Loved this scene. Was perfect forshadowing to Omar's death. Cause the kid that was dressed up pretending to be him ended up being Kenard, the same kid that shot him dead in the store. And just like Bunk said, he was one of those kids that glorified Omar without really knowing what it took to do the things he did. Kenard thought when he killed Omar, a sense of acomplishment would come with it, but instead he was shaken to his very core. Another young life wasted trying to be something he wasn't.
I'm not sure that King or Malcolm could have said it better if they were with us today. There really was a community back then, and kids are too young now to even know what a civilized neighborhood looks like.
Everyone who watches the show (myself included) loves the character of Omar. But what this reminds the viewer is, that no matter how cool and badass Omar is, he still robs and kills. He is not a good person, he may have a stronger moral code than most of the people in the game, but he is still a criminal. The kids who act like Omar, "glorifying his ass", is what makes Bunk sick. Thats why this, to me, is the most important scene in the show.
@thebunk231 What the kids are glorifying is Omar's way of robbing and killing. They don't know shit about Omar's moral code. So when these kids grow up, they gonna try to act like Omar, but what you really have are a bunch of sociopath who thinks they can rob and kill just anybody. Bunk is saying there used to be a reason for each body that was dropped, but soon innocent people would be scared to come out of the house
Bunk's in the backround, in the past, and around him is the healthy, lively green Baltimore. He's condemningly watching Omar who is in the foreground of the shot, in the present day. Omar is half in shadows and around him the building, Baltimore itself, is deteriorating. The colour of the building is that of dry blood.
any scene from the wire is better than the most of the tv shows. Just amazing
About Michael K. Williams...what is left to say, I think and really hope we enjoy his performances for many many years. He is the reason I started watching Boardwalk Empire and and he is catching me again
Bunk was right. Omar was inspiring/glorifying violence among Baltimore's youngest. It was poetic how he met his end, gunned down by one of those same children imitating him from the shoot-out.
The man has a point. Now the best little kids can aspire to be, is Omar? A violent criminal who isn't as evil as he could be. He could be more evil than he is. Yeah that means a lot. Bunk wasn't the best cop, but he believed in things.
This scene made Bunk my favorite character on the show. I initially took him to be a portly comic relief figure at the start, a black Landsman. The way the more serious aspect to his character slowly came to light was great, and Wendell Pierce is fantastic. Along with Bodie, Bunny, and Prezbo, his transformation really moved me.
Murder. Happens all the time in the inner city. Does anyone give a shit? The media doesn't give a shit. Five black guys get killed, no story. One white girl goes missing, there's a frenzy. Government doesn't give a shit. More and more young black men are unemployed, but government would rather cut taxes for fucking oil companies than spend any money helping people. And people don't a give a shit, because people still do drugs, steal, and murder. We don't live forever. Learn to fucking get along.
Murder. Happens all the time in the inner city. Does anyone give a shit? The media doesn't give a shit. Five black guys get killed, no story. One white girl goes missing, there's a frenzy. Government doesn't give a shit. More and more young black men are unemployed, but government would rather cut taxes for fucking oil companies than spend any money helping people. And people don't a give a shit, because people still do drugs, steal, and murder. We don't live forever. Learn to fucking get along.
This scene is without a doubt "A TIMELESS MASTERPIECE THAT APPLIES TO EVERY GHETTO IN THE WORLD"....Michael K Williams and Wendell Pierce deliver such a strong performance here and the dialogue is just so beautifully put together! I SWEAR U HAVEN'T SEEN WRITING TIL' YOU'VE SEEN THE WIRE! Easily my fav show OF ALL TIME!
People making money from shit like Twilight and other people like Justin Bieber becoming millionaires. While masterpieces like the wire arent even known...
@EntertheDX Great. Now I can't even watch videos about the Wire without some idiot mentioning Justin Bieber. If you morons didn't talk about him all the time he wouldn't even be popular in the first place.
@EntertheDX its the way it works man... true art is never appreciated at large by the masses because the people who are smart enough to truly appreciate it represent the minority of the times
The Bunk's best scene on the show. I believe this is one of the eps Dennis Lehane wrote, could be wrong. Either way it's one of the best written scenes in all the television... like most of the scenes on The Wire.
Im pretty sure,that if the vid plays on a second, Omar sheds a tear. Think thats how it went. But yes, Omar is certainly not some totally noble, "good" character.
No need for myths, magic or symbolism. No need to show people through romanticism or drama or even a touching scene like the Green Mile or LOST. This is all real, and because we look at this as fiction yet act is so real shows how amazing The Wire was at convincing us. Life isn't a fantasy it's hardcore blues. Look how real the buildings are, the bench the suit the victims the police the carelessness those that care and those that are corrupt and those that try to make things right. It's real.
one of the greatest scenes in tv history. its a shame not a lot of people really know about the wire but us that do, know its something a little bit special you dont get too often on tv
Wow this is great a scene. Bunk shames the fuck out Omar in this scene. Thats the difference between Omar and Chris and Marlo. As negative a character as Omar was he was nothing compare to those psychopaths like Chris and Marlo. The were beyond redemption.
This is one of the great scenes from the series, without a doubt. It shows Bunk at his most articulate and passionate, also opening up about his own childhood in a way that's almost shocking that he'd say it to the predatory Omar to shame him.
Omar had to die by a child's hand. The children that call his name as they play in the street, his creations - it had to be one of them that was his nemesis.
@Long23 Because all they know is that he's a badass. They don't know his code, they don't know that he cared about his people and there is no way that Michael (who steps into Omar's shoes at the end of the show) is able to have his conscience pricked by anyone in the way that Bunk did to Omar. No idea whether it was intentional, but one of the underlying themes seems to be the damage done when people don't make an effort to learn the whole story - the game gets uglier with each generation.
I remember watching this scene, and for the first time in this show I was scared of Bunk, he always seemed like a laid back easy going guy, never thought of him as "fierce" till I saw this scene ....oh, and Omar and Bodie should have a spitting competition XD
Bunk and Omar's interactions were always interesting. I never really knew how to define it. It's a good pairing though, cause Bunk is probably my favorite cop and Omar is definitely my favorite criminal.
And no, Omar is not a "good guy." You gotta at least admire someone who takes on the real bad guys. I think Omar says that once, he doesn't rip and run for what he's taking but who he's taking it from. I think his main motive since childhood has been rebelling against The Game.
@thegreeniydbandit he wasn't "trying" anything, he was sending a clear message. he remembers the neighborhood used to have guys way tougher and meaner than the kids he sees shooting each other today. he knows omar is younger, but remembers that time as well to some extent. the message sent was "not only am I not scared of you as a 'killer', I don't even respect you."
"Make me sick to see how far we done fell" Love this scene of one the best, it is so true how back in the day the other guys looked out for the "school boys", the neighborhoods have totally changed from back in the day. The Wire is such a great show...
"Make me sick to see how far we done fell" Love this scene of one the best, it is so true how back in the day the other guys looked out for the "school boys", the neighborhoods have totally changed from back in the day.
I love how the last camera angle watches Omar with tears in his eyes. What Bunk said really got to him, to the same degree as what a father would have on him
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"Makes me sick mother fucker how far we done fell" I feel this scene to the bottom of my soul. I live in a suburb of Baltimore, and this type of shithappens constantly out here. Edgewood, MD a town of 24,000 has had 10 shootings and a murder in the past 6 wks. It's everywhere and the more police they throw at the situation the worse things get. A cop got jumped in the projects last month by 15 niggas. I feel Bunk on this one, so sad how hopeless society has gotten in parts of the country
As much as I love this scene, and Bunk's monologue, I'm a little disappointed that Omar never really seemed to confront Bunk's argument head-on. Omar lives by a code, which makes him considerably better (and way more sympathetic) than Marlo and String, but the fact that he never even really questions that code denies him a chance to really undergo some deep character development
@Fermatprime I think that's part of the point. Omar is always able to cling to the fact that he does have a code, and under normal circumstances, he can look the Bunks of the world in the eye, secure in that knowledge. But at this particular moment, with Tosha's blood more or less on his hands, his faith in what separates him from the Marlos and Strings of the world is shaken. What difference does it make? Tosha is still dead. Bunk's monologue comes along at the worst possible time for him.
@baby287girl He has an urban drawl, easily confused with a Southern accent. It's a combination of part lazy speech patterns and part abbreviated slang in the spoken word. The writers have the nuances of urban speech patterns down pat. (They be 'tight when it comes to the speechifying shit, as they say.)
Masterful. Two of the greatest characters ever on TV, acted by two of the best actors ever on TV, acting out one of the greatest scenes ever on TV, on THE GREATEST show ever on TV.....four minutes of brilliance.
like every protagonist on The Wire, Bunk's morality is sometimes ambiguous, but this is perhaps the most compelling and heartbreaking speech of the entire series.
It's easy when watching The Wire to believe that Omar is somehow a "good guy", given he has a moral code and occasionally cooperates with the police.
This scene reminds us that Omar is, fundementally an immoral man who profits from this cycle of despair.
Bunk reminds us that, even if he does only go after fellow criminals and dealers, what Omar does is not alright, and there's a whole world of grieving families and broken neighbourhoods left in his wake.
@kriminalcollective ~ I call bullshit. Omar is the lesser of the necessary evils. Its as simple as that. He is in league with the life, but is diametrically opposed to the recklessness of these kingpins. He's a mediator between absolute evil and evil itself.
@kriminalcollective they all profit off they cycle. cops, politicians, media, people out in the burbs, voters, nonvoters, lawyers, tenured teachers not doing a job, crack fiend mothers. Hell those cops beat the shit out of people, violated the constitution, and fabricated evidence. Very few people connected or effected by the game are "innocent" or "moral". Especially those that turn a blind eye to it from their nice houses.
@kriminalcollective Well on the other hand, Bunk aswell profits from this cycle, without it he wouldnt have a job. As i understand it Omar did not do this for the cash, as he says to his latino boyfriend
It ain't what you takin, it's who you takin from, ya feel me?
This is real in our society, lets say a doctor, the worst thing that could happen to that doctor is that every disease was cured. Cus that would mean hes out of job. So all in all there is no good guy here, they are all part of it.
@Leechaxxs Bunk puts criminals in jail. Omar kills them. When it comes to other murderers, I have no problem with what Omar does. But what isn't shown on the show is how many perhaps non-violent drug dealers Omar's killed. And Omar has no problem putting others in danger who aren't involved, like the shootout with his boy, Tasha and Kimmy. With all the bullets flying out in broad daylight, they could have easily killed any number of innocent bystanders or someone just chilling in their house.
Exactly. While i enjoy Omar very much, what he does and who he does it too, i can't forget how immoral it is, and the fact that it's not harmless like many people think.
Bad guy stealing from another bad guy wont make him a good guy.
@TheJoe971 The beauty of this show is that all characters are morally gray. I'm hard pressed to find a "good guy" that isn't a bastard at at least some point. Nor can I think of a "bad guy" who isn't able of at least one sympathetic, humane moment. It's this complexity that makes the show so great.
D'Angelo Barksdale was the perfect example. I really think he got the best lines in whole season 1, especially when he's in jail. I'm watching the whole serie for the 2nd time and i didn't notice how good he was deep inside. But of course, he also did horrible things, and it cost him, a lot.
The scene with Wee Bey and Colvin, when discussing about Namond's future was good too. A cold blood murderer finally accepting this is not a life for a kid, for HIS kid. Just great.
@TheJoe971 The show is full of those moments. but yes, I am currently watching the show top to bottom for the first time (could never catch it when it aired over here) and I'm just coming to that story arc with Namond and Wee Bay. That a father and a mother actually encourage their kid to choose drug peddling over school seemed so morally backwards but drove home the idea that conventional ethics and morals ring somewhat different in those projects.
"Where dat girl fell I saw kids actin like OMAR, calling u by name, glorifying yo ass. Makes me sick motherf***er how far we done fell. .........Errr.....ssuhhh"
I agree it's damn near impossible to pick a best scene from this show but goddamn the acting, writing and directing in this scene are literally flawless. With all due respect to Michael K. Williams, Wendell Pierce played the fuck out of this scene.
Some of you posting on here have some views that I agree with 100%. Dogar230, CarondeletMerle, LetsGetFizical, KleWdSide just to name of the few and most recent.
Ok, how old is Omar? In the brilliant scene where he testifies against Bird he "ventures about 29". In one scene he and Bunk are only a couple years apart (Bunk looks far older), and after he's whacked his bodytag says something like 1960. What's with this?
klyner, he was about 29 when he testified against Bird, and about 34 when he died. The bodytag said 1960 because they were making the point that he was a non-taxpaying citizen and criminal in which little effort was made to publish his death. It illustrates David Simon's point that he makes with this series of how we ignore those in society that we do not need.
I liked how deep Bunk's character was. Lester and the others were kind of one dimensional, but with the Bunk you might get a righteous man one day or a good drinking buddy another day.
I love Omar so much. A lesser show would make him a one-dimensional thug, but here here is every bit as fascinating and alive as every other character in the Wire.
When a motherfucker as well-spoken as him gets so angry as to be speechless, that's a scene worth recognizing (especially in how Pierce does it). This type of interaction is what the show was built on to keep people coming back from week to week. What The Wire lacks in fractioned, episodic climax, it gives it back tenfold in scenes played to pure fucking perfection.
There's no way to rank the best scenes. All the pieces matter. But this piece is big.
@LetsGetFizical well said. In a few of the doco's and radio interviews I've seen where people discuss their favourite scenes and characters so fkn many scenes and characters come up and I didn't for a second question any of those peoples opinions.
Everytime I watch the part where Bunk reminisces about how he wanted to be like the rest of the tough guys who wouldn't let him in......It's almost similar to Namond....Omar and Bunk's relationship isn't completely the same, but it's almost similar to the relationship between Michael and Namond.....Because the way that the series ended, Michael and Namond's worlds could've crossed paths a bit later on down the line....
@NicolasYates Wow, cant believe i didnt spot that, since i find the parallels at the end (dukie becoming the new bubbles, sydnor becoming the new mcnulty, carver becoming the new daniels etc) as among the most important aspects of the show
Yes, I thought about that. All in with the feel of the shows' general outlook etc. However, the show would not have been any less brilliant had the writers allowed Omar to get SO close to Marlow that even HE would've finally been rattled somewhat. Then they could've got rid of him.
That's the brilliance of the show. i thought that too. Omar was the anti hero, but the streets are the streets and nobody really survives in them. Not even a hardcore motherfucker who instills fear like Omar. By killing him it showed that no one got away from the game.
Funny how much irony is in this series. Bodie and Poot kill Wallace for snitching. Bodie gets killed for being a snitch. Marlo works so hard and ruthlessly to be on top and loses it so quickly. The toughest, badest, hardest to kill anti-hero Omar gets taken out by a kid
Loved this scene. Was perfect forshadowing to Omar's death. Cause the kid that was dressed up pretending to be him ended up being Kenard, the same kid that shot him dead in the store. And just like Bunk said, he was one of those kids that glorified Omar without really knowing what it took to do the things he did. Kenard thought when he killed Omar, a sense of acomplishment would come with it, but instead he was shaken to his very core. Another young life wasted trying to be something he wasn't.
supersaiyanjax93 4 days ago
@supersaiyanjax93 I love your wording. Good shit and I agree.
marijayy 1 day ago
Best.
Show.
EVER.
DeshadCato 5 days ago
I'm not sure that King or Malcolm could have said it better if they were with us today. There really was a community back then, and kids are too young now to even know what a civilized neighborhood looks like.
Toastrodamus 1 week ago
Everyone who watches the show (myself included) loves the character of Omar. But what this reminds the viewer is, that no matter how cool and badass Omar is, he still robs and kills. He is not a good person, he may have a stronger moral code than most of the people in the game, but he is still a criminal. The kids who act like Omar, "glorifying his ass", is what makes Bunk sick. Thats why this, to me, is the most important scene in the show.
thebunk231 1 week ago 4
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holdemehha 4 days ago
@thebunk231 What the kids are glorifying is Omar's way of robbing and killing. They don't know shit about Omar's moral code. So when these kids grow up, they gonna try to act like Omar, but what you really have are a bunch of sociopath who thinks they can rob and kill just anybody. Bunk is saying there used to be a reason for each body that was dropped, but soon innocent people would be scared to come out of the house
holdemehha 4 days ago
Bunk's in the backround, in the past, and around him is the healthy, lively green Baltimore. He's condemningly watching Omar who is in the foreground of the shot, in the present day. Omar is half in shadows and around him the building, Baltimore itself, is deteriorating. The colour of the building is that of dry blood.
TheSaintsrow3rd 3 weeks ago 5
"Makes me sick MF to see how far we done fell!"
Amen on that quote Bunk, for me that is like ah quote by King or Malcolm.
chasebrown67 3 weeks ago
Bunk reminds me of my father...
toneriggz 3 weeks ago
"I'm just working. Doing what a man is supposed to do"
So true
PTCTally 1 month ago 3
any scene from the wire is better than the most of the tv shows. Just amazing
About Michael K. Williams...what is left to say, I think and really hope we enjoy his performances for many many years. He is the reason I started watching Boardwalk Empire and and he is catching me again
99tromp 1 month ago
"ya feel me now" greatest catchphrase of all time
Insubordinate90 1 month ago
Best scene
Killride 1 month ago
Which episode is this?
Autotragisk 1 month ago
Greatest scene in all the seasons of the Wire. So much truth. I wish i can make every nigga on the street listen to this shit.
desertdetroiter 1 month ago
amazing speech by bunk and too true
homerrulezzzz 1 month ago
Bunk was right. Omar was inspiring/glorifying violence among Baltimore's youngest. It was poetic how he met his end, gunned down by one of those same children imitating him from the shoot-out.
CPomilia 1 month ago
The man has a point. Now the best little kids can aspire to be, is Omar? A violent criminal who isn't as evil as he could be. He could be more evil than he is. Yeah that means a lot. Bunk wasn't the best cop, but he believed in things.
ravenouscolonelhart 2 months ago
@ravenouscolonelhart bunk was one of the best investigators in the homicide department.
D39MUSIC 1 month ago
@ravenouscolonelhart
You really don't believe that do you? Bunk and McNolte were the 2 best cops on that show. they new the ends and outs of how to solve murders.
chasebrown67 3 weeks ago
"Predatory Motherfuckers like you..." Oh my God. Someone needs to make an Omar vs. Predator movie right now.
x28beerslaterx 2 months ago 2
Epic spit.
alund1306 2 months ago
Thumbs up if you figured out this is an attempt to get the top comment
LethalAnesthetics 2 months ago
This scene made Bunk my favorite character on the show. I initially took him to be a portly comic relief figure at the start, a black Landsman. The way the more serious aspect to his character slowly came to light was great, and Wendell Pierce is fantastic. Along with Bodie, Bunny, and Prezbo, his transformation really moved me.
whoostino 2 months ago 3
You come at the king you best not miss.
chump5874 2 months ago
What a great scene.
MrCavitysChessCorner 3 months ago
that was a hefty hork at the end, must of been working that up the whole time
FlipSorry101 3 months ago
Isn't that Chalky from Boardwalk Empire?
HenryFeefan 3 months ago
@HenryFeefan nigga where have u been??
BAGAKOOS 3 months ago
It's scenes like this that make me want to rewatch it.
MadThad0890 3 months ago
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Murder. Happens all the time in the inner city. Does anyone give a shit? The media doesn't give a shit. Five black guys get killed, no story. One white girl goes missing, there's a frenzy. Government doesn't give a shit. More and more young black men are unemployed, but government would rather cut taxes for fucking oil companies than spend any money helping people. And people don't a give a shit, because people still do drugs, steal, and murder. We don't live forever. Learn to fucking get along.
dtek40k 4 months ago
Murder. Happens all the time in the inner city. Does anyone give a shit? The media doesn't give a shit. Five black guys get killed, no story. One white girl goes missing, there's a frenzy. Government doesn't give a shit. More and more young black men are unemployed, but government would rather cut taxes for fucking oil companies than spend any money helping people. And people don't a give a shit, because people still do drugs, steal, and murder. We don't live forever. Learn to fucking get along.
dtek40k 4 months ago 5
This scene is without a doubt "A TIMELESS MASTERPIECE THAT APPLIES TO EVERY GHETTO IN THE WORLD"....Michael K Williams and Wendell Pierce deliver such a strong performance here and the dialogue is just so beautifully put together! I SWEAR U HAVEN'T SEEN WRITING TIL' YOU'VE SEEN THE WIRE! Easily my fav show OF ALL TIME!
GoodMoney412 4 months ago
This show is so far above in quality, than the garbage that makes up television today.
73dodge 4 months ago
I wish I could drink a beer with Bunk.
IllSk1llz 4 months ago 27
@IllSk1llz It would start as one, then 2 hours later, you'd be hammered by the train tracks.
Anomally24 3 months ago
People making money from shit like Twilight and other people like Justin Bieber becoming millionaires. While masterpieces like the wire arent even known...
Makes me sick motherfucker how far we done fell.
EntertheDX 4 months ago 74
@EntertheDX Great. Now I can't even watch videos about the Wire without some idiot mentioning Justin Bieber. If you morons didn't talk about him all the time he wouldn't even be popular in the first place.
predator706 3 months ago 5
@predator706 And yet you just mentioned him yourself hahahaha
tacosaucemafia 2 weeks ago
@EntertheDX its the way it works man... true art is never appreciated at large by the masses because the people who are smart enough to truly appreciate it represent the minority of the times
KevinOrrell 2 months ago
@EntertheDX shiiiiiiiiittttttttttt
konatown5 1 month ago
@EntertheDX lol good one
china4151986 1 month ago
The Bunk's best scene on the show. I believe this is one of the eps Dennis Lehane wrote, could be wrong. Either way it's one of the best written scenes in all the television... like most of the scenes on The Wire.
darkknight07100 4 months ago
Im pretty sure,that if the vid plays on a second, Omar sheds a tear. Think thats how it went. But yes, Omar is certainly not some totally noble, "good" character.
TheIrishny 4 months ago
bunk is a real nigga man lol hes dnt 4 shit!!!!
lovejah100 5 months ago
12 People are the reason we fell so far
Mattraction513 5 months ago 3
Best show I've ever seen, think I've watch every 10 times over never stale
fukafred 5 months ago
@isimmons24 incredible way to look at the scene man! Wow!
lincoln3000 6 months ago
No need for myths, magic or symbolism. No need to show people through romanticism or drama or even a touching scene like the Green Mile or LOST. This is all real, and because we look at this as fiction yet act is so real shows how amazing The Wire was at convincing us. Life isn't a fantasy it's hardcore blues. Look how real the buildings are, the bench the suit the victims the police the carelessness those that care and those that are corrupt and those that try to make things right. It's real.
EgyptianPlanet 6 months ago
"its all about know what to do with your hands"
cage000100 7 months ago
Best TV show ever created.
BluthBrothers 7 months ago 4
conscience do cost
closedmouth 7 months ago 2
one of the greatest scenes in tv history. its a shame not a lot of people really know about the wire but us that do, know its something a little bit special you dont get too often on tv
LGiHLadd 7 months ago 3
Like a snite bite. Bunks truth drew out the poison in Omar and he had to spit it out
lsimmons24 7 months ago
11 people watch reruns of American Idol
dextermeth 7 months ago 4
Wow this is great a scene. Bunk shames the fuck out Omar in this scene. Thats the difference between Omar and Chris and Marlo. As negative a character as Omar was he was nothing compare to those psychopaths like Chris and Marlo. The were beyond redemption.
RightWingHunter666 8 months ago
just watched this sence...wow hard hitting
paddy415 8 months ago
I dare say this was the scene in all of the Wire. Really summed up the show and the issues in Baltimore well.
ajb8487 8 months ago
This is one of the great scenes from the series, without a doubt. It shows Bunk at his most articulate and passionate, also opening up about his own childhood in a way that's almost shocking that he'd say it to the predatory Omar to shame him.
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"Make me sick to see how far we done fell", rarely have I seen a line delivered with such intensity. Damn.
atoc86 9 months ago
Omar had to die by a child's hand. The children that call his name as they play in the street, his creations - it had to be one of them that was his nemesis.
Long23 9 months ago 4
@Long23 Because all they know is that he's a badass. They don't know his code, they don't know that he cared about his people and there is no way that Michael (who steps into Omar's shoes at the end of the show) is able to have his conscience pricked by anyone in the way that Bunk did to Omar. No idea whether it was intentional, but one of the underlying themes seems to be the damage done when people don't make an effort to learn the whole story - the game gets uglier with each generation.
turricaned 9 months ago
@Long23 great observation
isaachaze1 4 months ago
One of the best scenes ever.
Oallright 10 months ago
I remember watching this scene, and for the first time in this show I was scared of Bunk, he always seemed like a laid back easy going guy, never thought of him as "fierce" till I saw this scene ....oh, and Omar and Bodie should have a spitting competition XD
ethanradd 10 months ago
Bunk was a damned well dressed man; his suits were all about understated elegance.
keithsmd 10 months ago
i love the little wiggle bunk does at 2.07
citizenspliff 11 months ago
"Make me sick to see how far we done fell"
Haltsha 11 months ago 2
Bunk and Omar's interactions were always interesting. I never really knew how to define it. It's a good pairing though, cause Bunk is probably my favorite cop and Omar is definitely my favorite criminal.
And no, Omar is not a "good guy." You gotta at least admire someone who takes on the real bad guys. I think Omar says that once, he doesn't rip and run for what he's taking but who he's taking it from. I think his main motive since childhood has been rebelling against The Game.
lookingglassedge 1 year ago
@ChetR Yep. The sad thing about The Wire is that it's a very smart show with a lot of very stupid "fans".
Hibbs4Prez 1 year ago 5
@Hibbs4Prez We don't praise Omar for being "badass". We praise him for sticking it to characters we hate even more than him.
FOADgamers 1 year ago
Bunk makes me laugh in that scene
jayo2k 1 year ago
~ 2:31 = fat guy trying to scare a killer LMAO
thegreeniydbandit 1 year ago
@thegreeniydbandit he wasn't "trying" anything, he was sending a clear message. he remembers the neighborhood used to have guys way tougher and meaner than the kids he sees shooting each other today. he knows omar is younger, but remembers that time as well to some extent. the message sent was "not only am I not scared of you as a 'killer', I don't even respect you."
dewfish 1 week ago
"Make me sick to see how far we done fell" Love this scene of one the best, it is so true how back in the day the other guys looked out for the "school boys", the neighborhoods have totally changed from back in the day. The Wire is such a great show...
shaezoe01 1 year ago 2
"Make me sick to see how far we done fell" Love this scene of one the best, it is so true how back in the day the other guys looked out for the "school boys", the neighborhoods have totally changed from back in the day.
shaezoe01 1 year ago
Makes me sick motherfucka, how far we done fell...
realgood2nite 1 year ago
I love how the last camera angle watches Omar with tears in his eyes. What Bunk said really got to him, to the same degree as what a father would have on him
paradigmse7en 1 year ago 2
Bullshit boy.
Kampex 1 year ago
Damn, it's sad nobody from this show even got a Emmy nomination. Powerful scene, one of my favs.
PIOSystems 1 year ago 2
@PIOSystems I think Michael K. Williams (Omar) got an award for his performance throughout the series, not sure which award tho
mcbrideless 5 months ago
I'm just up to this episode and this was my absolute favourite scene of the series thus far. Brilliant stuff.
iknowme 1 year ago
Bravo for this scene! Bunk telling the truth I'm from Philly and the same here..disgusting......
Bronzen82 1 year ago
Omar made this right, much respect
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despinapjr 1 year ago
PATROIT ACT... Makes me sick mother-fucker how fa-a-ar we done fell.
thecalistallion 1 year ago 2
"OMAR!"
why u still alive then?
"Yo cherry he blew mainey up as soon as he stepped through the door! He was goona do me too!"
What happened?
"Maaan we went to go do a food run, and this Dick-Sucker was rright there!
thecalistallion 1 year ago 3
lol At Omar's non-reaction to Bunk pretending to jump him at 2:30
jimbob0025 1 year ago 3
@jimbob0025 Omar don't scare!
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neharap 1 year ago
Jesus Christ.....Wendell Pierce is without a doubt one of the most underrated actors to ever walk the face of this planet.
amsyco 1 year ago
One of the most well acted scenes of The Wire.
jmj540 1 year ago 3
"Makes me sick mother fucker how far we done fell" I feel this scene to the bottom of my soul. I live in a suburb of Baltimore, and this type of shithappens constantly out here. Edgewood, MD a town of 24,000 has had 10 shootings and a murder in the past 6 wks. It's everywhere and the more police they throw at the situation the worse things get. A cop got jumped in the projects last month by 15 niggas. I feel Bunk on this one, so sad how hopeless society has gotten in parts of the country
jaydog7575 1 year ago 13
Omar don't scare.
BogusJesus 1 year ago
Two great actors in one of the greatest scenes from the best TV show ever made. Kudos.
oavirus 1 year ago 15
one of the most powerful scenes in "The Wire" history
ridinonfortyfours 1 year ago 4
thats alot of a spit
125TVThird 1 year ago
i love this sceen
Jayjon81 1 year ago
As much as I love this scene, and Bunk's monologue, I'm a little disappointed that Omar never really seemed to confront Bunk's argument head-on. Omar lives by a code, which makes him considerably better (and way more sympathetic) than Marlo and String, but the fact that he never even really questions that code denies him a chance to really undergo some deep character development
Fermatprime 1 year ago
@Fermatprime I think that's part of the point. Omar is always able to cling to the fact that he does have a code, and under normal circumstances, he can look the Bunks of the world in the eye, secure in that knowledge. But at this particular moment, with Tosha's blood more or less on his hands, his faith in what separates him from the Marlos and Strings of the world is shaken. What difference does it make? Tosha is still dead. Bunk's monologue comes along at the worst possible time for him.
panic43 1 year ago 7
@panic43 Good insight.
FanChicago 1 year ago
5-O motherfucker
Mrpaulbarnes 1 year ago
Oddly enough, so was I. Word.
zippyman818 1 year ago
two of the best actors on a show that had about 20 brilliant ones.
Safo8888 1 year ago
Bunk: "Now all we got is bodies and predatory muthafuckas like you".
will434usmc 1 year ago
@JohnnyFeng....tell me about, I'm from New Orleans
will434usmc 1 year ago
i cant get over how powerful this scene is
nimo734 1 year ago
why oar sound so country????
baby287girl 1 year ago
@baby287girl He has an urban drawl, easily confused with a Southern accent. It's a combination of part lazy speech patterns and part abbreviated slang in the spoken word. The writers have the nuances of urban speech patterns down pat. (They be 'tight when it comes to the speechifying shit, as they say.)
zippyman818 1 year ago
@zippyman818 o wow that's really ignorant lol
baby287girl 1 year ago
@baby287girl i mean Omar...
baby287girl 1 year ago
Masterful. Two of the greatest characters ever on TV, acted by two of the best actors ever on TV, acting out one of the greatest scenes ever on TV, on THE GREATEST show ever on TV.....four minutes of brilliance.
amsyco 1 year ago
Oscar!
getreadytotube 1 year ago
@getreadytotube Unfortunately TV shows don't get Oscars.
ahosek 1 year ago
Wow, great scene
illouie 1 year ago
1 of thee greatest scenes n the history of cable television ...
costcordero2 1 year ago
like every protagonist on The Wire, Bunk's morality is sometimes ambiguous, but this is perhaps the most compelling and heartbreaking speech of the entire series.
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BrooklynNiteGeneral 1 year ago
i'm pretty sure that every person who acted in the wire knocked their role outta the park
atom786 1 year ago 4
im glad someone posted this..one of the best scenes in tv history
samalexan525 1 year ago
It's easy when watching The Wire to believe that Omar is somehow a "good guy", given he has a moral code and occasionally cooperates with the police.
This scene reminds us that Omar is, fundementally an immoral man who profits from this cycle of despair.
Bunk reminds us that, even if he does only go after fellow criminals and dealers, what Omar does is not alright, and there's a whole world of grieving families and broken neighbourhoods left in his wake.
kriminalcollective 1 year ago 86
@kriminalcollective ~ I call bullshit. Omar is the lesser of the necessary evils. Its as simple as that. He is in league with the life, but is diametrically opposed to the recklessness of these kingpins. He's a mediator between absolute evil and evil itself.
thegreeniydbandit 1 year ago
@kriminalcollective wow, great analysis. I used this in an essay for school in which he had to talk about morally ambigious charcters,
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ewei318 11 months ago
@kriminalcollective they all profit off they cycle. cops, politicians, media, people out in the burbs, voters, nonvoters, lawyers, tenured teachers not doing a job, crack fiend mothers. Hell those cops beat the shit out of people, violated the constitution, and fabricated evidence. Very few people connected or effected by the game are "innocent" or "moral". Especially those that turn a blind eye to it from their nice houses.
blakmagik4 10 months ago
@kriminalcollective Well on the other hand, Bunk aswell profits from this cycle, without it he wouldnt have a job. As i understand it Omar did not do this for the cash, as he says to his latino boyfriend
It ain't what you takin, it's who you takin from, ya feel me?
This is real in our society, lets say a doctor, the worst thing that could happen to that doctor is that every disease was cured. Cus that would mean hes out of job. So all in all there is no good guy here, they are all part of it.
Leechaxxs 6 months ago
@Leechaxxs Bunk puts criminals in jail. Omar kills them. When it comes to other murderers, I have no problem with what Omar does. But what isn't shown on the show is how many perhaps non-violent drug dealers Omar's killed. And Omar has no problem putting others in danger who aren't involved, like the shootout with his boy, Tasha and Kimmy. With all the bullets flying out in broad daylight, they could have easily killed any number of innocent bystanders or someone just chilling in their house.
GrapeDrink4Life 5 months ago
@kriminalcollective
Exactly. While i enjoy Omar very much, what he does and who he does it too, i can't forget how immoral it is, and the fact that it's not harmless like many people think.
Bad guy stealing from another bad guy wont make him a good guy.
TheJoe971 5 months ago
@TheJoe971 The beauty of this show is that all characters are morally gray. I'm hard pressed to find a "good guy" that isn't a bastard at at least some point. Nor can I think of a "bad guy" who isn't able of at least one sympathetic, humane moment. It's this complexity that makes the show so great.
thegrimner 5 months ago
@thegrimner
D'Angelo Barksdale was the perfect example. I really think he got the best lines in whole season 1, especially when he's in jail. I'm watching the whole serie for the 2nd time and i didn't notice how good he was deep inside. But of course, he also did horrible things, and it cost him, a lot.
The scene with Wee Bey and Colvin, when discussing about Namond's future was good too. A cold blood murderer finally accepting this is not a life for a kid, for HIS kid. Just great.
TheJoe971 5 months ago
@TheJoe971 The show is full of those moments. but yes, I am currently watching the show top to bottom for the first time (could never catch it when it aired over here) and I'm just coming to that story arc with Namond and Wee Bay. That a father and a mother actually encourage their kid to choose drug peddling over school seemed so morally backwards but drove home the idea that conventional ethics and morals ring somewhat different in those projects.
thegrimner 5 months ago
Isn't tragic that shows like Treme and The Wire remain largely ignored byt the general populace.Thank God for Hbo!
wilkiesmith 1 year ago
"Where dat girl fell I saw kids actin like OMAR, calling u by name, glorifying yo ass. Makes me sick motherf***er how far we done fell. .........Errr.....ssuhhh"
kandinskyforfootball 1 year ago
I agree with everybody else this scene was amazing.
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anniesix4six 1 year ago
I agree it's damn near impossible to pick a best scene from this show but goddamn the acting, writing and directing in this scene are literally flawless. With all due respect to Michael K. Williams, Wendell Pierce played the fuck out of this scene.
jpom29 1 year ago 5
"Rough as that neighborhood could be, we had us a community. Nobody, no victim, who didn't matter. And now, all we got is bodies..."
Damn it there will NEVER be a show that comes near as good as The Wire
snipet19 1 year ago 39
@snipet19 for real, best show EVER!!
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snipet19 1 year ago
This and the Chess scene from season 1 are my two personal faves on the show, and there were a ton of good ones.
HipHopiz4Real 1 year ago 7
Indeed. My fave two characters on the show. Astounding stuff
mrowubukiri 1 year ago
LOVE this show, Damm it so Good!
Kendu1976 1 year ago 2
Some of you posting on here have some views that I agree with 100%. Dogar230, CarondeletMerle, LetsGetFizical, KleWdSide just to name of the few and most recent.
The Wire was such a GREAT and powerful show.
javornelas 1 year ago
It needed someone hardcore, like Zach Efron or Robert Pattinson. Kirk Cameron maybe? Maybe Mylee Cyrus in Snoop's role
bootymanager 2 years ago 2
@bootymanager whatttt lol
is there a specific reason you chose those names????
trueplaya20 1 year ago
Ok, how old is Omar? In the brilliant scene where he testifies against Bird he "ventures about 29". In one scene he and Bunk are only a couple years apart (Bunk looks far older), and after he's whacked his bodytag says something like 1960. What's with this?
klyrner 2 years ago
klyner, he was about 29 when he testified against Bird, and about 34 when he died. The bodytag said 1960 because they were making the point that he was a non-taxpaying citizen and criminal in which little effort was made to publish his death. It illustrates David Simon's point that he makes with this series of how we ignore those in society that we do not need.
IronTim33 1 year ago
@klyrner naw, remember after Omar dies that the tags were switched on accident by the mortician.
ThatFire9oNe6 1 year ago
@ThatFire9oNe6 it wasn't an accident.
t3rr3nc388 1 year ago
The Wire > all
scwobletoes 2 years ago
I liked how deep Bunk's character was. Lester and the others were kind of one dimensional, but with the Bunk you might get a righteous man one day or a good drinking buddy another day.
Dogar230 2 years ago
"It makes me sick, Motherfucker, how far we done fell". Powerful Scene
CarondeletMerle 2 years ago 7
"...and now all we got is bodies."
danielhiryu 2 years ago
I love Omar so much. A lesser show would make him a one-dimensional thug, but here here is every bit as fascinating and alive as every other character in the Wire.
Dabednego 2 years ago 4
Maybe the best scene of The Wire
southsideroy 2 years ago 10
Best scene in the Wire?
Best scene in TV! EVER
dmacis03 1 year ago 9
When Bunk gets drama, he dramas hard.
When a motherfucker as well-spoken as him gets so angry as to be speechless, that's a scene worth recognizing (especially in how Pierce does it). This type of interaction is what the show was built on to keep people coming back from week to week. What The Wire lacks in fractioned, episodic climax, it gives it back tenfold in scenes played to pure fucking perfection.
There's no way to rank the best scenes. All the pieces matter. But this piece is big.
LetsGetFizical 2 years ago 157
@LetsGetFizical just like real life.
WaitsWeights 1 year ago
@LetsGetFizical well said. In a few of the doco's and radio interviews I've seen where people discuss their favourite scenes and characters so fkn many scenes and characters come up and I didn't for a second question any of those peoples opinions.
ichater 1 year ago
@LetsGetFizical Hola damn, you put that right. Well spoken!
paradigmse7en 1 year ago
"It makes me sick, motherfucker, how far we done fell."
bittersandblueruin 2 years ago 10
Everytime I watch the part where Bunk reminisces about how he wanted to be like the rest of the tough guys who wouldn't let him in......It's almost similar to Namond....Omar and Bunk's relationship isn't completely the same, but it's almost similar to the relationship between Michael and Namond.....Because the way that the series ended, Michael and Namond's worlds could've crossed paths a bit later on down the line....
NicolasYates 2 years ago 10
@NicolasYates Wow, cant believe i didnt spot that, since i find the parallels at the end (dukie becoming the new bubbles, sydnor becoming the new mcnulty, carver becoming the new daniels etc) as among the most important aspects of the show
mcbrideless 5 months ago
Classic scene...It's a shame either one of them (or anybody else on the Wire) was nominated for an Emmy.
PIOSystems 2 years ago 4
It's mostly black actors that star in this series. Please don't think nominations aren't racially byast. It's been going on for decades now.
Lionel4482 2 years ago 4
Yeah, I know that, but even in the new millienium this is still going on.
PIOSystems 2 years ago
best scene evar
Poonabester 2 years ago 3
That's a matter of conjecture. The Wire had a lot of classic scenes in it
lildwayne21 2 years ago
Yes, I thought about that. All in with the feel of the shows' general outlook etc. However, the show would not have been any less brilliant had the writers allowed Omar to get SO close to Marlow that even HE would've finally been rattled somewhat. Then they could've got rid of him.
candelise 2 years ago
Marlo WAS rattled by Omar, he mutters "that some Spiderman shit" in season five.
kaviraj 2 years ago 4
powerful scene
AvEryBadApPLe 2 years ago 2
They never should've got Omar done. THE anti-hero!!
candelise 2 years ago 2
That's the brilliance of the show. i thought that too. Omar was the anti hero, but the streets are the streets and nobody really survives in them. Not even a hardcore motherfucker who instills fear like Omar. By killing him it showed that no one got away from the game.
cactaceous 2 years ago 9
Funny how much irony is in this series. Bodie and Poot kill Wallace for snitching. Bodie gets killed for being a snitch. Marlo works so hard and ruthlessly to be on top and loses it so quickly. The toughest, badest, hardest to kill anti-hero Omar gets taken out by a kid
Lionel4482 2 years ago 7
"Makes me sick, motherfucker, how far we done fell." Tell me about it, man. I'm from Detroit.
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