Everytime I see this scene i get goosebumps. This is probably exactly how it would go down in real life. Rawls makes you feel like you're getting yelled at lol
I think this would be more effective if you include the scene from the final montage where Sydnor is ranting to Judge Phelan. That's the scene that shows the completion of the change.
Syndor was a very underused character. Wish they would have played more on the fact he was in the same demographic as the people they were investigating
Syndor was the name of a real BPD detective back when David Simon wrote Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. Theres a lot of dialogue between the BPD detectives and names lifted straight out of the book. Pretty neat.
Sydnor becoming McNulty.. Dukey becoming Bubbles.. Michael becoming Omar.. It reminds me of the final scene of the series when McNulty is driving back the homeless victim he framed back to Baltimore. When he stops on the highway and has a moment of reflection.. looking into the distance.. I think he is asking himself, all the shit i pulled, all the battles i fought, all the people i pissed off, didn't do a god damn thing. Did I make a difference at all, or was it a waste of time? Because of this exact transition. There will always be another McNulty, another Bubbles, another Omar. It's hard to disagree with McNulty. But it recalls me to that scene with the Deacon and Bunny Colvin. When the deacon strolls through hamsterdam and asks Bunny, "What in gods name have you done" and he continues to say something along the lines of, "This takes the heart out of it, you may not like it but doing things how they're supposed to be done.. you fight the good fight." Even if McNulty felt his efforts were worthless, he did exactly that throughout the series. He didn't give a fuck and got shit done however he needed to. He fought the good fight.
