The short old man was the best thing in this scene. He doesn't even care that someone just got clipped in front of him, he's only worried about the money.
He's an old man who's been selling dope in Baltimore probably since before any of the dudes out there were even born. I'd venture to guess that that isn't the first time he's seen someone get dropped.
@Attila Vasquez meh... I'd equate Brienne to Brother Mouzone - resolute, skilled, proficient, and loyal to their own code. They'll even partner up with a stranger, in pursuit of sticking to their principles Bronn tho, that'll be Clay Davis for me. Both are crooks to the very end who will align themselves with whoever is profitable at the moment. They both don't care much about the major conflict in their respective stories, only how to profit from it
The fact that his hand is still twitching as they all calmly leave while mumbling their slight annoyance about the whole situation is one of the coldest things I have ever seen on TV.
This is about as close as The Wire gets to having a feel-good moment. *Edit:* A bunch of replies mention Bubbles going up the stairs at the end of Season 5. Yep, that's also a feel-good moment. As is Namond giving a speech for his high school debate club, while Colvin and his wife proudly watch. Would've been better to say that Slim Charles meting out some Old Testament justice to Cheese was The Wire's *best* feel-good moment, rather than its only one.
Chesse lied. "Saying Omar put a end to Joe time" You ask me that was the last straw for Slim. Chesse was the one that gave Joe up to Marlo. Then have the nerve to lie about in front of everyone who knew the truth. Fat Rick especially cause Omar told him.
@@mikeymc3094 Don't even have to be black for that to be impactful. And if any non-black Americans don't understand the significance of that line, they need to learn some real history.
It might not be as sentimental and heart warming as you think. I saw an interesting explanation on this other day that I hadn't thought of before. Slim wasn't as loyal or as much of a soldier as he let on. He was actually really clever, he wanted to wear the crown, and he was scheming the entire time. This is the final part of his subtle scheme. He knows cheese is the biggest threat to him running things, and he took this opportunity to take him out while making it look like he did it for Joe. He also sent a strong message to the other dealers by executing one of them in cold blood in front of them. He switched from Avon to Joe, he was muscle for hire (a mercenary) so why would he have had any loyalty to Joe? Remember when Joe leaves cheese in charge and says Slim is gonna watch cheese? Well where was slim when cheese gave Joe up to Marlo, how did slim not know about Cheese scheming with Marlo if he was watching Cheese? Unless he did know and chose to let it happen, knowing that Marlo wouldn't last long and then he could take the reigns while looking like he ascended out of loyalty and grit.
dvs zunkfukt Remember the chess conversation D'Angelo had with Wallace and Bodie in season 1? I like to think that Slim Charles was the pawn that made it to the other side and became a queen piece that they referenced. He survived the whole way through by playing it smart and not getting overly emotional or crazy, and by the end of the series he was at the head of the co-op negotiating the connect with the Greeks.
+dvs zunkfukt He knew his position and his lane at all times thats the only way you progress specially on tha rip or in tha street. He knew that business and emotional ties were 2 different things thats why bodie ultimately got killed instead of going with prop joe like slim did when tha barksdale empire went down he stayed independent and started his own little mob that wasn't equipped weapon or man power wise to deal with Marlo n them when they eventually took his corner. Slim knew that business is business and him and bodie were still cool because of that till bodie got killed Slim fucked with Barksdale tough but he made decisions off survival and business.
Slim was always the man that new how to play his position. Always read the room. Always told people what they didn't want to hear instead of what they wanted to hear. And Knew when to strike. MVP of The Wire!
You're gonna need more than "wrong" to change my mind. Cheese was small time. He did not even have his own crew. Then all fo a sudden he has $900k? That was more than guys running other crews. Charles was on to him, when he pulled out his gun that was the last straw.
but in my mind he shouldn't have said "that was for joe" instead when cheese is doing his little speech "when it was my uncle I was with my uncle...when it was Marlo I was with him...but now-...." Slim shoulda pulled the gun out and then said "man you talk to much nigga" POP against the side of the dome would of made me spit my drink out from laughter
cheese been running dope for his uncle a long time, he was making money on the side off Marlo, he had his own area taken over from hungry man on top so no doubt cheese had cheese plus whatever marlo paid him for setting up Joe - of course he probably got hold of joes cash but joe had a lot of that banked abroad where cheese would not be able to get hold of it
@J MORT Snoop was loyal, always did what she was told, and was literally a No bullshit soldier Who really didnt do shit wrong. Meanwhile Cheese had No morals and No loyalty, All he cared for was money to the point he would sell out his own family to get a bigger slice of the pie. He had it coming ever since Prop Joe got mudered.
I liked when stringer finally got his, dude was out of control, damn ruined the Barksdale Organization and Avon’s name with his greed and conniving behavior
@@VNVNation2013 deffinetly see your point, not standing up to the King when it was time was what got her killed No Doubt. But does it make her death more satisfying than Cheese? Imo No. But I guess this is a matter of personal opinion, which i guess is just even more proof why The Wire is a genius show.
@@WhyBigjordan Right. He couldn't give Cheese up because he was responsible for turning Omar onto the heist. He wasn't being all the way honorable, just not all the way snake-ish.
@@WhyBigjordan Joe should've called Omar's bluff, because Omar would've have to get close to Marlo in order to deliver that message, which would've been hard to do after he robbed Marlo. You think Marlo was going to let him live long enough to state his peace? Joe wasn't thinking. He was too scared. He was a real bitch for a kingpin. Marlo and Avon were the only two kings in B-more with heart.
Always thought that Slim Charles was a cool character. A gangster and a killer, but smart, efficient and with a sense of honor/loyalty. This scene was cool and showed his true colors.
To me he was a lesser version of Omar. Not fully moral but I could see Slim making judgment calls in the heat of the moment, based on what's right. He's honorable for sure
I think this scene shows how machiavellian Slim is. Joe told him to keep an eye on Cheese after Butchie's death. He knew that, if Cheese got suddenly richer, it would be a reward from Marlo. Plus, you see that Slim managed to gather all the money needed to buy the supply afterwards. I think Slim was bluffing, he made everyone believe that there weren't enough money because he knew that Cheese would jump on the opportunity and unmask himself. Then, Slim just had to kill Cheese in front of everyone for the checkmate. Therefore, Slim sent two strong messages: "This is what a traitor gets" and "I am the top dog now." Slim's definitely a great player.
I have been thinking about this a little more, and I think Fat Face Rick is part of the set-up too. I mean, think about the frequency of his remarks which are intended for Cheese, and the way he is saying them, like there is no particular intent behind what he says, I mean, he knows it would be pointless to damage Cheese's reputation and legitimacy head-on. And, of course, who's sitting next to Slim in front of the Greeks? Rick. The Co-op became a bicephalous organization once again, with one west-sider and one east-sider on top, like it was at the beginning with String and Joe.
I've been thinking about this again (lol) and I think that every single player who's part of the deal between the Co-op and the Greeks should be grateful towards Slim Charles for what he did to Cheese. If the Greeks had to deal with Cheese, that business wouldn't have lasted long for sure. To me that's just another proof that Slim Charles acted as a kingpin here.
Great analysis. Slim was looking at Chesse side ways since the meeting and once he said he was down with Marlo after Prop Joe, that's when Slim popped his ass.
SinisterHustle Yes, the cycle continues, and it's even more than that, "The game is the same, it just got more fierce". To me a guy like Slim can last longer in this game than a guy like Avon, he's got more flex in him and he's not hot-tempered like Avon. What i found remarkably interesting about Slim is not what he says, but what's behind what he says and what he does. By the way Avon is maybe the only one to have noticed it, when he said "stop double-talking me!" in season 3 when Slim had to tell that Avon's organization lacked muscle.
Just occured to me that Slim Charles only carried out Joe's order. In S5E04 they both suspect Cheese being the one who whispered to Marlo about Butchie, but Prop Joe said he'd only act against kin on more than words. Joe also knew Cheese well enough to predict that he would show money if he was actually responsible and told Charles to watch him. So when he showed money, Slim dropped him.
Looking late asf but he knew about Cheese’s deed during the meeting after Prop’s death when Marlo said the infamous "price of the brick going up". Slim stayed humble during Marlo’s takeover of the co-op and Cheese was next in line after Prop Joe’s death, even before the east side niggas. He peeped game at that moment.. just nice reading comments from fellow real cultured niggas
Slim's true muscle with heart. If Avon ain't got busted precisely when he did, Slim'd be capping Marlo's cowardly sociopathic ass! I wouldn't have given Clay Davis much hope either with the whole "Shit String! Murder ain't no thang, but this be some assassination shit..." As Avon pointed out: "You need a Day of the Jackal type muthafucka to pull of something like that basically, not a ruff n tumble nigga like Slim!" 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah I sussed that too, He coulda blown him away anytime during his diatribe, but waited just long enough for Cheese not to harm anyone and admit he's without loyalty. Boom. That was for Joe.
They're worried about business. And they've all probably got bodies in their background too. So it makes sense they're worried about their business first. Cheese? You think you're going lose sleep over a rival dealer who's proven himself to be treacherous? Though they're going to be careful what they say or do around Slim Charles after that, though.
Michael Brown as long as you loyal then you shouldn’t have a problem with slim. A treacherous fuck like cheese was gonna get his comeuppance one way or another
Slim literally was listening for confirmation on him being the reason Joe died .. slim always listened but never questioned nothing that’s how he became king in the end even tho he didn’t want to be
slim waits for cheese to put the gun down so the other dude doesn’t get shot by cheese from shock. Slim too real he doesn’t care about the 900,000. He knows he’s saved the whole crew from a treacherous snake.
@@nikicarrie4071 It is supposed to peel back and expand and blossom out, increasing the diameter of the bullet so it makes a bigger hole and does more damage in the target. It also increases drag so that there's less chance of it exiting the target and causing collateral damage. I say "supposed" because they don't always work for various reasons, but in the case of shooting someone in the head like that it probably would. But honestly even FMJ in the head like that can usually kill pretty easily.
@@gc99289Even if Cheese had survived that fool would’ve not been the same or at least not threatening enough to do anything about being shot. He got shot point blank range he would’ve had to go thru multiple surgeries and physical therapy just to bounce back.
It wasn’t. It’s implied that Cheese’s 900K was money Mario paid him for betraying Joe. After Butchie is killed Slim and Joe talk about the likelihood of Cheese whispering to Marlo.
No it’s not marlo paid 50k for that info on butchie. The 900k was likely from joe who had it when he died granted marlo let him keep it. Because in that scene cheese asks joe if he wants him to take that bag and he says no.
Maybe that’s why Marlo asked for 1 million for the connect. He knew that cheese had come up on that bread! And telling slim that number Marlo knew Cheese would bring it up and they would catch on and kill cheese!!?!?
This is why The Wire was so consistently brilliant, it portrayed the real reality of the street game. Cheese was all prepared for the big monologue, the big "It's our time now, it's MY time now", he was ready and willing and thinking he was about to step up and be the next big boss, the next head honcho shot caller... and five seconds later he's dead. That's real. That's realer than real. That's the drug game. And that's why The Wire is one of the best shows of all time.
Lot of player think they're invincible but very few make it out alive and prosperous. Its brutal but its not like society is doing anything to make life better.
@@geordiejones5618 The US is one of the richest countries in the world and if you get a job at McDonalds you earn more money than people that work making software in other countries, what the hell are you talking about implying life is hard? Lmao just get a job and learn how to manage your money.
Wtf you talking about? That one guy was mad, but only because of money. Also, everybody had a reaction, they just weren't sad. Learn what reaction means.
Cheese talked too much, basically said he only loyal to who feeding him at the time and will turn his back on anyone at any moment. then had the nerve to speak on his dead uncle with his dead uncle's right hand man standing next to him. he did it to himself.
i feel like it’s also a good parallel to Bodie since he was hesitant and always stood his ground, he was loyal to the GAME not whoever is at the top, and he went out like a soulja
gutz1981 obviously cheese and joes relationship was strained. Cheese always came off as a bastard nephew to joe as far as i saw. He seemed to be more of a nuisance to joe than an asset.
C Taylor I agree. Joe would give him chances to step up like how Slim did but he kept playing the pawn that didn't have the ambition to make it to the other side. So I can understand why Joe didn't want to give him too much responsibility.
Justin Barrett actually i thought it was more because he was incompetent. He gets driven off by brother malzoune (of course it is brother molzoune), he loses the coops's shipment, i could list many other things but i dont have the time.
People think Cheese dies in this scene, but he recovered really fast and turned his life around. I saw him performing on stage with Redman at Rock The Bells hip-hop festival in 2008 just months after this, he's a pretty good rapper too.
I don't think I've ever been so happy to see a fictional character get killed. The only thing that could have made this scene better is if the bullet went through Cheese's head and somehow killed Valchek as well.
One thing that struck me the second time watching the wire is that the villains on the drug side of the game get their dues. While the villains on the legit side get promoted and rewarded.
Bodie was the ideal/complete street soldier and he was shot in the head. Cutty, namond and poot “won” because they left the game without snitching or going to prison. It was straight retirement.
@@respectedgentleman4322 You’re right, Should have said again. He lost his “nerve” after serving that time. Or more like he was rehabilitated. In any event, he did “win” minus the getting shot in the leg. That’s where he and the audience learned, these young guys don’t care about past accolades or being an OG. If you’re a “civilian” you don’t matter.
One of my favourite moments in tv history hands down. The “what you do that for”, slims face in response, caring about the money and not all about cheese it’s the perfect combination of comedy and drama
I love how all the old heads knew it would cost the money, but knew it also had to happen. They knew he had to go! Every single one of them. The old heads are rational thinkers. They have lived a long time, just to get to the spot they are in. And no one even needs to talk to anyone in particular, they all know it's time to head out and they'll have another meeting to discuss everything in a few days. I just love that.
This is the reason Omar lived as long as he did, and why cheese had to go, during this scene he was talking about how he changes sides on a whim, how he only cares about his end. A man must have a code. Cheese didn't have a code, so he was unpredictable, meaning he had to go.
Also that scene with the co - op, you saw when Slim said he wasn't cutout to be a CEO, then Cheese accepted like nothing after Marlo pretty much confessed to being the one that took out Joe. That really rubbed Slim the wrong way.
@@Dre_Key he did both. he knew what to look for. he confessed without confessing. but even Marlo can't just throw that out there. even thought the lucky bastard was still standing at the end.
Don't lose sight of the fact that this was in the finale. There's an added, satisfying subtext here where now Cheese is making a play to be the one who replaces Marlo..who replaced Prop Joe and Avon... So in this moment, in Cheeses head this was the beginning of his rise to power, but before he can even say "but now, you stand with me" he just gets shot in the head... subconsciously, you watch this and know that Slim Charles completely shutdown this next takeover in one second, where as we had just watched five years of there being one "Cheese" after another fighting to be top dog. It's super satisfying to, for once, see that process beginning and then get completely shut down in the same scene. Especially when it's a hated character, and especially when it's treated as a comedic moment like this. Brill. I. Ant. Writing
You couldn't be more wrong. The fact is that even with the choppy dialogue (I'll give you that much), Meth made the scene work. Aside from that it was a crescendo that satisfied the viewer. Prop Joe was too likeable to be betrayed by his own flesh and blood. Sentiment does count when you are building an allegory.
Rob Rose I think what makes this moment so brilliant is that the whole co-op is just concerned with money. No one is upset that Slim just shot a guy in front of all of them, but that he might have cost them money. And in the end, they all disperse, as though nothing has happened. No one cares about the twitching dead body in front of them, it's all about how they can recuperate after Cheese's death. Brilliant scene. It's the absolute indifference toward life that people show, but the real concern they have toward money and power.
Slim was always a pawn, but was the smart one who made it to the other side of the board. He stayed quiet until a wannabe king (cheese) tried to get to take over and...then he took him out wisely, as a pawn would, not directly face to face but rather at a diagonal position while the king was focusing on what he perceived to be a threat.... Then bang, checkmate.
Yeah I went back and re-watched it at first they didn't show Chris's face I had to watch another video of it people got clipped left and right in that show just like The Sopranos that's why those shows were cool
Funny thing is too, if Marlo hadn't been taken out of the Game he would would have absolutely killed Cheese, and I have no doubt that was in his plans the whole time. Marlo wants people like Chris and Snoop who can be relied on to follow orders, he had some respect for Joe and knew what an incompetent, impulsive, treacherous snake his nephew was, and while he used those traits to his advantage there's no way he would have wanted someone like that in his organization. Cheese siding with a Machiavellian sociopath versus his loyal to a fault uncle shows more than anything what an utter moron he was.
@Jay yeah, when he says ceo, it's in reference to serving under Marlo, which is why he said no disrespect, he knew to dip out but do business on his own ends as part of the co op instead of jumping when marlo says jump
Am I the only one that really loves the way Slim walks? He looks like a Scooby Doo villain. Also, props to Method Man for playing Cheese. Everybody hated Cheese, and for a famous rapper to play a complete punk is really rare. Usually, pride gets in the way. But Method Man played the character correctly.
I imagine he probably already hated Cheese like everyone else and only saw him as a bag of money which is why he didn't care Cheese got capped, other than the fact that he just lost money.
As Slim said to Bodie, the thing about the old days, them old days. You can't keep looking for the good old day and have to be realistic about changed in the world.
Exactly. Cheese was arguing against the very concept that allowed Joe to survive so long, and because of it he robbed himself of the one thing that would've allowed him to survive. If he'd stood over his own corpse, he'd have had nothing to say against it, because Slim Charles was simply acting based on the philosophy that Cheese was espousing.
lol naw man. You got it totally twisted. Its the complete opposite. Slim Charles dented Cheese's head literally cuz of nostalgia. He said it himself. The two mans lived by different codes. And thats why Cheese got blindsided because he couldn't see the game any other way than how he saw it.
The Wire was really good at displaying actual death, especially when shot in the head. You don't usually just fall but seize up, posture, and twitch. Kind of gross, but accurate..
I like how the guy who just killed someone is the “sentimental” guy. Slim honestly deserved to be the new top dog though. He was loyal and actually had some class. Like when he chewed those guys out for shooting at Omar’s grandma or telling Stringer he was in over his head with Clay Davis
Slim never wanted to be top dog because he knew it would bring a lot of heat with it. Unlike Stringer, he was smart enough to stick to what he was good at.
Slim follows the rules of the game. Street reputation takes time to build and easily lost. He's mad at those yahoos for breaking the rules and costing the organization their reputation.
The weirdest thing about all this is that the New Day Co-op was probably one of the only lasting changes made to the institutions of Baltimore. Even when Stringer died the co-op stayed and even when Marlo tried to shut it down it came right back. And the co-op keeps getting stronger as shown in the next scene where Slim talks to the Greeks, with two of the other guys from the co-op with him. Now the connect isn't monopolized by one person and the West Baltimore drug trade is even more democratic.
The co-op allows the Baltimore kingpins to buy low and sell high, watch each other's backs, and avoid turf wars that bring police attention... It's a beneficial set-up for all involved (except when it's infiltrated by snakes like Marlo or Cheese)
I have watched every major crime show there is but nothing comes close to The Wire, its on another level. Every scene means something, every episode counts. Brilliant writing, directing and acting.
+TaRAAASHBAGS it showed what really went on my crew at one time were G' s like the before we became to carelsswith money and drugs i guess bitches came first to us ha ha ha
"What tf you do that for? Now we short the 9..... This sentimental mf just cost us money!" One of my favorite lines. You can hear the pain in dudes voice (not for cheese at all) about having to come off a little more money that won't gonna hurt him and he's gonna get that money back and more in no time 😂😂😂😂 The wire was a trip, definitely one of those shows that can never be duplicated.
When Marlo took control of the co-op, he originally wanted Slim to take a leadership role. Slim indicated that he wasn't ready and had no interest in a leadership role. Marlo then asked Cheese, who accepted without hesitation. Beautiful writing to show the growth of Slim and for how slow and steady will always win the race.
I think slim was doing the math through the entire scene and chez's speech confirmed he was too mercurial and ureliable to be worked with. The game is savage but a man needs a code so his word counts.
Yeah, it's easy to let yourself hate an actor who plays a character you don't like. But Method Man is always pretty good in everything he's in. As far as rappers turned rappers go I think he's one of the better ones. He's good.
LOVED him in the Netflix marvel series Luke Cage. You see him in a NYC bodega and in comes some guys to rob it and try talking to him saying they love his music and he’s all you’re seriously trying to talk to me while robbing a place? Luke Cage comes in. Dudes shoot him and bullets bounce off. He knocks the fools out. Luke is all HOLY shit it’s YOU, your album was my jam back in the day! And Method gives it NAW MAN, ITS YOU! Then they swap clothes cos the cops are after Luke Cage and Method is loving his clothes with bullet holes lol I’ll find a link and post it.
That's crazy that a loyal soldier avenged the death of a man he looked up to by killing the man that was responsible for his death which was his mentor's nephew; this reinforces the notion that blood isn't always thicker than water.
@@samjones6046 I am so happy whenever I see someone get it right. And for those unaware the "blood of the covenant" is the blood spilled in battle by your comrades, brothers in arms, however you'd like to phrase it.
Cheese had to go and they all knew it. How could they move forward and do business with a dude who raised his gun at another made man for making an innocuous and true comment?! He was proving to be just as reckless, unpredictable, and disloyal as Marlo.
I was saying this (maybe in this comment section) a couple or few years back. People got caught up on Cheese not being as smart as Marlo - or as tough, or whatever. But actually, Marlo was a punk (hence him being so worried about being called one). They were more alike than not. Give Cheese some authority and muscle like Chris and Snoop, and how different would he be?
It's important to note that these types of gangs don't usually have "made men" comparable to the Italian Mafia. Shotcallers for sure, and these guys were the upper management for what became a confederation of drug dealers, but the drug market makes things so violent and unstable that you can't build a criminal empire in the same bedrock as say gambling or liquor during prohibition. There's so much fog of war to it that guys like Marlo and Cheese inevitably break pre existing traditions like respecting bosses, hitting civilians for infractions they didn't know they made, and pointing guns at other made guys.
Not only that but he literally sold out his own family, how the fuck you gonna trust him. "When it was my uncle I was with him, when it was Marlo I was with him." I'm surprised Marlo didn't just kill Cheese despite having a use for him.
@@number3stunner118 Marlo wasn't a punk that's why he got so mad after finding out Omar was calling him out. If someone was calling Avon out, Avon would go get them. If someone was calling Omar out, Omar would go get them. No one would stand for that. "MY NAME IS MY NAME!". Only difference is Marlo is intelligent, that's why he surrounded himself with people like Chris and Snoop. Marlo knew when to take advice and listen to his people.
@@Fatkiller22 it's possible to both be a killer and a punk. We're talking about Marlo - the same dude who lost at poker, so he stole a lollipop and had a security guard killed for kindly confronting him about his fuckery. The same guy who had a family executed for, I believe it was talking shit about him. We never saw Avon or Omar do either of those things. 1. I don't think they were that insecure like Marlo - who was willing to put it all on the line for being called a punk - and 2. We never heard anybody say that kind of thing to get at them. Even Michael, a kid, had more sense - when he said (paraphrased) "Why Marlo care about somebody saying he suck dick. Marlo don't suck dick, do he?" Omar was challenging Marlo's ego because he knew it was fragile. Even Wee Bey plainly referred to Marlo as a punk who would've gotten dealt with quickly in the old days. There's a reason why it came up more than once. Because he was a punk. Not "Look at this guy getting bullied and doing nothing." but look at this guy with no code, who goes around fucking with people for no reason other than being petty, and trying to make himself feel better by just generally being a piece of shit because he can in the moment. Marlo definitely wasn't honorable or a stand-up guy.
Yea because Baltimore homicide police really cares about another known drug dealer ending up dead. Besides the police would have to prove whoever had the cigar was there at the time of the shooting......that cigar could have been drop there 2 days before for all they know. The only way that cigar becomes a key is if they combine it with a witness testimony that the smoker and cheese were together the day he was shot.
+Space Alien He'a definitely a known drug dealer to the police in the show. He had a wire tap on him and he was interrogated by Bunk in a hilarious scene in season three. You should be able to find the clip in RU-vid.
"ain't no nostalgia to this shit. Just the game" He had no to little emotions and therefore didn't have the empathy to realize that others actually did. That's why he didn't see why emotions would cost him his life. Slims feelings about Prop Joe made him pull that gun and Slims realization that no one would mind made him know that he could off him on the spot
They all fell. Prop Joe was too rational for a monster like Marlowe, Stringer Bell was too political for the thuglife and too thuggish for Baltimore's political scene. Cheese is comic relief to an extent but what Barksdale said rings true. "All you gotta do is slip up once, or be late once. And how you never gonna slip up, or be late?" Cheese probably knew he was viewed as an untrustworthy slime, so he throws in more than his fair share and acts overly assertive in a bid to correct how he betrayed Joe. But it fails, tying in with the earlier thesis that "there are no second acts in American life."
It was for Joe, but I think in that moment, when he pulled the gun on another co-op member, Slim (and others) knew it would be more trouble keeping him in than out. He had the money, but brought nothing else to the table, except disloyalty, and would eventually fuck it up for everyone no doubt, so that's why everyone is like "good riddance".
They set him up to do that and be justified in killing him in front of everyone. Had they killed him outside of the circle it would've looked covert and further strained the co-op. That's why Rick and Slim Charles are seen sitting with the Greeks in the final montage.
Slim Charles never really stood out to me when I first watched the series, but the second time I watched it he became one of my favorites. Straight solider
@@user-qx5nk6qg2b You really do have trouble reading, don't you? Need new glasses? Maybe a new dictionary to better understand the correct meaning of words? Ignored would imply I paid no attention to him at all. I said he never really stood out to me, clearly indicating I noticed him to a degree. For one to suggest they're quite street smart you're not very observant. Regardless it's a weird thing to boast about since I don't live in some low life area where I need to worry about people to require such street smarts. Do you think you're a good troll by any chance? Because you aren't very clever
My favorite thing about this, is that everybody understands each other. There wasn't a single one of them that wouldn't be ok with Cheese dying after holding an "ally" at gunpoint.
