for having a backbone.

  • @CJusticeHappen21
    @CJusticeHappen218 жыл бұрын

    That's how it goes. You need to fight to do your job.

  • @stephenh2323
    @stephenh232310 жыл бұрын

    im just the pohlice

  • @olycatastrophen7318

    @olycatastrophen7318

    6 жыл бұрын

    stephenh2323 like butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth

  • @ryno411j9
    @ryno411j96 жыл бұрын

    Lester is brilliant

  • @jigrodrigues
    @jigrodrigues6 жыл бұрын

    Bunk and Mcnulty wish they were like Lester. The best mind in the game.

  • @rishabhanand4973

    @rishabhanand4973

    4 жыл бұрын

    @J Jackson Prez was a smart kid who was terrible on the field.

  • @rishabhanand4973

    @rishabhanand4973

    4 жыл бұрын

    @J Jackson i was referring to the fact that he was able to crack the barksdale crew's code in season 1. It just seemed to me that prez could do well in an office job, just bad in the field.

  • @TheIkaraCult
    @TheIkaraCult4 жыл бұрын

    Lester, an absolute King

  • @luisgaming3409
    @luisgaming34095 жыл бұрын

    THE BEST SCENE EVER IN ANY SERIES!

  • @mikehill584
    @mikehill5846 жыл бұрын

    "Me?!!! I'm just the PO-lice!!!" I love Lester. Cool, smooth and humble.

  • @BootlegFightVideo
    @BootlegFightVideo5 жыл бұрын

    Work the system or get worked.

  • @iandhr1
    @iandhr112 жыл бұрын

    Worked out pretty well for Pearlman. Bond gave her a premonition

  • @Ablestron
    @Ablestron5 жыл бұрын

    Everyone else is backstabbing and politicizing to get ahead and get a promotion. Lester is doing it just so he can actually do his fucking job.

  • @anythingwatsoever
    @anythingwatsoever11 жыл бұрын

    the thrill is overcoming your own fear

  • @billjohnson2081
    @billjohnson208110 жыл бұрын

    Pearlman gets a free pass from a lot of people because she's attractive but she was one of the worst careerists on the show. McNulty had her figured out from the beginning.

  • @KeirBo

    @KeirBo

    9 жыл бұрын

    Fitting that her and Daniels got together.

  • @billjohnson2081

    @billjohnson2081

    9 жыл бұрын

    Keir Bo I know, right? I wonder if the writers were trying to make a (subtle) point about those two characters by having them wind up with each other? McNulty's "everybody stays friends" speech to Pearlman was 100% right on point and the best retort Pearlman could muster was that McNulty was being selfish (for caring about something other than Ronnie's career).

  • @Zamolxes77

    @Zamolxes77

    9 жыл бұрын

    Bill Johnson Really? Judge in 5 years is a bad career?

  • @brohan914

    @brohan914

    9 жыл бұрын

    Zamolxes77 "careerist" not "career"

  • @alexyates5547

    @alexyates5547

    7 жыл бұрын

    At the end of the day, it's just a job. You can't expect a person to sabotage their career & livelihood to make a case. If there is wrongdoing to be exposed, she should be allowed to expose it in a way that doesn't ruin her life.

  • @antonioRamsay22
    @antonioRamsay227 жыл бұрын

    Natural Po-leece.

  • @walidkhan616
    @walidkhan6163 жыл бұрын

    "it's baltimore lester!! And i ain't one of them natives"

  • @jasminemonroe5784

    @jasminemonroe5784

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Gods will not save you🤣🤣

  • @duro845
    @duro8459 жыл бұрын

    And this is exactly why shit never gets done always afraid of shit rolling down hill

  • @andrew7taylor

    @andrew7taylor

    8 жыл бұрын

    Well, uphill. Shit running downhill never disrupts anything, that's its point. When it starts to go from the foot to the peak (from Major Crimes to the Mayor's Office), that's when in starts to get uncomfortable and stinky.

  • @HPESOJ67
    @HPESOJ6711 жыл бұрын

    I agree with you. I wish I was as smooth and as cool as Lester right now.

  • @westcoasthype619
    @westcoasthype619 Жыл бұрын

    Crazy how you think pearlman is the only one operating out of motive until the end Lester as his own motives as well

  • @597das
    @597das4 жыл бұрын

    Lester is what all police should be

  • @wolfzr2
    @wolfzr22 жыл бұрын

    She's the worst one out of the whole bunch because she actually thinks she's doing the right thing.

  • @michaelwilson939
    @michaelwilson9393 жыл бұрын

    Ok...just make the detective series "Lester" all ready! Simply great.

  • @Calluma96
    @Calluma963 жыл бұрын

    Lester was the best police in this show hands down

  • @castan21
    @castan213 жыл бұрын

    Probably the most brilliant scene from Lester

  • @Supernova12034
    @Supernova120343 жыл бұрын

    hes not wrong, everyone on that show is busy playing politician, its refreshing to see someone actually act like law enforcement

  • @chrishutchison8682
    @chrishutchison86824 ай бұрын

    "I'm just the police " and as always the smartest person in the room.

  • @themagpie_1
    @themagpie_12 жыл бұрын

    freaman was my fav character..

  • @ZackEdwards1234
    @ZackEdwards12344 жыл бұрын

    Gotta love Lester!

  • @aidacailar1126
    @aidacailar11265 жыл бұрын

    If this doesnt prove that Lester is the best damn police in the whole Baltimore city, I don't know what else would.

  • @mankytoes
    @mankytoes12 жыл бұрын

    I want to be half as cool as him now...

  • @mitchrc3
    @mitchrc34 жыл бұрын

    Just the police...not hardly. The one the criminals should fear.

  • @bryantcruel4987
    @bryantcruel49876 жыл бұрын

    Classic!!

  • @theena
    @theena3 жыл бұрын

    Some days I see Omar spitting some of the finest lines written for an actor, some days I see Lester doing the best police work ever put on film. If it comes to a vote between Omar and Lester as everyone's favourite Wire character, I wouldn't know who I am going to vote for.

  • @aburnce

    @aburnce

    2 жыл бұрын

    And then there's Bubbles...

  • @Capcoor
    @Capcoor8 жыл бұрын

    Cool Lester Smooth. He won an argument with a woman. Even got in the last word. Now that's something you don't see every day!

  • @daol84

    @daol84

    8 жыл бұрын

    Not sure if stupid or tr0lling.

  • @daol84

    @daol84

    8 жыл бұрын

    Obviously stupid.

  • @Capcoor

    @Capcoor

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Daniel H All right, I'll bite. On what basis?

  • @daol84

    @daol84

    8 жыл бұрын

    Sigh. Isn't it obvious? First of all you're stating that it's an achievement winning an argument against a woman. Not only is it totally irrelevant in a proffesional discussion as they're having, but it's also a very sexist thing to say. You are seriously saying that discussions generally weighs in on women's sides... because... wait for it... they are women. That is just sad. Further, you are also continuing saying that you've won "some" arguments with women... well, again, I can use the same arguments as per above, but I don't know, now it just seems that you further prove for yourself and the rest of the interWebBz that you are not too bright. One can honestly believe that you're trolling. Good luck with your life dear internet stranger, I hope you don't get into arguments in real life. Although it would be interesting hearing your views on arguments with MEN.

  • @Capcoor

    @Capcoor

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Daniel H Sure. It's easier, in a way, to argue with a man. Why? Because we both have a desire to make sense. We'll have to continue this conversation later. And I'm not the least bit sexist.

  • @CurtisBond
    @CurtisBond9 жыл бұрын

    Natural Police...

  • @davidmalik9821
    @davidmalik98213 жыл бұрын

    You gotta LOVE Lester

  • @zerokmatrix
    @zerokmatrix4 жыл бұрын

    No one can say after watching The Wire that the have a favourite character, they all have admirable and flawed quality traits, all of them! Making it impossible to draw up a 'Best/Good Guys' or a 'Worst/Bad Guys' list there is too much grey in The Wire. But Lester is one character that always be in the 'Best/Good Guys' list (and fairly near the top I think) of anyone attempting this fools errand. Real Police.

  • @NestorCaster
    @NestorCaster4 жыл бұрын

    Smartest Character in the series: Lester Freamon

  • @ej11481
    @ej114814 жыл бұрын

    As much as one sympathizes with Lester here, Ronnie was ultimately right. The unit got shut down because of the blowback caused by Lester's actions. And because of that, Marlo and his crew were able to terrorize West Baltimore for a lot longer than they otherwise would've. Lester missed the forest for the trees. If he was willing to compromise just a little bit and wait until the primaries were over to drop the subpoenas, a lot of good things would've come from it.

  • @paulwassom4231

    @paulwassom4231

    3 жыл бұрын

    Eric No, Lester was right. The only time to do was right then. Everyone would ignore it if they didn’t have something to lose. Before the primary, they need to support the investigation, so they don’t look complicit. Ronnie’s right too, but her fear was filtering her POV.

  • @ej11481

    @ej11481

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@paulwassom4231 Lester's point didn't matter in the end. Rawls managed to kill off the unit (and with it, the investigation) ahead of the primary anyway. More importantly, the unit was about to take down Marlo and his murderous crew. That got deep-sixed because of the blowback caused from issuing the subpoenas. And so a lot of people died because of Lester's impatience.

  • @stephen1340c
    @stephen1340c7 жыл бұрын

    There's a similar scene between McNulty and Pearlman

  • @NahyanChowdhury
    @NahyanChowdhury12 жыл бұрын

    that last phrase...sheeeeeeaaat.

  • @EyeGotGame
    @EyeGotGame5 жыл бұрын

    In the end, no one got burned by their decisions. McNulty and Freamon got off light for manufacturing a serial killer, Marlowe walked out of jail a free man, Pearlman and Daniels got promotions. Freamon's character turned in season 5 when he went along with Jimmy's 'red ball' serial killer story. I had a hard time believing he would go THAT far to catch Marlowe. Although he was clever enough, he felt he didn't have the resources to catch them without Jimmy's serial killer fabrication and the unlimited department resources that came with it. Lester Freamon is a legend without Season 5's ending. He's the final example of a less than perfect natural police. "Is this the High Hat? I won sum o' dat pepper steak"

  • @jacksonsullivan7655
    @jacksonsullivan76556 жыл бұрын

    I never get tired of this scene. "Me? I'm just the "Po-lice".

  • @douglasharley2440
    @douglasharley24403 жыл бұрын

    "butter wouldn't melt in his mouth!"

  • @socallawrence
    @socallawrence3 жыл бұрын

    70 people at central booking covering bail reviews

  • @nmarrs8539
    @nmarrs85394 жыл бұрын

    Lester knows the game better than anyone else. He knows the truth behind all the bullshit.

  • @JohnTrails
    @JohnTrails3 жыл бұрын

    I know, I know, Omar is the series favorite. But to me, he was just another criminal with a gun. Lester was my favorite by a long shot. He worked a case and didn’t look left or right.

  • @MiguelAlejandroVF
    @MiguelAlejandroVF5 жыл бұрын

    If McNulty was the police organization counterpart to Stringer, then Lester was Avon.

  • @jonmacie7581
    @jonmacie75813 ай бұрын

    Lester Freeman WAS the Wire. Periodt

  • @smartreign33
    @smartreign335 жыл бұрын

    Put 6 Lesters on a unit, Barksdale and Marlo would be cellmates. The whole crew on both sides. With Clay Davis and Ashy Larry in the next cell.

  • @AA-wq5sm

    @AA-wq5sm

    5 жыл бұрын

    Avon is Barksdale, you mean Marlo and Avon?

  • @smartreign33

    @smartreign33

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yea. Thanks

  • @Lennyohh
    @Lennyohh10 жыл бұрын

    Just goes to show that sometimes when you actually get crap done good things happen instead of being screwed over by the system's corruption

  • @ocgrw8431
    @ocgrw84317 жыл бұрын

    pearlman is hot, there i said it...

  • @MightMouse2174

    @MightMouse2174

    4 жыл бұрын

    After a few drinks

  • @rustcohle6746
    @rustcohle67465 жыл бұрын

    Cool Lester Smoooooth

  • @TheBlackKakashi
    @TheBlackKakashi3 ай бұрын

    I’m just the police 😂

  • @jacksonsullivan7655
    @jacksonsullivan76557 жыл бұрын

    "Me, I'm just the p-o-l-i-c-e." That's Lester for all Wire fans. Cool and smooth.

  • @LB-ec9lx
    @LB-ec9lx3 жыл бұрын

    It's Baltimore, Lester... the gods will not save you

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