in contrast to Michael's line to Snoop right before he beats her to the punch, anticipating she was gonna kill him, so he pops her instead: "Yall taught me. Get there early". what a show
By the looks of the scar at 1:37 it seems like he got shot in the head but survived only to be left in a vegetative state. If he was dead I could carry it better, you know?
"if he was dead i could carry it better" i think the thing that really bugged avon out was the fact that dude wasnt officially dead like he had some life in him to keep him breathing but that was it..he couldn't function or respond like a normal human..he's the living dead
Being a lil slow and a lil late is an inevitable part of EVERYONE's life in general. That's why this show is so deep. If you look at it as a macrocosm it is simply the dualism in life. And we all are a lil slow and a lil late its life. What's supposed to happen will happen and its no way no one can stop it. Whether you slow/fast or late/early, its gonna happen. Think to the last episode where Mike kills Snoop he tells her y'all always taught me get there early. Early for him, yet late for her.
@frostyicy That's all retrospective tho, he's talking about what we have control over, i.e what IS supposed to happen? Some of it is in our control, some isnt, its different to saying oh that fat guy died of a heart attack, he ate too much, are you saying he couldnt plan for it?
I think that he was also trying to give Deangelo more incite about the Game. Deangelo was always messing up, but he kept trying to teach him. He didnt realize it until it was too late that Deangelo wasnt built for the game. So no matter how much you try to teach some people, they will always be A little Slow and a Little Late.
In the end Avon was a "little slow and a little late" in giving up on Stringer, thus making him a "little slow and a little late" on getting at Marlo. He was late just once and by barely a day, and it cost him everything.
Avon- jail Stringer-dead D'angelo-dead Bodie-dead Wallace-dead Chris-jail Snoop-dead Prop Joe-dead Cheese-dead Wee Bay-dead Bird-jail Little Kevin-dead Monk-jail. And theres a lot more.
All of them were a little slow or a little late.
The only ones who got lucky were Marlo, Slim Charles, and Poot.
@goceltics339 IDK how lucky Marlo is because he ended up in jail too @ the end. Out of the ones you mentioned that were lucky I would have to agree on Slim Charles and Poot.
@Clownface125 Yeah, i remember. At the end of that episode though, he found out that no one on the streets respect him. It's almost like he was a joke, probably due to everyone else doing his dirty work for him all this time.
@fsumpter Sure thing, but it's not like he didn't want to be seen or heard, chris snoop and monk protected him to hard, like in the jail scene with cheese, where he gets mad at them for not letting him know when his name was called, it's normal that he didn't do alot of dirt himself (avond did neither) but they just left him out of the process, that never happened to avon tho
Too many good scenes in The Wire. This one, D'Angelo teaching Wallace and Bodie Chess, D'Angelo & Wallace & Poot & McNuggets, Cutty & Slim & Avon, Wee-Bey and DeLonda, Randy and Carver, Bunk and Randy, Bodie & Poot & Wallace, Bodie's last stand, and so much more.
The singular lines play a significant role in the characters' downfall. As one commenter pointed, Avon was a little slow to realize Stringer changed and a little late to take out Marlo. Look at Omar what he said to Wee-Bey, "You come at the king you best not miss"...Omar went at Barksdale with a clean opportunity and missed. Kenard went at Omar - who was a king in the street level world - and he didn't miss. It's not a coincidence he caught him on his crown either.
He was shot, but didn't die, is in a coma. This clip doesn't show the close up of the his head with the bullet wound scar. He was prepared to die because he was in the game. But nobody expected him to end up brain dead. You can never prepare enough for unexpected.
It's amazing how this chronicles the downfall of the Barksdale organization so well...a little slow to realize Stringer wasn't the same person he grew up with, a little late to take out Marlo...it's life.
it's dumb that they never mentioned this guy ever again
even in season 3 when avon comes home to an apartment and a new lincoln navigator (all in his name, because as stringer says they are making enough legit money to carry it that way) the idea of transferring this guy to a better nursing home is never mentioned
This scene goes well with what Chris Partlow said "You don't ever want to be the last man to a party. You feel me? That's why I show up for a job an hour before, sometimes two." Seems like Chris is trying to follow Avon's words. He doesn't want to be slow or late.
If you watch all seasons of The Wire and you don't AT LEAST think it is ONE of the best TV series/works of cinematic art ever, you're probably a robot and/or paid off by one of the main networks (NBC, ABC, etc.).
The only other compelling TV that gives The Wire a run for its money is COPS, The Sopranos, and mid 90s The Jerry Springer Show.
There is not one bad scene in this series. Brilliant. I miss it terribly, nothing to do but watch it over and over. There will never be anoher like it.
@RobbieCalifornia This show snuck up on me: I didn't like it at first, and after the 8th or 9th show I was asking myself "well if this sucks so much, why am I still watching it?".
Watched the whole thing all the way through in three days. It only occurred to me half way through the thing is a work of complete genius.
@RobbieCalifornia not one bad scene... amen, I have the entire series on DVD, watched it completely twice, the first-third at least three times; best TV ever, should of won a Nobel prize for Literature; the best cop show ever and it was even a cop show; take note not once do you see a cop in the Wire fire on duty again good post
This scene is pure foreshadow. Sobotka was a monent too late, and got killed by the greek. Stringer made one mistake in trying to use the brother, and was killed. Wallice made the mistake of coming back and got killed. Bodie died because he got caught going into mcnulty's car just a moment too late. All these deaths could have been avoided if they were a little faster, a littler keener. This scene shows you that the game kills you for the smallest mistake, and you can't see them all coming.
I think about this scence every time I think about cutting corners but If I don't cut corners I feel like just another sucker"You can't plain for no shit like this ....it's life,it's life" scarry shit. powerful scence greatest show ever.!!!!
I think what Avon was trying to explain was that ultimately everyone falters. An environment so hostile demands flawless execution. Since perfection is impossible, they are all doomed to fail (to be a little slow, to be a little late) sooner or later.
He sees his brother lying comatose on the bed as a possible foreshadowing of his own fate. Avon isn't afraid of death. He expects it. But the knowledge that he will inevitably fail looms overhead like a cloud from which he can't escape. He's riding down the road towards a sure demise. They all are. He's just more aware of it than most. And one day, it might very well be him on the bed hanging between life and death. THAT scares him.
I agree with you. This scene shows that avon was human. Avon didn't bother with anyone who wasn't in the game and he cared about family. He was a hustler/gangster. Marlo was a socialpath who only cared about the crown/power. Avon had enough respect to run a whole prison. Omar was a legend. Marlo had his crown/power taken away and the kids on the corner didn't know or care who he was. All Marlo knew was the street and once he got stabbed that ment he was now touchable. He was done.
Though Avon loved his uncle, I think he was holding on to some resentment at 00:16. It's as if Avon's uncle passed down this lifestyle to him like some infected disease. Though commited to his life of crime, I can see that Avon did not "believe it" the way his uncle did. Avon, the thinking man's gangster.
then they bring the chess theme back before Bodie gets killed when Bodie talkin to Nolte and says this game is rigged we like them lil bitches on the chess board, great writing.
Does anyone think he was the best actor on the wire? I can't decide, he is very expressive while the guy who was Marlo is frighteningly unemotional but does a great job as well. One of my favorite performances is the development of Carver from useless in season 1 to a fine cop and person by the end.
You can avoid this if you fill out a medical directive. Its like a medical "will" that gives the hospital medical instructions on how to give you medical care or when to stop providing care in the hospital WHEN YOU ARE UNABLE TO SPEAK FOR YOURSELF DUE TO unconsciousness, coma, or amnesia. Keep a copy in your car and in ya wallet cuz like Avon said you never know.
This is probably one of the deepest scenes if not "the" deepest scene from the Wire. It not only gives insight into Avon's mind, but it also gives insight into life in general.
Man Avon and Marlo repped two tyeps of the same Bmore Hustle niggas! Strong both of em..Killas both of em in seperate ways ..always concerned about how the streets can ring your name out! You are your rep!
That was one powerfull scene. He was showing the D'Angelo the cosequences of the game. It was a reminder to Avon that he always needs to be on his toes. He was trying to convey that to D'Angelo.
this is a corporate world. they just sell a product the gov decided was illegal. they can't price compete with walmart on selling asprin, so they sell coke and dope
If your talking about that one scene where Marlo was out of place at that ritzy party, that not really substantial.
Remember: He didn't know anyone besides Levy, and Real Estate and stocks wasn't his game. His industry is illegal drugs because thats what was easily accessible. If real estate was he'd use his intelligence, and determination to be good at that too. If you're a good businessman, you're a good businessman.
The writing team Simon assembled was off the hook!
pingguo2 15 hours ago
in contrast to Michael's line to Snoop right before he beats her to the punch, anticipating she was gonna kill him, so he pops her instead: "Yall taught me. Get there early". what a show
stillsettinit 3 days ago
0:40-0:41...Avon sometimes looks like he could be Kenard's dad.
frncsvat 1 week ago
Damm that's real ass advice.
ThrowingThrowies 1 month ago
By the looks of the scar at 1:37 it seems like he got shot in the head but survived only to be left in a vegetative state. If he was dead I could carry it better, you know?
SouzaNZ 1 month ago
@SouzaNZ nah, the dude has AIDS they mentioned it previously in the series or even in the episode i think
elemental12345678900 2 weeks ago
Great show. I like to imagine that Slim Charles is running things until Avon's 5 years it up, the king stays king.
rybobuno 1 month ago 3
The perfect television show.
groucho66 1 month ago
Definately one of my favourite scenes
ikosabre 1 month ago
What happened to the guy in the bed?
Mrpaulbarnes 1 month ago
This is like my favorite all time show I need to find each an every episode I kinda fell off when Marlo slid in...
Hppy4nw 2 months ago
thats his brother or his father
Theghot791 3 months ago
@Theghot791 brother. there father was long dead
youngboysnation 3 weeks ago
"if he was dead i could carry it better" i think the thing that really bugged avon out was the fact that dude wasnt officially dead like he had some life in him to keep him breathing but that was it..he couldn't function or respond like a normal human..he's the living dead
704Hustle 3 months ago
i think in this scene avon realize he is riding on borrowed time
evilmickey100 4 months ago
He was a little too slow and late getting to Marlo, that's why he went back to jail and Marlo's crew took over.
SM87013 4 months ago
Poot... Cuty,,,, Namond... they only managed to leave the game during the show at all ... shieeeeeeeeeet !!!!!!
omanualdojogadorcaro 4 months ago
One of the smartest scene's of this entire series.
Maelstrom777 5 months ago
Being a lil slow and a lil late is an inevitable part of EVERYONE's life in general. That's why this show is so deep. If you look at it as a macrocosm it is simply the dualism in life. And we all are a lil slow and a lil late its life. What's supposed to happen will happen and its no way no one can stop it. Whether you slow/fast or late/early, its gonna happen. Think to the last episode where Mike kills Snoop he tells her y'all always taught me get there early. Early for him, yet late for her.
frostyicy 6 months ago 2
@frostyicy thanx captain obvious.
sjmoney102183 5 months ago
@sjmoney102183 No problem private.
frostyicy 5 months ago
@frostyicy That's all retrospective tho, he's talking about what we have control over, i.e what IS supposed to happen? Some of it is in our control, some isnt, its different to saying oh that fat guy died of a heart attack, he ate too much, are you saying he couldnt plan for it?
bebo3ful 4 months ago
talk that shit now baby
1L4MK 6 months ago
I think that he was also trying to give Deangelo more incite about the Game. Deangelo was always messing up, but he kept trying to teach him. He didnt realize it until it was too late that Deangelo wasnt built for the game. So no matter how much you try to teach some people, they will always be A little Slow and a Little Late.
TheLokked 6 months ago 2
In the end Avon was a "little slow and a little late" in giving up on Stringer, thus making him a "little slow and a little late" on getting at Marlo. He was late just once and by barely a day, and it cost him everything.
fffcccf 6 months ago 2
such an underrated actor on the show. He had an air of authenticity that was beyond most in the Wire. I really believed he was a gangster.
spiltbluhd 7 months ago
this is true to Avon, Stringer, Omar, Marlo and etc.
monkeytrip 8 months ago
@monkeytrip especially for Omar, who was always talking about 'The Game'. He got shot in the head for underestimating kernard.
NurgTheJedi 7 months ago
2 dislikes, what, do these motherfuckers hate ice cream and smiles also.
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what's up baby talk that shit now
BishopOcelot 8 months ago
Who's the guy in the bed?
kmoney1491 8 months ago
was-up rule breaker... t@lk dat shit now. Ya Vet patna's girl too? You dogg.
thecalistallion 10 months ago
damn....the game. its a muthafucka.
jiac1125 10 months ago
damn....the game. its a muthaf
jiac1125 10 months ago
Avon- jail Stringer-dead D'angelo-dead Bodie-dead Wallace-dead Chris-jail Snoop-dead Prop Joe-dead Cheese-dead Wee Bay-dead Bird-jail Little Kevin-dead Monk-jail. And theres a lot more.
All of them were a little slow or a little late.
The only ones who got lucky were Marlo, Slim Charles, and Poot.
goceltics339 11 months ago
@goceltics339 IDK how lucky Marlo is because he ended up in jail too @ the end. Out of the ones you mentioned that were lucky I would have to agree on Slim Charles and Poot.
fsumpter 10 months ago
@fsumpter marlo got out man cuz the case was fallin apart due to lack of legal proof
Clownface125 7 months ago
@Clownface125 Yeah, i remember. At the end of that episode though, he found out that no one on the streets respect him. It's almost like he was a joke, probably due to everyone else doing his dirty work for him all this time.
fsumpter 7 months ago
@fsumpter Sure thing, but it's not like he didn't want to be seen or heard, chris snoop and monk protected him to hard, like in the jail scene with cheese, where he gets mad at them for not letting him know when his name was called, it's normal that he didn't do alot of dirt himself (avond did neither) but they just left him out of the process, that never happened to avon tho
Clownface125 7 months ago 9
@Clownface125 You're right.
fsumpter 7 months ago
@goceltics339 wee-bay is shown in last episode of #5 as in the yard at the Cut, Chris is shown walking up to him
badbadkingjohn 9 months ago
@badbadkingjohn oh sorry that was a typo. Yup, wee bays in jail for life, which isn't really much better than dead.
goceltics339 9 months ago
Probably one of my favorite scenes in the entire show.
CNNonceAGAIN 1 year ago
In the end,.. The king and the pawn go back in the same
box. -thecalistallion
thecalistallion 1 year ago
thats some sweet voodoo you workin there. No wait,...
i can't see you...
thecalistallion 1 year ago
:-( awwww... now my keyboard doesn't work. -thecalistallion
thecalistallion 1 year ago
:-( awwww...
thecalistallion 1 year ago
"See,..the thing is.....you only got to FUCK-UP ONCE.
Be it little slow...be it little late.....just ONCE."
-Avon Barksdale
thecalistallion 1 year ago
@thecalistallion Ye, we know.... we watched the clip... thanks anywway.
Brandywellbhoy 1 year ago
But yet he let Stringer of the hook for whackin' D'Angelo....
WiseGuy5674 1 year ago
What a great scene
Esteban2000 1 year ago
Too many good scenes in The Wire. This one, D'Angelo teaching Wallace and Bodie Chess, D'Angelo & Wallace & Poot & McNuggets, Cutty & Slim & Avon, Wee-Bey and DeLonda, Randy and Carver, Bunk and Randy, Bodie & Poot & Wallace, Bodie's last stand, and so much more.
The game is rigged.
pandasweater 1 year ago 3
The singular lines play a significant role in the characters' downfall. As one commenter pointed, Avon was a little slow to realize Stringer changed and a little late to take out Marlo. Look at Omar what he said to Wee-Bey, "You come at the king you best not miss"...Omar went at Barksdale with a clean opportunity and missed. Kenard went at Omar - who was a king in the street level world - and he didn't miss. It's not a coincidence he caught him on his crown either.
Suprafly05 1 year ago 12
is that his brother?
OrionThomas30 1 year ago
And it's Dee's uncle they talk about that walking in to the room.
swellco2000 1 year ago
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swellco2000 1 year ago
He was shot, but didn't die, is in a coma. This clip doesn't show the close up of the his head with the bullet wound scar. He was prepared to die because he was in the game. But nobody expected him to end up brain dead. You can never prepare enough for unexpected.
swellco2000 1 year ago
geez, Avon is charismatic
ikosabre 1 year ago
@ikosabre avon was a fuckin gangster!
slimithy12 1 year ago
It's amazing how this chronicles the downfall of the Barksdale organization so well...a little slow to realize Stringer wasn't the same person he grew up with, a little late to take out Marlo...it's life.
Sag3d 1 year ago 23
@Sag3d No it doesn't. What happened with the Barksdale org was simply misfortune.
kandinskyforfootball 3 weeks ago
is that his dad ?
OrionThomas30 1 year ago
@OrionThomas30 I think the man on the bed is Avon's Brother, so it may be Dee's father..
BigBuck523 1 year ago
Nah, that was avon's brother and dee's uncle. Avon's sister was dee's mother.
allfiveny 1 year ago
is that his dad
OrionThomas30 1 year ago
Was that Avon's father? Old age or gunshot victim?
mustangdrew 1 year ago
@mustangdrew nahh its Avon's brother and he got shot in the head
kobesucks92 1 year ago
His brother he has aids.
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HOTBOY1521 1 year ago
it's dumb that they never mentioned this guy ever again
even in season 3 when avon comes home to an apartment and a new lincoln navigator (all in his name, because as stringer says they are making enough legit money to carry it that way) the idea of transferring this guy to a better nursing home is never mentioned
gauchebag 1 year ago
he got shot in da head; if ya'll ain catch that
beautifulhoney19 1 year ago
Fuck The Sopranos¡¡¡ The Wire rules¡¡
muertosdetumare 1 year ago 2
This scene goes well with what Chris Partlow said "You don't ever want to be the last man to a party. You feel me? That's why I show up for a job an hour before, sometimes two." Seems like Chris is trying to follow Avon's words. He doesn't want to be slow or late.
montecarlomayne 1 year ago
If you watch all seasons of The Wire and you don't AT LEAST think it is ONE of the best TV series/works of cinematic art ever, you're probably a robot and/or paid off by one of the main networks (NBC, ABC, etc.).
The only other compelling TV that gives The Wire a run for its money is COPS, The Sopranos, and mid 90s The Jerry Springer Show.
mrtamez2009 1 year ago
@mrtamez2009 Did you just compare The Wire to Jerry Springer?
yetanothersign 1 year ago 2
@yetanothersign Not a literal comparison, I said Jerry Springer, at its height, was compelling TV. Yeah, it was trashy, base, and explotative... but
people watched for a reason.
mrtamez2009 1 year ago
Bertier: Left side!
Big Ju: Strong Side!
Bertier: Left side!
Big Ju: Strong Side!
Bertier: Left side!
Big Ju: Strong Side!
ohh damn, wrong show/movie...my bad.
baltimoreblitz16 1 year ago
@baltimoreblitz16 haha jeez julius took a bad path in life huh
goceltics339 1 year ago
@baltimoreblitz16 lol coach boone woulda fucked him up for dealing rocks on the side..
Or let omar and sunshine have a go at him
AnnexGroup 1 year ago
"whats up baby, talk that shit now"
sjmoney102183 1 year ago
What happened to Avon's uncle, I forgot?
horcrux2 1 year ago
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at
it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know
not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your
gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,
that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?
Martunez 2 years ago 4
@Martunez Yeah, that last season of the Wire got a little bit flowery in the language.
menckencynic 1 year ago
wood harris slays this scene. like he does all others. the acting is beyond perfect.
usafjeff 2 years ago 9
dammmmmmmmmmn
teegees1 2 years ago
Yeah he don't just play a good gangster, he can get deep to!!! FREE AVON BARKSDALE
MrBillz81 1 year ago 2
@usafjeff i just can't picture anyone portraying avon but him really
mefeline 1 year ago
There is not one bad scene in this series. Brilliant. I miss it terribly, nothing to do but watch it over and over. There will never be anoher like it.
RobbieCalifornia 2 years ago 114
You ever watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?
Well I wish I could do that for The Wire. I envy first-time Wire watchers.
ThreadStealer 2 years ago 4
@ThreadStealer Yeah but rewatching it shows how cohesive and brilliantly planned the whole thing was.
TheMrHupu 1 year ago
@RobbieCalifornia This show snuck up on me: I didn't like it at first, and after the 8th or 9th show I was asking myself "well if this sucks so much, why am I still watching it?".
Watched the whole thing all the way through in three days. It only occurred to me half way through the thing is a work of complete genius.
menckencynic 2 years ago 5
I'm halfway through, and I felt the same way. Its because its such a deep and complex story, it takes a while before you can get into it.
lorezapocalypse 2 years ago
@RobbieCalifornia not one bad scene... amen, I have the entire series on DVD, watched it completely twice, the first-third at least three times; best TV ever, should of won a Nobel prize for Literature; the best cop show ever and it was even a cop show; take note not once do you see a cop in the Wire fire on duty again good post
badbadkingjohn 9 months ago 2
@RobbieCalifornia right on bro"
aidenconnolly1 6 months ago
@RobbieCalifornia Who knows? Nobody thinks that any movie could top the greatness of godfather, what in 1994 Pulp Fiction came
ushuaia213 5 months ago
This doesn't really have any relevance to anything, but I absolutely love it. Bloody poetry.
Dillej 2 years ago
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teegees1 2 years ago
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Dillej 2 years ago
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teegees1 2 years ago
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Dillej 2 years ago
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teegees1 2 years ago
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Dillej 2 years ago
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teegees1 2 years ago
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Dillej 2 years ago
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teegees1 2 years ago
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Dillej 2 years ago
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teegees1 2 years ago
This scene is pure foreshadow. Sobotka was a monent too late, and got killed by the greek. Stringer made one mistake in trying to use the brother, and was killed. Wallice made the mistake of coming back and got killed. Bodie died because he got caught going into mcnulty's car just a moment too late. All these deaths could have been avoided if they were a little faster, a littler keener. This scene shows you that the game kills you for the smallest mistake, and you can't see them all coming.
arkedysvidrigailov 2 years ago 10
That's right - the smallest grammatical error and they'll have you...
Dillej 2 years ago
help me i have a monster in my closet
teegees1 2 years ago
I think about this scence every time I think about cutting corners but If I don't cut corners I feel like just another sucker"You can't plain for no shit like this ....it's life,it's life" scarry shit. powerful scence greatest show ever.!!!!
jeromemilton 2 years ago 3
"Be a little slow, be a little late." In the end Avon was a little slow and a little late.
jete121991 2 years ago 4
I think what Avon was trying to explain was that ultimately everyone falters. An environment so hostile demands flawless execution. Since perfection is impossible, they are all doomed to fail (to be a little slow, to be a little late) sooner or later.
pleaslucian 2 years ago 111
I agree, good analysis.
jete121991 2 years ago 3
i know, good point
laxsmac619 2 years ago
very good point but if Avon would have been a little earlier than Marlo and his crew would have been too late at that Rim Shop. lol
waveali 2 years ago 3
@waveali, that punk ass sucka stringer snitched... he was no good, he deserved his demise
ThaTrillMagician 2 years ago
smartest analysis of his perfrectly executed scene
teegees1 2 years ago
@pleaslucian that scares him?
deumevet 1 year ago
@deumevet
He sees his brother lying comatose on the bed as a possible foreshadowing of his own fate. Avon isn't afraid of death. He expects it. But the knowledge that he will inevitably fail looms overhead like a cloud from which he can't escape. He's riding down the road towards a sure demise. They all are. He's just more aware of it than most. And one day, it might very well be him on the bed hanging between life and death. THAT scares him.
pleaslucian 1 year ago 35
@pleaslucian We all die one day.
ndc18 1 year ago
I agree with you. This scene shows that avon was human. Avon didn't bother with anyone who wasn't in the game and he cared about family. He was a hustler/gangster. Marlo was a socialpath who only cared about the crown/power. Avon had enough respect to run a whole prison. Omar was a legend. Marlo had his crown/power taken away and the kids on the corner didn't know or care who he was. All Marlo knew was the street and once he got stabbed that ment he was now touchable. He was done.
allfiveny 1 year ago 6
@pleaslucian profound PROFOUND
tommybrown187 5 months ago
@pleaslucian excellent post. The Wire, should of won the nobel prize for lit. Watched each episodeX2
badbadkingjohn 5 months ago in playlist the wire
@pleaslucian I agree 100%. What a wonderful scene.
AnnexGroup 1 year ago
@pleaslucian as the late Omar Little would say "INDEED"
theman2017inc 10 months ago
@pleaslucian Perfectly said.
RightWingHunter666 9 months ago 2
@pleaslucian What u be talkin
iszalgocomin 9 months ago
@pleaslucian Thanks for the explanation Captain Obvious.
Maarttttt 8 months ago 2
That is Avon's brother not his uncle. It's D's uncle
horgan33 2 years ago 4
Though Avon loved his uncle, I think he was holding on to some resentment at 00:16. It's as if Avon's uncle passed down this lifestyle to him like some infected disease. Though commited to his life of crime, I can see that Avon did not "believe it" the way his uncle did. Avon, the thinking man's gangster.
504Diva 2 years ago 5
Even though Avon was a soldier, he still had his fears about ending up like his uncle, thats was something that wasn't shown much
stoneroses22 2 years ago 5
Is that Avon's father?
jete121991 2 years ago
that was his uncle
910bBYSHaY 2 years ago
For a gangster, Avon has alot of wisdom
stoneroses22 2 years ago 2
Gangsters gotta have brains in order to get away with crime.
jete121991 2 years ago 2
one of wood harris' best scenes in the 1st season
cs00024 2 years ago
Well spotted!! Chess board floor action!!
justskiptotheend1 2 years ago
The writer made th floor look likea chess board while avon was moving with stinkum and d, the pawns. litle bald headed bitches
PeteyB267 2 years ago 4
thats a well spoted medaphore you made
Petey123123 2 years ago
then they bring the chess theme back before Bodie gets killed when Bodie talkin to Nolte and says this game is rigged we like them lil bitches on the chess board, great writing.
BigTone113 2 years ago 3
Damn and I thought I knew the Wire!
robertmurray7782 2 years ago
What a fuckin' great peice of screenwriting this shit is. Bravo whoever you are.
Fuckin'great acting, except for the motherfucker in bed... that shit was pedestrian at best
justskiptotheend1 2 years ago 5
lol
Wood Harris is a phenomenal actor
Kartel10304 2 years ago 3
Does anyone think he was the best actor on the wire? I can't decide, he is very expressive while the guy who was Marlo is frighteningly unemotional but does a great job as well. One of my favorite performances is the development of Carver from useless in season 1 to a fine cop and person by the end.
robertmurray7782 2 years ago 9
its so hard to say who was the best actor on the show......so many many good actors to choose from
cs00024 2 years ago 10
my bad, i meant i'm glad string got popped.
normdynasty 2 years ago
man, d wuz real cool. i'm glad omar and mouzone eliminated his azz.
normdynasty 2 years ago
one of the realest moments ever on the show
Newmoneyboyz1 2 years ago 2
who is that guy to him?
BKstunna519 2 years ago
pretty sure it was his uncle.... if i'm wrong then i'm sure he was family... but ya, 90% sure it was his unc
icefenixxx 2 years ago
a post below says it was his grandfather...
icefenixxx 2 years ago
avons brother....dangelos uncle
cs00024 2 years ago
I like that scene alot. Kinda implying that "the game" is rigged.
reaperofdagrim 2 years ago
"Wassup baby....? Talk that shit now."
KeanOOO 2 years ago 6
It was D's grandpa.
Remember,in Season 1 episode 11 he tells his story.
"You know who my grandpa was?"
Luppertazzi 2 years ago
Actually, I think it was Avon's older brother and D's Uncle.
coldcaution 2 years ago
lol 0:24
buggeazy 3 years ago
Powerful scene, my favorite of the whole show. No shooting, just Avon talking about the consequences of letting your guard down even for a second.
Traye76 3 years ago 4
was that avons brother?
killuminatimakaveli 3 years ago
!Shits Very Deep!
RichUno1 3 years ago 2
You can avoid this if you fill out a medical directive. Its like a medical "will" that gives the hospital medical instructions on how to give you medical care or when to stop providing care in the hospital WHEN YOU ARE UNABLE TO SPEAK FOR YOURSELF DUE TO unconsciousness, coma, or amnesia. Keep a copy in your car and in ya wallet cuz like Avon said you never know.
UTuberSandwich 3 years ago 2
thats go to know
trevdiggz 3 years ago
This is probably one of the deepest scenes if not "the" deepest scene from the Wire. It not only gives insight into Avon's mind, but it also gives insight into life in general.
frostyicy 3 years ago 2
Truth in the words ring out anywhere and for anything.
robertmurray7782 3 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
what show is this ?
or is it a movie
someone let me know
ghetomonk 3 years ago
the wire. its the greatest
modramafoyomama 3 years ago 2
What's wrong with the guy in the bed?
getreadytotube 3 years ago
he is just a lil' sleepy
simontempleman 2 years ago
One of the most powerful scene in The Wire series!!!!!!!!!!!!!
frostyicy 3 years ago 5
Man Avon and Marlo repped two tyeps of the same Bmore Hustle niggas! Strong both of em..Killas both of em in seperate ways ..always concerned about how the streets can ring your name out! You are your rep!
bmorephasion 3 years ago
That was one powerfull scene. He was showing the D'Angelo the cosequences of the game. It was a reminder to Avon that he always needs to be on his toes. He was trying to convey that to D'Angelo.
forsaken27893 3 years ago
What would happen if some of these guys used their craftiness in the corporate world... sometimes I wonder which is harder?
SandwichandDrink 3 years ago
this is a corporate world. they just sell a product the gov decided was illegal. they can't price compete with walmart on selling asprin, so they sell coke and dope
klined 3 years ago
Have you seen Season 4? How're they gonna get into the corporate world?
kolst8406 3 years ago
If your talking about that one scene where Marlo was out of place at that ritzy party, that not really substantial.
Remember: He didn't know anyone besides Levy, and Real Estate and stocks wasn't his game. His industry is illegal drugs because thats what was easily accessible. If real estate was he'd use his intelligence, and determination to be good at that too. If you're a good businessman, you're a good businessman.
SandwichandDrink 3 years ago