"But you aint' done shit else, numsayin, so what you gonna do?"
That's Avon asking himself that. He knows his place, and what Stringer said about being a business man, but Avon just a gangster he suppose, don't know anything else...
...And just like real life, nobody is gonna kill you for saying you want out. Some of yall watch too much t.v....Trust me.... I know...I've seen guys back out of situations plenty of times when things got too ugly
Avon let him live because he remembers the change that Stringer went through..and he realises that he Avon is a very different beast to Stringer..and he loved Stringer despite his drift away from the street to legit business. In this scene Avon for the first time realises that even the toughest gangster can change..so he liet Cutty live. When he says "He a Man Today" he is really reflecting on Stringer and his vision of freedom, which he himself (Avon) can never escape to.
Don't think it was the first time Avon heard it, and it showed he wasn't wild with no brain. I just think Avon respected him for showing heart to speak on it. Avon ruled by morale. Marlo ruled by fear, that was the difference between the two. I don't think Stringer went through a change. Some guys just don't like to touch dirt themselves. remember, Avon told Stringer that he never seen him put in no work on anybody when they were arguing later in the series. Both were thinkers
Marlo had fire but he had no respect for anyone... Stringer tried to outsmart what couldn't be and paid the price. Avon just knew the game better than anyone else
you know if people respect you .. they will never try and jack you... because they know what youve done and know what youve been thru, they know who you been running with. and they realise that you done this before them and you been thru all that already.
yeah exactly... all marlo was , was a disrespectful up and comer... he didnt respect the oldschool. he was smart and ruthless but you gotta respect the oldschool, the OG's .... just like avon respected cuttys decision. "hes a man today" haveing respect for people in the game and respecting each other is sometimes the most important thing you can have. reputation means alot.
But really, you couldn't ask for a better man holding up the Barksdale legacy than Slim. Always loved his character. Him and Bodie could have run everything
(SPOILER) it's so weird to think slim charles is the only free-standing, breathing member of the barksdale crew at the end of season 5...seems so odd.
@Clownface125 thats true...mind you, he was only a little dealer and went to prison for a few seasons, slim on the other hand is still in the game and the big dogs arent!
Cutty is another top character (he and Bunny Colvin really fascinated me throughout the third season). His relationship with Avon is what made me respect Avon a lot more than I did. Both here and when Cutty asked for a loan I thought for sure Avon was gonna kill him (and I'm sure Cutty did too). With that last line, I think Avon, like Wey Bey, understands how awful The Game they're in is.
Avon (gangster) was much better than Marlo (tyrant), no doubt.
I think the difference between Avon and Marlo was to show the difference in the generations (thats just my opinion). Just imagine if Cutty didn't change his life around, they would of did some REAL damage to Marlo's crew.
You know the sad thing is, if D was like Cutty and asked out of the game, Avon probably would have let him leave. D probably didn't think Avon had as much flex as he did. At times Avon had some genuine love for his people.
@BklynJayL the name avon barksdale was taken from a real west side kingpin called avon "bodie" barksdale from baltimore. not david barksdale from chicago. besides i always thought larry hoover started the GD's.
Avon's perhaps the only kingpin beside Prop Joe I respect. There's a real fuckin man right there. He lives by his code, he doesn't aspire to become a businessman like Stringer, he lives by it and is more of a man than any of those new mopes. The end of an era, God speed Avon.
The look Avon has at 1:02. He already knew the answer before he asked "Why not". Avon knew Cutty was a different nigga. Look at the first episode of this season, he's already wondering if jail broke him. Sorta why Avon didn't put up much of a fight when Cutty wanted out.
I love Avon, Cutty, and Slim Charles great acting and I love the way Cutty maned up and told Avon how the game wasn't in him no more and love the fact that myAvon respected him for that and let him walk away with their friendship still in tact perfect scene
Cutty was really a great character in this show. One of my favorites since he could show that he could turn his life around. Very strong role he played.
I honestly didn't know what to expect from Avon in this scene. He really stepped it in my eyes. I thought he was gonna kill him. That's what that bitch nigga Marlo would have done.
wish we could of seen more of slim ...got to like him a lot.....cutty was a man...he was honest he took a chance telling avon this.......and as for avon......he was hard but he was fair.....marlo was just hard very hard
This is a beautiful scene, from a spiritual standpoint. A man doesn't know where he is headed, but he knows the direction he is going now is the wrong way. /sigh
marlo would of capped cutty for dis shit, dats why i respected avon a lot as a character, his management skills seemed smarter (up until he got fucked by string), marlo was too quick to body niggas sometimes but avon was a real fair boss
Is anyone else pissed off that these three actors don't get propper recognition for amazing work?! Just look at Cutty's eyes when he says: "The game aint in me no more, none of it". This show was incredible while it lasted...
i love that line "he was the man in his time, ya know?" "he's a man tiday, he's a man" brilliant, a rare show of respect over their way of life. not many can walk away like cutty did. that also makes me respect the wire more, because from a writting standpoint, easy option would be to have cutty killed for quiting
yeah stanfield woulda had him whacked. Avon was a better leader than Marlo. Avon had the old school leadership and mentality in the game. He had more respect. He thought about stuff instead of just having people killed.
Avon was the best character on this show. I think the show woulda been better if Avon was on the show more in the streets instead of jail. But the sh*t hot, he a man 2day, he a man
@airkanada Seriously! If it were up to Marlo, Cutty would've been dead by now. Like Bodie said about Marlo: "He killing niggas just cos he can, not cos they snitchin', not cos it's business... just cos he can."
@airkanada ...Yep. And Avon's ultimate 'bitch-slap' on Marlo was when he went to Jessup to talk to 'Boris' and instead got Avon..who told him in the coolest way "You wanna talk to him, you gotta talk to me first..Yeah, I'm what you call an 'authority figure' around here"..You cant beat that with a stick.
Whatever it is in you that let you flo like you flo and do that thang ...it ain't in me no mo
Naw man. I ain't making myself clear. The game aint in me no mo...none of it.
I actually liked Cutty. Even in jail he had second thoughts about what to do after getting out of jail. Like so many of us, he jumped on the first train coming to survive.
brave from cutty, he could get killed for sayin sth like dat to top man, i love dat suprise look in B eye when cutty says the WHOLE game aint in him no more, also could tell how slim was disapointed cos he liked to roll wiv cutty provided his rep from old days.
i think avon liked cutty cos they were in prison togheter, he always stayed stright wiv him,
Man, Avon was in a tough position at this part of the show (low on soldiers/muscle). It took a lot to just let Cutty leave like that, much respect on his part. And I have a lot of respect for Slim Charles, too, he was ready to take the heat of Cutty's "mistake" (if you can even call it that).
This here be the difference between Avon and Marlo. Avon let Cutty be, cuz he got respect. Punk ass bitch like Marlo would have sic Chris and Snoop on Cutty.
main reason i liked avon over marlo....if cutty had come to marlo asking to leave the game marlo wouldve probably agreed to his face and then later on down the road had chris and snoop put two in his head. avon not only allowed cutty to leave the game but also helped him out with his gym.
Slim Charles is the ultimate soldier: respects authority, never over steps the mark, knows the game, keeps it real and knows whats right (like with killing bird) but at the same time knows that he is still a soldier, a kin good one though...
lol u know where old heard end up? in the joint DEAD or n the hood talkin about "back in my day" bottom line is they dnt survive long anybody sucessful did some dirt 2 get there
You're right. Avon was a hustler. He did his thing for years before they knew who he was. Stringer asked him in season 3 how much money do you need and Avon said more than I can spend. He was more about the money. He had a gangsters heart too. Marlo was MORE of a thug. He was ruthless and killed just to kill. It was all about his name(My Name Is My Name) the money didn't really matter to him. Marlo died when they took away his name. Avon is running the prison Omar is a legend and Marlo is dead.
I argree with you 99%,the 1% I dont agree with is Omar begin a legend.He was the biggest rat on the entire show, he was squealing from the first season.I dont respect that,what happens in the streets should stay in the streets amongst street players.
I understand. But Omar had A WHOLE LOT of HEART. He had Marlo Chris and Snoop all shook. Alot of the gangsters didn't like the way he got down but they all respected him. He was like a cowboy. He also had morals, he didn't bother anybody who wasn't in the game.
Yeah I dig where u are coming from,Omar did have heart and he did have Marlo and crew worried,but when it comes to morals and principles yes Omar had personal code,but he was not upright to the code of the game.Thats why I say hes not a real GANGSTER.Just having your ethics are cool,but when you enter into a game that has its own set of rules,its just not enough to uphold your personal guidelines you must also have INTEGRITY toward the rules of the game and Omar did not because he SQUEALED
Omar did what he did because Avons crew didn't play by the rules either. They tried to get him at church, and they took out his boy but Omar didn't snitch about anything that happened to him. he kept it real in that sense. What he did to Bird was indirect payback and hes a legend cause he was fearless when he did it. Looked right in Stringer and Birds eye when he snitched for something he didn't even see.
Listen a RAT is a RAT,again when you are a player in the game you follow certain rules. Avon did play by the rule, what they did to Omar boy is part of the game,because he was a player in the game,so instead of Omar charging it to the game he SQUEALED.Avon did not order that church day hit do you really watch the wire string did that.U said what Omar did to Bird was indirect payback,no thats called being a RAT,if he wanted payback he should of hit bird.Dont Rat is a code of the street to players
Y am I the only person that can fathom the rules,guidelines and codes of the street game.You really have to be a street person to fully understand or someone that understand the meaning of INTEGRITY!!!
This is how you know a youngin's mentality like watching the show didnt teach you anything...the quicker you learn that NOBODY follows the rules in the game the better you'll understand.
Everybody snitches in the game for the most part...most people have a me first attitude regardless of codes...who on the show followed the rules?
From this comment, it tell me that your a young cat that has no concept of the words MORALS, PRINCIPLE, AND INTEGRITY. A real gangster know that most people in the street game are squeals or are not upright, but that the choice we live with. You sound like if some one was to drop dime on you you will rat on them thats not how the game is play. All games have rules basket ball, spades, whatever game and if you cant play by the rules dont engage. This is the problem people cant fathom integrity
No Omar didnt snitch on Bird because he didn''t see anything on Bird! Thats not snitching thats lying and everyone knew it Omar handled that. Besides Omar had a code, he didnt snitch on what happened to Brandon but when Gant got shot Omar stood up for the civillians. He wouldn't snitch about what happened to Brandon becuase we saw what he did to brother mouzone and stringer. I understand what you are syaing about integrity and everything but you cant put Omars situation into that mix.
Omar is a rat point blank,when you are in the streets you have to keep your mouth shut, and lying on a person to put them in jail is just as bad or worst the ratting, this only apply to street players only Omar is a street player so him talking on anything to the cops about the streets is consider to be SQUEALING
You have been greatly mislead, if you think that there is no morals attached to the game.Who ever cultivated you did a bad job,your old heads are propbably as depraved as you or more.
The first thing that comes to mind when people speak on what is suppose to be gangster are drug, guns and violence and the fact that you patake in a illegal life is not what make a person gangster, its the integrity and honor one holds for the code of the game and having uprightness towards those code, thats GANGSTER!!
Morals of avon is debatable. Was it him or stringer that ordered the hit on the taxpayer in season one? Avons crew is responsible for the deaths of 2 innocent working people, I'm not sure if you can say that he "has morals".
This scence is great for the fact that it shows the morals of avon and the self knowledge of cutty. This scence is one of the best because it shows what a real gangster is suppose to have and that morals, principle and integrity
Yeah, the first thing that comes to mind when people think about gangsters is morals, principle, and integrity.......Jesus f'in Christ with these idiots on YouTube.
This is an example of ultimately why I prefer Avon's crew over marlo's. As hyperactivespork so excellent put it, there is a human element to these people. The honesty of Cutty in owning up and not letting Slim take the rap, the empathy (however expressed) by Avon. His unheard tribute at the end. The only redeeming quality I can think of from marlo's crew is loyalty. And even that flows upwards.
Yeah, and Avon displays his ability to, for the most part, read people correctly. He knows he can just let Cutty be because even though he's now out of THE GAME, he would never rat him out. Wallace and D'Angelo, on the other hand, would. But, of course, he couldn't take D'Angelo out, which is why Stringer does it, and when Avon finds that out he doesn't really argue much with Stringer's decision to do it.
Slim Charles conducted his business with such a code of honour. The pain and resolution in Cutty's voice was the epitome of a man beyond the crossroads. He knew he was finished with that life. Avon didn't rise by being overly compassionate. He did however show a great deal of flexibility by rewarding Cutty's career loyalty with gritty compassion. He then street pardons and releases him. This show did the impossible. It HUMANIZED murderous drug dealers. it won't ever get better than The Wire.
"But you aint' done shit else, numsayin, so what you gonna do?"
That's Avon asking himself that. He knows his place, and what Stringer said about being a business man, but Avon just a gangster he suppose, don't know anything else...
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kandinskyforfootball 2 weeks ago
IT CANT BE DIS
lalo6437 1 month ago
"He a man today"
rybobuno 1 month ago
Cutty and slim had heart
Mrpaulbarnes 3 months ago
...And just like real life, nobody is gonna kill you for saying you want out. Some of yall watch too much t.v....Trust me.... I know...I've seen guys back out of situations plenty of times when things got too ugly
MrYoubtubin 3 months ago
Avon let him live because he remembers the change that Stringer went through..and he realises that he Avon is a very different beast to Stringer..and he loved Stringer despite his drift away from the street to legit business. In this scene Avon for the first time realises that even the toughest gangster can change..so he liet Cutty live. When he says "He a Man Today" he is really reflecting on Stringer and his vision of freedom, which he himself (Avon) can never escape to.
nubianhorizons 3 months ago
@nubianhorizons
Don't think it was the first time Avon heard it, and it showed he wasn't wild with no brain. I just think Avon respected him for showing heart to speak on it. Avon ruled by morale. Marlo ruled by fear, that was the difference between the two. I don't think Stringer went through a change. Some guys just don't like to touch dirt themselves. remember, Avon told Stringer that he never seen him put in no work on anybody when they were arguing later in the series. Both were thinkers
MrYoubtubin 3 months ago
Damn Cutty thats the hardest line i ever heard, "I had that kid in my sights, close enough to take off his Kango and half his dome wit it"
ARFOREVER07 3 months ago
He a Man today.... He a Man.
kohatencl 4 months ago
200 likes 0 dislikes... There is hope for humanity
viewingthetube45 5 months ago
Marlo had fire but he had no respect for anyone... Stringer tried to outsmart what couldn't be and paid the price. Avon just knew the game better than anyone else
ChippyBlane 5 months ago
Zero dislikes says it all...
robertmurray7782 6 months ago
you know if people respect you .. they will never try and jack you... because they know what youve done and know what youve been thru, they know who you been running with. and they realise that you done this before them and you been thru all that already.
illerskiller 6 months ago
yeah exactly... all marlo was , was a disrespectful up and comer... he didnt respect the oldschool. he was smart and ruthless but you gotta respect the oldschool, the OG's .... just like avon respected cuttys decision. "hes a man today" haveing respect for people in the game and respecting each other is sometimes the most important thing you can have. reputation means alot.
illerskiller 6 months ago
marlo probrably wouldve killed him because he knows too much
soulbrow246 7 months ago
Marlo woulda sent Chris and Snoop to walk him down an alley in fear of bein snitched on, Marlo a bitch, yo
LeBronForTheWin 8 months ago
"...but you ain't done shit else"
BishopOcelot 8 months ago
avon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> marlo
frother 9 months ago
cutty got this think, his look, his mouth always look a little open, makes him even more terrifying
shatterjack 9 months ago
yeah .........real i love it.
jiac1125 9 months ago
Is it Slim that shoots Cutty later when he's trying to get Michael off the corner?
johnnyk427 10 months ago
@johnnyk427 Naw thats monk from marlos crew after this season slim was pretty much was a higher up in the co-op so he didn't really shoot that much
jrampage4457 10 months ago
@johnnyk427 No it was Monk
stonez02 7 months ago
Avon is fine
tcw00 10 months ago
"He a man today"
Eradicus 10 months ago 6
It's quite interesting, I hated Avon in the beginning, but after seeing the whole series, I miss him like hell. He's very moral compared to Marlo.
thestranger4812 10 months ago 5
But really, you couldn't ask for a better man holding up the Barksdale legacy than Slim. Always loved his character. Him and Bodie could have run everything
Stel987 11 months ago 6
I fucking love Avon !
scaredmonkey 11 months ago
(SPOILER) it's so weird to think slim charles is the only free-standing, breathing member of the barksdale crew at the end of season 5...seems so odd.
alexthemod1 1 year ago 13
@alexthemod1 and poot! but he aint in the game no more tho
Clownface125 11 months ago
@Clownface125 thats true...mind you, he was only a little dealer and went to prison for a few seasons, slim on the other hand is still in the game and the big dogs arent!
alexthemod1 11 months ago
@alexthemod1 True true!
Clownface125 11 months ago
@alexthemod1 Poot made it out too man
deekan 1 month ago 8
@deekan Went from buyin' shoes to selling them.
sephyr242 1 month ago
@alexthemod1 so poot don't count?
Glorenzelg1 4 days ago
you gotta love the look on cutty's face when avon lets him go, he was totally expecting to get shot down right there
wad0cash 1 year ago
Cutty is another top character (he and Bunny Colvin really fascinated me throughout the third season). His relationship with Avon is what made me respect Avon a lot more than I did. Both here and when Cutty asked for a loan I thought for sure Avon was gonna kill him (and I'm sure Cutty did too). With that last line, I think Avon, like Wey Bey, understands how awful The Game they're in is.
Avon (gangster) was much better than Marlo (tyrant), no doubt.
lookingglassedge 1 year ago 4
I think the difference between Avon and Marlo was to show the difference in the generations (thats just my opinion). Just imagine if Cutty didn't change his life around, they would of did some REAL damage to Marlo's crew.
htownstizzow 1 year ago
this is my favorite part in the series just for that last line.
jtza87 1 year ago
@jtza87 Yeah they just seem to get all the small details like that dead right!!
sliccmoufschalaa 1 year ago
The Wire is the greatest television show I've ever seen. Period.
Trudeau790 1 year ago 4
You know the sad thing is, if D was like Cutty and asked out of the game, Avon probably would have let him leave. D probably didn't think Avon had as much flex as he did. At times Avon had some genuine love for his people.
drktigger 1 year ago 19
@drktigger I doubt that very much.
jesterjacobs 3 weeks ago
cutty a true soldier
mfried7 1 year ago
cutty was awesome!!!......intense actor.........but yes all good actors these 3
sbphotographic 1 year ago
Avon Barksdale took the name of a Gangster Disciple leader(starter)named David Barksdale, from Chicago...sense, he's from Chicago, also. ;-)
BklynJayL 1 year ago
@BklynJayL the name avon barksdale was taken from a real west side kingpin called avon "bodie" barksdale from baltimore. not david barksdale from chicago. besides i always thought larry hoover started the GD's.
slimithy12 1 year ago
@slimithy12 thats wat u get for thinkn. larry hoover did start the gangster diciples but david barksdale started the black diciples.
wld1one2 1 year ago
He a man today, he a man.. Beautiful ending to the scene, beautiful.
KJelly3130 1 year ago
AT THE END SLIM A DI LAST MAN STANDING!!!!
876SPOOK 1 year ago
Avon's perhaps the only kingpin beside Prop Joe I respect. There's a real fuckin man right there. He lives by his code, he doesn't aspire to become a businessman like Stringer, he lives by it and is more of a man than any of those new mopes. The end of an era, God speed Avon.
Strand0410 1 year ago
"he a man today..." a code a fucked up code, but a code
badbadkingjohn 1 year ago
"we was blazin' man"- I can't stop using that word now since watching this episode yesterday. Slim's a blazin hero
rcroton 1 year ago
The look Avon has at 1:02. He already knew the answer before he asked "Why not". Avon knew Cutty was a different nigga. Look at the first episode of this season, he's already wondering if jail broke him. Sorta why Avon didn't put up much of a fight when Cutty wanted out.
meatisdaman 1 year ago
Cutty would have had his life snatched away by Chris and Snoop if this was Marlo he was pulling away from.
WiseGuy5674 1 year ago 5
@WiseGuy5674 abosolutely true; Avon, as ruthless as a player still had a code; you see it the with Cutty you see it with Slim Charles
badbadkingjohn 1 year ago 3
i miss back in the days these ogs taught respect and carried themselves with morals other than the gang leaders today
china4151986 1 year ago
I love Avon, Cutty, and Slim Charles great acting and I love the way Cutty maned up and told Avon how the game wasn't in him no more and love the fact that myAvon respected him for that and let him walk away with their friendship still in tact perfect scene
streetsympohny 1 year ago
He a man today
R0undAboutMidnight 1 year ago 4
Cutty was really a great character in this show. One of my favorites since he could show that he could turn his life around. Very strong role he played.
mustangdrew 1 year ago
Slim Charles..aka..the Prince Of DC..aka..Big G...aka Gengis..he is like that in so many ways...uptown,,BYB
ntihata 1 year ago
I honestly didn't know what to expect from Avon in this scene. He really stepped it in my eyes. I thought he was gonna kill him. That's what that bitch nigga Marlo would have done.
PlaymakerSeries 1 year ago 9
Coach doesn't kill people. Coach kills zombies.
SupahCola 1 year ago
It almosts looks like Avon is jealous at the end - he can't just walk out of the game, even if only because he won't let himself...
Long23 1 year ago 2
marlo was a psychopath... avon had heart
hdtwoodsman 1 year ago 3
i hung with Cutty last night
timothychizmar 1 year ago
"he a man today" amazing
AndyJmovies 1 year ago 4
Epic
erp2k 1 year ago
wish we could of seen more of slim ...got to like him a lot.....cutty was a man...he was honest he took a chance telling avon this.......and as for avon......he was hard but he was fair.....marlo was just hard very hard
paddy415 1 year ago 3
Marlo woulda just killed him. Without hesitation.
Sooftah 1 year ago
incredible show
aforge13 1 year ago
Shit! was this series da bomb or what!!! Avon rules but my favourite was BELL an educated Gangsta!
zetotavares 1 year ago
this scene is absolutely incredible. love it!
Lukeeeeo 1 year ago
This is a beautiful scene, from a spiritual standpoint. A man doesn't know where he is headed, but he knows the direction he is going now is the wrong way. /sigh
illouie 1 year ago 11
see is scenes like this which make me think 'fuck menace and fuck boyz in the hood' fuck all them hood films they got nothing on the wire
PurpleGiraffePG 1 year ago 8
marlo would of capped cutty for dis shit, dats why i respected avon a lot as a character, his management skills seemed smarter (up until he got fucked by string), marlo was too quick to body niggas sometimes but avon was a real fair boss
GUCCImontana420 1 year ago
Is anyone else pissed off that these three actors don't get propper recognition for amazing work?! Just look at Cutty's eyes when he says: "The game aint in me no more, none of it". This show was incredible while it lasted...
snipet19 1 year ago 116
it wasn't while it "lasted" it was predetermined to go 5 seasons focusing on one main topic each year. but yea the best show of all time.
MattJones1418 1 year ago
@snipet19 how it didnt get any nominations for best ensembled cast is a joke
Evansindians88 1 year ago
@snipet19 Absolutely. I could not agree more. And Cutty was a superb character.
Trudeau790 1 year ago
@snipet19 well most of them didnt have to act becasue they were playing ppl like themselves
poopmcscoopface 10 months ago
@snipet19 This show reflects America to critically for the White Hollywood to ackowledge it.
abret69 5 months ago
@abret69 even Obama watched and loved The Wire
eviltube1111 5 months ago
Mah friends call me Coach!
Wierdoinc 2 years ago
"He a man today. He a man"
Such a powerful line. Now that is true leader with integrity. .
Darnellius 2 years ago 25
@Darnellius that line gave me chills
macmula11 3 months ago
Wise words from a descent man.
OneGemini225 2 years ago
This was some "grown man" shit !!!!
None of this exist in the game anymore. the youngins don't respect nuthin or nobody. With the "oldheads", there was honor among thieves.
will434usmc 2 years ago
Poot has some words for you.
Majic031 2 years ago
we was blazin on them dudes man we was blazin man
SpitfireIRL 2 years ago 9
i love that line "he was the man in his time, ya know?" "he's a man tiday, he's a man" brilliant, a rare show of respect over their way of life. not many can walk away like cutty did. that also makes me respect the wire more, because from a writting standpoint, easy option would be to have cutty killed for quiting
AndyJmovies 2 years ago 16
The likes of Marlo probably would have killed him, too, shows a big contrast between him and Avon.
Abazigal 2 years ago 6
yeah stanfield woulda had him whacked. Avon was a better leader than Marlo. Avon had the old school leadership and mentality in the game. He had more respect. He thought about stuff instead of just having people killed.
montecarlomayne 1 year ago 5
its true
475GC 1 year ago
All 3 actors play this scene beautifully. Cutty's character brought so much to the seasons he was in.
wfberan 2 years ago
Avon was the best character on this show. I think the show woulda been better if Avon was on the show more in the streets instead of jail. But the sh*t hot, he a man 2day, he a man
westphillytova 2 years ago
in the words of the great cutty, "I don't know what I am going to do, but it ain't going to be this".
olh1152 2 years ago 10
cutty is a king amongst men
chicagosfinest83 2 years ago 14
what avon says in the end of the clip is sole reason why you gotta love avon more than marlo
airkanada 2 years ago 194
@airkanada There are a lot of reasons I like Avon more than Marlo.
weglarz 1 year ago
@weglarz
I think EVERYBODY Avon better than Marlo (LOL). Hell, I think everybody likes other characters better than Marlo. Marlo was a cold hearted mofo.
MrRebuttal 1 year ago
@airkanada exactly how I always felt. fuck marlo
jackfrost96 1 year ago
@airkanada absolutely; as tough of a player as Avon, he still has a code; Marlo would of had Cutty killed
badbadkingjohn 1 year ago
@airkanada avons operation was more professional but marlo was just badass and entertaining
chris and snoop left dozens of bodies in those vacants before anybody had a clue
KojachBaumherr 1 year ago
@airkanada Yes indeed.
Trudeau790 1 year ago
@airkanada Seriously! If it were up to Marlo, Cutty would've been dead by now. Like Bodie said about Marlo: "He killing niggas just cos he can, not cos they snitchin', not cos it's business... just cos he can."
bachaka61 1 year ago
@airkanada For real. Marlo would have put Snoop & Chris on him.
Wargoat6 1 year ago
@airkanada yea thats one of my favorite parts. "aight then we strait" and then "he a man today, he a man."
Levination 10 months ago
@airkanada ...Yep. And Avon's ultimate 'bitch-slap' on Marlo was when he went to Jessup to talk to 'Boris' and instead got Avon..who told him in the coolest way "You wanna talk to him, you gotta talk to me first..Yeah, I'm what you call an 'authority figure' around here"..You cant beat that with a stick.
WiseGuy5674 7 months ago
Cutty, "I don't know, but it can't be this".
olh1152 2 years ago
Avon should have been the one that won the war between him and Stanfield.
pantyteamaster 2 years ago 8
Avon respected the fact that he looked him in the eyes and told him straight up.....this is why he said he's a man today, he's a man. (priceless)
Godz1Chozen 2 years ago 14
The best lines from this scene
Whatever it is in you that let you flo like you flo and do that thang ...it ain't in me no mo
Naw man. I ain't making myself clear. The game aint in me no mo...none of it.
I actually liked Cutty. Even in jail he had second thoughts about what to do after getting out of jail. Like so many of us, he jumped on the first train coming to survive.
tacohamburgersalad09 2 years ago 4
wasnt he runnin a boxing gym?
KurtBlowTV 2 years ago
Yes
nk64 2 years ago
brave from cutty, he could get killed for sayin sth like dat to top man, i love dat suprise look in B eye when cutty says the WHOLE game aint in him no more, also could tell how slim was disapointed cos he liked to roll wiv cutty provided his rep from old days.
i think avon liked cutty cos they were in prison togheter, he always stayed stright wiv him,
kurwiszon77 2 years ago 5
Avon was honorable and knew the rules of the game; not like Marlo or that snake, Stringer!
ksmall82 2 years ago 3
I agree. Avon has a lot of integrity
lildwayne21 2 years ago 4
Avon had a conscience which is something that Marlo lacked.
frostyicy 2 years ago 5
chad coleman(cutty) shines in this scene....yet another wire alum who was overlooked when it came to emmy nods
cs00024 2 years ago 5
Yeah dude, you on point with that. I liked the wire, but Cutty was a character I admired a lot. Chad Coleman should've gotten that Emmy not for sure!
FingazInc 2 years ago
Cutty would make a fine soldier. If Avon had Slim Charles, Weebey and Cutty, that nigga Marlo wouldnt stand a chance..
Hakbje 2 years ago 17
and Bird...those 4 = All Star Murder Team lol...
iLL .
iLL271 2 years ago 4
Bird was gettin high, therfore he was unpredictable. But he had a lot of heart! A lot!
Hakbje 1 year ago 2
Man, Avon was in a tough position at this part of the show (low on soldiers/muscle). It took a lot to just let Cutty leave like that, much respect on his part. And I have a lot of respect for Slim Charles, too, he was ready to take the heat of Cutty's "mistake" (if you can even call it that).
Lexd1989 2 years ago 10
one of the if not the most powerful moment in this show.
he's a man for standing up and avon a man for letting him be.
resthavenforhoes 2 years ago 9
This here be the difference between Avon and Marlo. Avon let Cutty be, cuz he got respect. Punk ass bitch like Marlo would have sic Chris and Snoop on Cutty.
Gilgamesh149 2 years ago 8
avon is so fine lol
MIZZEZMYKESHIA 2 years ago
main reason i liked avon over marlo....if cutty had come to marlo asking to leave the game marlo wouldve probably agreed to his face and then later on down the road had chris and snoop put two in his head. avon not only allowed cutty to leave the game but also helped him out with his gym.
cs00024 2 years ago 14
That showed alot of strength on Avon's part
lildwayne21 2 years ago 4
cutty put his work in..
avon owes him respect
rolocopoand 3 years ago 4
allright then.....we straight !
freezecup 3 years ago 3
well you gotta respect a man for being honest instead goin behind your back and fuckin things up
buggeazy 3 years ago 2
Slim and Cutty make a solid team
lildwayne21 3 years ago
"We was blazing man, we was blazing-"
"Allright allright"
lol Slim
Tobeyonewhatsgoodall 3 years ago 6
everyone below this comment is gay
someuser90 3 years ago
Agreed.
Best show ever. "He a man today" powerful.
FKelly 3 years ago 3
they wouldnt give a show LIKE this an emmy ITS TOO REAL
tommybrown187 3 years ago 14
Slim Charles is the ultimate soldier: respects authority, never over steps the mark, knows the game, keeps it real and knows whats right (like with killing bird) but at the same time knows that he is still a soldier, a kin good one though...
TeamOfThe80s 3 years ago 4
Agreed. Slim (and Cutty) are brilliant. What do you mean about 'like with killing bird' comment? Do you mean Lil Kev?
KeanOOO 2 years ago 4
he would kill you in a street fight
ruffreverse19 3 years ago
lol u know where old heard end up? in the joint DEAD or n the hood talkin about "back in my day" bottom line is they dnt survive long anybody sucessful did some dirt 2 get there
tommybrown187 3 years ago
He a man today. That was Avon's way of saying I respect him and not to kill him. Avon had morals and respect.
allfiveny 3 years ago
You see what i see!!
trevdiggz 3 years ago
You're right. Avon was a hustler. He did his thing for years before they knew who he was. Stringer asked him in season 3 how much money do you need and Avon said more than I can spend. He was more about the money. He had a gangsters heart too. Marlo was MORE of a thug. He was ruthless and killed just to kill. It was all about his name(My Name Is My Name) the money didn't really matter to him. Marlo died when they took away his name. Avon is running the prison Omar is a legend and Marlo is dead.
allfiveny 3 years ago
I argree with you 99%,the 1% I dont agree with is Omar begin a legend.He was the biggest rat on the entire show, he was squealing from the first season.I dont respect that,what happens in the streets should stay in the streets amongst street players.
trevdiggz 3 years ago
I understand. But Omar had A WHOLE LOT of HEART. He had Marlo Chris and Snoop all shook. Alot of the gangsters didn't like the way he got down but they all respected him. He was like a cowboy. He also had morals, he didn't bother anybody who wasn't in the game.
allfiveny 3 years ago
Yeah I dig where u are coming from,Omar did have heart and he did have Marlo and crew worried,but when it comes to morals and principles yes Omar had personal code,but he was not upright to the code of the game.Thats why I say hes not a real GANGSTER.Just having your ethics are cool,but when you enter into a game that has its own set of rules,its just not enough to uphold your personal guidelines you must also have INTEGRITY toward the rules of the game and Omar did not because he SQUEALED
trevdiggz 3 years ago
He wouldn't be Omar if he followed all of the rules of the game now would he? He in the game and the part he plays is part of the game.
gotrice8 3 years ago
Omar did what he did because Avons crew didn't play by the rules either. They tried to get him at church, and they took out his boy but Omar didn't snitch about anything that happened to him. he kept it real in that sense. What he did to Bird was indirect payback and hes a legend cause he was fearless when he did it. Looked right in Stringer and Birds eye when he snitched for something he didn't even see.
ruffreverse19 3 years ago
Listen a RAT is a RAT,again when you are a player in the game you follow certain rules. Avon did play by the rule, what they did to Omar boy is part of the game,because he was a player in the game,so instead of Omar charging it to the game he SQUEALED.Avon did not order that church day hit do you really watch the wire string did that.U said what Omar did to Bird was indirect payback,no thats called being a RAT,if he wanted payback he should of hit bird.Dont Rat is a code of the street to players
trevdiggz 3 years ago
Y am I the only person that can fathom the rules,guidelines and codes of the street game.You really have to be a street person to fully understand or someone that understand the meaning of INTEGRITY!!!
trevdiggz 3 years ago
This is how you know a youngin's mentality like watching the show didnt teach you anything...the quicker you learn that NOBODY follows the rules in the game the better you'll understand.
Everybody snitches in the game for the most part...most people have a me first attitude regardless of codes...who on the show followed the rules?
babyshaq05235 2 years ago 8
From this comment, it tell me that your a young cat that has no concept of the words MORALS, PRINCIPLE, AND INTEGRITY. A real gangster know that most people in the street game are squeals or are not upright, but that the choice we live with. You sound like if some one was to drop dime on you you will rat on them thats not how the game is play. All games have rules basket ball, spades, whatever game and if you cant play by the rules dont engage. This is the problem people cant fathom integrity
trevdiggz 2 years ago
No Omar didnt snitch on Bird because he didn''t see anything on Bird! Thats not snitching thats lying and everyone knew it Omar handled that. Besides Omar had a code, he didnt snitch on what happened to Brandon but when Gant got shot Omar stood up for the civillians. He wouldn't snitch about what happened to Brandon becuase we saw what he did to brother mouzone and stringer. I understand what you are syaing about integrity and everything but you cant put Omars situation into that mix.
ruffreverse19 3 years ago
Omar is a rat point blank,when you are in the streets you have to keep your mouth shut, and lying on a person to put them in jail is just as bad or worst the ratting, this only apply to street players only Omar is a street player so him talking on anything to the cops about the streets is consider to be SQUEALING
trevdiggz 3 years ago
you just don't like Omar causes hes gay
ruffreverse19 3 years ago 3
This comment has received too many negative votes show
He's the two worst things that you could be in the street a rat and a homo damn how do he look at his reflection in the mirror.
trevdiggz 3 years ago
Omar has no allegience the codes of a soldier don't apply to Omar he plays the piece of the cowboy.
gotrice8 3 years ago 2
Like my man Clint said in "The Enforcer", every man has to know his limitations. Cutty is a man for recognizing that within himself.
dperkins1911 3 years ago
aint no morals in the street
its only business and sometimes personal
if u live in it u do what gotta do 2 keep going
and when u die out u die out and maybe yo name live on
tommybrown187 3 years ago
You have been greatly mislead, if you think that there is no morals attached to the game.Who ever cultivated you did a bad job,your old heads are propbably as depraved as you or more.
trevdiggz 3 years ago
I do agree though that Slim Charles is all class.
saladin245 3 years ago
The first thing that comes to mind when people speak on what is suppose to be gangster are drug, guns and violence and the fact that you patake in a illegal life is not what make a person gangster, its the integrity and honor one holds for the code of the game and having uprightness towards those code, thats GANGSTER!!
trevdiggz 3 years ago
Morals of avon is debatable. Was it him or stringer that ordered the hit on the taxpayer in season one? Avons crew is responsible for the deaths of 2 innocent working people, I'm not sure if you can say that he "has morals".
saladin245 3 years ago
this scene is fucking awesome. all 3 of them are awesome
cmdterps44 3 years ago 4
This scence is great for the fact that it shows the morals of avon and the self knowledge of cutty. This scence is one of the best because it shows what a real gangster is suppose to have and that morals, principle and integrity
trevdiggz 3 years ago
Yeah, the first thing that comes to mind when people think about gangsters is morals, principle, and integrity.......Jesus f'in Christ with these idiots on YouTube.
senorpachangaz 3 years ago
Cutty all heart. Usually a person like that would be dealt with standing up to a kingpin.
therhan 3 years ago
This was some "grown man" sh!t. Cutty kept it real & gotta give props to Avon for keeping it realer. GREAT SCENE !!!!
will434usmc 3 years ago 2
This is an example of ultimately why I prefer Avon's crew over marlo's. As hyperactivespork so excellent put it, there is a human element to these people. The honesty of Cutty in owning up and not letting Slim take the rap, the empathy (however expressed) by Avon. His unheard tribute at the end. The only redeeming quality I can think of from marlo's crew is loyalty. And even that flows upwards.
robertmurray7782 3 years ago 2
Yeah, and Avon displays his ability to, for the most part, read people correctly. He knows he can just let Cutty be because even though he's now out of THE GAME, he would never rat him out. Wallace and D'Angelo, on the other hand, would. But, of course, he couldn't take D'Angelo out, which is why Stringer does it, and when Avon finds that out he doesn't really argue much with Stringer's decision to do it.
senorpachangaz 3 years ago
What ever its in u that let u flow the way u flow and do that thang
twiz08 3 years ago
Slim Charles conducted his business with such a code of honour. The pain and resolution in Cutty's voice was the epitome of a man beyond the crossroads. He knew he was finished with that life. Avon didn't rise by being overly compassionate. He did however show a great deal of flexibility by rewarding Cutty's career loyalty with gritty compassion. He then street pardons and releases him. This show did the impossible. It HUMANIZED murderous drug dealers. it won't ever get better than The Wire.
hyperactivespork 3 years ago 6