You can tell Gus is David Simon's self-insert character because he always got the best lines per screen-time. I love his bit about the guys covering arson stories with 'trunks full of burnt dolls'.
nanka2002 season two 2 was actually my least favorite season. It felt so forced. The natural dialogue, even of the scene you’re referring to, just felt so forced. It wasn’t right.
I understand. Well, according to my husband, who has known trade unionists and the problem of the dying working class, this is the best season of the entire show... and the characters are like from real life. Frank Sobotka is his most favourite character and this season is one of the best in the TV history... Yes, opinions differ. I myself finished the Wire last year... Could not watch anything else since then. Everything else sounds so forced and contrived. I love all the seasons and gave 10*s to EACH episode on IMDB. I am obsessed :))))))) p.s. but I think the fourth season was slightly even better than others :))). Those kids.... my goodness. it was intense, was not it?
@@MRIDDLE72 Wait - didn't he actually decide not to snitch at the very end, and they killed his ass just to be safe? And what? You're a criminal you're fucked but if you're a snitch you're double-fucked? That's a crazy moral judgement if I ever heard it.
Great clips. I don't consider Frank Sobotka, Bunk or Gus to be underrated because they were major characters. Butchie, Boris and Randy were underrated. They straddled the gap between major and minor roles in the show. I suggest the following are straddling the same gap and are truly underrated: Slim Charles; Cutty; Kenard; Norman Wilson (Carcetti's Campaign Mrg) Bodie; Pres; Nicky Sobodtka; Spiros; and the fat white guy who witnessed Stringer's murder but was involved in money laundering (Marlo was told that he was someone he needed to meet at the cocktail party).
1:50 I love the idea of butchie and his place in omar's story. he is his money launderer and unofficial concigliere he is omar's bank because a bar is a cash based business, it also would help keep the place in business since beign blind makes it harder to take care of a busy bar. he is his concigliere because he is wise, and the fact that he is a blind man running a bar makes a perfect background for him. being blind forced him to be wise because he had to be on his toes the whole time if he wants to run a business as a wise man, owning a bar, also gives him access to a lot of information about the neighborhood.
they said in the show he was a gangster or something before he lost his eyesight in a shootout or something. i think he was well respected before going blind
Wee Bey’s wife didn’t have much screen time, but she definitely left an impression. What a beast!! Imagine if she had cared about Namond’s grades or the school curriculum; I can see her clutching a Gucci purse as she demands to see the principal.
It's crazy man even the side players in The Wire are leaps ahead of top billed characters on most other shows or movies I really can't heap enough praise on this show..I've seen the whole series 3 times anf each time a different season was my favorite..first time was season 2 second time was season 1 third time was season 3 next time it'll probably be season 4 or 5(which is my least favorite season like most people but it's still nesr flawless) God i wish this show coulda went on for at least another 2 seasons
It is like a grest puzzle. They are some beautiful parts. But in the end you need all the pieces to complete the picture When I see other shows when emmy awards I can only laugh And say to myself "The game is rugged"
I loved Gus as a character and liked when the show went into the newsroom. Randy was a great character but after the cops screwed him over it was just so sad seeing him on screen. We literally watched a kid who was probably college bound with high hopes to someone that lost all faith in humanity, thought you needed to crush ppl to get ahead and overall he just gave up.
Frank is my favorite He tried so hard and in the end everything Is the same Everytime he tried to get away from the dirt the Greek would have something Frank cant get on his own
AVON at 4:48 fucking killsssss me every time 😂 after he just got what $100,000 or something like that from Marlo just to be able to TALK to the dude 😂 man I wish I could rewatch the wire so so bad, I guess these clips on youtube will have to do 😭
Butch, most moralistic G. Love Butch. What hapoened to the Wirlds Butchies? Fuckin rules man, there are nonr anymore. No men who stick to their word. Hard to get things done with reliables any more. No trust, not there was nuch but you knew where you stood . Now up is down. Sometimes.
