At Jessup, Wee-Bey tells De'londa Brice that if she has thrown Namond out then he will stay out of her care. (Season 4, Episode 13 "Final Grades") Featuring Hassan Johnson and Sandi McCree
De'londa is one of the few characters on this show where I had to constantly remind myself she was an actress and to not hate on her too much. She was terrific.
One of the best lines in the series...... "Well look at me up in here......who the f@&! would wanna be that if they could be anything else Delonda??" Wee-Bay was a real dude; he lived hard but he knew his son deserved better.....
@@Oracleofcrows he still agreed with the sentiment......he could've been ignorant like Delonda and told the dude to go to hell because his son was going to be a soldier nothing more. Weebay agreed that his son deserved better, even though no one probably did that for him when he was Namond's age.....
I love how that line got her to shut up too. Even when he made it clear who she was talking to, she still pressed it a bit. When those real words hit her though, and she realized Bey was right she couldn't rebuke it.
This made me cry. Bey was proud to hear all that good stuff about his son. His son. His son could go to college and become a lawyer, a teacher, or a congressman. And break the cycle in their family line.
I’d argue that pretty much every major to middle level character were all written equally well but not all the performances were equally good. Just as an example I was never a fan of the performance for Kima or Presbo even though I really like their characters.
which is why all of the barksdale crew still got respect on the streets, regardless if they died or were locked up. whereas the stanfield crew, nobody talks about snoop,people fear chris too much and the punk kids don't even know who marlo is. even avon is more respected behind bars than marlo is on the street.
Chris Partlow had a family that he cared about. We saw it briefly in one episode. He also killed Michael's abuser because he hated men who sexually abused kids. A pervertes way to show humanity but a show if humanity it was.
But the convicted murderer understand that the streets are not for his son. He is the voice of reason on this one, La'Londa is just hood 2 the core she can't see anything other than the streets. Like a soccer mom helps out her kids team and supports them at events La'londa would root for him posting up on the corner, going shopping $$$ and administering beat downs. Wee Bey is the more sensible of the 2, he wants to give his boy a chance I loved this show..it was real I know crazy parents that think like this
I love how grey weebey was... He literally had to threaten his son's mother with a death sentence, to give his son the life he never had.... That's so grey
honestly, as much as you should never threaten somebody's life, especially your own wife, she probably deserved it and needed to hear that to back down. After all, she was gonna ensure that Namond had a short, tragic, unhappy life if Bey didn't make her let him go. And I don't think anything other than a threat would've really changed her mind.
This is one of the saddest scenes in the whole show, ‘cause you can see that Wee-Bey is one of the brightest people in the series, but he knows he’s never getting a chance to use it. And when he sees his son in the same fix, he has the heart and mind to give him away before he ends up stuck where Bey is. True character 🙏🏻😔✊🏻
One of the best scenes of the entire series, Wee Bey knows he’s wasted his life and doesn’t want his son to go down the same wrong path he did, one of the most ruthless characters all of a sudden makes one of the most selfless decisions a father could make, loving his son enough to let him go. Brilliant 👏🏼👏🏼
To be fair, they had already basically raised him and formed relationships with him. He would have been 18 in a handful of years anyway. They were just as likely to continue to have him in their lives as otherwise. To deny him his chance with Colvin for a few more years of legal ownership would have been insanely selfish.
Watch his eyes at 1:02 when he says 'You still go me; we'll get by'. There's tenderness in them. A split second later when he says 'but you gonna let go of that boy', they narrow down to a hard, icy stare. Great acting...
@@nataliefreeman5237 flaring nostrils usually happens when someone's angry or otherwise agitated, it's a similar reflex to widening one's eyes, or the muscles of the face tightening, ...she's flaring her nostrils precisely because it's part of her acting in this scene. It does matter, and you're a fucking idiot for having to be told this.
"And in any place you could think of calling home, it'll be my word that finds you." Of all the classic lines in this show, this is the one I wish I could've written the most
@titanaup titanaup -- That's weak talk. The environment makes it easier to live a life or crime, but you still have a choice. I grew up in a drug-infested neighborhood, but I didn't make that choice. Why? Because even though we didn't have much money, my family structure was strong and instilled in me right and wrong. You can succeed growing up in bad environments if you are being lead by a positive family. It's not the outside environment ("the country") that destroys us. It's the inside environment (the family structure). Be very careful blaming others for our problems. If YOU want to place blame, look no further than our own families. Wee Bay should have never impregnated the sorry female. He held the power over his unborn son's future and he chose to skeet up in here with no regard for his lineage. Well before "the country" plays its' part, your family is the primary reason you have a chance in this world. Each one of us adults has the choice to be a positive example to the children within our families.
"Remember who tf you talking to right here. Remember who I am. My word is still my word. In here, in Baltimore, and any place you could think to call home. It'll be my word that finds you" - Top 3 gangster shit WeeBay ever said, easy
@@kohlcooke8789 Until you look past his affable personality and love for eating as well as taking care of his fish, its easy to forget how equally ruthless and intimidating Wee-Bey can be.
@@dmcrun3572 Well yea this is the culmination of that, but also in that scene he's still hesitant. By this scene he understands Colvin is definitely right and it's for the best. The 2 scenes combined are his greatest moment.
This is an underrated scene. Omar is really interesting, but Bey is also a deep character, smart, fierce, and seems to have a good heart. In different circumstances, he could have been a great father.
@@squeezycakes not sure about that, i wouldn't call him a great father because of the example he set for his son and what he was initially encouraging him to be but he truly loved him and did the fatherly thing in the end. he deserves that credit
Remember that stripper they drugged used for sex and killed. Then they wrapped her up in a rug and threw her in the trash. Weybey was a dirty bag that deserves to rot. His wife was a piece of shit that would happily see her son on a corner so he could by her clothes. 1 shred of humanity doesn't make him a hero.
Man, wee bey was such a well written character. The fact he is a soldier willing to give up his son to an ex-cop, and the writers were able to make it seem perfectly organic and not out of character is a testament to this show
@ind0ctr1n3 "I tend to view De'londa as a typical BLM protestor" this sounds like a moron who hasnt experienced the world, much less the rest of his state, firsthand and now thinks he understands things. Probably listens to Joe Rogan and thinks he's an "unbiased seeker of the objective truth who is a regular guy" lmao
@ind0ctr1n3 How misguided you are. Seriously. "It's one of the points The Wire tries to make." lmfao this is probably one of THE most rudimentary things you could've possibly drawn from this scene, let alone "The Wire" as a whole. Usually the comment sections on any Wire videos are filled with extremely insightful and thought-provoking metaphors and highlights, but your comment is legit terrible. There are multiple characters who are in the game for much more than just money/themselves. But this isn't even my biggest problem with your statement. To belittle the BLM movement and compare it to De'Londa's mindset is ridiculous. The events that sparked massive series of protests last year literally all stemmed from a police officer unjustly murdering a Black man via kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Even then, these murders/acts of police brutality and subsequent protests have been happening for a long time. How you can possibly arrive at: "fuck you all, give me free stuff and do what I want" while completely ignoring the contributing events as if it didn't play a part is hilarious, though I guess not too surprising when you're drawing really basic observations from The Wire within itself. Lmao y'all are hopeless bruh. Fantastic shows like "The Wire" even spells it all out for folks and you still don't get it.
"Look at me up in here, who the f**k would want to be that if they could be anything else..." The look on De'londa's face reveals everything about her character. She's looks heartbroken and on the verge of tears because SHE wants to be like him more than anything in the world and probably always has. It's that desire is that causes her to push their son so hard to be like him.
The expression on Wee-Bey's face says everything. The only way he's leaving is in a box, he's gonna see that place every day the rest of his life, and at the moment he say's "Look at me, up in here.", he's obviously thinking about it and not looking forward to it. Who would sanely want their progeny to share the same fate?
I wonder if she married Bey because she always wanted to be a gangster, and saw how tough he was. That's probably one of the reasons she stuck with Bey through all of his drama and was so obsessed with Namond being a gangster too
This is what Roland sacrificed to get. His word. He still had power outside the walls of the prison. If he had talked, turned government witness, he could have done 5 - 10 years maybe on a good deal. He went down instead, but forever his people know he can roll on them. So if he wants his BabyMomma taught a lesson, you best believe Avon, or someone will find a person on the outside to do his bidding.
One of my favorite scenes in The Wire is a brief blipvert that takes place right before "Walk On Gilded Splinters" starts at the end of Season 4. Wee-Bey tells Namond, "I'm still your father, though," and hugs him over the plastic barrier in the visiting room. Bunny Colvin might have taken over the real-world, paternal duties of a dad. But Wee-Bey--an admitted murderer, gangster, thug, and criminal--still loves his boy, and he doesn't want his boy to forget him. And in his small moment of redemption, he wants his boy to be better than he ever was. No easy labels here.
He said, "I'm still your father, Nay" not "I'm still your father, though" Small difference, but the latter seems to imply that Bey doesn't want Namond to forget him. The former implies that Namond had reservations about going with Colvin because he still loved his father and didn't want to move further away from him, but Bey reassured him that he is still is father and will always love him.
Amazing scene. Particularly 0.12 -0.28. That flash of intense violent anger reminds the viewer why Weebay is in Jessop in the first place...truly frightening. But the subsequent compassion he shows towards his son is evidence of the complexity/ambiguity of human nature... Best. Series. Ever.
Don Corleone meaning if he decided to put a hit out on her. She dead. And he was always a man of his word when he work for Avon so his Reputation will always be intact as far as being a killer goes.
one of my top 5 wire moments right here. bey imposing his power for what he ultimately came to know was right after a thorough period of self reflection. he was the reallest soldier who took a life-bid over ratting on his friends, but at the end of the day, knew times were changing a game he didnt want for his son. it took EVERYTHING for him to do this, and he stood up to his kids mom to do it. bey is the most under-used and under appreciated characters, and im glad they gave him this scene.
“Remember who I am. My word is still my word”. Powerful line! Those are the moments loyalty pays off, cause even though Wee-Bey is locked up for life with no parole for not giving up Avon and Stringer, he knows his name is still strong in the streets because of that (and probably will be for a very long time).
one of the greatest scenes from the entire show honestly. the complexity around a convict sentenced to life, having admitted to committing nine murders (even if they weren't all him), coming to his senses and realizing that he should let go of his son in order to give him a better life is beautiful. around it all, he still needs to threaten his wife in order to convince her to leave their son alone. still get chills when I hear "it will be my word that finds you."
0:13: I love the gear shift here, he correctly calculates he values his sons future over her greed and is ruthless enough to kill her over the issue. In a way its admirable in another its terrifying.
I like this scene because as far as I know, its the closest Wee bey ever got to expressing regret towards the things he did and the life he led. Took all those murders, never snitched, and never seemed to care or regret it until the "who tf would want to be here if they could be anything else" line.
These two actors are at their best in this scene. De'londa just wanted to make sure her son had the street smarts to make it in life and to be the "the fathers son" but Wee Bey knew that it would get his son killed one day. And even thou Wee Bey is a gangster and a soldier, above all, he's a father who only wanted whats best for his son. This is like Shakespeare man
Delonda didn't care about Naymond. She wanted him to bust his ass so that she could maintain her lifestyle. Her desire was 100% about living ghetto fabulous. Fuck Naymond. She could give two fucks about sacrificing him for that goal.
@@KtotheG weebay knew 2 things after talking to colvin 1 naymond would wind up in prison or the morgue if he tries to act like him and colvin is offering a chance to save naymond from his own fate 2 weebay knew delonda had to be dealt with since this is naymond's only shot of having a decent life
@@redhawk44109 Yup, Weebay is the only one of Naymond's two parents who actually cared about him. Naymond wasn't built to be a drug dealer, but Delonda could care less.
T3n50r Reformed: Weebay Brice. Although he quickly reminds DeLonda of his assassin capabilities, he now realizes that jail & street life is not be chosen if you have a chance 2 succeed. Such a defining point in his character, from the Weebay of earlier seasons. Everybody can change.
@T3n50r I don't think his character "evolved" into that. I believe he was always that. He just has a strong sense of who he is. Wee Bay is never presented as an unreasonable person who cannot see beyond himself. When he threatens Delonda with the fact that he is still who he is, and that his word will find her wherever she goes, that lets you know that he's still that same guy he's always been. He's from the streets, and knows that his word has enough credibility to where he can reach out and have someone find her if she defies him.
Wee Bey character is amusing. Being both ruthless murderer and aquarim fish enthusiast. Being hard boiled gangner that took ALL the year the police got, yet still listens and believes Bunny. Beautiful writing.
0:44 You can tell this is about much more than Naymond. This is about Delonda getting her heart crushed by her hero. She looks up to Wee bey and him telling her to grow the fuck up for their child destroys her warped view of what a "good mother" is.
Wee-Bey was a real father this day. He allowed his son to be something better. Most people didn't get the point of this situation. So many in the streets are and were on situations like these. Imagine if Wee-Bey had never said ok. Namomd would be dead, his mom would crying my baby my baby and two promising black lives are lost to the streets...WeeBey in prison and Namond in the grave
i think wee bey always had a form of decency but the circumstances he's been through growing up on westside baltimore meant he was forced to do the things he had to. i think he feels like he's redeemed himself by letting his seed be free from the struggles he went through at namond's or content that even tho that's all his life will come to, he at least knows that Namond will be out in a much better place making something of himself.
One of my favorite scenes from the show. I love how he puts his wife in her place. More than that he wants to give his a son a chance to really make it in this world, I respect that.
Imagine years from now if Namond becomes successful in life and is living a great life and is happy and how much that would mean for Wee-Bay sitting in his cell with all the time in the world to think. Imagine the joy he would get if his son visits him and stays in touch with him throughout his life and how proud wee bay would be of him. probably braggin to other inmates how his son is blowin up, just got his degree, a nice job, whatever major life milestones. And he would forever be grateful to the opportunity that Colvin gave not only his son, but him as well to be a proud father of his son. Maybe its the edibles making me sentimental, but damn man!
Love this scene. Wee Bey knew his son had options in life and acted the way a father should act. It’s a scary thing to be in jail and not able to raise your kids. Trust Me. It’s never too late to do the right things for those you love. That’s why I changed and so can anyone else who wants to.
Love Wee Bey- Hassan Johnson. Also Delonda - Sarah Mcree...She has a Masters in acting!!! Played the hell out that role!!! Teaches children acting. Sista is too good. Haddon is the Man, should be working a lot more than he is sooo talented and a cutie!!!!
I always get goosebumps when he says “but you gon let go that boy, bet that”. It’s few things we all agree on anymore but I think wanting our kids to have the best life possible is one of them.
Honestly, all of the mothers in this series was horrible. Briana was mad that D got killed and wanted her brother to pay, but she should've never put him out there. De'Londa only cared about continuing Wee-Bay's reputation through her son, Michael's and Dukie's mother.. enough said. Only person that really had a good mother was Randy.
I agree with you, De'Londa was a product of her environment. She wasn't a great person either way, but she learned to survive and strive in the game. Some manage to see outside this 'Street' mentality. We see WeeBay in a moment here where he sees life outside the Game for his child and reflects on his own life. Some however never get there. De'Londa is one of those people.
Derrick Iosn You DO know that this series took place during the crack epidemic. The ‘hood isn’t the only place where there are overbearing mothers. The “soccer” mom, who pushes her child to achieve goals only because SHE wants them!! The sports parents of ALL races are unbearable bullies to their kids! That’s probably just ONE reason for teen suicides in this country!
The fact a hardened killer like Wee-bey was willing to let go of his son to have a life without crime shows he confronted the mistakes he made and now understands how wrong his decisions in life are. It took prison and Bunny to realize that, if Weebey was still on the street then he never would have let Namond go.
One of the few bright moments of the show. Wee Bey was as streets as they come, yet even he was able to recognize that if there is a chance for a better life, take it. He saw that chance for his son, and gave it to him.
0:14 one of my favorite moments in the show. Ol weebey springs to life, he was still a dangerous man for sure. This time he just used that danger to protect his son from one of the worst people imaginable. Crazy he still wants her around, actually. Maybe he doesnt want the hassle of her possibly talking to the police if shes cut off, she would have to get got, it would be a whole thing.
Very powerful. Wee Bey was by far Avon's most reliable soldier ,an amazing cred on the streets and Namond had a lot to live up to. No matter how well Namond did, he wasn't cut out for the streets and to take Wee Bey's role. To the streets he was useless, unlike Wee Bey who was essential. Yet as a father Wee Bey saw more in Namond than the streets ever could. He'd never live to be like Wee Bey and he knew this, so he let's everyone to let his son be because this is SON and not their corner boy.
What? If you're praising WeeBay, she should also be commended. She was enforcing the values that WeeBay, the Barksdales and anyone else in that neighborhood, held dear. Flip back to thier last visit. It was WeeBay scolding his son on his lack of effort on the corner.
Wee-bye had some time think while in the pen. Though he didn’t radically change like Cutty, this was like a ‘sober’ version of Wee-bye. He was in some respects a really good father. He was by nature a very fearless man and he was willing to make a tough decision. This was not an easy decision to make, but he made the right one. He probably even thought about Namond if he where a tougher kid. Probably, thought that even if Namond were super tough like him, he was still going to end up in prison or the morgue. He realized there was nothing romantic about where he ended up and it would be better to give Namond a shot at having a life.
This show was a classic...the fact that one of Baltimores hardest enforcers knew when to hold em n when to fold em...he made a power move for his only child to give him a chance at life the right way...not all killas r heartless
