"You Just A Boy"

[mjonas10]

So if he's Omar 2.0, does that mean that he and that other guy go home and suck each other's dicks later?

[armstrong2mcgrady2k1]

They kinda went over the top with the overtones between Omar and Michael

[XvxBERSERKxvX]

Omar 2.0

[buggeazy102]

whistle out loud!! yo! micheal coming!!! everybody runs

[mjonas10]

The new Omar? There better be some dicksucking too.

[PrettyGirlKarsynRose]

wouldnt it be kinda cool if it was randy with mike or something lol

[buggeazy102]

@PrettyGirlKarsynRose randy dont got the heart! kennard will do a better job then him

[MrJooxman]

I think he's using Omar's gun. Remember how the little hoppers stripped Omar after he got shot? I think Michael made off with the gun and that's what he's using here.

[silo132]

Na DeathandGrim, everything's not a circle. Namond can not become a Carcetti. Their different origins can't make them the same. Poot did leave the game, but he just works in shop, whereas Cutty built a whole boxing gym : he did not simply apply for a job.

It would have been too easy to just say that at differant times, the characters are identical.

[SkinnyBlackGuy92]

It's a great scene and it's pretty scary how much Michael resembles Omar in it. I wish there was another season of the wire where they'd do a tme skip and show us just exactly where everybody ends up in 5-10 years.

[ChequeWriter]

Remark: "You're just a boy!" Retort: "That's just your knee!"

Omar would've been proud!.

[holfjew18]

@ChequeWriter oh indeed

[drubie67]

Michael don't scare...

[theholywarss]

i used to be a boy like you, then i took a bullet in the knee.

[mrcash193]

wtf wouldn't he have takin off his whole leg with a double barrel??

[fleskfan100]

@mrcash193

Perhaps the guns and bullets they get aren't of very good quality? I'll imagine you can't find grade-A firearms and ammo in the hood, they probably are searching for whatever is the cheapest. That's just my theory.

[NotGangster100]

THE NEW OMAR LOL FROM HIS MANNERS ON DOWN LOL

[crafty112]

shortly after mike got adopted by a white family in beverly hills and changed his name to dixon and was finally able to live a normal life like he wanted to lol... (some people wont know what im talking about lol)

[wasteman99]

@crafty112 lool isnt that the 90210 (dont know the name) where he wheres this gay hat. I saw it n i changed it after 3mins, like micheal GTFOH

[crafty112]

@wasteman99 Yeah bro i only started to watch it because he got one of the lead roles but it's a pretty good show, If you do start watching it i would go back to the beginning in season 1

[sunnybossLawensky]

@crafty112 Yea now he gettin addicted to drugs and kissing white girls its crazy

[kaulofak]

thats just ya knee

[ajaykeer23939]

they should make another series like this one.... one with crips and bloods maybe... or 18th street and sd

[Mrpaulbarnes]

Tristan Wilds is a sick actor

[passdayak]

"that mother fucker shot me" lol

[50ztej]

why did no one in the wire wear a fukkin mask or bally when doing their dirt?? Why would you show your face for everybody to see

[drktigger]

@50ztej Omar enjoyed his name ringing out, and Michael probably wants that for himself in the future. He never did like taking shit from anybody.

[itsarresteddevelopem]

@50ztej - Because the code of the street is you don't snitch to the police. You have to take care of it on you own.

[LivingxPrime]

I liked how not only did the Wire show that "life goes on" with Michael essentially being potentially well known Rip'n'Run artist. They simultaneously showed a possible backstory for Omar through Michael too.

A person who had an internal code, learned skills, but in the end as Snoop said, "never one of us, and never could be." Eventually becoming the most respected and feared person in the community.

[K1NgL0]

they should rename this to THATS JUST YA KNEE lol

[jesusmcsanders]

this was probably my favorite moment of season 5 (aside from the photocopier "lie detector" and the "good night moon" thing--but those were homages to several other works anyway). even though throughout season 4 I was hoping he would turn it around and find something positive, it was kind of cool to see that even though he was going to stay in the game, he decided he wasn't going to be a pawn anymore.

[MickloTheClown]

Anybody know the song in the backround?

[1999CAPONE]

fuck this show was the shit. i hate that its finished but loved the way it did

[1999CAPONE]

fuck this show was the shit. i hate that its finished but loved the way it did

[CFCwillyb]

nice doin bidnis gentlemen

[yacamadog4]

They should have a spin off maybe a Movie or series called Micheal... & Marlo should be his rival. Micheal should bring the best out of Marlo & his meet his match like Marlo & Avon but Marlo bieng who he is wont let it be so easy & nothn like avon... Marlo letting him know why he's the HNIC

[ToOnzTheOriginaL]

"you just a boy"......BANG....."thats just a knee"

LOLzzz

[badman621]

i wonder what nursery rhyme he'll whistle

[KojachBaumherr]

@badman621 shit dude i never thought of that, he did kinda end up like omar

[buggeazy102]

@badman621 maybe the same one lol

[Stronglarry73]

@badman621 three blind mice

[tmdrdd]

"Nice do'in business with you, gentlemen....And spread the word...There's a new Omar in town...only...he's not gay..."

;)

[DavKellar]

Man, its awesome that Mike becomes the new "Omar"

[drktigger]

I guess we all should have known this was where Michael was headed when he robbed Officer Walker..

[mankytoes]

This makes perfect sense, I reckon they new this was how Mike was gonna end up from the start. He couldn't deal with authority, couldn't rely on no one, but he wasn't cold enough for the unfair killings demanded of a soldier.

[kingjaffe857]

What song playin in back? Ne1 kno?

[rybobuno]

@kingjaffe857 Can't tell which song but it's David Banner for sure

[DopiumWu]

@kingjaffe857 David Banner - K.O

[emproar02]

How do they just disappear into the night....like ninjas

[TheSuirad]

@emproar02 because they're niggas.

[90sBabyTwan]

You just a boy! And thats just yo knee!!! lol this was my shit i got all the seasons!

[WMBunch1983]

@90sBabyTwan Me too! Bet he won't talk that "you just a boy" garbage next time a young buck comes to rob his old ass lol

[90sBabyTwan]

@WMBunch1983 hell naw he won't he gone give em the money wit quickness lol

[RSAinUK]

I love the way that at first in this scene, Michael seems a bit scared, but then he gets a sudden urge of confidence when he remembers ho much power he has in the situation and he even starts talking a bit like Omar!

[cash48607]

The New Omar !

[TubeGuest5178]

@cash48607 Naw that's Michael. He gonna be way better than Omar because Omar had one weakness that Michael will never have and that's KIDS. Michael won't let his guard down for nothing. although he does have a code just like Omar.

[cash48607]

@TubeGuest5178 Yeah You Right..

[TubeGuest5178]

@cash48607 It's like we only gotta small peek on how Omar was when he was a lil shorty comin' up, but we got to see Michael from the very beginning. Michael's life allowed us to imagine what sort of momz Omar probably had that is why I was crackin up at what Avon said when he asked, I think, Shamrock to get that Welfare info. on Lil Omar. What season was that?

[CFCwillyb]

@TubeGuest5178 omar had kids?

[drktigger]

@CFCwillyb No, he meant Omar's weakness was letting his guard down around kids.

[CFCwillyb]

@drktigger Yeah just read it through again makes sense. I was like what how does gay mar have kids and I havent even noticed!!

[myfacesp]

This is similar to the robbing of the pit in the first season, is it not?

[MrBigDaddy001]

the wire portrays the problems of inner city crime as a never ending cycle. after Bubbles cleans up his act and starts a new life, Duquan fills his role as a junkie. and after Omar gets killed Michael steps into his boots as a stick up man. Its essentially metaphorical, regardless of how much effort the police or social workers put in to get people off the streets, their work is never ending and will never win the 'war'. though as carver said in season 1 'you can't call it a war, wars end' <3

[iiPodGurL18]

@MrBigDaddy001 :'-) exactly!!!!

[Liquiddragon1]

@MrBigDaddy001 Nope, Chuck Testa

[DreadfulControversy]

@MrBigDaddy001 Wow, good point. I never realized that. The Wire is deeper than I thought...

[UnusualSuspect89]

@MrBigDaddy001 ...and Sydnor is new Mcnolty!

[uglygun]

@MrBigDaddy001 all in the game yo

[DeathandGrim2]

@MrBigDaddy001 Also note that Poot became the one who left the game and chose to grow up and become legit much like Cutty, Namod becomes more like Carcetti, and Marlo is like Stringer and Avon mixed, with some want to be a business man but just too attracted to the call of the street.

[Droveda90]

@DeathandGrim2 Nah, Marlo was strictly like Avon. Stringer didn't give a shit about the street, fame and dropping bodies for rep. Stringer wanted the money, in the end he wanted to be legit and make it ouf of the hood. Marlo has no interest in leaving the streets behind, he thrives in that environment. His last scenes are pretty straight-forward in that regard

[305bmf]

just a boy huh i bet next time dad see michel aka the one he thanks is just a boy he will give it up with no ? asked

[kingjaffe857]

Wut the song playin n the back of dis scene? Nebody kno?

[evc1689]

so i take it fat rick and slim are gonna put a hit out on mike now?

[Eadavis07]

I also think Mike became a fag just like Omar lol

[KrayzieB0ne3]

@Eadavis07 lol thats what i thought ...probably cuz he got molested by bugs pop

[mrmootheirrev]

@KrayzieB0ne3 Seriously what the fuck.

[woodwyrm]

@Eadavis07  despite the fact that he gets down with a girl in season 4(maybe 5) and connects with another at a themepark he goe visitin with bug and Duquan?

[Eadavis07]

"You just a boy!"

"That's just your knee."

Lmaooo!!!

[Eadavis07]

I love the scene. It shows everything that they foreshadowed during the fourth and fifth seasons.

[316thaking]

"that muthafucka shot me!" no shit sherlock lol

[fausto412]

that was cold man. wire was the best show ever man

[saintpeter666]

This scene just sums up the series perfectly. EVERYONE is a part of the system: not just the cops and politicians, but the dealers and stick-up artists too. Someone needed to fill Omar's shoes, just like someone needed to fill Daniels' and McNulty's shoes. They all play their part, and the system just continues. And that's why the whole "war on drugs" is nonsense; people on the "wrong" side of the law are just as much a part of the system as people on the "right" side.

[hiphopheadism]

@Deadguy1988 lol, it was omar's shotty, not to mention the glock too. when kernard dumped Omar people disarmed him and left.

[hiphopheadism]

I hate that i seen season 1-4 but not season 5. Was season 5 beast? im gonna go to blockbuster if they have it

[jaydb313]

whats the name of the song playing

[mustrapefoley]

I know this is a tragic scene reinforcing the cyclical nature of the game, and the idea that the system fails youths etc...

but HOT DAMN IS THIS COOL.

[JoePesciVSBillyBatts]

he deserved to get shot just for listening that crap song!!!

[youngboysnation]

@JoePesciVSBillyBatts he deserved it for afilliation with marlo

[alec1115]

*SPOILER*

After season 4 was over, I thought Michael would be the one to cap Omar.

[MrDampkring]

Nice little homage to Omar there. Was glad it was Michael. He was too level headed for Marlo's crew.

[Swaggtv3]

This Show Needs A Season 6....I Dnt Like It Ending Like This..MIKE WAS THE MAN TO ME!!!!

[pandasweater]

So much detail in The Wire and connected events that MAKE the show. Michael shoots Vinson's left knee, the same way that Omar shot Sterling's left knee during the stick up in Season 1.

[americanmotherland]

I like how when omar sees mike for the first time he says "he just a kid" almost exactly the same as the guy he shot here.

[elvego]

same omar blink lol

[Crazydog7]

Michael Thou art the New Omar.

[universalconnections]

thats mike right chere filling in the void omar left ...

[weezy5611]

"ets just ya knee."

[marsamgod]

"That Motherfucker shot me" state the bloody obvious!

[patrickbrine]

He used to be such a nice kid at school...

He's also a shit actor.

[Misssharmeal]

Marlo sold the connect, and most of the "big timers" were softer than cotton on a baby's ass. This is a prime example of how the young and strong prey on the old and weak. As for who the young man is with him, think about it; Mike had already made a rep for himself. I'm pretty sure that while not openly confirmed, it was a well known secret that he was the one who killed Snoop.That boy was a foot soldier, probably the next snoop or chris.

[Misssharmeal]

The character "Mike" isn't meant to be a duplication or exact replica reminiscent to that of which "Omar" portrays. Their styles are similar, mentalities slightly the same, and enviornment identical. That's it. Notice how the writer makes a point to show us that Mike isn't gay (i.e. the scene w/him and his lady friend). Big fish, small fish, some fish all fish, it didn't matter who he robbed. Remember two of the most feared foot soldiers were outta the picture (chris/snoop)

[paraparrot]

It s aight Mike becoming something like the "new omar", but why did they have to bring it EXACTLY like Omar robbing the Barksdale stash house ??

It would have been enough seeing Michael rob some kid at a corner with some shotgun. But the boy punking the biggest fishes in town, man..?? Thats way too much credit. And I hate that shit he s doin with the tongue man - that s even gayer than Omar was.

Whole scene s just not SUBTILE "you know what that means ?" "Laid back n shit". Exactly.

[Whatisright]

@paraparrot he used to work for those same people. The people who later tried to kill him and made him go on the run. Just like Omar to hit them back where it hurts.

[paraparrot]

@Whatisright

yeah but i was just saying that i was disappointed from the season ending.

i know he was workin for them. but he was working for them like mr nugget works for ronald mcdonald. he d never come up from his basement with a shotty n fuck up ronald. and if he did he would not do that gay thing with his tongue haha

[universalconnections]

@paraparrot why start off small ? the danger is the same .cut out the middleman.get the gold ..hell go for all the gold .his mentality was correct .

[SuperVincerican]

I though Mike would have became another Avon or Marlo, but this was still a good ending.

[ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz]

i was glad michael found his thing here

[xHIPxHOPxHEADx]

whos ol boy wit mike??

[TheMarsLegend]

@xHIPxHOPxHEADx i wanna know da same thing

[samo314159]

@xHIPxHOPxHEADx If Omar's any example, he's got the life expectancy of one of Captain Kirk's girlfriends.

[urbanlegendSP]

One of the best scenes of season 5. Thanks!

[ElNegocioSA]

all the little shortys are gonna want to be like Mikey

[Pepotamo1985]

I fucking LOVED this bit when I first saw it...love it now. I love the cyclical nature of The Wire...life goes on, people assume new roles and everything's still fucked.

The best TV show ever made, no question.

[SpraxIAKS]

@Pepotamo1985 Just like life. Everything's still fucked.

[BackToReality01]

Michael was the perfect character to take over from Omar.

If you watch the prequel of young Omar, he was very similar to Michael. Omar questioned about whether robing that man at the bus stop was justified,

which is very similar to when Michael questions Chris and Snoop about whether they can justify their murders.

[tEkToNiK]

yup. since michael was molested by bug's dad when he was little, he might even be gay too just like omar.

[lukeydev]

hahaha

[smukles]

He gets with a girl before this though.

[froggy2991]

@tEkToNiK hahaha i was thinking the same

[KevinOrrell]

@BackToReality01 I don't think the scene is Michael becoming Omar specifically but rather that his future is so ambiguous. He could be an Omar, a Marlo, an Avon, a Weebay or a combination of them and every other player

[DMTfabric]

b more is always gonna have an omar...nice to see this guy takin it over! hes was a smart one too...specially the thing with snoop...

[Sneezlebob]

anyone else think Michaels partner looks confused as hell

[pimpinporkchunks]

A shotty to the knee at that range should of took his leg off..

[rebharath]

was thinking the same thing. omar used a different load (pumpkinball) ; looks like michael using something different.

[Deadguy1988]

its probally omars shotgun too!

[TheMarsLegend]

@Deadguy1988 yea remember when bunk and the other cops went on the scene of omars death and they said sum kids can and took hit shotgun and his semmi auto

[nickabbass]

omg i was lookin for this scene for so long this is the shit!

[LightningDevilPS3]

Now niggas on the street gonna start runnin and shouting "Michael coming".

[tahthedon]

Damn, the next scene was good.

[dallashood67]

Damn....the next Omar. Lovin' Mike right now.

[rebharath]

yeah, nice to see mike taking up the shotgun.

[chuelz]

jus like Omar

[YB206]

Thats just ya knee

[TheMarsLegend]

this was my favorite scene because omar was my fav character beside the gay stuff but in seoson 4 mike was thenomar was killed and mike filled his shoes dats wat i wanted too see ..but damn i wish it was a seoson 6 so i could see mikes new work