I love this scene. In all his pursuits, ambition & desire to go legit, Stringer realized he was a victim of the Ameraican caste system, as well as a common street thug & mope..LOL. Stringer died being exacty what he tried so hard to away from...a drug dealer. The "away games" comment was epic...Stringer was way out of his league...
although he's lawyer scum, levy is a great character. they just had great characters on this show. prop joe, omar. slim. marlo. bunk. fucking brilliant. this show is fucking amazing.
Its alot Stringer didn't know abt the game: asking Brother Mouzone who shot him,tryna take the cash Orlando got from the Feds,giving the green light for gunplay on the Sunday truce..and each time he had to recieve a stern lecture from Avon and then he got screwed outta 250k by the suits,Hence Avon's line "i see a man w/o a country"..funny how Stringer asked Bodie was he built for this game n season 1 when they killed Wallace
I don't think it was a big deal that Stringer got tricked. When you are getting into a whole new game for the 1st timethere's bound to be a few mistakes along the way. You just gotta surround yourself with the type of people who will at least get you schooled on the game, is all.
If String was able to stay alive he would've conquered Baltimore's Contruction scene and get out of the drug business permanently. Pity that the drug business caught up with him...
@willia3r Stringer wouldn't see it that way since he's from a place where something like Clay Davis did is handled the way he was going to until Avon stopped him. It's another example of how Stringer doesn't see the game the same way Avon does. Avon understands it to the point that he knows this wouldn't work the same way anywhere else. Game recognizes game, Avon is a street gangster, Levy's a legal gangster and they both understood Davis, a political gangster, and his actions.
this should be a lesson to us all...no matter how good a business deal sounds...ALWAYS have a lawyer....thats why people got ponzi schemed and thats why musicians get robbed of their propper royalties
@ozzyunoe I saw it more like Bell was a second in command who, at first, was seen as Avon's brother. As the situation devolved, he was more like an advisor (who was listened to less and less).
I love this scene because we see the difference between a hustler man from the street and a hustler businessman, Levy is great in this video, he laughs openly about the stupidity of String, String wanted to go it alone, he was not so good as he thought
"Levy is great in this video, he laughs openly about the stupidity of String"
forreal... the hustler business man is real gangsta with it.. I dont think anybody except for Avon can laugh in stringers face like that... the acting is real good cuz you could see the embarrassment all over stringers face when levy belted out laughing like that....
Political hustlers do games like this all the time.
The silver tongue is way more powerful that the sharpest mental acumen.
Clay could talk a rape victim out of her panties and a blind man out of his cane.
That community college degree (did he finish?) didn't hold a candle to years of maneuvering around the bureaucracy and getting reelected numerous times.
It's the gift of gab.
"There are no bribes!" I think there are... but good luck proving it.
lol...this scene pretty much goes to all those...."hey if i was a drug dealer i would've invested my money in...this that and the other"...smh...they know what's up and you ain't fooling nobody...they'll rip you off faster cause they know the rules and you can't do nothin cause your money is illegal...the wire is the best cause there is no way out..once you play the game it's either death or jail..avon understood that
So Stringer goes to some community college and takes a class in economics and all of a sudden he thinks he knows all the intricacies of business outside of buying and selling dope at corners. If he wanted to have any success with legit business he should have had Levy with him on every occasion to guide him. Levy was a dirty motherfucker but he always was his moneys worth when it came to any advice.
WTF? Levy was there when Clay proposed the real estate deal to String and Avon. Then he's SURPRISED when String has been punk'd? Did Levy know Clay was scamming him from the beginning?
thats a good question and its all speculation but I would like to believe levy is surprised stringer would go do far with out consulting his lawyer first..
It's funny 2 see how many times Avon has to check Stringer for something he done the wrong way..this scene and the scene where he went to visit Avon while he was locked up and told Avon how he asked Brother Mouzone who shot him and Avon got pissed and he tried to throw that business bullshit in
The really jacked up subliminal in this scene is that people who front tough and bad, but are really not for the street game, will run to the cops as soon as shit gets too thick for them. This is what Stringer did when leaves the room at the end. Ask the white girl and boy in your city who is talking all street and stuff, why were they recently in court talking proper and telling everybody's business. THE GAME IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. GET OUT ALIVE IF YOU CAN.
Stringer Bell was also in college...this scene also shows that a lot of traditionally educated people lack common sense...Any responsible cat would know that a hood gangster won't be able to kill a state senator and not be caught relatively quick. You think Steve Jobs at one point probably wanted Bill Gates murked, but knew Gates had too much money and power and the world would take notice
Anyone who wants an example of the type of Lawyer OJ had for his trial, look to Levy. Crocked, coniving but very smart and intelligent, willing to expose all the loopholes that exist in Law.
@Rayman77792 Avon had it passed down to him in the Barksdale crime family its mentioned several times the problem with prequels is the actors have aged soo much its hard for them to play young version of themselves and if you bring in new actors it wont feel the same
Stringer was pretty dumb to want to hit Senator Davis. Worse he stole his money, but he should have been smart enough to see that you just cant give a politician money thinking it'll work for him. Not easy.
You know, in all seriousness Slim Charles assassinating Clay Davis probably would have done a world of good for Bmore, because Clay Davis is corrupt and only cares about himself. Clay Davis is only interested in stuffing his pockets with greenbacks. He doesn't give two shits about the people of Baltimore, and I personally would have loved to seen him get his comeuppance.
@yuseffhilton I think really what Avon was saying is you can't be an effective drug dealer if you're dabbling in this other stuff on the side. Pick one or the other, you can't do both.
the best part about the whole clay davis thing is that if you watch a few scenes, clay clearly gives stringer chances to not give him money, but string does it anyway,
Stringer, not smart enough for dealing with suits and when it came down to the street he showed little understanding of the game. Dangelo, Omar and Brother Mouzone. The three decisions he made, snatching a life that didn't needed to be. Attempting to play Omar as a fool and ignoring the Sunday morning ceasefire. Wanting Brother Mouzone killed and destroying Avon's name in New York.
Can you imagine what Tony Soprano would have said if Chrissy wanted to whack a senator? He would have said the same thing as Avon, only he would have said it with his hands around Chrissie's throat.
@WiseGuy5674 You know, back in the day when Thomas E. Dewey was taking down the mob, Dutch Schultz wanted to kill him. Dewey was a federal special prosecutor. Considered untouchable, for obvious reasons.
So Dutch goes to the Commission and asks Luciano and the rest, and they said no, obviously. But Dutch had a temper, you see. And he didn't listen. And he went ahead with his plan to kill this guy.
Which is why Dutch got whacked in the Palace Chop House in Newark.
@WiseGuy5674 They're different relationships. Tony and Chris is more father son so Tony was always dominant in that one. Avon/String was best friends/partnership so even though Avon was top dog they were on more even footing and Avon wouldn't do something like that.
If you watch in season 5 in the 2nd to last episode Clay Davis explains that he was deliberately keeping Levy out of the loop so that he could steal as much of Stringer's money as possible. Levy wasn't in on it and he was actually a little angry that it happened.
It must have taken everything Levy had inside him not to bust out laughing at Stringer. As long as stringer was staying knee deep in the drug game, no politician was gonna actually do him a favor cause they don't want that shit coming back on them during election time. If you're a crook want a favor from a more powerful crook( politician), you better be doing something positive. That's why the old school gangsters used to hand out turkeys during Thanksgiving and toys during Christmas.
"You need a day of the jackal type of motherfucka basically to do some shit like that...not a rumble tumble nigga like slim." In my opinion the dialogue alone was 90% of what made this show great.
i found it interesting that of the $250,000 that clay davis got from stringer, he paid back around $35k, and then later has to pay his lawyer billy murphy $200,000 to get out from the charges against him
so he really ended up making nothing off of stringer bell-who if he had still been alive-having already been arrested, might be testifying against clay
the oddest part about stringer getting played is that at avon's coming home party levy was there when clay davis and the developer guy were feeding avon shit about investing his money. you'd think that levy would have said something to avon about it and maybe avon would mention it to stringer afterwards
@jpom29: Slim Charles sounded as if he was a lil irritated with String when he asked him "what you need". I'm guessing that Slim Charles didn't like the fact that he had all that new hired muslce protecting String.
Stringer wanna use violence to kill a law maker, but he didn't want Avon to fight over the corner. He didn't have no one in the Barksdale Crew with him in any of the property meeting but he wanna use his best killer to fuck up his life by killing a law maker. But the funny part was the dude who didn't know Stringer and was trying to keep him from coming in. Glad it was just Stringer cause he wasn't much of a bodygaurd him still got pass him. And he didn't leave until Slim told him.
Far as Avon goes, that's what a boss need to do. Check his ass and let him know it on him and let him deal with it without the crew. He kept the crew out of it, so Avon was right to treat Stringer ass the way he did.
Levy was in on it too. That's how he knew it was Clay who Stringer was giving money to. Because at Avon homecoming party they were all sitting and talking to Avon about what Stringer had did with the property. But Avon wasn't going for it. And in season 5, Clay Davis tell Freeman the lawyers would let you get a taste but they won't let you run wild. Pretty much letting you know Levy would have let Clay hit Stringer's pocket for a cut of the take.
Man, Stringer handled this whole situation terribly. Planning to assassiate a state senator. He was going to have a state senator got because Clay Davis swindled him. Where was his judiciousness? Where was his code of ethics? Where were all those business skills he picked up? What happened to I'm through with this gangsta bullshit? Thank God Avon talked Stringer out of that shit. What was the fuck was in Stringer's head?
why does everyone act like stringer is the only one who made mistakes. if you've watched the first season you would know that avon is the one that made the mistake that got him and d'angelo jailed
stringer is in the middle.smarter then the average drug dealer,not enough brain power to mess with guys in suits.
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Slim was smarter than Stringer.
kandinskyforfootball 19 hours ago
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kandinskyforfootball 19 hours ago
Slim was smarter than Stringer.
kandinskyforfootball 19 hours ago
Yet another great fucking scene. Avon is that nigga.
union410 5 days ago
I love this scene. In all his pursuits, ambition & desire to go legit, Stringer realized he was a victim of the Ameraican caste system, as well as a common street thug & mope..LOL. Stringer died being exacty what he tried so hard to away from...a drug dealer. The "away games" comment was epic...Stringer was way out of his league...
mvembathegriot 5 days ago
"what I tell you bout playin them fuckin away games?"
Great line.
frankenpire87 5 days ago
although he's lawyer scum, levy is a great character. they just had great characters on this show. prop joe, omar. slim. marlo. bunk. fucking brilliant. this show is fucking amazing.
S1elmx 6 days ago
Clay Davis is Baltimore's ultimate gangster, he's untouchable
whatsgoingon07 6 days ago
Stringer would've made a great lobbyist in washington
whatsgoingon07 6 days ago
Stringer would've made a great lobbyist in washington
whatsgoingon07 6 days ago
Clay is Don king.
XvxBERSERKxvX 1 week ago
I was hoping Stringer would go through with the hit on Davis.
Sylocat 2 weeks ago
Slim knew his limit. Chris Parlow wouldn't have cared.
kandinskyforfootball 2 weeks ago
its funny how levys description of 'rainmaking' at 2:29 is pretty much a description of religion and going to church.
atc5656 1 month ago
@atc5656 lol true
mbproject21 2 weeks ago
4:03 Slim says "He'll be along shortly."
He sounded like a secretary...lolol
duedfromtheblock 2 months ago 4
sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit
Thescreensaverr 3 months ago
I like the subtlety of how they showed stringer slowly losing control in series 3
ICantstopthetrain 3 months ago 3
@ICantstopthetrain And the subtlety of Avon and Stringer's relationship crumbling
Kalachakra91 1 month ago
Its alot Stringer didn't know abt the game: asking Brother Mouzone who shot him,tryna take the cash Orlando got from the Feds,giving the green light for gunplay on the Sunday truce..and each time he had to recieve a stern lecture from Avon and then he got screwed outta 250k by the suits,Hence Avon's line "i see a man w/o a country"..funny how Stringer asked Bodie was he built for this game n season 1 when they killed Wallace
andreben3000 3 months ago
I don't think it was a big deal that Stringer got tricked. When you are getting into a whole new game for the 1st timethere's bound to be a few mistakes along the way. You just gotta surround yourself with the type of people who will at least get you schooled on the game, is all.
If String was able to stay alive he would've conquered Baltimore's Contruction scene and get out of the drug business permanently. Pity that the drug business caught up with him...
willia3r 3 months ago
@willia3r Stringer wouldn't see it that way since he's from a place where something like Clay Davis did is handled the way he was going to until Avon stopped him. It's another example of how Stringer doesn't see the game the same way Avon does. Avon understands it to the point that he knows this wouldn't work the same way anywhere else. Game recognizes game, Avon is a street gangster, Levy's a legal gangster and they both understood Davis, a political gangster, and his actions.
Gootothesecond 1 month ago 5
@Gootothesecond but levy was in on the scam too
Igetsitin89 4 weeks ago
@Gootothesecond Pretty sharp
bobbylight111 4 weeks ago
"What I tell you bout playing away games" lolololol.. classic.
yungyacht 3 months ago 2
@lafemmenakia2 I applaud Stringer for trying to think out the box and switch it up from the shoot em up lifestyle. That dont last forever.
yungyacht 3 months ago
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I like Slim's voice
mschazare 4 months ago
I like Slim's voice
mschazare 4 months ago
what's fucked up is that shit like this happens in every major city. everyone has their hand in someone's pocket.
unluckymonkeyboy 4 months ago
LMAO...how Stringer gone be bigger than the bodyguards...i always get a kick at how he looks down at dude...like really...
rnsoles34 5 months ago
@rnsoles34 stringer dont have a pistol on him...lil dude does!
BlackRIseehh 3 months ago
Day of the Jackal type motherfucker to do some shit like that
deadlylyrx 5 months ago
this should be a lesson to us all...no matter how good a business deal sounds...ALWAYS have a lawyer....thats why people got ponzi schemed and thats why musicians get robbed of their propper royalties
thagingerbreadman 5 months ago 4
"you need a day of the jack type mufucka to do some shit like that."
hahahaha
Adjudicator 5 months ago
ayo stringer tha one the 1 person that disliked this video
vvasim 5 months ago
murder aint no thing... but this here is some assassination shit
ruggeroization 6 months ago
1:36
rklem56 6 months ago
stringer is crazy killing a state senator
poetmm 6 months ago
Michael Kostroff should play the penguin if he is in the batman movie
GoatseObama 6 months ago 4
@GoatseObama He could nail Cobblepot easily!
DavKellar 5 months ago
"Nigga, I gotta remind you who the fuck you work for?!"
Avon pops up and must've been thinking, "Naw, nigga... let me remind YOU who the fuck you working for."
danielhiryu 6 months ago
@danielhiryu they were partners..brothers...co-owners
ozzyunoe 6 months ago
@ozzyunoe I saw it more like Bell was a second in command who, at first, was seen as Avon's brother. As the situation devolved, he was more like an advisor (who was listened to less and less).
danielhiryu 6 months ago
I love this scene because we see the difference between a hustler man from the street and a hustler businessman, Levy is great in this video, he laughs openly about the stupidity of String, String wanted to go it alone, he was not so good as he thought
ermite92 7 months ago 10
@ermite92 that was a good take
MixMaster43 7 months ago
@ermite92
"Levy is great in this video, he laughs openly about the stupidity of String"
forreal... the hustler business man is real gangsta with it.. I dont think anybody except for Avon can laugh in stringers face like that... the acting is real good cuz you could see the embarrassment all over stringers face when levy belted out laughing like that....
PezkeyWabbitz 6 months ago
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ermite92 7 months ago
Clay Davis lol. People vote for Clay Davis in this country. The Wire is NOT a tv show.
CertifiedGooner729 7 months ago 3
murder ain't no thang
st3reo23 7 months ago
Stringer Bell disliked this video before he died
Mattraction513 7 months ago 22
Political hustlers do games like this all the time.
The silver tongue is way more powerful that the sharpest mental acumen.
Clay could talk a rape victim out of her panties and a blind man out of his cane.
That community college degree (did he finish?) didn't hold a candle to years of maneuvering around the bureaucracy and getting reelected numerous times.
It's the gift of gab.
"There are no bribes!" I think there are... but good luck proving it.
Clay Davis... SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!
danielhiryu 7 months ago 3
I like that this scene makes it obvious that Levy is on a higher game than everyone, to be able to laugh in Stringer's face that way.
aleksandur 7 months ago 4
@aleksandur Very good point.
He's not some low level street dealer or some detective struggling to make a case.
He's a lawyer... THE lawyer.
danielhiryu 7 months ago
What I tell you about playing those away games?!
maleki9 7 months ago 2
lol...this scene pretty much goes to all those...."hey if i was a drug dealer i would've invested my money in...this that and the other"...smh...they know what's up and you ain't fooling nobody...they'll rip you off faster cause they know the rules and you can't do nothin cause your money is illegal...the wire is the best cause there is no way out..once you play the game it's either death or jail..avon understood that
704Hustle 7 months ago 5
Yee, they saw your ghetto ass comin from MILES away, nigga
LeBronForTheWin 8 months ago
Like Avon said that shit on you Stringer got in over his head and well he got played like a volin.
jhbmc1 8 months ago
@jhbmc1 fiddler style
internistsurgeon 7 months ago
So Stringer goes to some community college and takes a class in economics and all of a sudden he thinks he knows all the intricacies of business outside of buying and selling dope at corners. If he wanted to have any success with legit business he should have had Levy with him on every occasion to guide him. Levy was a dirty motherfucker but he always was his moneys worth when it came to any advice.
sahtciud 8 months ago 5
WTF? Levy was there when Clay proposed the real estate deal to String and Avon. Then he's SURPRISED when String has been punk'd? Did Levy know Clay was scamming him from the beginning?
AnotherMasterMind 8 months ago
@AnotherMasterMind
thats a good question and its all speculation but I would like to believe levy is surprised stringer would go do far with out consulting his lawyer first..
PezkeyWabbitz 6 months ago
@AnotherMasterMind
i think levy worked something lke the same deal with marlo at the end
kedordu 2 months ago
Avon is that dude. He spit the truth with that "away game" line. Stick to what you're good at.
rpridah 8 months ago
i wonder y he didnt run it through levy in the first place
thagingerbreadman 8 months ago
It's funny 2 see how many times Avon has to check Stringer for something he done the wrong way..this scene and the scene where he went to visit Avon while he was locked up and told Avon how he asked Brother Mouzone who shot him and Avon got pissed and he tried to throw that business bullshit in
andreben3000 8 months ago
They saw yo ghetto ass coming from miles away nigga!!!
Trollmaster21 8 months ago 3
"murder ain't no thing, but this is some assassination shit, man." i love slim.
rs002 9 months ago 3
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kandinskyforfootball 10 months ago
The really jacked up subliminal in this scene is that people who front tough and bad, but are really not for the street game, will run to the cops as soon as shit gets too thick for them. This is what Stringer did when leaves the room at the end. Ask the white girl and boy in your city who is talking all street and stuff, why were they recently in court talking proper and telling everybody's business. THE GAME IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. GET OUT ALIVE IF YOU CAN.
wallyworld776 10 months ago 2
stringer bell was smart at first but later in the series he made some bad decisions.
japeeper 10 months ago 2
Stringer Bell was also in college...this scene also shows that a lot of traditionally educated people lack common sense...Any responsible cat would know that a hood gangster won't be able to kill a state senator and not be caught relatively quick. You think Steve Jobs at one point probably wanted Bill Gates murked, but knew Gates had too much money and power and the world would take notice
wallyworld776 10 months ago 2
5:03 Day of the Jackal reference best line in the whole series imo
kaviraj 10 months ago
@kaviraj I agree classic line
deadlylyrx 5 months ago
''Come on Mr. Bodyguard''
Saffie89 11 months ago 2
"I just wished you ran it by me sooner." TRUTH.
Wargoat6 11 months ago 3
Anyone who wants an example of the type of Lawyer OJ had for his trial, look to Levy. Crocked, coniving but very smart and intelligent, willing to expose all the loopholes that exist in Law.
Secret911 11 months ago
they saw your ghetto ass comin miles away nigga
HPmob420 11 months ago 48
''what i tell you about playing those away games?"
LOL!!!!!
abovefilms 11 months ago 3
The Greek, Clay Davis, and Levy were the real gangsters in "The Wire"
Greeneyez2475 1 year ago 105
@Greeneyez2475 come on man ,stringer was gangsta as dracula......
gaou02 10 months ago
@Greeneyez2475
for real
jemelpeters 8 months ago
@Greeneyez2475 fuck the greek
MixMaster43 7 months ago
@Greeneyez2475 The three were the truth
DavKellar 5 months ago
@Greeneyez2475 lol so true.
JackMoranRain 2 months ago
@ 2:21, fukkin priceless !!!!!!!!!!!! Stringer realizes that Clay Davis done stuck 12 inches in him...wit no lube !!!! lmao
will434usmc 1 year ago
Clay Davis wuz the biggest gangsta on The Wire
will434usmc 1 year ago
Levy's the man! He's one of my favorite characters in the show.
CNNonceAGAIN 1 year ago
GREATEST SHOW OF ALL TIME
Thelookoutslookout 1 year ago 3
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2:23. the second he realizes he's been fooled
Krapinov 1 year ago
god damn. i wouldnt mind havin two big ass thug motherfuckas follow me around n knock whose ever head i said. fuckin stringer man.
finarrykahn13 1 year ago
@finarrykahn13 but he doesn't know them. Tall man hired new muscle.
kandinskyforfootball 1 year ago
Levy has the most disgusting laugh.
CamDaMan2011 1 year ago
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You dont realise how big string really is untill you see him next to other people.
zaco53 1 year ago
You dont realise how big string really is compared to other people.
zaco53 1 year ago
Poor String, not gangster enough for the game and not businessman enough for legit. Man should have left the game when Avon got out.
xdir 1 year ago
Funny how Stringer is wearing a suit! "NAH U A FUCKING BUSINESSMAN U WANNA HANDLE IT LIKE THAT!"
julianken2008 1 year ago
The scene where Stringer sits down after having it all explained to him... you could cut through that anger with a knife.
bridgetown1966 1 year ago 7
Even if that Attorney's a stone's throw away from permenant dis-barrment?
A dinged up record of sustained complaints with the State Bar Assoc.?
Lost lawsuits in court and he's rep'in him-self?
Pick your attorney's prudently grass-hopper...
If someone wants your mind, be mindfull of your wants.
thecalistallion 1 year ago
That's why is pays to have a jew lawyer
MrElucidate 1 year ago 4
THE CLAY DAVIS....... DOWNTOWN CLAY DAVIS.......
skywalker0l 1 year ago
@skywalker0l
That's suppose to mean something to me man?
That nigger need to be got.
The7legacy 5 months ago
What I tell you about playin them fuckin away games?
You gotta fuckin beef wit dem....dat-shit-is-on-..YOU!
priceless..
thecalistallion 1 year ago
The creators of the wire should make a prequel to the series. It should should Avon and Stringer Bell comming taking over the west side.
Rayman77792 1 year ago 3
@Rayman77792 Avon had it passed down to him in the Barksdale crime family its mentioned several times the problem with prequels is the actors have aged soo much its hard for them to play young version of themselves and if you bring in new actors it wont feel the same
Notasheep187 1 year ago
@Rayman77792 No just like the Illiad, theres a lot of benefits having it begin in media res.
goldenarms12 4 months ago
Stringer was pretty dumb to want to hit Senator Davis. Worse he stole his money, but he should have been smart enough to see that you just cant give a politician money thinking it'll work for him. Not easy.
tine214 1 year ago
You know, in all seriousness Slim Charles assassinating Clay Davis probably would have done a world of good for Bmore, because Clay Davis is corrupt and only cares about himself. Clay Davis is only interested in stuffing his pockets with greenbacks. He doesn't give two shits about the people of Baltimore, and I personally would have loved to seen him get his comeuppance.
lildwayne21 1 year ago
@lildwayne21
yeah but stringer would be sending slim to his death... even if he could do it which i highly doubt... he wouldnt make it 2 blocks...
PezkeyWabbitz 9 months ago
"f*&$king away games"?
kandinskyforfootball 9 months ago
@kandinskyforfootball
Away games: Avon was telling Stringer that he is a drug dealer, not a real estate developer...which is why he got played.
yuseffhilton 9 months ago
@yuseffhilton I think really what Avon was saying is you can't be an effective drug dealer if you're dabbling in this other stuff on the side. Pick one or the other, you can't do both.
alstoer1 8 months ago
the best part about the whole clay davis thing is that if you watch a few scenes, clay clearly gives stringer chances to not give him money, but string does it anyway,
qwaycee 1 year ago
Damn, I really need to start watching this series.
Ardenwolfe 1 year ago
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The7legacy 1 year ago
The Akon song in the background foreshadows Avon's sentencing at the season 3 finale.
Shack83 1 year ago
Stringer, not smart enough for dealing with suits and when it came down to the street he showed little understanding of the game. Dangelo, Omar and Brother Mouzone. The three decisions he made, snatching a life that didn't needed to be. Attempting to play Omar as a fool and ignoring the Sunday morning ceasefire. Wanting Brother Mouzone killed and destroying Avon's name in New York.
sparced 1 year ago
2:30, classic face lol
mkvl1490 1 year ago
Can you imagine what Tony Soprano would have said if Chrissy wanted to whack a senator? He would have said the same thing as Avon, only he would have said it with his hands around Chrissie's throat.
WiseGuy5674 1 year ago 6
@WiseGuy5674 You know, back in the day when Thomas E. Dewey was taking down the mob, Dutch Schultz wanted to kill him. Dewey was a federal special prosecutor. Considered untouchable, for obvious reasons.
So Dutch goes to the Commission and asks Luciano and the rest, and they said no, obviously. But Dutch had a temper, you see. And he didn't listen. And he went ahead with his plan to kill this guy.
Which is why Dutch got whacked in the Palace Chop House in Newark.
That's a true story.
afterapplepicking 1 year ago
@WiseGuy5674 They're different relationships. Tony and Chris is more father son so Tony was always dominant in that one. Avon/String was best friends/partnership so even though Avon was top dog they were on more even footing and Avon wouldn't do something like that.
PAvver 1 year ago
"Clay Davis? That ganef was BORN with his hand in someone's pocket."
ganbattekyle 1 year ago 6
Stringer was the MF's man. For real.
urblegend79 1 year ago
Clay Davis stuck 12 inches in Stringer's azz.
will434usmc 1 year ago 3
If you watch in season 5 in the 2nd to last episode Clay Davis explains that he was deliberately keeping Levy out of the loop so that he could steal as much of Stringer's money as possible. Levy wasn't in on it and he was actually a little angry that it happened.
Wobbothe3rd 1 year ago 2
One of my favrrit scenes in the series.
sckrbt 1 year ago
always have a lwayer before signing stuff....ALWAYS
thagingerbreadman 1 year ago
"SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!"
Mhendeb 1 year ago
"They saw your ghetto ass coming from miles away nigga!!!"
That sounded so black.
Trollmaster21 1 year ago
I love the word "finna."
JaziB 1 year ago
It must have taken everything Levy had inside him not to bust out laughing at Stringer. As long as stringer was staying knee deep in the drug game, no politician was gonna actually do him a favor cause they don't want that shit coming back on them during election time. If you're a crook want a favor from a more powerful crook( politician), you better be doing something positive. That's why the old school gangsters used to hand out turkeys during Thanksgiving and toys during Christmas.
tray04will 1 year ago
"You need a day of the jackal type of motherfucka basically to do some shit like that...not a rumble tumble nigga like slim." In my opinion the dialogue alone was 90% of what made this show great.
MrROLLO70 1 year ago
"Come on Mr. Bodyguard". LMAO!!!
lildwayne21 1 year ago
Why didn't Clay davis just say no?
kandinskyforfootball 1 year ago
@kandinskyforfootball Because Clay Davis is a sadistic character who derives pleasure from playing people and off other people's misfortunes.
lildwayne21 1 year ago
man, levy is a slimy bastard, but he is a great character
atom786 1 year ago 4
@atom786 He makes Breaking Bad's Saul Goodman look like a Disney character.
goldenarms12 4 months ago
What would've happened if Avon was in prison at that moment?
kandinskyforfootball 1 year ago
Serves him right, ghetto fool! Why didn't he run by levy like he always does?
kandinskyforfootball 1 year ago
i found it interesting that of the $250,000 that clay davis got from stringer, he paid back around $35k, and then later has to pay his lawyer billy murphy $200,000 to get out from the charges against him
so he really ended up making nothing off of stringer bell-who if he had still been alive-having already been arrested, might be testifying against clay
gauchebag 1 year ago 4
why would you do bussiness without your lawyer? he ended up loosing a lot more..
mrjones501 1 year ago
"they saw ya ghetto ass from miles away nigga!"....avon keep it real
illflip 1 year ago
Why didn't Bell use Bother Mouzone to get Davis?
misterrightuk 1 year ago
@misterrightuk Bell burned his bridge with Mouzone when he turned Omar on him.
flukes777 1 year ago 2
stringer a snakey motherfucker, im glad he got punk'd
GUCCImontana420 1 year ago
It would have been interesting to see how the plot would have gone if they did assasinate clay davis
Killoea 1 year ago
haha i like the end avon lays it down on string he fucked up, his problem
OlderG0ds 1 year ago
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lildwayne21 1 year ago
" and clay davis? that guy was just born with his hand in somebody's pocket.".....levy looked like he admired the way stringer got played by davis.
essentialtee09 1 year ago 4
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Levy crooked jew lawyer.
blove5000 1 year ago
2:25
can't stop watching it.
The street game realize he has been played by a bigger game. This scene is brilliant, Levy is even more twisted then the rest of the gangbangers
ssskunkkk 1 year ago 17
the oddest part about stringer getting played is that at avon's coming home party levy was there when clay davis and the developer guy were feeding avon shit about investing his money. you'd think that levy would have said something to avon about it and maybe avon would mention it to stringer afterwards
gauchebag 2 years ago
especially odd at 5:08 when avon says 'I seen it comin'
gauchebag 2 years ago
"Levy was in on it too. That's how he knew it was Clay who Stringer was giving money to"
---> Yeah
RasputinStream 2 years ago
Levy knew Stringer was paying specifically for Clay before Stringer could even open his mouth.
RasputinStream 2 years ago
The best part is that Levy is the one making the real money. The worse the streets get the more money Levy makes
jpom29 2 years ago
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blove5000 1 year ago
@jpom29: Slim Charles sounded as if he was a lil irritated with String when he asked him "what you need". I'm guessing that Slim Charles didn't like the fact that he had all that new hired muslce protecting String.
lildwayne21 1 year ago
LOL at Levy laughing right at Stringer's face
MTaylor2533 2 years ago 3
Stinger got owned by Davis..lol
waveali 2 years ago
Stringer wanna use violence to kill a law maker, but he didn't want Avon to fight over the corner. He didn't have no one in the Barksdale Crew with him in any of the property meeting but he wanna use his best killer to fuck up his life by killing a law maker. But the funny part was the dude who didn't know Stringer and was trying to keep him from coming in. Glad it was just Stringer cause he wasn't much of a bodygaurd him still got pass him. And he didn't leave until Slim told him.
avonbarksdalewife 2 years ago
Far as Avon goes, that's what a boss need to do. Check his ass and let him know it on him and let him deal with it without the crew. He kept the crew out of it, so Avon was right to treat Stringer ass the way he did.
Best qoutes by Avon
1st. " u need a day of the jackle type nigga"
2nd. "wat I tell u playin dem away game"
3rd. "dey saw yo geto ass comin"
Everything was true Avon said.
avonbarksdalewife 2 years ago 2
Levy was in on it too. That's how he knew it was Clay who Stringer was giving money to. Because at Avon homecoming party they were all sitting and talking to Avon about what Stringer had did with the property. But Avon wasn't going for it. And in season 5, Clay Davis tell Freeman the lawyers would let you get a taste but they won't let you run wild. Pretty much letting you know Levy would have let Clay hit Stringer's pocket for a cut of the take.
avonbarksdalewife 2 years ago
Man, Stringer handled this whole situation terribly. Planning to assassiate a state senator. He was going to have a state senator got because Clay Davis swindled him. Where was his judiciousness? Where was his code of ethics? Where were all those business skills he picked up? What happened to I'm through with this gangsta bullshit? Thank God Avon talked Stringer out of that shit. What was the fuck was in Stringer's head?
lildwayne21 2 years ago 4
im surprised clay davis didnt get murdered
TheGatman101 2 years ago
Clay Davis played him like a fiddled and Stringer should have talk to his lawyer about Clay. Lawyer should have been Avon's number two LMAO
2010COFC 2 years ago
What I tell you about playing those away games??? LOLOLOLOL
tallsmile28 2 years ago 3
With the exception of Slim Charles, Shamrock was probably either the third or forth most important player in the Barksdale organization.
lildwayne21 2 years ago 3
Lol @ the new guy making Stringer Wait.
LightningDevilPS3 2 years ago
Stringer got schooled.
Nightowl358 2 years ago 3
and avon got played by marlo in this season and got blasted. yall give him too much credit
coffee468 2 years ago
Marlo didn't shoot Avon or blast him. What the hell are you talking about?
KingRell94 2 years ago
chris blasted avon. thats what the hell im talkin about. like string said. he's over there playin soldier.
coffee468 2 years ago
Oh, OK. You first said that Marlo did it, so I misunderstood you.
KingRell94 2 years ago
Chris shot Avon, not Marlo.
lildwayne21 2 years ago
why does everyone act like stringer is the only one who made mistakes. if you've watched the first season you would know that avon is the one that made the mistake that got him and d'angelo jailed
coffee468 2 years ago 6
clay davies shiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetttttttttt
esco600 2 years ago