One of the hardest scenes for me, the Randy ending. A good kid who is gonna end up bad just because of petty bureaucracy and form filling. Really makes me sad.
left and right is a bit of a strech also, he was mislead with his task which ended him up being connected to a murder he probably would have never been wanting to be part of if he knew snitching may be one thing but dragging a kid with a most likely clean background into shit like that isn't all that fair to begin with, don't you think
His decisions AND the system lead him to this ending but the good kid had terrible judgment. Like, literally got a man murdered bad. Doesn't make him less likeable but he had his own fate in his hand.
Randy: “You gon’ look out for me? YOU GON’ LOOK OUT FOR ME, SGT. Carver?!” Deangelo Barksdale: “Where’s Wallace? Where’s Wallace, String? WHERE’S WALLACE?!” Two scenes that gave me similar feelings.
The principal is just as foul too! She manipulates him into snitching. Everytime something goes down, she mentions his foster mother. Then she sits there and acts like she wasn't part of his life being ruined.
She basically plays the role of police, but for kids. Police try to flip you but don't care what happens after you get called out as a snitch. Schools were a training ground for the streets
Emil Cooper true but if herc had of done his job correctly, Randy’s name would’ve never been put in the streets as a snitch, his house wouldn’t of been burnt up & he wouldn’t of been put in a group home.
It just shows that sometimes you can do everything right and the system will just eat you up and spit you out. The kids saga of the Wire broke me. All those kids were smart, dedicated, honest and pretty much fantastic kids. The only one to make it out straight was out of 100% pure luck and nothing else
I just don't understand this. I can understand him not wanting to be suspended or expelled but why in the fuck would he possibly say I know about a murder. That was so fucking stupid.
oldschooldogy316 Because he was afraid his foster mom would be told and he would be sent back to the home. That fear overwhelmed him,and the sad part? Telling the truth STILL got him sent back to the home in the end because the systems meant to protect him screwed him. So even doing the right thing wasn't worth it in the end,the truth led to his worst fear anyway
The realism of the show is first-rate. How one bad mistake could pretty much end it for you in this environment. They never made the mistake of the whole show being about the good guys winning. That is not life. Sometimes the bad guys win and ride off into the sunset (Marlo). One of the best TV series ever.
Spot on! It goes full circle in regards to character development and how in the end nothing really changes in the drug business, only the players. As Carver says in the first episode This is not a war because wars end (which I think changed a bit after 9/11, wars that are doomed to fail)
Carver fucked up so bad in so many ways. 1,Sending Randy to Herc as a favour so Herc could dig his way out of Marimo's bad books. 2 Not following up after he sent him to Herc. 3. Mis-underestimating the reaction of the Street to Randy's perceived snitching. "It will all blow over in a week". 4. Going to Randy's house numerous times in broad daylight reinforcing the idea that Randy is a snitch. 5. And finally, going into the foster home with Randy showing all the kids in there that Randy was "with" the police. He even has his badge showing. With everything Carver had seen on the streets in his career he should have known better. Poor Randy, one thing this show has shown me is that good innocent kids can be destroyed by the system that supposed to help them. Of the four friends only Namond is supposed to have made it out.
I know the comments are a bit old, but I wouldn't say Herc was very clever at all, it's just that people who put themselves above other people and will fuck over other people over to get ahead, usually do. It's one of the sad facts of life, the assholes that try to claw as much as possible for themselves usually ends up with just that, more than others. I always though Herc's attitude made him a lot more similar to the criminals than the police he started off the show working with, him ending up with Levy was exactly where he deserved to be from the start, the badge never suited him.
Randy ended up a really sad case. "Snitched" because he finally found a stable foster home probably after bouncing from home to home and didn't want to once again have to find himself in some group home and got desperate. Out of all the snitching randy talk, got to remember he was just a damn kid smh
The way Randy thanks Carv for trying before he walks through the door of the group home - that shows he recognises the system that railroaded him into this situation, and that Carv is just a cog in the machine. In another life Randy would have been a huge success but he was doomed by his circumstances. Season 4 was the most emotionally wrenching in The Wire.
I feel really bad for Carver on this. He matured so much and was genuinely trying to make a difference. In the end thr fact that he can't is eating his soul away, he can't even bear to say goodbye to Randy. Carver has one of the best character arcs in the show, and Randy and Colvin are probably the two people who changed him the most.
Paulo Alexandre I love his arc too. It’s very well written as it’s pretty much everything in this show. I loved that in the end he goes back to work on the streets and treats a group of boys with much more kindness than in the beginning of the series.
Carv was a great arc, I always remember the time he speaks to Bodie and starts having some comical banter with him having kicked his head in previously, realising Mcnulty's point that you can't just beat people down every time because you're going to need a decent relationship with them when the shit starts flying.
When Randy consoles Carver before he walks into the group home, that’s the last bit of kindness he probably shows to anyone. After that, he just gone all disappointed in the system and toughed up to survive in his new environment.
@@stonergamerdavis7720 Since when is telling the truth a bad thing? I know there is a nice, comfortable answer to this question but here is mine: if more people snitched fewer kids would get whacked by other kids selling dope at the corners. And this goes for the hood just like the highest functions of the US government.
Wow! Just when I thought Carver was a "complete Ass-Hole. He goes and shows his human side. There's no telling how well Randy may have done with his life if they had let Carver adopt him.
But like awsys the idiots step in and fuck it up. This is just a show but this shit happens for real. How many Randy's and Duties need help a never get it makes me sick.
"You gonna help, huh? You gonna look out for me?" 😭😭 Damn, this season was hard to watch. Randy and Dukie's ending were heart breaking, especially Dukie. Raymond getting to ride off into the sunset, just didn't seem fair. I know he was a victim of his situation with his parents and the streets, but it still didn't seem fair.
Namond got lucky, he didn't have any special merit over the other kids, he ended up being liked by Colvin and he got saved; sometimes it just pure luck
If u really look at it he was the only kid that had no street instinct in him like the others .... Dukie= drugs , mike = muscle/violence & randy = hustla/businessman
“Please don’t raise your voice “ my god these people make me sick no compassion at all and the sad part they really exist🤦♂️ like Tupac said there’s no hope for the future
You’re mad at the wrong person. She’s restricted to the systems that are in place and are out of her control. She’s definitely been faced with hundreds of situations similar to the one Carver is seeing for the first time. She knows there’s no point in yelling because there’s nothing they can do to change anything. You think she’s sick and has no compassion, but based on the themes that are consistently presented in the show, it’s pretty clear she’s just another person that came into the system hoping to make a difference that eventually became resigned to the reality that she’s powerless.
Good eye bro not too many people see it randy character wasnt just by accident your right randy is character is marlo when he was younger think about it. Even down to him trying to take over candy trade marlo greeks/randykoreans even gambling on the corner winning its lokw marlo like to gamble crazy right once you get that youll dig the wire so much more
Nah man marlo was strictly business, not a psychopath. Remember lex. He didn't even really want to kill him. He just had to. Same as prop joe. Its was just about the connect. Nothing personal.
Two things really got me. 1. Carver turning the mirror away because he couldn’t look at himself for allowing that to happen. 2. The part that they cut where randy accepts his fate and swings at the bangers first. Randy accepts that it’s his bed to sleep in and grows up fast and carver realizes just how truly broken the system is and that he can’t change it.
That’s why It’s so heartbreaking! I can’t even watch this video again. I’ve never done it after publishing it. I’ve cried too many times while making it.
Ppl skip the screening process and then the child is with an abusive foster parents that barely feeding the kid, molesting em, or doing whatever to get a government check. Should have just went through few months of screening.
The first time I seen that part where he was in the car pissed off, I felt for him. That's what I love about this show. It touched on real life problems & wanted to make you really feel & think about it as the events occur.
Ya those kids his roommates (who all looked to be in their early 20's lol) were mugging the shit out of him n the group home people couldn't give 2 shits
That's my house where Carver interviewed randy and his step mother. There's a cabinet with glass in that dining room, it has a pictures of my family in it
The wire was a genius program because of the story telling. Randy’s story arc is him becoming the new Boadie in part due to the way him and Carvers relationship played out. Think of the way Carver and Boadie’s relationship was. Was that great foreshadowing or what?
as a Law enforcement officer for nearly 20 years, people think we are all callous & bitter. Not true, system works against us just as much as civilians. You want to help but you get beaten down after years on the job. I knew an officer who had foster kids like Randy, the state would constantly stone wall him at every turn. They'd stick the kids in a group home or with a unfit foster parent who just wanted the money
I work in a juvenile detention center. The line @ 0:56 is something that resonates so much. “Why do you care?”. Most people see these kids as another number. “It’s just how it is.” There’s one kid rn who is only 11 in the detention center I work at. Real small kid reminds me of my baby. Kid is so innocent mentally. Doesn’t come out his room for pt or anything because he’s scared of the other kids. He stays in his room doing math problems and constantly asks for a phone call with his mom and to get out. He barely knows how to write, spell, etc... It seriously hits deep with me seeing him there. Most other officers ignore him and move on. I always try to pass by his cell and make sure he’s okay. Reminds me of Carver and Randy. I’m hoping he’s released quick (I think he will be out in under 2 weeks God willing). The whole system is sad and flawed af honestly. And the most heartless people tend to succeed in the system (police, jails, juvie). They just see people as statistics and numbers, not a human. Makes that scene where Carver punches the car even realer for me because this kid is a puppy surrounded lions
Randy should write a book "how $5 ruined my life" i couldn't believe it all because that girl had to put his name and he didnt touch her let alone seen what was going on. I loved randy. After this comment he has other titles he can use 😁😁😁 his storyline was just all messed up
I felt every moment of him beating on that steering wheel. If I were a cop I couldn't do it. I'd literally go to jail for taking him out of there in the middle of the night. Its crazy for me. The "screening" process. That makeshift prison dorm was more of a safe qualified place for a kid who experienced such trauma, than with an actual cop. It burns me bc that is how the system really is.
I think Randy is more of String/Prop Joe. He has that business sense. Marlo was about killing his way to the top. Kennard is most likely the one who will fit Marlo's shoes.
8:09 - imagine he went in with Randy "Okay everyone this is Randy, everyone be super super nice to him pls because he's been having a rough time lately, thanks"
Randy was fucked over by 3 people: Little Kevin, who told him to indirectly set up Lex cause he didnt want problems with Bodie( what a bitch move) and later told Randy what really happened, Carver (although it was unintentional), who passed him on to Herc instead of handling the situation himself, and last but certainly not least: Herc himself, who misjudged Randy upon meeting him ( judgmental prick) and let slip to Little Kevin that Randy said something about Lex's death. This is why I believe you have to keep your circle small and keep to yourself because mostly everyone who says they're your friend/ will be there for you, they're not and they wont be at the end of the day. In the end, it's better to fuck yourself over than anyone else
The molotov scene it's based on a real life incident, look up the Dawson Family murder it was a very similar situation with far more tragic consequences. It happened while the show was still being filmed.
For real I never understood that shit, Randy makes so much money selling candy why tf was he so pressed for $5 to be involved in some bullshit like that
I felt bad for Carver. He'd really turned a corner and was trying to do the right thing but got busy and simply forgot/overlooked. This situation would haunt anyone the rest of their lives.
Kids aren't innocent you know? That's a lie all parents tell themselves. "My little angel wouldn't do that." Oh, he would. He has, he wanted to and he will end up doing it again. You know what is the difference between someone who kills a guy at 15 and 25? An arbitrary number some bureaucrat had to come up with to create the laws that govern our lives. The legal system discriminates in punishments based on age but nothing else and that's a good thing. Not always easy but life ain't easy either right?
Arcaryon what nobody said they innocent you sound dumb science creates the age barriers never once did I say there shouldn’t be juvenile detention center I’m saying there should be juvenile witness being thrown in there like sacrificial lambs
@@stevenwhiters8928 Aha. Interesting. Then maybe next time SAY THAT. You literally ONLY said and I quote " NO INTERROGATION OF ANYONE UNDER 16." You are the fool here kiddo. To which I replied that your logic makes no sense because kids beyond 16 can commit crimes as well which means your argument makes no sense! How tf r u'gonna convict some kid if only an other kid saw it according to your dumbest logic? Comon man. And I don't sound dumb, I sound white because I am German and I learned British English so yeah, that's gonna sound diffrent to what you areprobably used to on a day to day basis ( though I don't know you so I won't judge ). That's a whole other debate to be had.
Arcaryon What is your point you seem to be contradicting yourself. ? Reread what you said also people that try to play grammar police in a RU-vid discussion I guarantee don’t have knowledge nor comprehension or critical thinking that have just stop while you ahead
@@stevenwhiters8928 Which is not what I said. I wasn't talking about your or my grammar, I was talking about the way I wrote. And the fact that you were making a statment that makes no sense. I only got rude because you started to be unfriendly and tonight I don't have the patience to be friendly all the time. No offense ok? I understand what you mean but like I said in the first comment, this wouldn't work. If you don't interrogate kids, you loose evidence that could end up saving an innocent from doing time.
social services is an utter disaster and it is run by people who are only in the job for free healthcare and a pension. They wanna do as little work as they can in as long a period for a better pension.
There's something so deeply infuriating about the woman from Social Services: "Please don't raise your voice, if you're going to raise your voice at me ..." It isn't her personally, she's so monotone, detached, and robotic because she lost her soul to this bureaucracy years ago. Just a symbol of a System that can't be moved, can't be reasoned with, etc. By the numbers, even if a child's life is at stake.
Randy really is the new Brodie… y’all notice the parallel of when randy gets into the group home it does that same sequence from szn 1 when Brodie was in boys village sizing everyone up.
4:05 is based on a real story in Baltimore it happen to a family of 7 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 who was telling on the street dealers who did the same thing 😔🙏🏿 I believe the house was turnt into a memorial site for them 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
The show was so brutal in this season to Carver. They show throughout the season that he’s much improved as a police, and then the main way they show that improvement goes to shit in his face. Heartbreaking.
@@dpf2122 Obviously you missed the point. There were several situations where if Randy had a man to put some foot in some ass and help maintain his household, none of this would have happened. Especially when his foster mom was always working all those hours, so Randy was running the streets. The only child on this show who had a father figure and was able to get in a stable home was Namond. No surprise that he faired the best in the end.
That's a piece of truth that is sadly being ignored and suppressed these days. There's a huge majority of research showing that growing up without a father figure of some sort makes it far more likely that kids will get into drugs, violence, and risky sexual behavior. I'm not saying that all single parents are bad people... But it's just an undeniable fact that this is not an ideal way to raise children.
Maybe it’s just me, but does anyone else get freaking “Goosebumps & Chills“ when The theme song comes on? Man oh man, how much I miss this show. When you mix The Hood, Dope, and Murder with Shakespeare, An Orchestra Symphony, and Picasso and put it in the oven on slow cook for 5 years..... You know what you get? 👉🏻👉🏻 The Wire 👈🏾👈🏾 #In2002 #TheLegendOfTheWireWasCreated
Carver knew what was going to happen if the boys on the street found out about Randy talking to the 5-0 and yet he did nothing to actually help or protect him.
Damn the system is so fucked up. Instead of allowing him to be with a gainfully employed (semi-responsible) tax paying citizen in Carver, at least until the adoption process is complete, they force him to go back into the system. Smh. Why not just allow someone who wants him to have him, at least until it plays out and is official. Instead, another (good) kid lost to the system.
If randy never snitched he would’ve been good.. his foster mother seemed like a nice understanding woman.. she was nice to him and let him stay after he said he caused a murder and after the principal still snitched on him over the fake rape anyways.. dude snitched for nun
