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@@aa-vg6rn lml dang. whether we can do it ourselves or not isnt the issue. its that someone did it and we like it and we showing love... i cant understand how that can be turned into something negative...
He won it and lost it. Won it because he was born to a wealthy family, but lost it because they made him go that path rather than one that wouldn’t kill him
Telling a mother she doesn't care about her kid.. Can't get much worse than that as a mom. You can tell by her tears that stuck her in the heart. Mcnulty was 100% right
Tyler Nelson She was not a bad mother...Thats part of the reason Dangelo was essentially a good kid. She was trying to balance loyalty to the family with loyalty to her son. She was looking out for him. She was in a sense ignorant but, then again, if she had told him to do his thing, well we see what happened.
D'Angelo was the character that originally made me love The Wire. He was deep, smart, complex, and principled. Born into a better place, he would have flown.
D'Angelo is the perfect character that can define the genius of The Wire. A good person who was thrown into that life due to his environment. Whether it be police, drug dealers, politicians, every character is humanized. It is not a good guy vs bad guy type show. Every character has their positive and negative traits, just like in reality. You also do have run of the mill sociopaths like Marlo and Chris, which we do see in real life as well.
+shonte brent family is considered ones environment. And you right he did have a choice but I'm sure this game was the first thing he was introduced to. They weren't delivering college applications to him they was giving him packs. So like the original comment said, his "environment" is what influenced him
D'Angelo was by far one of the saddest characters along with Wallace on the series. It's a shame that his family refused to see that he wasn't built for any of it.
I read the actor actually thought he messed up the "string, where's wallace" man that was one of the most powerful scenes in the whole series. sublime acting
@@tbhUSuckOo Man I remember thinking with all my heart "Man, how's Wallace going to get out of this jam?" like, he's a lead character, right? They wouldn't kill him. After they took him out, I swear I kept waiting for the dream sequence to end and him to wake up in bed somewhere. I couldn't believe it. Hit me hard. God damn what a good show.
That moment when you thought that D'Angelo was the protagonist of the Wire during the first season, but as the series goes on you actually realize the Wire has no protagonist!
For me that protagonist was Bubs. During all 5 seasons if I didn't see Bubs my question was "how's Bubs & where is he"? A beautifully nuanced, complicated story, his character development was outstanding. Seeing him finally sit at the table was worth it all.
@@environmentart i can already tell by ur comment that u are 100% the type to agree to do somethin even though u know the risk then when the water gets too hot for ur ol scary ass ud be tellin on everyone. at the end of the day YOU are the 1 making the decision. dee sent himself to prison...whether it was right or wrong on avons part is irrelevant to that fact
Honestly "I was looking for someone who actually cared about the kid" That line cut her deeeeep. Great video edit. Shows you how sad the D'Angelo story really is.
Bodie is pretty sad by the end of his life / time on the show. bubbles tried to put a good spin on things but you could see how badly life has beaten him down. and id also say micheal was sad before he just learned to shut all his emotions off.
For me it's the Wallace scene that kill me man. The parallel between D and Wallace was always there. What choice where they given? What path could they take? Nothing. To me what's even worse is everyone was telling him what he was supposed to do for them, for the family, but no one ever thought twice about Wallace, all that talk about family but D's own Mother cared more about the damn lifestyle, about the fucking game then she did D'Angelo. I know a few Mother's that we're like that, or ones where there high's always took the front seat. Both characters desperately tried to some control, any kind of path that didn't take them to iron bars or the cold dirt. Wallace got one, D got fucking both. And if the end you just have McNulty... He just wanted to give some kind of closure to someone, anyone that actually care about him. At least Wallace didn't see the end until it was forced on him, but D saw the end coming all the back at the chess board. Did everything he could, and even still was choke to death, all alone, on the orders of someone that's been lying to him for years. "Hey String, where's Wallace at? Huh? Look at me String! Where the fuck is Wallace?" Tbh D story hits really close to home for me man. I knew to many fucking people in my life, that lost there's, all to some bullshit like that, from someone that was supposed to be there for them. Yeah, but it's all in the game, right?
The development of D'Angelo as a character was paramount at bridging morality with the game. He had too much of a heart to exist in world so cold. This video is a brilliant portrayal of this, nicely done.
McNulty: "I was looking for someone who cared for the kid. You were the one that made him take the years." [Exits the room] Disembodied VOICE: "FATALITY!!"
Where the f*** is Wallace!!! Such a great scene... And I'll share something that a wise man once told me. Perhaps to possibly reflect on in your prayers. "Life doesn't have to be easy in order for life to be good... " Change is possible don't lose hope
Bence Horváth Not a huge fan of Thrones or Breaking Bad, I don' think they are even in the same league as The Sopranos or The Wire. Btw, Nice profile picture Eddie.
"All my people, man. My father, my uncles, my cousins. It's just what we do. You just live this shit until you can't breathe no more." chokes me up because this is how it is in life, some people just get born into never having a chance.
Your right some people really don’t get a chance from abortions to abuse fresh into the world but with lack of sympathy see it as excuses but people they lived a very very rough childhood by default understand that quote
I agree whoever put this together managed to create a powerful glimpse into a single character and the influence he had on the entire show. And to think similar situations like this play out in real life every single day, year after year, decade after decade.
The scene between he and Avon was so deep, voicing for Wallace’s freedom like that. Him risking his own life in a Sense for the chance he wasn’t given.
Namond was D'Angelo who got out in time, who had people early on who gave a damn about him namely his father; the last season Wee Bey found his redemption in his son knowing the game just got even deadlier and his son was not made for that kind of life.
We never D as a child. His pops is never shown. We dont know how many pastors or teachers or sisters cared for him. All we know is his uncle was a boss and his momma was a princess. Namonds dad was gone forever. And he was confronted by an OG who knew where the block ended andwho got killed where. Wee knew the man was true and was and educator. And and saw something special in the child of a serial killer. Thats real deep. I mean weebay was gonna be there for 40 yrs. He didnt wanna eat lunch wit his son.
The scene at 0:50 is one of the reasons why the wire is the greatest show of all time. As Deangelo explains that the pawns 'be out the game early', he looks towards Wallace who incidentally was one of the first to go. Bodie on the other hand, was a pawn that stayed for the long haul, albeit, he was always a pawn.
Was thinking of that as well. Also, the fact that Bodie made it to the end (near the end of the series), yet, as Deangelo said, he wouldn't win or be top dog as he (Bodie) believed. And, when Bodie said "unless they some smart-ass pawns", he showed that he was indeed just that and wasn't taken out early. Incredible foreshadowing in that scene.
@@rafalladysz2531also interesting that all 3 of them in that scene are pawns really and all end up murdered. Also bodie even brings up the pawns when talking to mcnulty before he is killed
+Clark Kent Fucked up note to end on too. Mcnulty always talk shit like he know everything about everything, she didnt make D take those years cause she didnt care its like she said how the hell can he have a life without family. He was ready to abandon his son cause of issues he had with his uncle.
+blacktee31 Don't be naive brother, I think programs like witness protection include your family and I didn't really see any members of his family worth doing years for I think that was the point McNulty was making no one really cared about his well being they were only concerned with having him do what they needed to be done at a certain point in time.
Tamora Easterling Nope thats not naive at all, cause all of his family is in the game. That was the point. . Otherwise why would his mother remind him of that? And his baby mom and son and aint his only family Im sure. I mean damn Avon had Wallace killed that was fucked up(he snitched) but thats his uncle and blood is thicker than water period. All he had to do was serve his time like Avon said(Avon tried to get his sentence shortened). He went to snortin coke and completely turned his back on them. Turnin them in wouldve been cowardly, they did nothing to him his mama only ever had his back. Wallace has nothing to do with them he kno thats part of the game. His mama wasnt concerned with his well being? Is that why she got on to Avon before she went to talk to D? Dont get shit twisted, Avon looked out for him and even warned him before he ended up dead. If D kept his head up and his eyes open he wouldnt never got caught slippin. Avon did some dirty shit but he still treated D as family and was about to set aside somethin legit for him so he didnt have to sell coke he aint have it in him to continue on anyway.
but like why was D in jail in the first place? Why did they have him go pick up that coke in the first place? At the end of the day, regardless of blood, he was just a disposable member of the Barksdale crew To Avon and String
@@masterbaiter9856 in D Angelo’s case he could’ve been anything in the world he had all the privilege but he decided to be a drug dealer because he thought it was cool. The kids from season 4 all started completely different from how they ended because of their environments shifting. Mike was a good kid with talent but his stepdad coming home caused him to neglect that for a life of crime. Randy living happily with his foster mom was tricked by crooked cops into telling and changed drastically due to being bullied. Namond being a wannabe rather than his true self. Dukie wanting to be more than his parents but ultimately succumbing due to pressures around him…
@@yelhsanosnhoj6602 wrong; D’Angelo was born into the game, he clearly talks abt it when he’s in the interrogation room w bunk & Mcnulty. All the pressure he received from even his mom, it’s evident he was a victim of his family dynamic. I don’t see how thats privileged, maybe w material things (money, clothes, cars, lifestyle) everything except the privilege of freedom over his own life/legacy. The minute he tried (by cooperating w the police), he was convinced to take the 20 yrs & killed shortly after. He was doomed from jump just like the boys in season 4, both just playing different sides of the game
Oh no she cared dearly about her son. I have no idea what you're talking about. She wasn't perfect, but she put family over moral and that was her mistake. But she loved her son and it shows.
Hard disagree. She cried so hard because she knew McNulty was right, that she sold her son out for the game, knowing how toxic that world is.. and that he just wanted out. She signed his death warrant by urging him to take the years. She cared more about herself and Avon and the illusion of family than she cared to listen to her own son speak the truth. I think deep down she did care and love him, yes. But only after facing the consequences, only after having to confront the possibility that not only did her brother organize his murder, but she put him in a position where that could happen.
JayFalconsfan404 yes she did. She talked him out of the deal but that's only because it would've hurt their family. D couldn't have gotten a decent job to provide for his family. The idea that he could've just started a new life and get a decent job with the record he had wasn't possible. D screwed himself by blowing up over Wallace in front of Stringer and Levy and wanting to stay in prison rather than be a free man when he had the opportunity to significantly cut down his sentence. He could've done what Avon told him to do and gotten out and been taken care of by Avon and him and Stringer possibly could've changed the way their business with the way they looked at business. I wish they would've gone that way with the story line instead of him getting killed because it would've been very interesting to see how their business turned out.
He coulda been out. And said yo uncle i cant do this. Let me run a corner store or soul food spot. But he wanted to be in the pits. Remember in the show there were OGS who ran tire shops. Fat andre had a corner store. Joe had a clock shop. But D wanted to be collecting fake bills from fiends in a pit. Come on?
@@hellocandy1152 He probably lacked the necessary skills to run a business; even something like running a simple corner store. I dont think the audience was ever shown the highest level of education D'Angelo completed. Its safe to assume he's a dropout like most of the cast.
No one is "meant for" the streets in the first place, it's something that marginalized communities are forced into because systemic racism and disenfranchisement limits our options in life and causes us to lose faith in playing by America's racist rules which are designed to oppress minorities and low income families.
McNulty gave a fuck he wanted D'Angelo and bodie out the game and wanted them to relocate to a another state. He cared about the main ones he cared to get them out the game and and move out of state. Unfortunately a happy ending are never the ones we get.
@@KSoloLoso True. He was trying to get them out into a different life, she was the one that convinced D'Angelo to stay, cause she was trying to save her own skin.
They didn't kill him Stringer paid for the hit bc he thought D was gon snitch then told Avon he did outta anger bc Avon wouldn't help Stringer get back clay Davis for stealing stringer bell money Avon and his ppl had nothing to do with that then u seen what Avon did to stringer when he found out right Avon had a heart for his ppl and never would of let Anything happen to D
06:10 - most memorable monologue in all series. He literally wanted to be out of the game - not only physically, but mentally. He was the only character that was fully aware that the "game" was like an evil state of mind. An the dialogue between him and his mother (06:45) was probably the one to decide that he remain in the game and didn't snatch his companions. Irony is that the person who should be always for him and his will for happy life - his mother - was the one who condemned his thoughts. Sad but true.
Thats not true. Weebay knew. He just had no options. Stringer went to school and tried to get a degree.he saw the change. D angelo was younger with no baggage. He could worked in a fish fry shop and been fine. But he went into the game.
@@leeham6230 it does to Marlo, in the end Marlo got the very thing that Stringer planned and prayed for but Marlo didn't even want it while Omar even while dead got the one thing Marlo schemed for, spilled so much blood for and lost all of his men for and Omar himself died tryna take Marlo down and even tho he failed to do so, Marlo still lost everything he had and wanted anyways. Goes to show that there are almost never any true winners of the game
@@amarakanneh6628 nigga the chess scene let you know he know the streets...his mom is part of the streets... your delusional if you think cuz he caught a conscious...that the game gone stop...do yo time kid...or stay out the streets... that's what they make sidewalks for...he could've came home in naver touch the streets again...but rite now do yo bid in shut your mouth...mom talking to him like a stand-up street nigga...cuz up until that moment he was
Remember what Prez said in the one episode pertaining to a sports game? "NEITHER SIDE WINS. ONE JUST LOSES MORE SLOWLY." The street life is the same way.
The mom at that moment finally realized what DeAngelo was trying to tell her, tell Avon and crew to let him be. Let him do his years and let him walk away from the game. Brilliant story line, best TV show that showed the drug game from the street corner all the way to the government level..........
String was smashing DeAngelo baby moms and had him killed in prison was right there consoling DeAngelo mother at his funeral smh some kind of family ain't no love in the game
D'angelo was one of my favorite characters his story was tragic being forced into the drug game due to his family ties but the part that hits home when he says " I was more free in jail then I was at home" that was deep
Sobbing. Just finished Dee's final episode. Great vid/voice/music mix. Dee and Wallace were just too good for the game. I can't even... being manipulated by his poisonous family all his life and then being killed, it's just too tragic. Dee was such a good character. He had heart and courage. I'm glad he finally got clarity of the mind before he died.
Extremely powerful scene. And if you notice for just a split second Stringer felt a strange kind of guilt or remorse. Which is why he exited the room. The voice of guilt was too loud and he's been running away from those voices all of his life.
March Fifth yeah fuck Brianna, honestly. McNulty had that shit spot on. She was more worried about the money than her own damn son. The fuck you need the money for if it ain't about taking care of your own. Fuck Brianna, fuck Stringer, and fuck Avon. Fuck em all
Ehh, I wouldn’t go so far to call her a monster. DeLonda definitely takes that cake. I do agree with everything McNulty said though and it reigns true. She was D’s mom, she knew her son better than anyone, she should have known he wasn’t cut out for that line of work. What she said to D when talking him out of the deal was true too though; if it weren’t for drugs and the empire Avon built, they would still be struggling and likely wouldn’t have been a family. So to her, it was a no brainer that D would be willing to go along with it. It’s all she knew, so she figured D would look at the same way as her. Thing is, she’s a woman, so she doesn’t know the half of what the men that provided for her did to succeed. D did, and he wanted no part in it. Ultimately she raised D the only way she knew how, and D tried to live the only way that he could, but he was a victim of circumstance.
She definitely was not a monster. Not at all. She was born into the game as well. They had rules. You don't realize where they came from. She loved him. With all her heart. She was just indoctrinated into the game. That's why McNultys words hurt so deep. The game is the game...always.
Dee was actually a good manager, turning the Pitt around. They should have left him in the Towers. If had been just a little more shrewd like Cutty, he would have done his time and made it out of the game. He was actually a 'key' as he drew the Wire to Barksdale and also dived String and Avon. Dee was String's a Achilles heel. String should have just left him alone.
He was immature in ways but was also very smart in ways too. Its just that he was too trusting of his uncle and allowed himself to get caught up in a situation that ended up costing him his life. Avon really didn't care about Dee. The only part he felt obligated to was the family part. Other than that he didn't care about Dee as a person and individual.
mikem987 no d should of known better then living with emotion and breaking under pressure d should been a man n took his time on the chin like the weebays it aint right he was bout take every body down with him he fucked up nobody else a smart man wouldve never went to new for 30 min with a brick a raw n the trunk
Too much heart. That was D'Angelo problem. He was a wise dude, but not wise enough. He really should have walked away. Great show!!! Damn I miss The Wire. That was real reality T.V. Lmao
Yeah I noticed that too. Sometimes I wonder if they did that on purpose to show that in the end all you are left with is your material wealth while you lose what really matters.
Mcnulty basically telling Dee’s mom that she is a piece of shit, should be a must see tv moment for any parent that allows or condones their kid to sell drugs. I have always felt it is one of the most meaningful and powerful scenes of the entire show. The drunkard yet problematic Mcnulty gets to unload all of his frustration on Dee’s mom and she just has to take it because she knows he’s right.
This entire montage of clips is masterfully done--but the last two minutes are really what leaves the lasting impression! Everything McNulty says is spot-on--DeAngelo was a good kid who sadly had nobody looking out for his best interests--his "family" used him for what they could get out of him--they couldn't just love him for who he was. How many kids out there have this same bad hand dealt to them?? Tragic and heartbreaking!!
This is really touching. The wire forever! Tip: read the book "Homicide" by David Simon. David was an embedded journalist within the Baltimore PD. The wire and The corner were inspired by real people and murder cases.
DeAngelo Character development was to powerful man, this is really how it be in the real world... Our Hearts be pure, but the environments corrupt our minds.
D‘Angelo simply wanted out. Just like Wallace. Just like most of us who live in the inner-city. Both characters brought tears to my eyes. Hit too close to home #TheGameIsRigged
I’m white but this was my life! South west Philly I grew up in the Town Garden's Projects "It's not Race it's Culture" I cant believe that someone put it together so poetically into words, something i have always struggled with! Shakespeare said “Brevity is the soul of genius to be able to say a lot with few words”
The scene where Wallace tells D’Angelou he wants to get out and go to school D’Angelous face gets me every time like he knows exactly what Wallace is feeling, so sad man
D'Angelo was not good at the game, but he made the morally correct decision to reject Avon and Stringer. He died, but unlike most people in the game who go straight to hell when they die, he redeemed himself.
OK, well, I heard that The Wire was a good show. Nothing really motivated me to watch it other than hearing that it was good. After watching this, I'm going to buy it on Blu-Ray.
@@ck891 Honestly? The Wire is good enough to not need to rely on twists. Obviously going in blind would be the most drastic effect, but a good story, told well, is just as meaningful even when you already know how it ends.
2:34 is the most realiest out comes of the game no mommy or daddy three beatiful children who had no control of their makers destiny kids like that often grow up asking what their purpose in life is n why my parents have to be brutaly murdered smh my heart goes out to children who grow up in that enviroment i watch d angelos scenes everyday it keeps pushing towards a better life for my daughter
