The Wire - Stringer Bell teaches Marlo how business is done

Season 3 - Episode 5

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• Stringer
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• Marlo
• business

[tabbypappy]

This scene illustrates perfectly (for me,anyway) that Stringer was a doomed man.String & Prop Joe founded the co-op under the assumption that there can be honor among thieves.A co-op only works until you bring a player like Marlo in the mix,who'd only use it to expand HIS power base.I'd bet my rent money that Marlo would've taken out Stringer(like he did Prop Joe) if he was'nt already dead.

[tabootiki]

Idris Elba's accent is flawless. I was shocked to learn he was from London.

[ilovemesomechicken]

@Tigerlily21 Stringer turned rat so fuck stringer. Avon was my favorite and this mothafucker rats him out.

[Tigerlily21]

I think Marlo just wanted to be feared. He was on a major power trip dropping bodies left and right. Stringer was smart, but he lacked street smarts and began to make bad decisions after he got screwed over by that politician.

[88naka]

Stringer and Joe were business man , Avon was a gangster. Marlo wanna de king of both.

[novelenterprise]

@Mariose123 I think everyone knew how dangerous he was, it was easier to just bring him in than to go to war with him.

[Schredkern]

You know, at first I didn't see why Idris Elba got so much praise for this role. (I thought he was excellent, but no better than any of the other actors, really) But upon rewatching, you notice all the little things he does, like the fact that whenever he's outside or in an insecure location, he rarely looks at the person he's talking to. He's always looking at his surroundings, trying to make sure there's no cops or rivals around. Dude was paranoid, even more than Avon in some ways.

[Mariose123]

@tabbypappy Avon would have killed Marlo if police didn't interfere.Marlo was dumb,dunno why was everyone teaching him stuff instead just to kill his dumb ass.

[Vladimiros92]

that scene is the beggining of the end ,IMO for the co-op... The others put Marlo in the co-op so they had one less thing to worry about but things turned out differently... Marlo caught this opportunity to expand his power and he started playing everybody until he was powerfull enough to tell them right in their face "Hey I'm the King here" in the final co-op meeting,,,,

[duedfromtheblock]

Stringer Bell was too smart for the drug game... But he was too dumb to see what claydavis was about..

On the other hand, this nigga Marlo Stanfield, damn, this a troglodyte right here man....

[imserious2187]

i hated dtringer after he started fuckin d's girl, but thats how niggas will do u

[dawkinsforpope]

@Quimby3000 I'm pretty sure he was meant to be a sociopath (antisocial personality disorder). His lack of emotion and remorse, manipulative personality and use of extreme violence are all textbook. Makes him one scary mofo.