I loved D'angelo"s "Where's Wallace" scene I tear up every time.

@davidgoeller5843

4 жыл бұрын

Where the fuck is wallace string?!

@pault1964

4 жыл бұрын

That’s based on a true story that happened in Chicago,young gang banger shot by his friends,Tupac made a big deal out of it at the time hence the poster on Wallace wall

@faseehahmad8450

4 жыл бұрын

Ayo String! Where Wallace at!

@PeterAtkinson

3 жыл бұрын

“D’Angelo shut your mouth,” so cold.

@jeffreykirton1780

3 жыл бұрын

“I dont want this payless wearin muthafuka representin me”. 😂😭💀

I just finished binge-watching the Wire. It was everything I had been told. An incredible achievement. I am still under its spell and I can't get over it. The saddest moment in the whole series is when Carver tries to help Randy and the whole damn system stops him, leaving Randy at the mercy of the wolves and the jackals. I weep because I know there are thousands of kids like Randy who are being tossed away every day and it is inexcusable.

@BlitzkriegRap

4 жыл бұрын

I just finished a few days ago, best TV show I've ever watched.

@ch33zer

3 жыл бұрын

Go back and rewatch without binging, 1-2 episodes a day. If you let each episode sink in it will hit you a lot harder.

@plan_r4005

3 жыл бұрын

You gonna help Sargent Carver right? You got my back?!? You gonna help me!!!

@waaavycrocket

3 жыл бұрын

Randy is cheeses kid

@derrick7211

3 жыл бұрын

Avon was Ja rule he had murda inc he had the world by the balls Then came Marlo he was 50 cent and had gunit Destroying everything Avon Ja rule had build.

Duquan's decline was a very interesting insight too. His story is perhaps the most sad too me.

@ngairehodge8566

4 жыл бұрын

Duquan and Mike. Mike became Omar and "Dookie" became Bubs. Mike was molested by his little brother's father. Mike was on the straight and narrow until his little brother's dad was released from prison. He had Chris kill him, then he began working for Marlo. Duquan never had a chance and he was intelligent and kind.

@japooskas

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah man .. that scene where duquan shuffles off towards the alley or sth because he has nowhere else to go shattered me when i watched it first time

@plumsgalore

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, but I found Randy’s story to be just as sad.

@doncarrera601

4 жыл бұрын

@@plumsgalore im still mad they left the last season wide open like that. I wanted to know how Randy ended up after being labeled a snitch and living in the Group Home. I wanted to know how much more lethal Mike got.

@fivefingerfullprice3403

4 жыл бұрын

@@doncarrera601 That's one of the main themes of the show though, things happen but nothing really gets resolved or ends. It just goes on the same as it always has.

The beauty and horror of The Wire is that it's still completely as relevant as when it was on. Carver: Man, you can't even call this shit a war. Herc: Why not? Carver: Wars end

@MDUmairKh

4 жыл бұрын

I'd say it's more relevant today than it was back then. The show was ahead of its time.

@jay26212

4 жыл бұрын

hRdLNE _CEO d hi

@jeffersonclippership2588

4 жыл бұрын

The war is over and the drugs have won. We just can't admit it.

@jeffwilliams2828

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffersonclippership2588 The money has won.

@dametreuspppp8734

3 жыл бұрын

facts

I remember watching the ending of Breaking Bad and saying “this is the best series ever” only to watch The Wire two weeks later and say “nope, The Wire is definitely better” and I haven’t changed my mind since. The Wire honestly changed the way I viewed a lot of issues in life. It has that power over you.

@suyashbhagwat5615

5 жыл бұрын

As the maker of this and previous videos has told us, The Wire is like a book. Therefore everything matters and that makes it so much better.

@anamariarodriguez1107

5 жыл бұрын

True.... it changed me too.

@mattbischof45

5 жыл бұрын

If it wasn't for the final season of the wire I would agree, but once it became the McNulty show it went down hill. I preferred when he wasn't in it as much and became sober. Breaking Bad never had a bad season and the finale was one of the only TV shows that I actually felt satisfied with the ending.

@1960jack

5 жыл бұрын

I had the same thing happen as you! 1. the wire , 2. Breaking Bad

@noono19

5 жыл бұрын

My story is really similar to yours. I had just finished Breaking Bad and could shut up about how great it was. A friend then told me, "I'll watch it, if you watch The Wire. I'll enjoy BB but you'll fall in love with the wire". And the fucker was right. I've become spoiled. And re-watched the wire a few more times than a doctor would advise.

I find the show growing with mobile phone technology to be really interesting. From beepers to cell phones to text messaging to picture messages.

@bami2

5 ай бұрын

The first season of the show was taking place around 2002? MMS (picture messages) was introduced that year and like the phone of Vondas (janky windows mobile) could already send photos via email around that time. I don't think it's as much technology progressing as it is the crew intentionally using older stuff to make it as hard as possible for law enforcement to snoop in. The beepers were already far obsolete by the time the show starts (mobile phones really started getting traction in the mid 90s in favor of beepers), it was more of a code/method by the Barksdale crew to keep people from having their mobile phones wiretapped. You can kinda see it in the later seasons where "burner" phones existed, they had gotten so cheap that you could treat them as essentially disposables.

@ryansproviero

5 ай бұрын

@bami2 Places like Baltimore were always behind when it came to technology. It took time to roll out the antennas needed to operate the cellular networks. I was the first in my HS to have a cell phone in 1998. Having a phone in 2002 that could send pictures was a luxury.

The writing of the wire is genius. I love how the viewer is subtly made to understand that Chris was a victim of molestation from the rage he felt when doing the favor for Mike. It's like he was getting revenge for himself.

@michaelbreen8804

2 жыл бұрын

That is possible. He knows but we don't know for fact.

@archaicrapture

2 жыл бұрын

He was in jail & he was on parole.

@tjdaprodigy1006

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t look for that much soap opera in a crime action show. And taking forever to get to the point is never a good idea

@tjdaprodigy1006

2 жыл бұрын

The wire was supposed to be about the drug era of Baltimore and the effects of it not all that melodramatic stuff. I hate when writers bait and switch. Use the name of some event than randomly write a bunch of other stuff

@smorgasbordbipples8106

2 жыл бұрын

@@tjdaprodigy1006 It's not only about the crime itself but the people, the situations they're in, how crime affects them, how they got here, it's all part of a bigger picture

He dissected this so deeply without giving up a single huge spoiler. Masterful

@jonathanogundeji4342

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe Wallace

@stevenhaas9622

4 жыл бұрын

he gave up a lot of spoilers. Wallace dying. Kima getting shot.

@Mahfireballs

4 жыл бұрын

Look at his first part (of the 3) there he starts his anaylsis and says the first episode will be mostly spoiler free, and it is. The 2nd part and 3rd indeed have some major spoilers with Wallace and Kima getting shot and Dee getting killed. But those are both in season 1 and early season 2. It also shows Hamsterdam and it's faith and "many" more as you can't really talk about the 5 season without saying any plot points if you want to go in to more detail. As a lot of it builds of each other and is a reaction to something else as most things are in reality. But I still think he only braught up "spoilers" for important parts and if you haven't seen you probably can't place them so good or even remember who you saw. But yeah part 2 and 3 definitely spoil things but there is still so much more to discover and see to just be no argument to not watch the Wire. But if you want to convince somebody to watch the Wire just show them the first part and maybe parts of the 2nd or 3rd or just say they don't have to think about it but just watch it over any other show,... XD

@johnjoseph6874

4 жыл бұрын

He spoiled alot lol, but he did give a small spoiler warning so

We're building something here detective, all the seasons matter.

@Clusters3rdStrikeArc

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@alexwhite8993

5 жыл бұрын

Ha! Nice. Freamon's actual line is, to me, one of the best, most important, and memorable lines of the whole series. It's easily my favorite. It's so subtle, but it's the foundation of so many of the show's themes. And it also reflects on the show itself, that it's a cohesive *body* of work.

@jornoporno05

5 жыл бұрын

A life, Jimmy. You know what that is? It's the shit that happens while you're waiting for videos on The Wire that never come.

@KtotheG

5 жыл бұрын

@@jornoporno05 McNulty is a true Generation Xer. We all live for those big moments where everything is supposed to come together and add meaning or affirmation to your life.

@fuzzydunlop7928

5 жыл бұрын

@@KtotheG That's very true - I feel for the kids of Gen X'ers whose moments never came. What kind of unconscious message do you think that sends? It never sent me a particularly good one.

In Baltimore, this show was EVERYTHING. It was basically a documentary. And still is. Watching all the places I know. Priceless.

@kpman644

3 жыл бұрын

As someone not from Baltimore I can only imagine what watching The Wire is like. After 5 seasons I felt as if I’ve lived there

@jaytaylor6346

3 жыл бұрын

@@kpman644 frfr💯

@Odinsday

2 жыл бұрын

This show has some of the greatest worldbuilding I've ever seen in a TV show.

@Atlastheyote222

2 жыл бұрын

I hear it’s better nowadays. But I guess a city like that will always have its problems.

@slayyster

2 жыл бұрын

@@Atlastheyote222 it ain’t better lmao city’s like the Wild West

Baltimore, Maryland is still the main character in the show.

@TheLexiconDevils

4 жыл бұрын

*Bodymore, Murdaland

@douglasharley2440

4 жыл бұрын

*charm city* baby! lol

@A_Priori_Obvious

4 жыл бұрын

B-Moe is undefeated

@Blady99

4 жыл бұрын

shut up. cold take. typical reply .

@f2afinito983

4 жыл бұрын

The wire it’s a twisted dark love letter to Baltimore... only way I can explain the wire

My favorite show is The Wire, my second favorite show is people analyzing The Wire.

@A_Priori_Obvious

4 жыл бұрын

👍🏾

@a5cent

4 жыл бұрын

I can never decide between The Wire or West Wing.

@pault1964

3 жыл бұрын

a5cent Emily proctor

@JayCity10

3 жыл бұрын

I can't decide between The Wire and More of The Wire.

Season 2 alone is brutally slow, season 2 in the greater context of the show is beautiful. *edit* after watching the Wire front to back for the 3rd time season two was faster pace than I remember. I think the dramatic change in characters led to a little bit of misremembering and now consider season 2 to be the most underrated of the show.

@brandonhargraves3853

3 жыл бұрын

That shit was super slow...with all the boats and the water and a bunch of other boring shit...I thought I was the only one who felt that way...I almost didn't make it thru

@salvator9033

3 жыл бұрын

brandon hargraves didn’t enjoy that season at all dragged way too much

@sbakernyc5761

3 жыл бұрын

I come from a long line of union workers ( NYC Electicians on ym pops side and NYC carpenters on moms)...i loved it

@edmunda4128

3 жыл бұрын

I think S2 was literally slowing down the progress of what was to come. Its where we learn the show isn’t about drugs, it’s about Baltimore entirely.

@Bootheater1

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not slow. It’s you.

How did you manage to make a incredible synopsis of The Wire and not have a single frame of Omar? lol

@BenEstes55

5 жыл бұрын

That was the first thing I thought after watching it too.

@lalad5220

5 жыл бұрын

OMG, you're absolutely right! i knew something was missing, just couldn't think of it.

@thunt1565

4 жыл бұрын

Bubbles!!!

@creolerican

4 жыл бұрын

wow, no scenes or mention of....omar, marlo, sen. clay davis, proposition joe, brotha malzone & marlo.? #BLASPHEMY

@noono19

4 жыл бұрын

@@creolerican No. Blasphemy is calling Mouzone, Malzone. What else? Avon Calabresa?

Fantastic job on this. One of the most crucial lessons from Season 3 was when Hamsterdam is discovered by the mayor, and two other key figures (I think they were both politicians, maybe one was a writer, I forget exactly), is that, individually, they all hear about the good that legalization and regulation has done (less crime, less overdoses, etc.), however, they all decide to go public as soon as possible with their disgust in Hamsterdam, all because they're afraid of how their opponents will use the news first. The strive for power in politics really hampers actual, meaningful change.

@SEV595

4 жыл бұрын

Still, Clarence is sooo tempted to accept Hamsterdam hahahaha I loved the way he gets all disappointed when the other guys get all worked up on him about the bad rap it could generate.

@Designed1

Жыл бұрын

like that reporter for the Sun said: "I had this whole story to myself for a week"

I wish I could forget about this show, so that I could discover it again

@donaldsmith3926

4 жыл бұрын

@Jimmy S The Wire" is on Amazon Prime. Watch 'Snoop and the nail gun' on KZread for a quick look at the dark humor.

@howey935

4 жыл бұрын

Have you watched a series called the corner?. Its set in Baltimore and has a lot of the same actors. Its about obviously a corner and everything that goes on and shows you the lives of all of them from the junkies to tge dealers.

@somethingsomething8511

3 жыл бұрын

@Oliver Cheney if you haven't yet, watch it. Breaking bad is great, but the wire, narratively, blows it out of the water

Season 2 was vastly underrated.

@Wideout4

5 жыл бұрын

stephen heath yet poor whites believe they are above any person of color in class??

@rainbowthegod

5 жыл бұрын

I always got lost during season 2. Never understood it clearly...

@michaelcastady6600

5 жыл бұрын

@@Wideout4 no

@alexwhite8993

5 жыл бұрын

Very much so, it's great. But I could see how viewers at the time might have been soured at the hard-right turn Mr. Flight mentions. It's maybe a little easier to watch today, when you (probably/maybe?) know that the show is about many different characters and institutions.

@NostalgiNorden

5 жыл бұрын

It was crap.

always love how they put the tupac poster behind wallace when he died... so symbolic beyond the martyrdom level

@GamerscoreOfThrones

5 жыл бұрын

Ben I don’t think most people notice that. I did right away and I was like damn that’s deep

@RustCohle072

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not familiar with Tupac's life. Can you elaborate on the similarities between the two?

@NoBrakes23

5 жыл бұрын

Wallace wasn't a martyr, he was bitch with no heart. His boys went to a good deal of effort to get him out of the life, but through stupidity and laziness, he got back into it on purpose. He embraced the life that led to his death. There's absolutely nothing heroic or admirable about Wallace.

@shanteljenkins3135

4 жыл бұрын

NoBrakes23 he was a child

@Ratchet2431

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoBrakes23 He was a child. He didn't know anything beyond Baltimore (he didn't even know what the crickets were). It is no coincidence that right after he dies, his alcoholic mother is shown. He was doomed from the beginning, that is what makes his death so tragic. Oh yes, and he was killed by his best friends.

As I get older, the more I relate to the Wire. It’s so hard to make changes in your organization. Whether you are in corporate America, a police department, politics, education system or even the drug game. Guys like McNulty, Bunny, Stringer, D’Angelo all want to make changes within their systems, yet none were successful and the game continued well after all of them left.

@michaelcorcoran8768

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's the sad part there was never any positive systemic change. Every now and then there were a few individual success stories like bubbles and cutty managing to create a non-criminal life for themselves, all those still limited to the streets of Baltimore. "How do you get from here to the rest of the world," Dukie asked Cutty. "I don't know."

@JakeWitmer

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelcorcoran8768 only ending drug prohibition is a solution

@duderama6750

Жыл бұрын

The system is a living entity that unconsciously resists and actively fights change. Just as your body deploys antibodies to destroy invaders, so too does society deploy it's own agents to counter systemic change. The police act against criminals to keep them from overwhelming society, and those same police work against any reform of their own internal system of regulation. The media hates any who would threaten the underlying order of their structure. They jealously guard against outsiders taking their authority while safeguarding the corruption that keeps them in their place in the tower. See Julian Assange about that. Whistle blowers are universally shunned and resisted as your body would fight a virus. This is no coincidence. We are just as cells in a living body of society, all of us replaceable if we should fail in our assigned roles. All of us corruptible too. Power corrupts as power is the greatest agent of change, so it destroys those who wield it, to keep them from doing too much damage to the system. It does the same for any reformers. Intentions are irrelevant, effects trigger response. Too much change is seen as a disease. The system just wants to live, it has no morals but what we bring to it. If our effects are small we can survive within. If we seek great change that system will seek to destroy us.

I always imagined a future season could have been based around the prison system in Baltimore, and how the prison-industrial complex has shaped crime and punishment in the United States.

@aaronmusic07

5 жыл бұрын

Just posted this same comment before I read yours. Not stealing your idea, it's just interesting we're on the same train of thought on this

@Ammoniumbicarbonat

5 жыл бұрын

Aaron Marshall Haha I guess it’s sort of a natural progression man, and great minds think alike

@Vinny.X

4 жыл бұрын

That's a great point. On reflection, I'm surprised they didn't hit more on prisons. In all seriousness, the show hits on every progressive excuse why someone's bad actions are never his own fault, so why not. Season 6 could be prisons made me do it. Season 7 could be racism made me do it. Season 8 could be lack of government entitlements made me do it. Season 9 could be, I took the easy way out and chose to sell drugs and destroy my life rather than the hard work of honest work and dedication... Oh hell no, Season 9 would have been terminated before Episode one was even half way done airing.

@squarecracker

4 жыл бұрын

@@Vinny.X i'm decidedly against progressives but I think you really have to stretch to to think this show is endorsing progressive policies or laying the blame at the feet of institutions. In fact, for me, The Wire is a grand statement against progressivism (see the part about blowing up the housing projects in this vid as an example).

@lateralhistory

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if this was what the writers were intending to do with season six, if they'd been given the chance. We leave season five with Ronnie a judge, Daniels an honest lawyer, and Herc moving up the ladder in the employ of a crooked lawyer. WeBey, Avon, and Chris are all behind bars. WeBey and Chris both have children. Cutty and Poot show us what it's like to move through the world after prison release with a major and a minor record, respectively. Carver in the Western provides a look at how one officers decision can impact a young person's life forever. They could turn their life around or fall deeper into the system, depending on how the arresting officer chooses to play it. I don't know, maybe it's just a testament to how finely constructed the show was, but I could easily see the pieces laid out in place for a season about the prisons.

I rewatch the wire every few years. Though it's not surprising, as it was the first time, it still never fails to draw me in. Thanks for this.

@zippoboyshaneshank8954

5 жыл бұрын

It probably took me five complete viewings to pick up on everything in this show, but I still continue to watch it every few years, because as the world changes, the Wire seems to become even more relevant. Look at the opioid crisis in America... It is no longer confined to urban ghettos, but is now devastating suburban landscapes... To say this show is prescient would be an understatement!

@TachoSJ

4 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@bucky90269

4 жыл бұрын

I've watched it twice and am considering watching it a 3rd time soon. There are so many subtleties that you have to re-watch and analyze to get a full understanding

@howey935

4 жыл бұрын

Ive watched it countless times its just that good.

@masonmccarthy9057

2 жыл бұрын

Where to watch it at?

Season 4 is still my favorite of the Wire.

@peaceindarkness.darknessis3494

5 жыл бұрын

Yup

@pathendlem

5 жыл бұрын

For some reason I’ve found the fourth season to be the best season of numerous shows. IMO: breaking bad, game of thrones, Oz, dexter, sons of Anarchy, the sopranos, the wire-all of them had stellar fourth seasons

@shayb8203

5 жыл бұрын

Same!!!!

@ngairehodge8566

4 жыл бұрын

Its my favorite season as well. I used to call it The Kids. I think of it as a drugs addiction and how it affects the kids.

@JohnDoe-tq3ye

4 жыл бұрын

It was my fourth favorite season. Season 5 was the worst.

Holy fuck the Nick/Ziggy and Avon/Stringer parallel was crazy, great job

The Wire ends in such a way that always felt satisfying to me, the characters still are going about their lives and nothing really has changed, yet the story has been told and as a viewer you are simply left to dwell on the narrative itself; beyond the characters at that point, and ultimately encapsulated by the show's broader themes and overall message. A true testament to the phenomenal writing.

@773SleepyHollow

2 жыл бұрын

"All the guys at the bar, Jimmy, all the girls; they don't show up at your wake. Not because they don't like you. But because, they never knew your last name. Then a month later, someone tells them, "Oh, Jimmy died." "Jimmy who?" "Jimmy the Cop." "Ohhh," they say, "him". And all the people on the job, all those people you spent all the hours in the radio cars with, the guys with their feet up on the desk, tellin' stories, who shorted you on your food runs, who signed your overtime slips. In the end, they're not gonna be there either. Family, that's it. Family, and if you're lucky, one or two friends who are the same as family. That's all the best of us get. Everything else is just...”

@wasatchify

9 ай бұрын

That the systems are so resistant to change is sobering and depressing. I don't know what it would take, but there are no easy answers. However, the show did at least show that redemption was possible for individuals. Not easy, by any means, but possible. Cutty and Bubbles for sure. Maybe McNulty, but I have less faith in that one. Bubbles finally going upstairs... damn, that really got me.

Best TV show ever made. Nothing comes close for me. Realism and subtleties, lessons and cautionary tales, tragedy and triumph. Just a complete tour de force of the small screen. Might even be the greatest piece of art for that matter. Will still be relevant 100 years from now!

@davisboyd6644

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Nothing I have found has come close. Early seasons of Game of Thrones had great potential, but we all know how that ended. Sopranos too, but even that show doesn't compare. Breaking Bad is very solid throughout, but not as deep & subtle as the Wire, nor as realistic. Seasons 1 & 2 of House of Cards were great, and exciting, but again, fails to continue its first few great seasons. Still looking for a show close to the Wire. Currently on my 5th watch through of the Wire. !

@kobyashimaru1353

5 жыл бұрын

Davis Boyd I've just finished season 2 while on my 6th full run of the show. Immense. Reveals new layers on every watch

@kobyashimaru1353

5 жыл бұрын

Jared Dowty The woman had impeccable taste then 👍🏻 may she rest

@moominek

5 жыл бұрын

Jamie Broomhall have you seen Mad Men? For me it’s on the same level, maybe even slightly better.

@CoarStolos

5 жыл бұрын

@Jared Dowty Mad men is pretty good. It narrates all the 60s culture and history. i like the wire and mad men SHOOT ME

Funny how The Wire flew below the public radar. I first heard of it 10 years after it ended and in of all places a You Tube comment section (like the one your reading now). The comments were arguments between which is better, Breaking Bad or The Sopranos and someone suggested checking out The Wire. I watched the first season on a pirate video site , then ran out and bought a box set of the complete series which I watched 3 times in a row ! I returned to that comment section and thanked the person who pointed me in the right direction. So which is better, Sopranos, BB , Wire? After watching Wire I've come to the conclusion that all 3 are great adventures in their own right.

@suyashbhagwat5615

5 жыл бұрын

I'm currently watching The Sopranos but you can guess right away that it's not like The Wire and nor should have to be but I prefer The Wire's way of doing stuff even if I don't understand something right away.

@Golimetry

4 жыл бұрын

I live in Australia. I remember they had The Wire on at like 2 am here, and I saw season 1 and got hooked straight away. The attention to detail is awesome but it demands attention too. There's so much you miss. And so much that's relelvant. Take the controversy over the NSA, for instance: the detectives in S1 do, on a smaller scale, what the NSA/Ed Snowden controversy was about. By tapping the public phones near the lowrises, they're gathering all this metadata. They don't go hard on it, but you'll notice they never actually gather audio EXCEPT when the metadata (the phone numbers on the warrants issued by the judge) are targets - but the potential I suppose exists for them to tap any phone call. So it's just very interesting. The Wire is in my view superior to The Sopranos for a single reason, and that is, realism. I used to love Mafia stuff and still do - but The Sopranos was originally supposed to be a drama about an FBI agent. It's about family. That's the theme. It's vaguely but not specifically accurate to how the Mafia actually operates although there's some good stuff there, don't get be wrong. But imagine a Mafia show written by an FBI agent - that's what The Wire is. A cop show written by (1) An ex-cop on the drug beat (Ed Burns), and (2) A reporter who covered the police beat. The realism is just unlike any other show.

@snipdemtips8258

4 жыл бұрын

I watched the show before when I was a kid... obviously, because I didn't know much or at all, I didn't appreciate it, mostly because I was a kid and I wasn't smart. Nowadays... damn, I wanna rewatch the show over and over again.

@chiefchiefer5005

4 жыл бұрын

The Wire and The Sopranos were the reason a lot of people had HBO back in the day they were both highly talked about shows.

@johnv6806

4 жыл бұрын

Sopranos was WAYY overrated. I probably wouldn't put it in my top 20 tv shows

i like that the multiple perspectives isn't used to glorify or demonize anyone just tell their story for a broad immersive world. prolly why the anthology style actually worked so well.

Season 3 is my personal favorite. Avon and Marlo were both in it. Bunny Colvins whole rogue police storyline was great. Omar was seeking revenge. The police squad had their adversity. Politics was now involved, showing more problems within the system. It’s hard to say which season was the best, but I personally thought 3 was the most entertaining.

WHERES WALLACE STRING? STRING?!

@figo007tv

4 жыл бұрын

Wallace outchyea fucking up wakanda, 🤦🏾‍♂️

@sonakshipanwar6791

3 жыл бұрын

He is michael Jordan

Its sad to know smart and compassionate kids like Duquan (dookie), Randy and Michael are really out there and will end up in the same situation as those characters from the show did due to their upbringing, parents, poverty and addiction... no where else to go no one they can turn to. Its seriously heart breaking

@HighLordBlazeReborn

Жыл бұрын

That scene of Carver visiting the kids' old hangout always makes me feel depressed for a solid couple hours after I watch it. There's no one there. The hardworking, happy go lucky Randy's off becoming a hardened criminal. Mike has gone from a straight arrow, quiet kid to a killer. Dukie, a kid with a genuine desire and ability to learn and grow is off descending into the depths of addiction. And Naymond, possibly the least deserving of the lot, is off in a completely different social stratum altogether, never to return or look back. That backlot is empty, and all that's left is the graffiti. Lives that could've gone so differently now either destroyed or gone someplace completely different, a little micro community that could've been something gone forever. Sigh.

@antimike11

Жыл бұрын

That little boy kenard probably doing life in prison.

@joshuacanete7801

Жыл бұрын

I don't think the indictment here is meant to land squarely on the upbringing and parenting, unless you are talking about this in the larger sense of society's role here. The narrative doesn't shy away from pointing to more systemic issues. Its kind of the point.

@IgnacioMedrano-wy8rm

11 ай бұрын

funny how the only one that end up ok was namond

Growing up in Baltimore the one thing that I’m always asked by people not from here is, “is it true”. That alone makes me happy with how much this show has opened people’s eyes. Yea some of it is stretched for entertainment, but they did a great job with about 85-90% of it being true. I always tell them, “and yes their has been and still are bodies showing up in abandoned houses.

@missssophisicated6742

Жыл бұрын

I go through the same thing when I say where I'm from..the torture houses will always be what they are..

@dtcarpediem

Жыл бұрын

@@missssophisicated6742 truth

Season 6’s theme would’ve been immigration, particularly dealing with the rising Latino population in Baltimore, but David Simon and his team felt like they didn’t have anyone on their team that were experts in that field and didn’t want to write about something they only had minor insider knowledge of.

@wuzzgoodbruh450

2 жыл бұрын

Though I am glad that the show knew when to end, it would have be cool to explore that aspect. It would have been more focused in the Southeast of Baltimore, as well as maybe going more in depth in the DMV (Montgomery and Prince George's Counties) and how the game is operated in those parts as well.

@amitkenan3878

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see Hispanics join the game

@michaelparousis3328

2 жыл бұрын

yeah they could have named it, "the beginning of the end of american greatness"

@thatguynamedblaze_

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelparousis3328 tf are you on?

@Se7enDuece

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelparousis3328 Tell me you're a worthless MAGAt without saying you're a worthless MAGAt.

Rest in peace. "You come at the king, you best not miss."

Although I really liked all seasons, my favorites were the third and fourth. The presence of Major Colvin made the whole difference for me, especially because of the way he helped Namond. It was a little ray of sunshine given the situation of the other boys.

@anamariarodriguez1107

5 жыл бұрын

@Jared Dowty Sureeee!!

Watching The Wire for the first time was a life-changing experience. It's the television show by which I judge all others.

The kid actors on this show did a stupendous job.

*breath* WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE GARDEN...

@maxrichards3818

3 жыл бұрын

YOU GOTTA WATCH YOUR BACK

@siddhantpanwar95

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta keep the devil, Down in the hole!!

@user-un3jo2iw9x

3 жыл бұрын

Best theme song

That scene where Bubs is in Hampsterdam and suddenly realizes it's getting very dark and very dangerous quickly. And also when Carcetti walks through it. Wow, just masterpiece at perspective. Best TV show I've watched, by far.

I just finished watching the show for the first time. The GOAT.

That last scene with Dukie walking into that hell on earth basically... always gets me. ):

@asher6657

4 жыл бұрын

it seems that it hinted at the circular nature of society. each child from Season 4 was both a result of, and the creation of the main characters. Dukie became Bubbles, Mike became Omar; Bodie also might have become either Marlo or Barksdale; Randy might have become Prop Joe?; Namond got out of the game, and couldve become anybody that was non drug related, like Bunny, or the Mayor That was one of the gems of the wire...with a little love and guidance, he avoided the corner entirely.

@GoBuckeyes554

4 жыл бұрын

when he reminisced about the fun day they had in the summer with the pee balloons and Michael said he didn't remember that really got me because either Michael was so far removed from innocence and seen/done so many horrible things since then he truly has removed himself from that past life or he didnt want to indulge in Dukie's "remember when" cause it was a time for them both to move on from each other.

@jacksonmorgan4347

3 жыл бұрын

@@asher6657 bodie imo became wallace

@laneyfromtheburbsjersey5691

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacksonmorgan4347 na Wallace was a child, and not meant for that life. Bodie was aspiring to be the smartest pawn on the board. He played the game, and refused to run.

@jacksonmorgan4347

3 жыл бұрын

@@laneyfromtheburbsjersey5691 yea but at the end of the day he was willing to talk to police and that’s what got him killed

The world-building in this series is too damn good. Love how the show keeps reminding you subtly that Baltimore is the protagonist.

I hit that bell icon just waiting for the next Wire analysis vid to come out 😝 BEST TV SHOW EVER 👏

@MikeDixieWrecked

5 жыл бұрын

I wish David Simon would consider doing a Wire chapter two, five new seasons based on previous and new characters.

@EntrEsprit

5 жыл бұрын

no matter what is the best show,the most important thing it's not Chernobyl))

@TheDRODOR

5 жыл бұрын

@@MikeDixieWrecked what? What the hell for?

"The bigger the lie, the more they believe" Powerful line.

My heart breaks every time and I start crying when Wallace was killed...that scene, I get can’t through it with a straight face.

@ladykb9729

2 жыл бұрын

Who would of thought Wallace would be who he is.... A lot of characters blow up from here.

@nikki05jams

2 жыл бұрын

@@ladykb9729 Facts. I loved it when some of the cast in other tv shows and/or movies.

@reedsullivan8755

2 жыл бұрын

What’s crazy is how you feel about Bodie in S1 because of Wallace’s death, but by S4 you end up loving Bodie

@nikki05jams

2 жыл бұрын

@@reedsullivan8755 Absolutely 💯. Even though karma came for Bodie.

nice retrospective - excellent show!

Great video, Thomas! This videos series is what finally got me to start the show. And I literally just uploaded my video on it not 30 minutes ago haha.

@tonial

5 жыл бұрын

I just watched, it was a great video!

@BehindtheCurtain

5 жыл бұрын

@@tonial Thank you!

@ThomasFlight

5 жыл бұрын

I just saw the thumbnail! Looking forward to watching it, glad I got you hooked!

@pievancl5457

5 жыл бұрын

Watching next!

@samuelmuiruri4704

5 жыл бұрын

heading there now. the wire is the sh. am obsessed with it

Season 2 was so vital to the series. Very well written. Though I didn't see it at the time, I appreciate it so much now.

@nevermindme8922

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I didn’t like it at first, but after rewatching, it’s critical to the development of the show. Season 5 is the worst

The streets still hurt from Bodie being killed

Great collection of videos on The Wire! I want to rewatch the whole show again because of these videos. This has brought a new light and perspective to one of my favourite shows. Subscribed!

The theme of education could be argued to have been present as early as Season One: when D teaches a fellow hood some chess by relating the pieces to members of the drug trade hierarchy. It’s brilliant in that it shows how education needs to be catered to individual students as S4 shows, while also being the metaphor for the show “all the pieces matter”

@josephbrennan9712

5 жыл бұрын

Yh - I mean, another thing: in The Wire a lot of the 'traditional' formative relationships like family are dysfunctional or non-existent, so you end up being more drawn towards these highlighted moments where people really connect, teach each other and feel genuine camaraderie or affection. In short: where people truly open up. An example would be the chess one you mentioned, or the relationships between Prezbylewski and his students, or between Avon and Wee-Bey in certain scenes

@ilduce5920

5 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite lines; " y'all can't be playin checkas on no chess board yo!" - D'angelo

@RantTheRetort

5 жыл бұрын

There was an interview with the actor who played Omar a few years back. He said they wanted to hire alot of local people to play the parts, but most of them couldnt read. That sucks. The Wire does show very well how no 1 problem exists in isolation.

@ngairehodge8566

4 жыл бұрын

D also schools the kids on business because of their theory of McDonald's chicken nuggets idea.

This proves that this is the best show ever made. I’ve watched and re-watched The Wire from start to finish many times and it never gets old for me. The amount of talented actors, the level of writing, and how everything was put together really made it such a joy to watch. Great video…..thanks. 👍

Season 2 had one of the best lines in the whole series. After Frank Sobotka's indicted and he tries to make one more payoff for the grain pier to his friend the lobbyist, the lobbyist takes the money but tells him the grain pier is dead in that legislative session. When Frank realizes he's finished, he turns to Bruce and says, "You know what the trouble is, Brucey? We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guy's pocket." This was almost 20 years ago, and it was true then and even more prophetic as it's worse now.

Great analysis. I’m in double figures on binge rewatches and I still picked up some insight on the show from this video. I never contemplated the direct poke at the television industry (because of their Emmy snub) through season five’s take on journalism and media manipulation. I have yet to see a show before or since that has as many actors that gave such high level performances for major and minor characters. I challenge anybody to point out any show that had as many outstanding performances. Every aspect of this series delivered a gold standard - writing, directing, acting, production, music. I don’t even watch tv in the same way anymore. This show literally flipped the script.

@oliverhug3

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more.

This was really good. You've got a great touch for helping me look at my favorite media of all time with new eyes. Really appreciate your work here

@ThomasFlight

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Just binged the whole season this month, season 2 is definitely underrated. It was season 5 that actually had me lose interest quickly and took me way longer to finish than the rest. That being said, this series is amazing. Definitely in my top 3.

@graphicsdesignlearning7463

4 жыл бұрын

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@saedkhaled4449

3 жыл бұрын

Had the same problem when I first watched the show s5 was really not that enjoyable to me until I watched it again made me realize how good s5 is tbr

@saaimhaider8703

2 жыл бұрын

Season 5 was really boring, yeah. The newspaper storyline was just shit. The streets storyline was cool though, and I didn't mind the fake serial killer thing. I just couldn't stand the newspaper storyline. Atleast the last 3 episodes were good

The phrase "school-to-prison pipeline" came into vogue long after this series concluded, but Season 4 is as good a dissection of the concept as any.

@chaci1

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. I never thought about that

@queendeche4555

3 жыл бұрын

School-to-prison and school-to-morgue pipelines are both illustrated by The Wire.

@kandake8930

3 жыл бұрын

Crib to prison pipeline

D'Angelo's death was the saddest one to me, he was born into the game and when he wanted to get out he got killed. This is in my humble opinion the best show of all time, the acting is excellent, the script is perfect, the scenes without dialogue are excellent and very meaningful, the characters are exciting, and the consistency of the 5 seasons is great, I agree S5 is the 'weakest' one but still very good, my favourites seasons by order are S1, S3, S2-S4/S4-S2, S5

@shameekgrimes1921

3 жыл бұрын

His death caught me off guard. Also my rating: S4, S1, S3, S2, S5

@Vaninasanta

Жыл бұрын

The "fu@%k" scene is simply *brilliant* (S1). Not one single word spoken rather than "fu@k" or "fu@k me", nothing explained, only McNulty and Bunk positioning the photos, taking measures... and we all understood everything XD

I've spent my entire life in Baltimore and this show hit the nail right on the head

Personally loved season 5. Bubs his redemption and Omar's ending are amazing.

@pjishomo

4 жыл бұрын

@@kqatsi Agreed. I don't understand why People are so critical. The ending is so scary when you see everything full cirlce. Bubs gets replaced and so does Omar. I must see this show again. It's been so long

@ngairehodge8566

4 жыл бұрын

@@pjishomo Yes. "Dookie" becomes Bubs...that messed me up. He had so much promise. Mike too, he becomes Omar.

@bucky90269

4 жыл бұрын

I thought the ending was cool. But the season as a whole was very underwhelming. It centered on McNulty way too much. It strayed from the blueprint a little bit. The wire was like a living embodiment of the city of Baltimore up to that season. In season 5 it became kind of like watching a better version of NYPD Blue. Still very good, but a little bit off when compared to the other seasons.

@Ratchet2431

4 жыл бұрын

It's a good season but McNulty's plot is too implausible, the newspaper's plot is too didactic and lacks the impact that the plots of the drug war and school had. But yeah, the three last episodes are one of the best in television.

@pjishomo

4 жыл бұрын

@@bucky90269 Yes it could get boring from time to time. But like i said it's been a long time and i smoked a lot of weed in that period. Maybe if i see it again i would agree with you. The thing i Remember the most was the ending and it got me emotional.

I’m 14 live in the Bronx and I watch this and other related shows and when I have discussions amongst my friends like this I always stand out because I understand they look at me like I’m just chatting buts it’s true how this stuff is really real they think it’s all about games and getting girls not knowing what’s going on in the real world

Probably the most underrated TV series ever. I loved season 2. Still do. The point is the creator was trying to bring light to a problem that was monumental and spread many contexts. It is still a top 3 series for me despite Sopranos, Game of Thrones, and several sitcoms that rate high on my list. That season premiere with Snoop in the hardware store is probably the best season premiere of all time. Rest in Peace, Michael K. Willams. You were a pioneer and one of my favorite characters on both The Wire and Boardwalk Empire.

Love how you presented that nail gun scene with snoop. It was a perfect scene and a hell of a way to start the season. Not to mention the actor selling the nail gun was just perfect!! I'd go as far as saying that it might be the best scene of the entire show but there are so many scenes that made me feel that way 😂👌 This show (and i mean every single episode) was pure GOLD! Great video brother and "Good day to you sir" 😉

Amazing music selection at 1:52 - the most emotion I felt watching your wire vids. Outstanding work on these man

The most amazing thing about the multitude of analyses of The Wire is that this series has been watched, admired, studied, and broken down by so many people from all walks of life. Truly a remarkable show. I have binge-watched it 4 times, and have discovered new ekements, or looked at old elements in a different light every time.

Man I really loved season 2-as a blue collar worker, I was able to relate to the dockworkers plotline.

@ProperChop

3 жыл бұрын

Sobotka reminds me of so many guys I worked with over the years. The final scene with him and Zig was tough.

Your videos make the best show ever made even better. Thanks for your work. As someone who grow up around the Baltimore drug trade this show means so much to me.

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Very well made, and insightful. Just finished myfirst watch a week or so ago, perfect timing.

this was an amazing video. i remember coming up hearing my parents talk about this show and watching it as an adult and this video really sums up so much of what i love about it too

I watch The Wire every year starting in April-June and I see things that I missed every year. Season 2 and Season 4 were awesome Television and Story telling

The Wire is by far the most splendid show I have ever watched. The whole production team and actors must be proud just by association alone

Brilliantly done! The best short documentary on The Wire I have ever seen done, plus the adverts at the end, perfect!!!

As a huge fan of the show and someone who has analyzed it endlessly, I gotta say you hit every note perfectly in your videos. I loved hearing your take and even learned a bit. Great content, you got a subscriber here.

The greatest television drama of all time PERIOD!!!!

@Irobinson86

4 жыл бұрын

Mooky Blaylock 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

@lancemilliken9078

4 жыл бұрын

Irobinson86 and it's not even close

@bluecomet1109

4 жыл бұрын

Sopranos is miles better

@stevemiller1345

4 жыл бұрын

Highly over rated show.

This isn't a T.V Show, this is a Documentary about Baltimore City.

Season 1 was just incredible. Every season after was great too but season 1 really set up a fantastic show overall.

I'm so so so glad you hit on one of my favorite points of the wire.. they never once, throughout all five seasons, gave you that thing you wanted. It never let the good guy win to please the audience. It's like you have these hopes of what resolution is on the horizon, and it's never given to you, because of the realism of the entire show. It's so beautifully done. Great video man.

Because is the Wire....It's not like this is Game of Thrones.

@dakf660

5 жыл бұрын

🤘🏾

@maniacmasturbator2411

5 жыл бұрын

Vicente Ortega Rubilar if this was like GOT, it would end with McNulty getting promoted and they would say “McNulty’s superiors kinda forgot he staged crime scenes and created a fictional serial killer”

@frenchy2047

5 жыл бұрын

Oz is the father of all this

@zym6687

5 жыл бұрын

@@jrvasquez No, and it's not even really close. GoT will be forgotten in 5 years. The Wire won't be forgotten for 5 generations.

@fuzzydunlop7928

5 жыл бұрын

@@zym6687 Eh, I hated the fucking show but I can't deny that Game of Thrones was a cultural event. Not as big and certainly not as well-received as breaking bad, but a significant cultural event nonetheless. I'm just hoping the book series ends up eclipsing the show in memory. Speaking of which, Game of Thrones REALLY would've benefited by sticking to the Wire format - it actually attempted to do that up to season 4, with constantly adding on new characters and settings and building on the world - and then it went downhill. I saw someone say that it became "more psychological than sociological" and that that was the problem, basically, it stopped being like the Wire - which constantly enhanced the scope of the narrative. The Wire is a masterclass in casual, but heavy world-building.

Each season answered a question: Season 1: who is everyone, what do they do, and why do they matter? Season 2: who are the real gangsters? Season 3: who runs Baltimore? Season 4: how do create people Avon, Bodie, and Marlo? (Middle school aged kids at an impressionable age) Season 5: how does media control a narrative? I grew up in Baltimore and saw so many parallels between Baltimore's history and the show. Pure brilliance.

Absolutely loving this series, you've inspired a rewatch from me!

The production quality and presentation fo these are terrific. I've loved like 4 videos of yours so far.

Been waiting for this. So glad to have it, but sad this series is over

@ThomasFlight

5 жыл бұрын

Don't loose hope! I might do more in the future, just taking a break for now.

The Wire's and True Detective's season 1s are the two best things I ever watched on a screen

@Greg_Olinovitch

3 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I say to people

@pawasdixit6011

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more

@fifthbusiness1678

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly this. Thumbs up!

@773SleepyHollow

2 жыл бұрын

Huh... I'm a fan of True Detective, but I wouldn't put it on the level of The Wire... I think the quality of True Detective was more dependent on the acting and charisma of its leads... The Wire has great actors with plenty of charisma, but I think the show brings more to the table on the whole than True Detective. Baseball refers to five-tool-players... I don't think TD compares as a five-tool-player to TW.

@maxanderson9293

2 жыл бұрын

@@773SleepyHollow actually they portray two different themes, True Detective puts the focus on its character and changes the world around them while the Wire does the opposite it puts the focus on the society which in turn reforms the characters.

I loved this synopsis. As a person of color from Baltimore, you nailed the message of the program right on the head. Thanks for your understanding and vivid illustration of your perception. 🙂 I'm subscribing.

@brendanoconnor3128

2 жыл бұрын

Hey...I'm a person of white colour from a town in Ireland named Balitmore...!!! Is your Baltimore really as crazy as the Wire depicts???

@JakeWitmer

Жыл бұрын

@@brendanoconnor3128 ...every big city area that's a drug-prohibition-created-ghetto is equally crazy

Hulu has The Wire on its streaming platform. I lived out of the country whilst it was on HBO and never had a chance to watch it. To say I am relishing the viewing is a subtle understatement. :-)

This show alone is perfection. Every season relates to somewhat part of your life. The last two seasons easily hit me because I was just in school and had a group of friends, and now we're all doing our own thing and moved on from one another. Each character of the kids in season 4 reminds me of my friends. One of my friends reminds me of Dukie, another mike, another randy, and me Naymond. Once I finished the show, I damn near was about to cry because of how much the show is true. I believe the characters I rooted for who wanted to get over the hump didn't, like bodie, Wallace, D'Angelo, randy, and Dukie. Dukies storyline hurts the most because all he wanted was to feel was love and have something constructive in his life. He was blossoming before he had to go to highschool and was doing great. I feel as Prez could've been that role model for dukie and took him in, like Colvin did Naymond.

Excellent!!! As a former heroin addict from Baltimore I can also tell you that the stasis that you refer to is also an allegory for heroin itself. As a drug it keeps a person in a sort of “Groundhog Day” state. Action as inaction and reaction but nothing ever changes. I haven’t bought dope in Baltimore in over 28 years, but bet I could roll up to Baker and McKean (Westside) and cop right now. The system is set up to fail and as you have pointed out The Wire exposes how brilliantly. Even with its poignant argument against the “war on drugs” , nothing has changed. Great vid!! Thank you.

Just finished binging the show absolutely loved it. I live in Maryland so it’s so funny to hear them randomly name drop towns and cities and counties I go to all the time. One of my favorite lines is in season 4 when they are talking about how the school doesent have enough funding and one lady remarks “what do you think this is Montgomery county” because I live in Montgomery county and our schools are very well funded and little lines like that that people wouldn’t even twice about if they weren’t from the Baltimore area show how detailed and thought out and honest this show is.

This is an all time great analysis, you hit every sentiment, thank you.

Just went so deep on the wire. A true masterpiece

Everywhere I've looked it said Ed Burns did write on the fifth season? Amazing video, I agree 100% it needs to be taken as a strong whole piece. How closely it follows Simon's Homicide book is just remarkable.

@Ratchet2431

4 жыл бұрын

Same. I don't know where he did get that.

I've never had a chance to watch this show but it's definitely on my watch list. Beautifully done. +1 subscriber, my friend!

Thanks fam!!! you changed my perspective of season 2.....I've always hated it, now i get it.....salute homie🙏🏾🙏🏾

I see The Wire video I click inmediatley

You have Season 3 listed under Politics where I believe the season's theme was Reform. Colvin trying to reform the war on drugs with Hamsterdam. Stringer trying to reform "the game" of the drug trade. Cutty adjusting to society after his time in prison In the face of these reforms, long standing institutions such as the city hall, police department, and existing drug orgs. serving as barriers to change.

@Ratchet2431

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, David Símon mentions in the DVD commentaries that Reform is the main theme of that season.

@CH-sl5eq

4 жыл бұрын

"Reform Lamarr, Reform" -Brother Mouzone

@colemaye6220

4 жыл бұрын

Reform(or lack there of)through the perspectives of mayoral candidates

I just finished the series today! I never felt be in a place without being there with this TV show. Just brilliant and accurate exposing the reality lived in Baltimore city and in others like Baltimore. I loved ✌️ Your videos are great. Thank you 🙏

@graphicsdesignlearning7463

4 жыл бұрын

Pedro Palmeira kzread.info/dash/bejne/da5ryLqfg5jKlMo.html

The most dense and rich story ever put to screen. I've watched it 6 or 7 times and still find things I've missed. Absolute genius writing

The 4th season is my favorite and is highly regarded in general. The end of season 3 has one major character dying, another sent to prison and disappearing from the show (barring 2 scenes in season 5), and the closest thing to a main character having a small role in season 4 (Dominic Fox wanted a smaller role to do other projects). And the show not only maintains its quality after this, it arguably gets better.

I enjoyed. Amazing to have a long video without a clip of Omar.

@mohamedsaciid6527

5 жыл бұрын

Reagan Peterson Omar was the greatest

@bbwolf326

5 жыл бұрын

Sheeeeeeeit

@iwantgoals1566

5 жыл бұрын

Reagan Peterson RIP Omar Little Yo 🙏🏾

This was well done! The Wire is my fave show all time. So layered and relevant today. Just a masterpiece!

Such a beautiful piece of work. There won't be a better summary of this show.