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@@trap3400 that made No sense 😂 a lot of people do it cause they need the money that come with it not cause they wanna rep the gang. But the gang the only protection you got in the hood you making money on
@@dpolanco96 *Many people think joining a gang is a way to protect themselves it just looks that way* Sometimes barricading yourself inside your neighborhood is the only way to stay safe (that's what joining a gang means).
@@trap3400 look at the video. These scenarios are real life Ik plenty of kids with that hand. Mom on drugs trynna take care of himself at 12 13 stuck in the hood because that’s what they were born into. Everything isn’t just black and white
@@trap3400 maaan hell naw I joined vicelord at 14. The youngest of 5 with a moms who didn't want me from a single mother with no dads in the picture nor child support shit was tough when I became a lord I was able to pay our rent and put food in the house. That shit ain't have nun to do with no damn barricade in the hood and beefing with rivals lots of us join because the gang is literally all we got i sheltered plenty of shorties who had fucked up homes moms a hype pops dead or in jail we was all they had or they would've been homeless and hungry so the shit you stated is 100% incorrect and if you so much as witness a glimpse of that life you'd know that shit you stated false asl
Michael saying goodbye to Bug always gets me. He fought so hard to try and make a life for his brother but realized that his life was fucking Bug's life up.
6:49 When Michael says "I just want him away from me and Bug, you see Chris look at him. Chris understands what's going on. He gets it. Then immediately says "Alright. We'll take care of it boss." For as ruthless as Chris was, he had a heart. He hated child molesters. He lost his cool on Bugs' dad. That ended up being his downfall.
I feel like Chris probably developed an emotional dead zone to get through being molested, and that "place" in his head is a tool he used to be able to kill anyone he needed to whenever called for without any emotion, even if it's just an innocent security guard at a convenience store (or two!)
In an instant, he knew it, I will do it, he was molested too with that much passion, beat a man to death with your hands is personal. He deserved what he got though
@@Godschild02068 my exact thoughts the first time I saw him beating Bug's dad to death. He was shown to be cool headed, calculating and disciplined. But he snapped and raged out on him. I knew then that he'd been molested as a kid. Even someone who had seen child molesters in prison wouldn't snap like that just because he hated them. That was personal. He was trying to give a beating to whoever hurt him as a kid
@@Tkieron it is so sad the things that these little boys went through, I think that too is why Chris took Michael in the way he did, he was a mirror for his own unspoken pain, I really love Michaels character the way he helped Duke even in his own pain, and they gave Namond the out wtf it should have been Duke or Michael, and Bug even Randy that boy could have owned a business, Namond had a good like just a horrid mom who had spoiled him and now needed him yo support her hell that was the best life out of all 4 boys
You gotta watch the whole scene the skipped a part when snoops says “what the F he do to you?” And the look Michael gives her let’s Chris know exactly where he’s coming from. I’m a victim of child molestation so i know exactly the rage both Chris and Michael have. It’s something you live for, unfortunately the rest of your life. I pray for everyone who’s gone through it, and death to all who have caused it.
@@AE-yr6mo man you could of went on wiki & got an answer or actually watched the show. But since you want to be slow its in season 5: Bunk Moreland questions Michael about his stepfather's murder, saying he doesn't blame Michael for having him killed because of the sexual abuse he suffered, but knows that Michael lacked the size and strength to commit a brutal murder like that himself and asks who killed Devan. Michael refuses to tell Bunk anything.
@@AE-yr6mo u stupid idiot..before they murk michael step father Chris said oh u like little boys; it was also implied that Chris was molested also, reason. he beat him to death..u are so stupid u can't read between the lines..u must be told ..u idiot
The whole show was about the "cycle" in the hood. Mike became Omar. Dukie became Bubbs. The whole premise of the show was to show how nothing changes but the times. Omar said it best, "it's all in the game"
I mean the way Mike gets outcasted from the drugdealers is because the man had a code. Don’t murder someone if you’re not 100% sure. Omar let brother mouzone live because he wasn’t sure he was the one who did Brandon like that.
Mike did not become Omar. Mike had no desire to stay in the hood robbing drug dealers, I was under the impression he wanted out. I like to think he left Baltimore and robbed Marlos bank for escape money
The look on Chris's face when Michael told him he just wanted his step-dad gone was intense. Chris knew exactly what happened without a word being said by Michael
Chris who usually kills in vacants, covers with lyme etc and is careful straight up fucked that dude up by hand and then spat on him leaving DNA. If I'm going to jail I want that one on my record lol
You can tell by the body language the first time Bug's father returned that he did something horrible to Michael. He's shirtless, steps up to him, gets in real close, camera angle makes him look much bigger, the face touch, and "damn.. you grew". Just an extremely creepy moment.
When Bunk is investigating Bug's father's murder he is looking over his and Michael's file and he calls him a "baby bumping motherfucker". And he mentions that Michaels mother refused to make of police report against him. It's so messed up that the one murder that Chris committed that everyone would agree that guy should be murdered is the one that brought down him and Snoop.
he know mike dont want to say it out of shame so he woulda never said anything about it to snoop also Snoop aint the type to ask question after chirst say bet it was a done deal
Tristan Wilds played this so perfectly. Dude all the actors on this show, even the minor characters, put on award winning performances. This show really is the best to ever hit TV
Micheal was a modern day Samurai straight from Akira Kurosawa movie . My man had honor and was conflicted - On the other end his Master Chris Partlow was man with a unwavering Code . Such a great show
Yeah that was a good line. But not the best. The line I thought was the best is when Avon and stringer had a sit down and Avon said "I anit one those suit wearing type MF I'm just a gangster i suppose. And I want my corners".
wish we could be saw more of Brodie's home life. I'm guessing it was similar to Michael and all of the rest of the boys. I remember Cutty mentioning his older brother that was killed.
croc croc yeah & the underbelly or tragedy of that is that he should not have been the man of the house taking responsibility for his younger brother; that’s the responsibility of the adults. Micheal didn’t get to be a kid, grew up too fast.
@Nathaniel Baxter yes but not only to survive. He did enjoy the power. He grew up being the victim and he learned at a young age he needs to be the aggressor to survive. And he enjoyed it. He didn't do things because he is altruistic. He did it so that he would be on top
I can't comprehend of the absolute perfection that is The Wire. Michael Lee is one of many examples why its the best show ever made. Looking back I feel sad for how Michael went down the wrong path, at first he wanted to be straight and do the right thing. No show has ever come close to the Wire. I'm not sure if its the realism, philosophy, grittiness, down to earth nature of writing and filming but The Wire is simply a piece of art that will one day be appreciated at School
I love that line Michael told his mom. "I ain't paying you to be my mother!" She didn't deserve it, a real mother deserves any help you can give her. That wasn't her!
It's good that you have this emotion. We need more compassion for the forsaken children of the hood. Every spoiled brat entitled White kid should be forced to sit through all seasons of the wire.
We all thought Micheal would grow up to be just like Chris, we were dead wrong, instead he grew up to be Omar, a killer with morals, noticed him at the end carrying a double berrl shooting Vincent in the leg and robbing Marlo of his scattered crew, genius writing.
It's funny how Chris knew instantly what Micheal was going through. I think they shared something in common on that regard. Even the way Chris killed the guy, that shit was personal.
His story is so heartbreaking in a lot of ways. When bug’s father violated him as a kid he set the ball in motion to fuck up his whole life and ruined his mind. Shattered his belief and trust in older men.
What constitutes as a man? Michael never had a childhood, he was devoid of any love and shelter and lost his innocence at an age no child should have to. He was emotionally bottled up and had little or no guidance in life and he fell prey to his environment which is the real tragedy. Michael cared for Dukie, he cared for his little brother and had responsibilities no child should ever have to burden.
@@rico8673 That's just how life goes in the hood, but you do what you gotta do to survive and at least get a chance to make it out, just like he did. The fact this boy been through some fucced up shit, and did fucced up shit to survive and manage to set a better life for his brother - little dude had much respect to E considered a MAN, there's no limit to what a man can't do to make a good name for himself at the end, despite what you do. You gotta look at it that life is short, that's why we get the chance to do all the stuff we do at a young age, but you gotta realize we all grow up and it's the moments and memories we look bacc then that made us the person we is today. Whether he was a "real" gangster, "real nigga", "real rider", he can E considered - A "real" man. I've been through the shit and trust me I know people who did the same but get much respect from a lot of people, it's all about your character and code at the end of the day. The worst thing you can do is lie to people, but it should E a crime to lie to yourself.
Michael was a good kid at heart. He went through so much but he ended up becoming a product of his environment. It's sad cuz this happens to tens of thousands of children in the u.s daily
Although Michael didn't like Cutty as a friend, Cutty is the only person both understanding him and caring for him. The way Cutty told him to go with your people is touching. Ironically, Chris can understand Mike's childhood trauma, but Chris didn't care about Michael a friend, Chris just took him as a co-worker, a human-resource.
@@jackb4327 Chris beat bugs' dad with such a hatred, because Chris suffered the violence from a molester when he was a child, so he hated such molesters. Also killing people, to Chris is a part of the daily routine. He helped his co-workers by kill someone, just like we help our co-worker doing some errands. Finally, Chirs agreed on the hit on Michael so to save Marlo and his pension in the jail without too much resistance at the end suggests that Michael is just another expandable co-worker in their business.
@@JSWang-ii8kdI disagree a bit, I think Chris liked Michael and wanted to be his mentor. But yeah he wasn't really family, and his loyalty to Marlo (plus the slim possibility that Michael HAD snitched on him) overrode any personal liking he had for Michael.
yo some people's lives are just so much worser than others. somewhere 30 minutes from micheal, is a rich suburban girl with all the love and support in the world and the only problem is why a cute guy didnt call her back. and then one day, she might see micheal in prison or looking scary, and judge him on why he is the way he is. its sad how the world be sometimes.
@@matthewsmith2592 What idiots like you don't understand is your environment makes you what you are most of the time. If you had come from a bad environment like that what would you have done. Mother on crack and let's his step dad back in the home with him and his little brother. If he reports the step dad him and his brother will be placed in a foster home separated. He choose to Off the step dad and raise his little brother. It came with a price and that was work for Marlo. When one of these little white suburban kids kill someone they have a thousands excuses, he was bullied or something. Samething with white serial killers, they always give you some sob story about the mother didn't let him suck the titty enough as a child.
Snoop always appeared to not care about her looks, she was more of a guy than a girl it would seem. But in the end she, like any other girl, cared about her looks and how her hair looked. Maybe she even liked Michael.
I don't know why they cut that really short but out. It's only 2 lines but it's shows her being humbled a bit before death and shows Mike still has sympothy even just before he's about to shoot a woman in the face.
@@wissam4519 maybe, but snoop could possibly be a lesbian, she mentions thinking about some pussy to bunk when she got pulled over w/ chris. outside this, there is no other evidence to suggest snoop was interested in michael. Snoop also cared about her looks a ton, she just has a different style. Her clothes, for the time, are occasionally fairly high end fashion. remember her outfit on the motorcycle, that bad ass pink jacket? and her hair was indeed impeccable, i'm pretty ignorant on black hair styling but I'd imagine it's not cheap or easy to get your hair like that.
Michael's character was just outstanding, and the scene towards the end of the show when he drops Dukie off and he can't remember the day they threw the balloons at the other kids was easily the most gut-wrenching thing I've ever watched and one of the best written scenes in television history. But out of all of them, I think Randy's story was the most depressing. One of the only kids who could've had a decent shot, especially with how he acted in school and how Carver watched over him and his foster mom, he gets thrown into the system and grows into an angry, violent corner kid. The last scene with him and Bunk nearly made me cry.
Maybe he was lying about whether or not he remembered that time, warn Dukie off so that he won't get hurt by bei around him, or maybe it was like Bodie once said "Soft link break the chain". I don't know, those were just some ideas I thought might be behind it. But yeah, his character was outstanding
+agenttheater5 It was repression. Because of all the horrific shit he had grown up with, he just repressed everything, that's why he can't remember that day 2 years before.
+Nick “The Doc” L. i think he will become the new bodie. Because i think the kids from season four are suppose to be like younger versions of main characters in a way.
I don't have kids but goddamn if the fourth season didn't make me feel like a parent to all of these boys - loving them, worrying about them, mourning the loss of innocence. This show is untouchable.
The first interaction between Marlo and Mike was great! He called him a little bitch and Mike stood up to it. Marlo was impressed. “ Big paws on a puppy”
The clip at the end with Omar saying that Michael is just a kid resonated with me. The Omar and Michael comparison is a way to give origins to figures/characters like them. Michael and Omar are born in the game and they're innovators, they play the game for themselves by their code. Game recognize game.
the real life omar saw a guy beat to death in front of him over 15 cents in front of him and his little brother when he was just 8 years old. That's how that shit happens
Michael's story is one of the saddest stories portrayed in The Wire, a story that probably occurs in real life far too often. It's the story of those victims of a society that promotes inequality, the story of those who preserve their moral values against all odds and despite all the injustices suffered throughout their lives. US media and politicians always remind people of the heros in the army, but they always ignore the heroes that arise in the inner city. Thanks to The Wire for giving a voice to those who struggle in our societies and for giving an honest view of our broken system.
Víctor Huertas The real tragic thing about Michael is he's one of those young people that really could have been a legit leader in the legit world, but....circumstances basically doomed him to having to operate in the environment he was raised in. That's the real tragedy...The lost potential.
This is, hands down, one of the best Wire edits I’ve seen on RU-vid. This entire thing was powerful AF. Michael lowkey the most underrated character on this show
Yeah he did but moreso Chris and it showed when he beat that rapist mother fuc to death. Chris must have been abused too because he went wolverine berserker on him. It was so brutal that it's the first and only time we see fear and shock come across Snoop face as she backed up 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.
@@me6271 yea goes back to mike turning down the money didnt want to owe anybody now marlo is kinda concerned but he saw his way in and took it and snoop was even like hmm gotta be somthing crazy and looked to marlo
@@dwcLDN David Simon said they did that on purpose to show how unfair and arbitrary life is----the audience would have wanted to see Dukie or Randy get that chance, but instead it went to the most obnoxious character simply because he was the one that Bunny Colvin got to know. That is indeed how life works.
That scene when Chris beats little "BUGGS" daddy to death is intense....The man was a molester, and Michael wasn't having it on his little brother...But what got me is the way chris beat him, like it was personal, like it was him that got molested...i would have found a way to get him away from my brother too, and it wouldn't have been CPS either...
+scarbro mangler yeah I got that, but with your FISTS.....any boxer will tell you, your fists cant pound a human skull for long without you feeling it too in your knuckles.....that's why people generally grab a BLUDGEON of some sort....all I saw chris using for the beatdown, was his FISTS......unless his RAGE numbed him!!!!
It's crazy how a character that wasn't introduced until season 4 and was "just a boy" ended up being my favorite character on a show filled with amazing characters.
I thought of that comparison too when I first watched the show. Obviously there names. And they both have powerful scenes where they fully cross into that world. Corleone in the restaurant killing the cop and Sollozzo. And after Michael has his step dad killed, standing in the doorway triumphantly looking down at his mom. Chills.
The Wire is such a masterpiece. Watching Michaels scenes alone give you a direct perspective on how male figures failed him all around. He was a good dude and tried to be smart but the streets was all around him. Couldn’t trust no one.
Michael was one of the best characters in a show filled w/ great characters. I saw a lot of parallels w/ Michael and D'Angelo, 2 guys who really didn't belong in "the game" but ended up in it due to circumstances beyond their control. IMHO the most heartbreaking scene of all 5 seasons was when Michael dropped Bug off at his aunt's home. Michael knew he couldn't get out, but was determined to protect his brother.
I feel like Dee had more in common with Neymond. Both didn’t want to be in the game but they came from family that made a name for themselves already. They both felt like they had to live up to that expectation. Neymond was one of the few character in the show that broke the cycle thanks to bunny and bey for seeing the truth and letting him leave the game.
@@Daemon1995_ legacy? More like pain and endless sleepiness nights, having to have eyes behind your back. Not really having a good friend or anyone to close to you
8:14 When Marlo's crew shot Cutty, he showed Michael he really cared about him. Michael was willing to wait with him for the ambulance. Cutty sent him away to go with Marlow's crew. That was the end for Michael. Cutty wanted him to stay but he knows the code of the street. Michael had to leave. So sad.
One of my favorite character arks of all time. This was such a well written show. The scene where Michael is asking Chris for help. Chris asks why. Michael doesn't say anything. Chris took 1 look at him and knew what was happening. Nothing else needed to be said. Then my suspicions were confirmed when Chris goes full rage mode on Bug's father. Chris was probably abused too when he was younger and that played into him helping Michael. Yes, he wanted to recruit him. But I think Chris would have done it anyway even if Michael didn't join after. And in the end of the series when he becomes the next Omar. Simply amazing
Cockoff Gewgle Yeah, I think he knew I mean his mom did it practically all the time around him and she would spend the money he gave her on drugs instead of food, so he had too know Dukie would do the same sadly.
Michael carried Dukie as far as he could carry him. At this point, tough decisions had to be made to survive. There was no gray area. Michael had to keep on the move as his option. Dukie had to stay stationary to be out of harm's way.
I can relate to Michael cause I was molested as a child and took my anger and everything out on lots of people in the streets. For the longest time I blamed myself for letting it happen and I guess I at times I still do. I look at so many things differently than most people. I never could understand why
@@sabriyaboulware1522 imma tell you like I tell my fav cousin when she was younger, You won you made it past that weak ass predator when some didn't make it pass. Just remember that predator couldn't beat you then when you was weaker & younger & now you're older and stronger Stay blessed to know that you are past that tragedy
I was molested and became an opiod addict/robber/dealer until my son was born I’m 21 and have lived a life hardly anyone can understand people tried too take my life 3 times had people try too jump me 2 times if it wasn’t for my child I would be dead by now it’s rough when you on your own at 16
I feel you, other people dont understand because they've never experienced anything. While it's hard try your best not to give people a reason to hate you and live your life.
@@joshshirley9488 hey Josh I'm sorry to hear that but if u believe in a higher power u will be alright. I believe in you if that means anything ur young and the best to come keep ur head up brother
What's sad is out of the four boys profiled, Michael had the 2nd best outcome. Randy just became cannon fodder for another gang leader, and Dookie became Bubbles.
Kennard I feel became the next Bird or maybe marlo. I wanna say bird because of his foul mouth and wasn't entirely smart or had tactics to be marlo. And I imagine donut will continue to be donut just caught in the middle doing his own thang
Micheal breaks my heart. We all seen it too many times. He was so traumatically abused that he could not even embrace cutty as a friend. He loves Bug so much he would chew through razor wire to keep him and make certain another man could ever hurt Bug. I pray for the Micheal’s out there who have to take out the entire Marlo crew just to get out of the vicious cycle.
The music that starts around 6:30 fits Michael's character perfectly. It has this beautiful and tragic tone throughout, a certain softness and darkness that emulates Michael's character and circumstance. A boy with a good heart forced to make horrible decisions just to help those he cares about. So much pain, yet so much love.
Always wished I had a brother like Michael to look out for me. But heart is heart, don't matter if you are blood or not. If you don't got it, you will never be good at anything. Even being a sibling. Michael had one of the biggest hearts in the game.
He was afraid of going soft, you see it in the way he reacts to Prez trying to help him in the classroom and the way he reacts to his friends talking about Cutti. I think for Mike his whole life was filled with so many dark things that he couldn't handle people being nice to him, there's a lot of conflict in his character, like a battle between being a good person and being able to survive in his harsh environment. I think that's what makes his character so powerful and sad.
+Leopold Butters Stotch yeah, he says "dude was just TOO FREINDLY", ....he aint used to that type of shit from people, people like that are suspect in his reasoning!!!!!
Leopold Butters Stotch it's not that Mike was afraid of being soft. Bugs father was probably nice to him to make him feel comfortable and then he took advantage of Mike. That's why he takes people's kindness as them being too nice and thinking they'll try to do the same thing Bugs father did to him.
He was uncomfortable because he was sexually abused as a child by his step dad so when guys come off too friendly he see pass the friendly and see the perv in them those he dnt see perv in has to build his trust slow
I just noticed something else about the scene where Chris and Snoop kill June Bug. When the little kid runs out of the house, Mike is about to shoot him, but he stops, because he knows the kid is innocent. Parallels can be drawn to the time when Omar and Brother Mouzone killed Stringer Bell, and Omar holds his gun at the cowering construction worker, but then leaves the man unharmed. Mike's embodiment of Omar began earlier than most people expected.
If u saw the last episode it shows everybody now are emulating the those from the beginning showing how its all a cycle. For instance, Mike becomes like omar, Marlo becomes a mixture of stringer and avon, Slim charles becomes prop joe, they show two random hustlers who are supposed to be bodie and poot, Chris becomes wee bay, snoop died cause there was no female from the originals to emulate
Eziokilla9595 Michael is formed as the next reincarnation of Omar (even though hes much shitter in comparison) which is shown in one of the last scenes in --30--
This show was so amazing, the character depth was something you don’t see any more. All the kids had such sad plot lines, other than maybe Naamon. Michael, Dookie, Randy, all heart breaking stories.
I come back every couple months and cry my eyes out then man up and continue. This video keeps me humble and help me to move forward with how I used to be.
yeah me too, I can relate to his story of him coming up in so many ways and the fact he was putting in work. The show captured so much of street realism....very well done
8:58 is one of the best lit scenes in TV history. At first, Michael is just a shadow. Even when he steps under the light, his face can't be seen at all. It's like nothing is even there. By the time he looks up and you can actually see his face, it's too late. Just like Chris, Michael became the Grim Reaper.
You never paid any attention to this show Michael became the new omar as clearly evident not chris,Stop comparing Mike with a sociopath with no conscience
So we've went from shows like The Wire to Empire??? I'd KILL for a season 6 Edit: appreciate the love. Btw, IMO Power is full of overacting and the music takes out any sense of realism from the show. Only reason I compared the two shows is because there are folks out here who are literally trying to compare the shows
Chris told on himself by spitting on the guy after he beat him to death. Saliva is DNA and leaving DNA is equivalent to leaving a note with all of your info on it.
Marqus Booker to be completely honest, I don’t think the police would care enough to even go that far to find out who the killer is, they got too many people dying and not enough good police to help.
