I remember the genuine one-two gut punches of seeing this scene for the first time. First the unexpected provoked confession/retort and then even more remarkably that the writers allowed Avon to accept the truth of Stringer's words when a more predictable show would have had him retaliate without thinking there and then. Characters revealing their true natures gradually and confounding expectation was just one of the genius things about The Wire.
yea it make you wonder if stringer was the man and avon was the second in command how diffrent thing would be because stringer was more of a thinker and avon was more of a soldier
Stringer was a mastermind, but....they were too deep in the street... Avon realized what String was saying after his death... Avon is still "that nigga" though...
you know what I think the begining of the for Barsdales was when they killed Omar boyfriend Brandon because after that they lost there 3 top soldiers Wee bey, Stikum and Bird
Wow, this post is a blast from the past. Thanks MrZugga, I imagined he and other characters were amalgams of real people, but didn't realise the name was real. I'm not at all surprised when you consider the number of characters in Deadwood that were based on real people, even their names. Not only was there a real Gem Saloon (although I think it was called the Gem Theatre) but it was really run by a man named Al Swearingen. Actually more of the characters were based on real people than not.
You have got to be kidding me!! That was one of the best Stringer Bell scenes ever! Whoever the chick is that played Donnette is one lucky girl. Women all over pretty much melted when this came on. Are you blind??
Also, just as a little aside, I was walking through Brixton just this morning to get the tube and couldn't help thinking that this is where Stringer/Idris used to live...Also, has anyone ever heard of anyone else called Avon? Is it possible that the writers named him after Avon, the greatest character from Blake's 7? Who knows? Possibly...I've probably watched too much tv...
No doubt.. String pretty much had them legit but Avon wouldn't let go of that street mentality. Clay Davis got him for 250K but at the end of the day, that's nothing to them. They make that back in a week or so.
Nah.. Avon knew Stringer was right about D.. he had to go.. he was mad at first but he got over that. He didn't have a choice but to give Stringer to Mouzone, otherwise he would never be able to do business in NYC again.
