I actually liked Chris-believe it or not-up until this scene.And the depressing thing about the scene is the randomness of the killing.If it was'nt the delivery lady,it would've been the next customer who walked thru the door.Fuckin' sad,man
Justin Naujoks Barksdales killed civilians too - the kid hit by a stray bullet in season 2, the security guard in season 1, the stripper/girlfriend shot through the window in season 1.
MobHeataEnt no i don't mean the store security guard i mean the security guard who worked at the Public Housing project who was killed offscreen in season 1.
The only people Marlo and his crew killed were innocent civilians and a few nameless corner boys, no major player to their name and at the end they were brief, the streets quickly forgot about them.
@@thegolden807 Maybe if Marlo had stepped to when Omar was calling him out, his name and rep wouldn’t have ended up in the gutter. Granted his people didn’t tell him about it but still
prop joe was the king of eastside Baltimore, Marlo hoe`d the whole co-op and had the streets for himself alone, outside of Omar there wasnt too many rivals because everbody either got down or layed down
to kill a rival or someone in "the game" is one thing but, to kill an every day citizen, thats some coldhearted sociopathic next level ish! He def. goin to hell for that one.
To me some dealer who live there life an aren’t violent an just trying to make a living are just as Goya’s a citezen there no worse than a man working at a corner store Salinger alcohol like prop joe - the killing
damn I just realized that Alicia Keys A Woman's Worth is playing in the background. there is always small nuances that happen in the moment of a major incident on this show. the writers knew exactly what they were doing LOL .58 Chris surely denied that woman's worth SMH
A theme with Marlo's crew I don't see discussed enough is that they are almost entirely hostile to femininity as a concept. Chris plays the gentleman to assassinate a woman alongside a song about a woman's worth, Marlo sexually mutilates a woman with bullets, and Snoop is incredibly butch to the point she behaves in a stereotypically male manner sexually (the jail talk where she says she's thinking about pussy too) up until she dies asking Michael about her hair. As much as I hate the term "toxic masculinity," they really embody it within the context of the gangland environment
@@wikipediafollower also Avon's crew had a party where some stripper overdosed and they rolled her up in a rug and threw her in a dumpster. Avon wasn't as bad as Marlo but there was a lot of overlap in what they did.
It showed JUST how shook Omar had Marlo. Like Chris said Avom and them tore up the city and couldn't do shit about Omar. So they tried this and while cold as fuck its actually really smart. If Omar didn't have Bunk's favor he'd either be charged or dead.
@@genghiskahn1989 Avon sent the girl to seduce Marlo get information from him and possibly set him up. When Marlo found out she was working for Avon that's when he killed her. Shooting her in such a brutal way was his way of sending a message to Avon that his seduction trap failed.
Easily one of the most shocking and cold scenes I’ve ever seen. Helps the lady get up the stairs then just shoots her dead not even 10 seconds later. Showed that Chris really had no problem killing people, even if they were totally innocent and not involved in the game whatsoever.
Chris Partlow's ass wasn't nothing but the devil...PURE EVIL. You could see it in his eyes and that is what makes the guy playing him such a great actor in my book. Because if you see him in real life interviews; he seems as cool as they come.
Excuse me spaceman pimpin Excuse me!!! Her name was Hattie when she was shot in the heart by Chris. EXCUSE ME!! Hattie was portrayed by the actress. EXCUSE ME spaceman pimpin
This had to had been a specific order from Marlo to kill anyone in the store at the time no matter who they were because I feel like Chris is too smart and calculated and he could’ve done this without killing an innocent person. Plus Omar would’ve never killed an innocent person especially as sweet as this lady was.
“Make it no bail.” Marlo gives the order on screen. The whole point is to frame Omar for murder so they needed a victim and Andre to be the witness. Marlo May or may not realize Omar wouldn’t kill a citizen and he knows damn sure the police aren’t likely to give a fuck about Omar’s supposed code
@@dylanhom58 That last part is the key here. Bunk and some others in the police department were able to see the problem with the story but largely no one else cared and just shrugged off the questions. Even Bunk made the argument that he had open murders with shotgun shells at the scene so even if this was a setup he's killed others in the past so it doesn't matter.
I love how Chris goes outta his way to help the delivery woman lift the Dolly on the street about eight seconds before he kills her. Like he wasn't in that mode yet and was trying to make a friendly gesture either to try and feel normal for once or maybe to give the lady a false sense of security. Aww what a gentleman.
@@joemckim1183 You all need to stop it. You overanalyze every line and every scene in The Wire. You believe that you can see shit us mortal fans cannot. It doesn't make you look smart. It's annoying.
The thing is, why would Chris go back to that life and line of work if he'd be in the military? Surely he'd know full well that there's life outside B'more.
Chris killing that innocent woman, is one of the most heartless murders I've ever seen on TV. It actually bothered me. The least Chris could have done, is brought somebody who was a problem for Marlo Stanfield's crew, and murked them instead. I know that's kind of cold-blooded too, but that comes with being in the game. This woman was just doing her job, making deliveries. And Chris killed her like it was nothing. I got the feeling that if Marlo asked Chris to murk his own mama, he might not do it. But he would probably give thought to it, because Marlo asked. Heartless bastard. 💯
@Honesty First Yes, I know it's a TV show. Duh. You mean you've felt real and genuine emotions, from watching a TV show or movie? Good or bad? If not, then that's you. I know the actors, writers, and directors of The Wire did. tremendous and excellent jobs. That's why I was so emotionally invested in this classic show. And know that The Wire is one of the best of all-time. If not the best ever. 💯
@Honesty First You're missing the point. There are moments in entertainment from tv shows, movies, plays, books, etc. that can make you feel all types of emotions. Happy, sad, angry, wanting to laugh, etc. Some of them may come from stories of fiction or non-fiction, but it doesn't make the feelings less valid, if it comes from fictional books, shows, movies, etc. The killing of this innocent woman, bothered me because while this is just acting on The Wire, I know these type of unfortunate things happen in real life too. That's not to say I took the scene to heart after it happened, it was just disturbing to see, that's all.
@Honesty First I didn't dwell on what happened in this scene, it just bothered me to see this innocent woman getting murdered so cold-blooded when I saw it. But I didn't stay up all night unable to sleep because of it, because I know it was just acting on a TV show. You seemed to think I didn't know that, and realize this show is for entertainment. And that fiction in a lot of cases, is influenced by real life. Which I did and do, of course. I was just explaining to you, why I felt bothered by this at the time, since you didn't seem to understand it. But your if say this scene of the woman getting shot didn't bother you, ok fine. That's you. That's your reaction. We all have our own ways of reacting to situations. But it's not that I took this scene to heart, because I was bothered by it. It's just a disturbing scene, even now. That's all.
Omar had killed so many in the game it wouldn't have mattered. Bunk even brought it up to him: cats found laid out after getting lifted with a shotgun. Nobody else rocks like that but Omar. Players don't make the news; taxpayer murders do.
leviathanmg Nah, it’s because there was an eyeball witness (Andre). Omar wasn’t killing people every day, and there was a strong code against snitching.
The main reason I despised Marlo and his crew, cold blooded sociopaths, were Avon and his people were completely different, even crazy ass Bird had more scruples than Marlo's mob.
The most disturbing thing is seeing just how easily Chris detaches from the job . He'll genuinely be polite to you , but it won't stop him brutallising or killing you in cold blood on Marlo's orders .
This woman and that security guard are two working folks that were murdered at the request of Marlo. His ruthlessness and disregard for people's lives is what separated him from Avon. Sure Avon was a murderer and criminal but him and his crew still had some humanity. Loved Chris and Marlo they were a great team
They didn't know that, though. Bunk could've let Omar take the fall for it, but he's ultimately a moral man with a code all the same. Any other police who didn't know Omar would've said, "Fuck it, case closed." That's what Marlo was counting on. Things that people do for each other or to each other in this show come back to them down the line. Omar was grimy but his code is what saved him -- this time.
What makes this scene worse, is that if Marlo and his crew did just a little bit of homework on Omar, they would've known killing a delivery lady in a corner store doing her job wouldn't make sense to the police, and therefore would be unnecessary. Everyone in Baltimore should've know that Omar HAD A CODE. He even revealed this to the world when he testified against Bird. He would never put his gun on a citizen, especially to rob a small corner store like Andre's (that he happened to already have successfully robbed before without violence).
I forgot what happened at the end of the clip when I started watching it and I’m thinking wow, Chris is a gentleman. I’ve seen this episode probably a dozen times but it’s been a while. Chris is such an interesting psychopath. Shame we never got to know more about him.
@pandasweater I think Omar did abide by his code. Omar did not testify to save his own skin or simply because he enjoys it. He did it because he wanted some measure of revenge against Barksdale for what happened to Brandon. He never made a decision based off anything except his morals.
u know i once heard this "what makes u the most feared man is doing what the next man will not do" it was in a great movie. ppl tried to set up another druglord and they broke in his house and held his family at gunpt. he then shot his own family and the rest of the other man and left 1 alive and told him i would rather see my family dead than alive after what they have seen tonight. the movie is called THE USUAL SUSPECTS its on youtube i think it has 11 parts
You really pick up a lot of the subtle touches the second or third time through episodes. A great work of 21st century art, regardless of medium or genre.
Chris killed that woman to set up omar. That's the problem with living and working in those communities--if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, you become part of the "game". She was a "mark" someone chris needed to help send a message. To kill the store owner wouldn't have been so smart cause he would have had to kill the lady anyway cause she's a witness. It's all business with chris, strickly business.
Gotta hand it to Marlo and his crew. They had the will to do whatever it took to get Omar. As much as I love Avon, he wouldn’t even have Omar killed just cus it was Sunday.
When idiots try to say that Chris isn’t evil or a villain just point them to this scene, honestly some people on RU-vid comments act like he’s some honourable hero but if they ever came across a stone cold psycho like this in real life they’d change their tune real quick
"I can't understand people that hate the Stanfield crew; they're doing the same as their predecessors. How do you think people like Avon and Prop Joe came into power?" Listen to Wee-Bey's conversation with Bunny again, or Bodie's reaction to all of the dead bodies in the vacant houses. They definitely aren't the same.
The only difference is that Marlo didn't come from a family, the rest presumably did. A child growing up without a mother and father could harbor such a coldblooded heart, like Marlo. That's the difference.
😬 the moment I lost respect for Chris as a soldier. It just showed how sloppy they got looking for Omar with no research. Chris' military background should've led him to figure out that's not Omar's style and unlike Marlo, people have codes in the game.
@PlaceholderName9 You got it wrong. Avon and The Barksdale Organization was about business. Despite the conflict between Omar and Avon, they intended to keep it in "the game." However, Marlo took what happened when Omar robbed him personal. He ordered Chris to kill this innocent delivery lady and stage it to frame Omar. Despite all the beef between Omar and Avon and Stringer, it was about business. However, Marlo cared about the weight of his name and mixed "the game" with personal beef.
I disagree with your comment about Marlo. He only ordered Chris to do something that would take Omar off the street. He never told him to kill that woman. Of course, he could have killed anyone, but it happened to be her.
i think chris screwed up here, it showed that he didn't really know what omar was all about. he made the whole robbery seem amateurish and killed an innocent lady which omar would not do. now he didn't know that omar had bunk to look out for him but any quality detective would've seen through that shit. p.s. i remember in season 5 chris was worried that omar might go after his family. again chris just doesn't get omar.
Chris wasn’t evil he just had a programmed mind set, he also tortured Butchie and killed the security guard that confronted Marlo “ you think it’s one way”. What ever the order was, as cold as it was, he would see it through. Most likely was military trained.
Remember when Omar said ‘There’s rules to this here game. No civilians, nobody who ain’t in it.’ Chris truly was soulless. Scared the shit out of me when I first started watching ‘The Wire’.
This was crazy to me. I stopped liking Chris after this scene. I thought there was a little bit of honor with him over any one else in marlos crew but he was exactly like all the other hitters there. She was just some woman doing her job. It could've been anyone who walked in there.
@tcmfan124 they were looking for dead bodies. After the fall of the Barksdale Organization is season 3, Marlo became the new drug kingpin. Unlike the Barkdales, Marlo thought that killing and disposing people in the vacants would bring less attention from the police. The police were clueless as to where the bodies were found.
@goceltics339 To me this is even worse than the security guard; because he smiled right in that lady's face while helping her. Then just a few seconds later shot her for nothing. That is just to evil for words.
Man I'm glad Chris saved Andre at the last second before Omar was about to shoot him. I'm sure Andre would've included that part in his police report but Chris is too humble and wanted to give Andre the credit for trying to save her life.
Chris is an emotionally damaged sociopath, in part because of being abused as a child. It's interesting though that Michael, while also having been abused as a child, maintains a moral compass. The Wire really creates realistically complicated human characters. Many similar none the same.
@@andrebryant5081 that’s a very good point. Michaels with Bug every day taking care of him, it’s sort of implied chris only stops by his kids for visits
@@dylanhom58 Yea but sadly it implies at the ending scene for Michael he becomes ruthless since Bugs with their aunt now. Meaning Michael might only visit whenever he got money to give his brother. So Micheal might get money by any means.
He shot her directly in the heart she was dead before she hit the ground. No head shot so her people could give her an open casket funeral. He tells her she's good to go, when people say the term to go they are referring to death,I'm not ready to go,I don't want to go like that. He was like the Grim Reaper in this scene
drethegreat247 reason was so omar would get no bail for the murder charge. this was their best chance at killing him by putting him inside a prison where he robbed everyone
I know this sounds random but a character like Chris Partlow would be an intriguing fight in the Dexter series. Imagine a trained psycho trying to find/kill the other. Dexter was taught by his cop father. Chris has speculated military experience. That showdown would be a barn burner. Real shit?
Exactly man, its brilliant, I love how they do it, I posted this also in another clip of this scene. The same thing as when Poot and Bodie are in that diner with Wallace right before they are gonna kill him and you hear paul anka - put your head on my shoulder. Epic stuff
@PlaceholderName9 But, yes I do understand that Omar did break the rules of the game by falsely testifying against Bird and snitching to the cops. But, that was Omar, not Avon. Avon was true to the game till the end. Avon was still a killer, but at least he had a code that he never broke. Omar had a code too but he didn't abide by it fully. However, Marlo had no code. It was all his reputation and his name on the street. Being a kingpin and rich all reinforced his thirst for power.
Yes, I do understand these things. I'm just saying that Chris was even more of a sociopath than the usual run of the mill sociopaths. Another soldier could have done the same job, but maybe he would have felt some guilt about it. You can see that Chris felt nothing over killing a bystander.
If I was in Andre's position, I could never follow through on that mock robbery and let an innocent by-stander get wrapped up in that business, I would just leave town and start all over somewhere else.
