The whole show is an iconic quote

@jasminehill6312

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!!

@StreamOnMax

3 жыл бұрын

TRU

@oN3xShOtxkilL

2 жыл бұрын

@@StreamOnMax the game is the game

@bergonath8851

2 жыл бұрын

@@oN3xShOtxkilL The game is rigged, but you can't lose if you don't play.

@phishtix452

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed

Lester said "Life is the shit that happens, while you're waiting for moments that never come." I can dig it

@Najebanski

3 жыл бұрын

That's my favourite from this compilation

@ruffnek

2 жыл бұрын

John Lennon sang something similar

@jatinkaila526

2 жыл бұрын

@@ruffnek Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans

@richardpatrizio1658

2 жыл бұрын

That quote always stuck with me

@SuperRobertoClemente

Жыл бұрын

@@ruffnek Yup! It's a... rephrasing, shall we say. Poetic license.

"Are you takin' notes on a criminal fuckin' conspiracy?!"

@ayubhussein201

2 жыл бұрын

Best line in the whole show

@michaelotis223

2 жыл бұрын

Poor Shamrock! He legit wanted to contribute to the crew by recording Meeting Minutes LMAO!

@iamthatguy8071

2 жыл бұрын

Is you

@jamesdakrn

2 жыл бұрын

In college we joked about this so much whenever we used roberts rules of orser

@adrianbenzino

Жыл бұрын

LMAO!! Stringer to Shamrock.. so funny

“Come at the king, you best not miss” - all-time classic

@enterthebruce91

Ай бұрын

One of the greatest things about The Wire (apart from the superb dialogue, acting, and directing), is the fact that the show featured virtually no music, dramatic or otherwise, the only music featured in the show is music playing from people's cars; no tense, dramatic Hans Zimmer type music is played right before a character is about to be killed, or make some kind of important discovery or decision. This show is so authentic and raw and the lack of music made it feel like a documentary more than a TV show: The Wire is CLASSIC and is in fact more than a mere TV show, it's a commentary/critique of American society at large (I'm English btw). My all time top ten TV series are: 1. The Wire/Boardwalk Empire 2. Banshee 3. Rome 4. Tokyo Vice 5. The Night Of 6. Sharp Objects 7. Band of Brothers 8. Top Boy 9. Succession 10. Breaking Bad

“I got the shotgun, you got the briefcase. It's all in the Game though, right?”

@bigsnap5

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! One of my favorites as well.

@BrentSchaus

2 жыл бұрын

“Excuse me?!?”

@Marionettenightmares

Жыл бұрын

Omar, he was the best

@SolaceMcfly

Жыл бұрын

He looked at the judge like damn you gonna let him disrespect me like that

@lecuyerdooley1084

Жыл бұрын

@@SolaceMcfly And did! LMFAO

"Sheeeeeeeiiiiiiiittttt" - Davis, Clay

The wisdom that Bunny gives Carv is what changed him into a leader

@navaneethmkrishnan6374

2 жыл бұрын

Carv's character growth was phenomenal. One of the best written character in the show.

@kbuselmeier69

2 жыл бұрын

@@navaneethmkrishnan6374 For a long while I always though Carver was the new Daniels; as in the end many characters became the new Bubbles, the new Omar, etc.... Watched in again, and realized Carver was the new Bunny. Great character and Great scene with Randy. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

@fili0938

Жыл бұрын

​@@navaneethmkrishnan6374Carver should have adopted Kev. But he just forgot about him

@trinapowell4436

11 ай бұрын

Randy you mean? Adoption takes months, sometimes years. Was Carver single? If so, that would mean an immediate no. Randy was f'ed when they burned down the house and nearly killed Miss Anna.

i think “be a little slow, be a little late, just once. and how are you ain’t never gonna be slow, never be late?” is one of the deepest things a tv show has ever said.

@freepalestine.23

Жыл бұрын

I never understood that!?

@emmanuelh2304

Жыл бұрын

@@freepalestine.23 being slow or a little once in that line of work will get you killed, and no human can be 100% fast enough and on time, so eventually you'll die when your luck runs out

@edwardgiovannelli5191

Жыл бұрын

I didn't really think much of Avon before that scene, but his character really crystalized there next his brother in a hospital bed.

@MultiSL1ck

6 ай бұрын

In russian army there is such a wide spread proverb. "don't be the first, don't be the last". If you are the first, you might get killed cause you are on the front line. If you are the last, your partners will suffer from you.

@davids736

26 күн бұрын

​@@freepalestine.23that doesn't surprise me looking at your username. You clearly have a very small brain 🙄

“I ain’t no suit wearing businessman like you..I’m just a gangster, I suppose. And I want my corners.” Avon Barksdale

@RozayDent

2 жыл бұрын

The game is the game

@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO.

Жыл бұрын

Nah, you a freaking business man, you wanna handle it like that. You don't wanna get gangsta - wild with it and 💩, right?

@shaunp253

8 ай бұрын

​@@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO. Avon tried to tell him about playing them away games.

@moatazmec391

5 ай бұрын

From this quote, the difference between two characters is appears

"they're not learning for our world. they're learning for theirs." - Colvin teaching the school district why it is failing.

-"Winning the war on drugs one police brutality case at the time". -"You can´t even call it a war". -"Why not?". -"Cause wars end".

@trevornott2488

Ай бұрын

Season 1, Episode 1. That kind of writing set the tone for what this show became. Best ever

The Wire is PERFECT. Everything about it is 100% perfect from the writing, acting, characters, plots, and more. Best show ever and maybe just maybe the best work of art every put together. And this is how I've felt for the last 13 years. Nothing will change that and my thoughts are without a drop of hyperbole or rhetoric.

@1chienandalou

2 жыл бұрын

I know! I mean, I don’t use the word perfect much, because with respect to what and who/why/how to decide(s)? Even with what I feel is perfect (in film, literature, music - really all art, but really all creative/generative activity like science, food, storytelling, comedy,…) someone can find “imperfect” according to some criteria or feeling or aesthetics or whatever… We can’t argue in some sense. But I do agree in terms of not being hyperbole about how special The Wire is, really more than a TV show, but part of reality, even more so than what’s real sometimes. Perhaps because it does come from reality - or at least the felt version of reality: remembered, resurrected, reborn, re-enacted, reincarnated… I don’t write flowery KZread comments much but it’s how I feel. The wire really has touched me, and continues to be a work of creation I love and respect.

@MirAli1

2 жыл бұрын

The only thing better than one part of The Wire is another part of The Wire. Nothing outside of the The Wire will ever come close.

@shawnbailey573

2 жыл бұрын

The truth!

@michaelotis223

2 жыл бұрын

Why were there even tv dramas after The Wire ended! We as a species peaked with this!

@lazybum9732

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelotis223 lol nah we got breaking bad .. gotta be thankful for that...

"Money ain't got no owners. Only spenders." -Omar Little

Missed some gems from Omar: “You come at the king you best not miss” “This range? This caliber? Even if I miss I can’t miss” “Money ain’t got owners, just spenders”

@111Mfreeman

2 жыл бұрын

They missed plenty, this show was a masterpiece

@vaisakhps8642

2 жыл бұрын

" boy u got me confused with a man who repeats himself'

@KeleWele23

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah what about the infamous street cry out "Omar's coming! Omar's coming!....Or Clay Davis' "Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid!!!" Or the one word dialogue "F....K!" between McNulty & Bunk investigating the cold case of the woman killed in her kitchen apartment 🤦🏽‍♀️ I don't think an authentic Wire fan selected the quotes just an employee given the task to do so!

@thegolfdude

Жыл бұрын

@@KeleWele23 This is lines. One word isn't really a line.

@Inconvenientx

Жыл бұрын

That Omar 'come at the king' line is a paraphrase of a Ralph Waldo Emerson line: 'When you strike at a king, you must kill him.' Omar, as we know, actually enjoyed learning and probably read or heard it somewhere.

Prop Joe had the best quotes. “Call it a crisis of leadership.”

@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO.

Жыл бұрын

But you're being a little biased here 💀💀

"you juke the stats, and majors become colonels" - Prez realizing that the game is everywhere.

THE BEST SHOW EVER period

@StreamOnMax

3 жыл бұрын

👏

@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO.

Жыл бұрын

*The show is the show*

As someone who struggles with addiction I can confirm: "Getting clean is the easy part. Now comes life." That second part, that's what makes me go back to being dirty.

@SirDistic

8 ай бұрын

It's been almost a year. I hope you're still clean, still alive and still doing ok. We all struggle with our demons. But 11 months ago you were alive and healthy enough to write this. I hope 11 years from now you still are.

@krisgrym

7 ай бұрын

No please I hope you are doing good

@bleepbloop9123

2 ай бұрын

That sucks, I’m sorry

The most iconic line is spoken even before the titles of the very first episode: “Got to, This America, man.”

@codetalker3135

4 ай бұрын

Nope, the best quote from The Wire is “money ain’t got no owners, only spenders”

@John_F898

4 ай бұрын

Everything is ICONIC!!

@trevornott2488

Ай бұрын

Season 1, Episode 1. Right before the credits. It was beautiful

@cristiancervantes3088

29 күн бұрын

100% right. Now most people (even myself) love this show for the “Cops & Robbers” saga that it is. But diving deeper into the inception of the show and it’s creators. This literally summarizes the whole show and still rings true to this day. This is America man.

We need another video just for drunk Bunk's philosophical shit talk

@ComputerJunkie00

2 жыл бұрын

JIMMAAAAAYYYYY

@phishtix452

2 жыл бұрын

@@ComputerJunkie00🤣 I'm weak🤣

@ianauki

2 жыл бұрын

@@ComputerJunkie00 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Major crimes?!? Sheeeeeeeeeit - Clay Davis 😂🤣

@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO.

Жыл бұрын

You wanna talk to me about money laundering in west Baltimore?? S💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

@angeletaylorbragas8663

Жыл бұрын

@@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO. 🤣😂

“Omar’s Coming Yo!!”

@TheBlackestKnight21

2 жыл бұрын

*whistles*

"Boy, you got me confused with someone who repeats himself" and the "away games".. both classics

@debiwilliams1588

11 ай бұрын

Those away games….smh

@denzeldon2007

3 ай бұрын

Another great quote by Omar Little

“Shut that door.” -Stringer Bell

"You know the difference between me and you, I bleed red you bleed green, you know what I see when I look at you these days, a man without a country, not hard enough for what is here and maybe just maybe not smart enough for them out there." ~~ Avon Barksdale

@anonymousperson6119

2 жыл бұрын

@Kevin McGinn absolutely. Avon understood his success came from the drug trade he did have legitimate businesses but funeral homes and copy shops didn’t make them rich they were most likely used for laundering above all. Stringer looked down on Avon for going to war for territory but territory is vital in the drug trade. Success made Stringer arrogant when he started to hate the game that brought him success he thought he could just hop into legitimate business with no experience at a high level and he got robbed by Clay Davis and the contractors as a result

@thewkovacs316

2 жыл бұрын

@@anonymousperson6119 avon wasnt smart. the people who were making all the real money were the people behind the greek.the ones with all the connections who were never going to jail

@DJB_02

Жыл бұрын

And he was right

@user-ut7lq4uv2d

11 ай бұрын

"You be out playin' them away games."

“Ain’t no shame holding onto grief…” Can’t hear those lines without getting weepy. RIP Allison. RIP Mom.

@akd.29

Жыл бұрын

Hope you're doing good bro

@vitocorleone6040

Жыл бұрын

Hope your okay bro. Love you man

@archipiratta

11 ай бұрын

Keep your head up young king. I hope you're doing ok 🙏🏽

@vincent5318

9 ай бұрын

Facts!

@baverfjant

8 ай бұрын

Best of luck to you. I never knew your mom. But the lesson I learned from Bubbles is that I should never judge a person from their cover. He was arguably one of the smartest, and most importantly one of the most good hearted people, of the entire show. Fact that you still remember and pay your respect to your mom tells me she still taught you the good things in life, and gave you love. She had her personal issues to deal with, that I assume, consumed her life. But she still gave you something to carry with you in life. We cannot forget Allison for that.

"The game is rigged. But you never lose if you don't play." - I've been saying this to myself every since watchin' the Wire.

this show was way ahead of its time...masterpiece...this and the sopranos will never ever ever be topped

@davidguiney1746

2 жыл бұрын

Sopranos is the 2nd greatest TV show ever, by a mile. But still nowhere near top spot.

@lazybum9732

Жыл бұрын

@@davidguiney1746 sopranos overrated ngl..aged pretty badly now that I notice how cringey and bad the acting looks.. especially with the main character XD.. Never won an Emmy for any acting lol says a lot heh?

@davidguiney1746

Жыл бұрын

@@lazybum9732 The Wire never won an Emmy either, for anything. So, much like the Oscars, doesn't mean all that much. Christ, Grey's Anatomy won an Emmy.

@lazybum9732

Жыл бұрын

@@davidguiney1746 well the wire deserved one... Unlike sopranos..watched acting scenes from both the wire and sopranos ..very clear which had actual good acting...not some cringey third rate mafia acting...

@lazybum9732

Жыл бұрын

@@davidguiney1746 watch Goodfellas and see true portrayal of mafia gangs ..... Great acting ... Story telling at it's peak ..

A timeless classic. I’ve watched it 3 times. It’s still so fantastic. Every time I watched it, I picked up on something that I didn’t notice before.

And don't forget, from the opening scene in the Pilot: "If Snot Boogie always stole the money, why'd you let him play?" "Got to. This America, man."

My favorite exchange probably from the whole show is in S4: Poot: It's a cold world Bodie. Bodie: Thought you said it was getting warmer. Poot: The world goin' one way, people another yo'. (And I know this comment is super late but KZread JUST NOW recommended this video to me!)

@napoleonsolo5929

Жыл бұрын

And Poot made it out

@gbemigabajulaiye599

Жыл бұрын

I just finished watching this episode 😂

"Ey, lesson here, Bay. You come at the King you best not miss." I love this book cos of its quotes too "OF DEMONS & MEN" by C.E.OCHEJA.

Just when I thought I had gotten clean and beat my The Wire habit, here I am scratching like a fiend

@avinashb4485

2 жыл бұрын

Please add the original as well for a lost soul

@bjam27

2 жыл бұрын

They put you back in !

@starmorpheus

2 жыл бұрын

You need that pandemic!

"Do I look like a man that repeats himself?" - Omar - poker game robbery.

@Sully0020

2 жыл бұрын

"You got me confused with a man who repeats himself"

literally the greatest show of all time. That Bubs scene really hits hard.

One of the 2 or 3 best-written shows ever. I´ll admit I was waiting for Marlo's classic "One more thing, price of the brick going up."

@thegolfdude

Жыл бұрын

What do you have for the other 2?

@ignacioarbex6665

Жыл бұрын

@@thegolfdude Mad Men and Succession

@thegolfdude

Жыл бұрын

@@ignacioarbex6665 definitely good shows. Can't argue with either

@terrygallo8999

Жыл бұрын

You can’t leave Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul out of the discussion. Just can’t.

@retreattohibernate

Жыл бұрын

the wire, the sopranos, mad men, breaking bad and better call saul

Gives you the chills. This show was deep.

Where's "You come at the king, you best not miss"

@BrandonH321

3 жыл бұрын

Best quote of the whole series

If I recall, that Slim Charles guy had some efficient one-liners

@JakeBuckminster

2 жыл бұрын

‘If It’s a Lie, Then We Fight on That Lie’

@abdallahidris9953

Жыл бұрын

"Thing about the old days is... they the old days

@andrewwestman2407

Жыл бұрын

All that guy did was spit bars left and right

@emptycode1782

Жыл бұрын

yeah fr

@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO.

Жыл бұрын

Murder ain't no thing, but this some assassination 💩

They don’t make shows like this anymore they never made shows like this before as well. Truly one of a kind.

Some of the greatest quotes in T.V. history are in this show. The writers and actors both deserved awards. It's a shame that this show never received the credit it deserved.

@Cray2TheZ

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely though I would argue that it has such a cult following nowadays that it really doesn't matter what a few Hollywood idiots think about it.

It's already my 3rd time rewatching the seasons. On the third season rn! Hands down the best show ever in my books

Best show ever! Nothing else even comes close!

My favorite line "come at the king you best not miss " Omar little season 1 epispode 8 RIP Michael .k. Williams

Watched all seasons over the last 2 months. Legendary tv. “It’s Omar yo!”

the chess scene sums the entire show up in 2 minutes. incredible show

@lecuyerdooley1084

Жыл бұрын

And all three of those "pawns" got capped quick too ... nobody made 25 even.

@whyisthissoannoying

Жыл бұрын

@@lecuyerdooley1084sadly

@SirDistic

8 ай бұрын

@@lecuyerdooley1084The Queen got capped too and the King got captured.

“What’d I tell about playing those away games… they saw you coming miles away”

I was waiting for Marlo’s “You want it one way, but it’s the other way”

@moegreene7940

Жыл бұрын

Oh…and another thing….price of the brick going up”

@cyrillejabnoun

Жыл бұрын

They should do another season with Marlo, he was the last guy standing after all.

@Pop_Gordo

Жыл бұрын

@@cyrillejabnoun I would love that. If we got a spin-off on Marlo all these years later and he’s out of the game and he’s doing the things that Stringer tried to do but has to deal with things from his past

@chiefbologna5719

Жыл бұрын

@@Pop_Gordo end of the series and an earlier quote by him with Prop Joe before Joe died make it pretty clear he will be back in the game in no time. The show is just one big cycle. There’s only 2 outcomes for a guy like that and it’s Avon’s or Stringer’s

@listeningviayoutube7229

Жыл бұрын

Yes, indeed.

Should be 3 minutes of SHEEEEEYET

One of my all time favs is slim Charles he always said the right things like “then we fight on that lie but we gotta fight”

100% the greatest TV show ever. Never been bettered. great art because it reflects real life.

"World goin' one way... people another, yo." - Poot

The greatest quotes on TV from the best show on TV

The scene with D and Avon in the hospital is one of the best scenes in the series. So good.

Videos like this make me want to watch it all over again.SO many excellent performances and story lines.

“Business, always business” -The Greek checking in at the airport “We used to build stuff in this country! Now everybody’s just got their hand in the next guy’s pocket” -Sobotka “The bigger the lie, the more they believe” -Bunk

Many are missing (not easy to chose obviously). But the best one for me, also best reflection of this great serie : "I got the shotgun, you got the briefcase. It's all in the game, though, right ?" Omar to Levy at trial

And this wasn't even 1% percent..the whole writing is simply amazing!

The great tv show ever made. Brilliant script, brilliant acting and perfectly paced. Just utterly brilliant from start to finish

The best show ever. Transcends the medium it was designed for.

“You talkin’ about drugs, it’s a force of nature. It’s like a man racking leaves on a windy day”

No other show will ever come close to the wire , the best tv show of all time

I've never loved a show like i loved "The Wire". And i never will. It is THE ONE

A litererary masterpiece in my opinion, my favorite show all time.

0:52 that's 100% true

The absolute best writers in the industry were on this show. Hands down!

I got the shotgun, you got the briefcase but it's all in the game

I don’t know much about card’s!, but i think these 4.5’s! Beat a full house!…

25 years later and this stuff STILL resonates!

See how good this show is. This video is recommended by KZread and I just decided to start watching it again. S1E1. Rawls is giving it to McNulty right now.

This series has dealt with topics that we have in my country

@jeffwilliams2828

3 жыл бұрын

I’m curious what topics. Politics, education, crime, economics, what did you see?

@mohamedbenyahia33

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffwilliams2828 Because I see my city in this series my neighbors my friends some of them have gone to university but sell drugs The people who are paid by our taxes only falsify the statistics media that turns a blind eye to problems for them the solution is to bring in more and more police officers instead of carrying out economic projects Because this series has well described my daily life that I have lived since I was a child

The missed this one ... Marlo; "You want it to be one way, but it's the other way."

The Sopranos The Wire It was a glorious time gangsters were everywhere

"The tree that doesn't bend, breaks, Cedric." "Bend too far, you're already broken."

Watched it straight through recently. Definitely one of the great series ever made. So realistic!

Best thing that’s ever been on TV.

Best show hands down 🙌🏾💯

Thanks to Corona i have watched singlehandedly almost every classic I've seen suggested online and god damn do i just keep thinkin about the wire it was maybe 4 or 5 months and it's still something i just cant help but not forget, the show had one of the best endings compared to dexter or the sopranos but the way the characters ended hurt, especially dookie who was failes by the system and ended up just another junkie plus the Mr P story line, omar easily one of the best characters ever.

@1chienandalou

2 жыл бұрын

You will never forget it. It stays and grows with you

@MirAli1

2 жыл бұрын

It is an unforgettable shows. Keeps me wondering at most random moments how they did what they did

The BEST TV show, ever. By a mile.

And they don't put the most iconic line of all? Sheeeeeeeeit

Such a brilliantly written show, and SUCH a stellar, perfect cast.

"You wanted it one way.... but it's the other way!"

Marlo Standfield: (On whether he should let an enemy slide) "Nah, send a message".

Still, nearly 20 years on. The greatest TV series of all time!

it mighta been only less then 3 mins, but this was a lifetime of game for really any person. in the streets outta streets....u name it anyone can appreciate this content

Got this show on DVD. After getting Hbo Max, rewatched the whole show

Did they really leave out ”You come at the King , you best not miss”? Sheeeeeeit.

Finished whole series in 5 days... Totally worth it.

Great great show those iconic Quotes the best

"What the fuck did I do?"

"the King, stay the King"

By far the best line, along with "What did I tell you about playing those away games."

this could be one of the best trailer videos for my favorite show ever

After rewatching the entire show, it’s better than breaking bad.

@vincentvitale4604

11 ай бұрын

The Wire>The Sopranos>Breaking bad the big 3

@daveagard1884

5 ай бұрын

@@vincentvitale4604snowfall belongs in top 3

Very insightful

Great video and editing...as we say in the military, job well done!

rest in peace lance reddick and michael k williams

- "The game is the game" - "Always"

I think about 1:15 pretty much every time I get behind the wheel of a car.

No one wins... One side just loses more slowly... 🤯