"the bigger the lie, the more they believe" definitely didn't catch that BIG foreshadowing on first watch 🤣🤣

@peterkim8525

Жыл бұрын

SAME, the whole theme of the season being based on this exact phrase said in the opening is such a cool realization

@the21kk3

Жыл бұрын

rust youtuber actually has time to do something else?! love u dude, a lil more bc u watched this masterpiece

@JerrellXotiikClemmons

Жыл бұрын

😂😂kzread.info/dash/bejne/ipqO2ruok5XQndo.html

@sammmy4495

11 ай бұрын

Some of saw through the face diaper and jab lies.........but too many fall into the stupid category.

@4evasmooth

10 ай бұрын

Season 5 gets a bad rap but the entire season from the intro plays off that very theme. Even in arguably it's weakest entry the wire is no less brilliant

My mans was like “ so why did Stringer Bell work in a lie detector store?”

@sgreen4865

3 жыл бұрын

Stringer was long dead by then

@The_dry-god

3 жыл бұрын

@@sgreen4865 no shit.

@matthewjohnson3302

3 жыл бұрын

@@sgreen4865 uh. Yea.

@808blacktaro

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@deniskoyier3453

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Sad reality is kid’s world is so small did not recognize a copy machine.

@jamesr2547

4 жыл бұрын

That is ridiculous. In real life they would need to do better than that.

@frother

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesr2547 In one episode they try to take some street kids to a restaurant to get more confidence in society and they're completely mystified and overwhelmed by the process of being waited upon. Growing up on the streets of Baltimore is rough. And the showrunner David Simon knows his shit.

@lthastings8800

4 жыл бұрын

Remember when the show is set. In that day and age a ghetto kid hardly knew what a copy machine looks (is not like he's been to an office or a university or a library)

@ngharo

4 жыл бұрын

In season one, Daniels takes one of the youngens to the countryside and he had no idea what noise he is hearing. It was crickets.

@toyajackson556

4 жыл бұрын

@@lthastings8800 when was this set because convenience stores had copy machines for quite a long time now?

When David Simon was a journalist he spent a year with the Baltimore homicide unit researching a book. The crazy thing is that the photocopy trick actually happened.

@mojo3398

9 жыл бұрын

yeah, they had been doing that for years. and wondered why some unit of another city's department got in serious trouble because of that.

@JamesSmith-jd1do

6 жыл бұрын

Patrick Cameron this shit is illegal. Cops should be arrested for this type of shit.

@JamesCasserlyOmaexlibris

6 жыл бұрын

Is it illegal? I thought there were court rulings that allowed the police to lie/trick a suspect as an aid to interrogation?

@MRWINDYMETHANE

6 жыл бұрын

Didn't a similar scene happen in David Simon's other series called Homicide: Life On The Street?

@gunther_hermann

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the case law on this kind of thing stems from NYC cops doing the photocopier trick. A case was overturned where a confession was gained doing this, so the rules were changed. The police are still allowed to lie to you to obtain a confession, but they are not allowed to lie with a prop. So, they can say to you, as a lie, that: "We have your prints on the murder weapon." but they can't show you a piece of paper that says the same thing.

One of the best things about The Wire is the absence of a backing music soundtrack. Let the ambient noise be the music- the police station noises, the street, the echos of the corners. Best show ever.

@Jay-qm8cx

Жыл бұрын

The buzz of the light inside the interrogation is satisfying. Then the sound of the telephone ringing

@hareofsteel

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I've been through the series 6 times and failed to notice that. And I'm one who is so sick of music being used to spoonfeed me emotions that should be delivered by the characters and the writers. This show is simply too good to actually exist, yet it does. Good catch.

@jcsuperstar4646

11 ай бұрын

Wow! Real talk their, sir!

@PHR94

11 ай бұрын

My favorite background sounds are the corner boys 'advertising' their packs by shouting the 'brand name'. For anybody who has spent even the least bit of time on the block, the use of those sounds makes every scene on the block sound authentic. "Pandemic! We got that Pandemic!" Lol

@hareofsteel

11 ай бұрын

Spider bags! Yellow tops!@@PHR94

One of the main messages this show gives to the viewer; Is that you should never say a word to the police until you have a lawyer first.

@SteveDeNiro

6 жыл бұрын

Suvegon lol

@KNByam

6 жыл бұрын

idiot.

@JoshuaFrick3

6 жыл бұрын

+Ser Stormcrow That's the main theme of The First 48

@Mikefantasia22

4 жыл бұрын

Love them using the copy machine as if it's a lie detector. Lmao.

@tbennett77489

4 жыл бұрын

I think go get an education or a regular paying job (a file clerk who makes copies would be a good start) or some common sense or better yet all three so you wont have to worry about being in that situation and also so you can be smart enough to know how a copy machine works.

the timing of that guy seeing his friend walk by at the exact moment he stuffs his mouth with french fries so he can’t explain himself is comedic gold.

the funniest part is where he calls landsman "professor"

@blujay9191

2 жыл бұрын

I like how Bunk uses the phrase "in fact" in the middle of the first two questions to make it sound real official. Nice touch.

OMG i just realized the foreshadowing. "The bigger the lie the more they believe" The whole serial killer thing.

@zeligrubenstein1230

9 жыл бұрын

I always took it as David Simon's view of the invasion of Iraq

@raoulhery

9 жыл бұрын

Zelig Rubenstein thats the genius of D.Simon! Quote can be about something else in the season or in the real life

@jhfh3112

9 жыл бұрын

Ox5f3759df Full translation from Mein Kampf "All this was inspired by the principle-which is quite true within itself-that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously."

@JamesWVanFleet

7 жыл бұрын

Also, there's a "paper" that says "false" on it. The newspapers peddle a false story throughout the season.

@rhahnabunaid

6 жыл бұрын

The whole ISIS thing.

Are we ready professor?

@christianschneider6538

8 жыл бұрын

Fucking died. Professor Landsman!

@Gryffilion

7 жыл бұрын

Jaybird has a Ph.D. in Pseudoscience from Madame LaRue University.

@Sanaki131

6 жыл бұрын

Madame fucking LaRue

@mrfreakmaster2256

6 жыл бұрын

funniest shit ever

@UBZUKki

4 жыл бұрын

Jesus.........JESUS😂😂😂😂😂😂

This wasn't a TV show - It was a Documentary...

Jay Landsman in this one always cracks me up. He's so into it

@rscoops3986

2 жыл бұрын

I lost it when they call him 'professor'

@terrygracy8345

2 жыл бұрын

Landsman will steal half the scenes he’s in. Dude is great

@godking

Жыл бұрын

The machine is never wrong son.

@Cheeeesseee3678

Жыл бұрын

That was easily the highpoint of Landsman's year, he knew that and fucking reveled in it😀

@JerrellXotiikClemmons

Жыл бұрын

😂😂kzread.info/dash/bejne/ipqO2ruok5XQndo.html

No score, no sci-fi, no suspense, no thrill, no twist... Just pure drama and excellent writing 🙌

@JerrellXotiikClemmons

Жыл бұрын

Excellent kzread.info/dash/bejne/ipqO2ruok5XQndo.html

@Herv3

Жыл бұрын

No sci-fi? That lie detector machine looks pretty high tech.

@StreetFighter2010

10 ай бұрын

No sensational music either. Just regular background noise.

"The bigger the lie, the more they believe." Just realized that, in the context of the season. Shit.

@YK-fj5bj

6 жыл бұрын

Baksi518 I think you meant to say ‘sheeeeeeeeeeeettttt’

@pragashuthayakumar5961

2 жыл бұрын

@@YK-fj5bj 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Had that kid's hand duct-taped to a copy machine and made him think he was hooked up to a lie detector. Amazing.

@MPeoples239

5 жыл бұрын

If criminals are going to hire that he's at least get a smart Lackey better yet one than asking can tell a difference between a lie detector and office supplies I was cracking up

@Herbert2892

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we saw the same video, thanks........

@lukelozano4662

4 жыл бұрын

Really?

@williamrichardson24

4 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😭💀

@bookmzz9845

3 жыл бұрын

Dumbest lil pawn EVER

Omar and brotha in the alley is the best opening scene to me

@tankmaster1018

9 жыл бұрын

That one has my vote too! Both actors just played the hell out of that scene and it felt like some modern Wild West standoff but with class. It was just a fantastic opening. As Tom said 2 comments below me, the season 4 opener with Snoop buying the nail gun was up there too but it wasn't as good as the Omar and Brotha one! Good choice man

@krugger911

9 жыл бұрын

agreed, followed closely by the 'desk' scene in season 1!

@mcalisterhayes

6 жыл бұрын

Yizzer, That standoff was IT!

@adamgordon6435

4 жыл бұрын

That's good, but the best opening is Snoop buying the nail gun in Home Depot to start season 4.

@uncleterry1703

4 жыл бұрын

I wish that Omar wasn't gay...

Absolutely brilliant. I am English and it hurts to say as the show is American. That it is the best there is. I have watched the whole 5 series 5 times. The first time I couldn’t understand what the black guys were saying. So I watched it all again with headphones. Then my wife watched it, then my son and finally we all watched it again. Top stuff.

@bmoreerac9862

5 ай бұрын

I feel the same way about Peaky Blinders. I’ve watched that whole series 5 times - always with the captions on.

I NEVER get tired of seeing this scene.

Love the look on Jay's face at 2:55 😂

1:52 The most honest line ever said on TV

@serendipitousslim1529

Жыл бұрын

His giddy delivery is so out of place yet just makes it even better lol

@PHR94

11 ай бұрын

And to think, social media wasn't even around for the writers to base that statement on. Yet they still hit the nail on the head. This line and Bunk's line at the end of the scene foreshadowed more than just the plot for the fifth season. That's how you know this show was ahead of its time.

This show was literally too good. Any other show seems sub-par by comparison, and it's depressing to know that the odds of another show just as good ever being made are tiny.

@ramykaram4278

6 жыл бұрын

There are still some great shows out there friend, but yes... The Wire is king.

@utopian201

6 жыл бұрын

I just finished watching the series. Its good, and compelling, but it doesn't have the same 'oh man, so good!' feeling as say Breaking Bad. Unless I've missed something? Or maybe back in those days, they just didn't use the same story telling techniques.

@michaelotis223

6 жыл бұрын

Buffoon1980 it's on a throne of it's own design.... There's no competition. The Wire is it's own beast! Any other acclaimed show has an equal. Sopranos is Goodfellas and Godfather for TV.... Breaking Bad is Scarface for TV. There's literally nothing as ambitious and fully realized as The Wire

@abhishektd7068

5 жыл бұрын

@@utopian201 Had mutual reaction although, The Wire is wayyy denser with it's storylines and characters. Even got challenging to keep up sometimes.

@GuinessOriginal

4 жыл бұрын

utopian201 are you kidding? Breaking bad loses it's way and there are some really weak characters, scenes and even episodes that are basically just fillers where the writers ran out of ideas. The fly springs to mind as an example

"The machine is never wrong son." LMFAO!!! This show was brilliant!! I watched this show when it was on HBO and I bought the complete series from Amazon years ago. I think I will start binge watching the show again this weekend when I'm off from work!!

@ElectricLadyland87

3 жыл бұрын

I just got on Crave and have been enjoying a full rewatch. Even though I've watched it all like 2 or 3 times, feels exciting still going through the episodes.

Just one more reason why this show is on top of nearly every all time list

The Mc Donald’s bit was perfect

I love how this perfectly opens/justifies the whole lie around the homeless serial killer.

Monnell was on season 4, the one running train in the bathroom that Randy snitched on. It's the little details that make the Wire such good tv.

@cbm3

3 жыл бұрын

i didnt realize that until my third or fourth time watching the series

@spokospokospokospoko

3 жыл бұрын

The hidden detail that always gets me: Cheese is Randy's dad.

@juandogg27

3 жыл бұрын

@@spokospokospokospoko ????

@TPRM1

2 жыл бұрын

@@juandogg27 Yeah I remember now, he’s right.

@TPRM1

2 жыл бұрын

But the best throwaway detail in the WHOLE SHOW? The young’un who wanted to be Omar in a playfight, ended i’ve been the one who…you know. TOTALLY accidental.

🤣🤣🤣 Scenes like this just proves that The Wire was the best show ever.

"Two quarter pounders, big fries , mcdonald land cookies- yeah thats how your boy rolls!" - i love it- bunk describing how someone orders as how they roll.

@whawkins8636

4 жыл бұрын

Love it

@TeddyOG

2 жыл бұрын

He's loving it

"Are we ready, professor?" And Landsman with the glasses on the end of his nose 😂

Great show, went from drug dealers and detectives to adding politicians, and then by season 5 they had the newspaper room. This show really took you on a trip to Baltimore and made you feel like you were there for an hour every week.

Last line of that was a glaring jab at everything thats been going on for the last fifteen years i swear.

@tyu3456

7 жыл бұрын

Also, a foreshadowing of the entire 5th season

@philipdru4782

7 жыл бұрын

actually its a reference to joseph goebbels

@costanzauk

5 жыл бұрын

Good call

No matter how many times I watch this, over the years, it still makes me laugh.

This show is a masterpiece... period.

@SDsailor7

2 жыл бұрын

Better than the Sopranos?

@davidarmitage4132

2 жыл бұрын

@@SDsailor7 absolutely

@SDsailor7

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidarmitage4132 I see a lot of arguments of which is better sopranos or the wire so it depends who you ask. I like the wire

I just finished the wire last month for the first time and rewatching these moments just makes me wanna re-watch it already haha

This clip got me about to watch the whole series again. This num 5 at least.

Jay looking up at him after the lie is too good

One of hbo’s greatest series.

My Mrs and I both pissed ourselves laughing when we first watched this together. Absolute genius piece of television!

The best part is when Bunk calls Landsman “professor”

This is based on a true story too. If you read David Simon's "Homicide", the BPD actually did things like this haha.

I like how Monell had fries in his mouth and couldn't tell his boy he wasn't snitching.

Idk why but I love the way Bunk says “Dr Pepper”

I think he realized, he will never be able to eat McDonald's for the rest of his life

"The bigger the lie, the more they believe." Set's up the central theme for the fifth season.

This scene, NEVER gets old!!! 😂😂😂🤗👍👏

Every single actor on this show is Emmy worthy.

White, Black, Hispanic, whatever - we're all the same in the end. And the proof of this is that I shove McDonalds fries into my mouth the same way Marnell does................

@anim3z4u

8 жыл бұрын

Brooo. Lmfao! Perfect.

@menaceclan

8 жыл бұрын

+Marc L. Then u'z a nugga my nugga ..

@ffeda

6 жыл бұрын

That is what you are McDonalds and soda nation. Addicted to consumerism and junk food, programed by tv and media and that is why he said Americans are stupid people, we pretty much believe what we are told to

@thomasross3643

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like your fries were too crispy... too much edge.

@JCross315

6 жыл бұрын

Marc L. For sure. In and Out has the best burger but McDonald’s always had the best fries

I miss this show. Devastated when it ended 😓

This exact same tactic was used in an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street. Hysterical!

The Wire is one of the top 10 best TV shows of all-time. I put that on Ere' thang.

When hear wendell say "running potna", my heart warms and the 504 comes out in his voice

One of the many, many great segments from the best TV drama ever - The Wire.

The look Landsman is giving him while false is printing...🤣🤣🤣

Loved the Homicide version more. Same trick but one of the detectives walks in and freaks out, saying there’s radiation coming off that ‘lie detector’, enough to make you sterile, and dashes out again.

"the bigger the lie, the more they believe", kinda wild that was the theme of the season. These writers were so good.

Really, my favorite opening scene is the very first scene of the whole series. Another story that actually happened just the way it was told. "Got to. It's America, man."

@PHR94

11 ай бұрын

RIP Snot Boogie 😢 (Lol)

Miss "The Wire"! One of the best all-time series.

@SDsailor7

2 жыл бұрын

I bought it at the swapmeet for twenty bucks! Best deal ever!

How can there ever be a scene better then this 😂

"are we ready professor?" lol

i love the way he says "docta peppa'" with that little influx at the end lmao

"Are we ready, professor?"

"Dr. Pepper!"

Bunk Moreland was just a great character on one of the best series ever. It may be dated now but it would be worth a look see again.

@jharju2352

3 жыл бұрын

No lie, I rewatch it almost annually. Just too damn good.

@SDsailor7

2 жыл бұрын

@@jharju2352 Is this show better than the Sopranos?

@jharju2352

2 жыл бұрын

@@SDsailor7 I only started watching The Sopranos recently (currently in Season 4) so I can't speak for the entire show just yet, but so far, I think The Wire is unbeaten.

@TeddyOG

2 жыл бұрын

@@SDsailor7 I watched the Wire years ago, and the Sopranos I just finished. I think I will rewatch the Wire too just because damn it's good. But what I would say is the Sopranos is incredibly ambitious, got the family life, mob life, business, medical issues, psychology, post 9/11 stuff, etc. Tony Soprano is on par with Walter White, McNulty, if not superior as a fleshed out character, not to mention paving the way for TV antiheroes from that point on. All that being said, The Wire is a bit more focused while still being hugely ambitious with the gangland viewpoint, and escalating with the school, media and politics. Because of that though there's such a huge cast that it's like an opera versus a band with a lead singer, though obviously McNulty is a main focus. My main issues with the Sopranos is that there are several story threads that get left behind, while others get incredible attention to detail. I can't remember if that was as much of an issue in the Wire but it felt more concise in its tale somehow. I guess in conclusion, they are both very much worth watching. And if you haven't I also suggest The Shield and Son's of Anarchy. They both have elements of the Sopranos while being focused on criminals and criminal cops. Lower budget and way faster paced but still deep and impactful.

Love this opening. But Snoop buying a nail gun at the beginning of season four is the best one.

Best opening? Naw. The one with Snoop in the hardware store from seas 4 was better.

@rayok123

10 жыл бұрын

Naw with that one you need to know the context and the characters. This one just stands up in it's own right.

@mojo3398

9 жыл бұрын

themythicalbeast same here. but i thought it was pretty obvious what she wanted the nailgun for.

@maxmcwhirter

8 жыл бұрын

+MoJo True, it is implied, but she didn't actually want it to use as a weapon, but to board up the vacants where they dumped the bodies.

@WalterLiddy

4 жыл бұрын

I'd agree - either that one or the one from the pilot, which really hooked me in right away.

@denniss8644

3 жыл бұрын

He meant Lexus but he ain't know it . . .

Second best. Snoop at the hardware store was the best opening ever!

Great. Now I’m going to start watching the whole series again for the 10th time.

Yes, this was one of the very best openings...very timely and truthful about the (North) American mentality.

“The bigger the lie the more they believe” This is the reality of life.

The extent of this kid’s worldview; French fries, duct tape and photocopiers

A truly masterclass Actor My man Windel.

literally had him strapped to a scanner an printer thinking it was a lie detector

@zombiesslayya8689

4 жыл бұрын

THA RACKED UP GAMER 😂😂😂😂

@Amethyst_Friend

3 жыл бұрын

I know, I was watching.

*Me if I were that situation:* "Hm, this lie detector looks a lot like a copy machine from my old job." *Detective:* "Yea, the lie detector tests you see on TV have been outdated for a while now. It's all digital now." *Me:* "That makes sense." 8 P

Now this line if pure future forecasting...the bigger the lie the more they believe.

2:55 Landsmans face here might be the best single shot in the entire series.

Just hilarious, amazing writing.

@mojo3398

9 жыл бұрын

actually based on real story. or 2 different stories maybe, the thing with fries was on another occasion than that with the copier.

Time to watch The Wire again, only seen it 5 times. Maybe this time I'll understand more. :-)

@jusjar315

4 жыл бұрын

2 times for me. both times was hard for me to keep up with the political aspects, especially in the last couple seasons. only more reason to watch it again lol.

@spokospokospokospoko

3 жыл бұрын

I recommend watching it in reverse, episode by episode. You'll discover all sorts of connections.

This is GOLD.

hahaha "We ready Professor"

Professor Jay Landsman lol.

"Dr. Pepper"!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!! The Way He Says That Is So Hilarious!!!!

@raoulhery

9 жыл бұрын

thats how your boy role

@ChrisJWattsTV

9 жыл бұрын

Salvador Allende LOL!!! That Is Hilarious!

@CJK55

9 жыл бұрын

***** hahahaha, dude said it all polite and shit

@ChrisJWattsTV

9 жыл бұрын

Pakalu Papito Lmaooo! Right!

@ChaoYun

9 жыл бұрын

***** Bunk had me at McDonaldland cookies.

This was a great scene

This is the best TV show PERIOD

The actor/detective in the background at the 2:16 minute mark did a decent job keeping a straight face from laughing, because by his facial expression you can tell he wanted to laugh LOL. Now,"we ready professor" LMAO

This looks like Tyga lol

We ready, Professor?

Landsman's face at 2:56 straight up looks like Patrick Star frowning. I love it.

"the machine tells the tell, son"

@denniss8644

3 жыл бұрын

That line gets me every time!

I remember my elementary school teacher and principal did me the same way lmao I didnt believe my friends when they told me they didnt snitch but now I know they really didnt

WHEN YOU SEE PHOTOCOPIERS BETTA WATCH YOUR BACK

Best opening ever indeed

We ready professor? 😂

because bpd couldn't never afford no damn lie detector machine lol

@Zamolxes77

8 жыл бұрын

Even if they could, a polygraph test is not admissible in court. The polygraph is used for exactly this kind of shit, fucking with the suspect to extract information. Look it up.

@ElementMaster22

8 жыл бұрын

a lie detector would not work in court because someone could easily pass a polygraph test

@flankspeed

4 жыл бұрын

They could barely afford the Mickey D's 😜

TV: You will recommend Breaking Bad to everyone you know. Me: I will recommend Breaking Bad to everyone I know. TV: Breaking Bad is the best show you've ever seen except maybe The Wire. Me: Breaking Bad is the best show I've ever seen except maybe The Wire. TV: You will never stop talking about Breaking Bad or The Wire. Me: I will never stop talking about Breaking Bad or The Wire.

I loved Bunk what a character This show is one of the best ever. May be a bit dated but still great to watch for the content and acting

He just so happens to eat a fistful of fries while walking past.

"big fries " lmao

I fucking fell down the stairs when I saw him hooked up to a copy machine

amazing

The producers of the show got these idea from NYPD detectives decades ago

@joefeeney5497

10 ай бұрын

They got the story from an actual former detective who wrote on the show.