EVERY Cold Open in The Wire

All 60 of The Wire's cold opens.
My favourites: Bunk's lie detector test/interrogation (02:24:20), Snoop buying a nailgun (01:45:42), Omar pulling a robbery dressed as an old man (01:13:45), Herc catching the mayor pulling a Bill Clinton (01:48:44) & Omar testifies in court (46:52)
Let me know which cold open is your favorite in the comments.
Chapters:
Season 1
00:00 S1E1 The Target: Snot Boogie / This is America man
02:39 S1E2 The Detail: Bunk & McNulty argue over a dead witness
04:13 S1E3 The Buys: Bubble's puts hats on the pit crew
06:25 S1E4 Old Cases: How many police does it take to move a desk?
08:50 S1E5 The Pager: Is Avon parnoid?
10:55 S1E6 The Wire: Wallace's kids / Finding Brandon's body
14:45 S1E7 One arrest: Prezbo cracking the code
17:08 S1E8 Lessons: McNulty's kids trailing Stringer (father of the year)
20:21 S1E9 Game day: Avon & Stringer recruiting
23:00 S1E10 The Cost: Bubbles at the crossroads of life and death
24:22 S1E11 The Hunt: Aftermath of Kima's shooting
27:25 S1E12 Cleaning Up: McNulty admits the case was all about him
29:29 S1E13 Sentencing: Kima wakes up & identifies shooters
Season 2
33:14 S2E1 Ebb Tide: McNulty on the boat
36:28 S2E2 Collateral Damage: Aftermath of the 14 dead girls
38:31 S2E3 Hot Shots: Omar spots new talent ( Kimmy and Tosha )
39:37 S2E4 Hard Cases: Frank Sobotka grills Nick
43:04 S2E5 Undertow: Ziggy gets robbed by Cheese
46:52 S2E6 All Prologue: Omar testifies in court
49:11 S2E7 Backwash: Bodie buying flowers for D'angelo
51:44 S2E8 Duck and Cover: McNulty crashes car and beds waitress
55:44 S2E9 Stray Rounds: Innocent kid catches a stray bullet (Saddest scene IMO)
59:20 S2E10 Storm Warnings: Good police work / Piecing it all together montage
01:02:15 S2E11 Bad Dreams: Police raids
01:05:56 S2E12 Port in a Storm: Finding Frank Sobatka's body
Season 3
01:10:06 S3E1 Time After Time: Towers demolished / Pooh getting burned story
01:13:45 S3E2 All Due Respect: Omar robs Barksdale dressed as an old man
01:15:34 S3E3 Dead Soldiers: Major Taylor gets demoted/ Bunny gets Hamsterdam idea
01:18:14 S3E4 Amsterdam: Major Bunny is tired of lying with stats
01:21:35 S3E5 Straight and True: Bubble's speech on snitching / Ladder scam
01:24:28 S3E6 Homecoming: Hamsterdam is born / police brutality
01:28:00 S3E7 Back Burners: Quiet corners / Marlo closes up shop
01:30:04 S3E8 Moral Midgetry: Dealers getting robbed in Hamsterdam
01:31:56 S3E9 Slapstick: McNulty pops out for a midnight snack (father of the year)
01:36:09 S3E10 Reformation: Consequences of Avon & Marlo's war / Bro Muzone returns
01:39:35 S3E11 Middle Ground: Omar & Brother Muzone standoff
01:42:05 S3E12 Mission Accomplished: Aftermath of Stringer's death
Season 4
01:45:42 S4E1 Boys of Summer: Snoop shopping for a nailgun
01:48:44 S4E2 Soft Eyes: Herc catches the Mayor pulling a Bill Clinton
01:51:08 S4E3 Home Rooms: Omar buys robs stash in a silk dressing gown
01:54:59 S4E4 Refugees: Marlo gets heated with a security guard /you think it's one way
01:58:36 S4E5 Alliances: Zombies
02:00:35 S4E6 Margin of Error: Carcetti goes to black church
02:05:09 S4E7 Unto Others: Omar in prison
02:07:53 S4E8 Corner Boys: Snoop's little sister / Prezbo teaching math
02:09:48 S4E9 Know Your Place: Society can bite my d**k / Lil Kevin is a genius
02:12:09 S4E10 Misgivings: Donut joyriding / Getting his fingers broken by Officer Walker
02:15:14 S4E11 A New Day: Officer Walker revenge plan
02:17:46 S4E12 That's Got His Own: Snoop and Chris hunt down Michael
02:20:35 S4E13 Final Grades: Bubbles hangs himself
Season 5
02:24:20 S5E1 More with Less: Bunk's lie detector test/interrogation
02:27:50 S5E2 Unconfirmed Reports: Heartbreaking speech on addiction
02:31:43 S5E3 Not for Attribution: "Know what they do to police in jail, pretty police like u?"
02:34:54 S5E4 Transitions: Best drug bust of all time
02:36:56 S5E5 React Quotes: Aftermath of Prop Joe's death
02:39:12 S5E6 The Dickensian Aspect: Omar pulling a Houdini / "Some spiderman S**T"
02:42:04 S5E7 Took: McNulty being the Ribbon Serial Killer
02:46:40 S5E8 Clarifications: McNulty outlining strategy to catch the Ribbon Serial Killer
02:49:08 S5E9 Late Editions: Lester cracking Marlo's clock code
02:51:46 S5E10 -30-: Carcetti discovers that there is no serial killer

[@MiguelRPD]

9:35 Avon got better security than the secret service 😂

[@tomsnowden6201]

They had cheese fries baby 😁

[@alexchernyaev5529]

and after that he drives with open windows lol

[@anastasiossavidis6322]

The stand-off between Omar & brother Muzone is an absolute classic!

[@lifesabeachnyc8568]

“He’s resting”……🤣 Agree, they were brilliant together.

[@MRWINDYMETHANE]

Wow, I had no idea this video existed. This must've been exhausting and took a lot of work to do. Thank you so much for this content!

[@g.w.k.y6869]

RIGHT?! Literally just got recommended this yesterday and I've been searching for specific cold opens for weeks lol. Uploader is a real one for this

[@FintanRalph]

WATCHED THE SHOW FROM BEGINNING TO END. BEST WEEKEND EVER

[@Deephouse_Gent66]

Such a literary and dimensional series. So much intensity and depth to most of these cold opens, each one almost tells a little story in itself. STILL one of the most brilliant TV series I've ever seen. Watching these makes me want to start rewatching the entire series. Snoop buying the nail gun still cracks me up. But even the subtle ones, like Officer Beatrice getting stuck with the 13 bodies speaks volumes. Excellent post.

[@jacobp6512]

The reformation open is the best one imo. The sirens juxtaposed go muzones look of anxiety is amazing.

[@HotTakeT]

An interesting and unique choice. The montage of the consequences of Avon and Marlo's war coveys so much so quickly, but Muzone's cynical smile when referring to the empty city's promises of reform is the highlight for me.

[@randeepatillo1982]

1:50:40 That scene with Hurc walking in on Mayor Royce getting a bj, only to slam the door and walk down a hallway filled with portraits of past Baltimore mayors seemingly staring down at him as he leaves will never not be funny. What makes it even funnier is the shot of the last portrait before the cut to the starting credits. I think that's a portrait of Thomas D'Alesandro...also known as Nancy Pelosi's dad. LOL! Also, the fact that Omar can leave the house in his pj's, unarmed, and still manage to rob a stash house through nothing but his sheer presence is a true masterclass on how to write a good scene.

[@Dm34421]

The season 3 premiere intro is the best one. The tower coming down shows the downfall of the barksdale crew and the rise of Marlo. The whole theme for season three was reform for every character. The show reached a turning point in season three

[@Eight08IlliRi]

season 4 premiere is best My favorite.

[@Romulus609]

@@Eight08IlliRi eight enough to smooth it out with??? Damn !!!

[@m7ray]

For me is 2. This would seem like a ridiculous showdown between Poles and then blood, blood, blood

[@FintanRalph]

Excellent

[@WeAreTES]

McNulty lost his damn kids chasing Stringer 😂😂

[@nestorvelazquez3486]

The Wire one the best series

[@raymondsims7042]

It’s the single best series in my honest opinion

[@hadrakir4098]

I hate that Wallace was really trying to do good. But had to fuck up in that one big bad way. Boadie knew it.

[@frankiechiappetta6499]

Where's Wallace at? Huh String? WHERE THE F*** IS WALLACE!!!

[@mattharrelson7462]

Wallace running a damn orphanage. 12:50

[@marcboss6]

Probably the greatest opening scene of any show that perfectly encapsulates the show. We still don’t know who whacked snot and nobody cares.

[@Dontmatter484-3]

The desk situation 😂😂😂😂😂

[@RLdatrader]

to date nothing comes close to The Wire

[@raymondsims7042]

100% agreed

[@deb8911]

Donnie Andrew’s being the wire helping Omar and being the real life Omar was iconic

[@RoryMeehan-i4b]

Carcetti goes to church in Margin of Error is why i came here! thanks for doing this

[@daniloalves1139]

They trying to move that desk is cinema

[@TheShahofBaltimore]

Symbolism for the system working together but against one another…crazy writing 🤌🤌🤌

[@ciearrahayes7716]

@@TheShahofBaltimore you on it

[@PITU-f7f]

what was it about?

[@JessNikeBrLa225]

​@@TheShahofBaltimoreelaborate cause I still don't get it how they could not get it in or out idk great scene

[@drewinsur7321]

​@@JessNikeBrLa225herc was pulling the wrong way making everybody stuck lol

[@Goresmog]

50:40 One of the coldest parts in the series imo. D gets betrayed by his family then they allow Stringer to have him murdered, now people slander his name thinking he was weak and killed himself.

[@ewetwentythree]

The way the cold open ends and they cut into the intro. God, chills everytime

[@brianullom9224]

Greatest. Show. Of. All. Time

[@FintanRalph]

Yes

[@GaryJones-lz4dd]

Correct..unequivocally..

[@skyjay5061]

Thanks for the upload verry nice movie.

[@johnschafer-oh7zj]

Omar R.I.P.

[@neverknowu]

36:29 I remember watching this and couldnt for the life of me understand how? This is one of the most impactful scenes of The Wire

[@mikem591]

8:50 - My favorite intro. Showed so much about Avon and the Barkesdale culture.

[@JP47471]

1:15:23 Dude honestly thought Omar was gonna say *understandable* *have* *a* *good* *day*

[@kivanihabhouse3467]

My favorite is mcnulty drunk ,crashing his car..going to a diner to sober up and leaving with the waitress

[@ms.loyaltlove6198]

Barhkim aka Barh Thirsty/Barh Nappy Lo.Queens/BK LOLIFE "88" R.I.P to my husband🤴🏾💜🕊🕯#NeverForgotten💯#

[@beboyuca8208]

Marlo ain’t had to clap that security guard 😢that was a cowardly move right there

[@dwightphinizeeii8212]

That showed his real character. Ego ruined him.

[@JesseHenderson-xc2kg]

​@@dwightphinizeeii8212 Marlo was ego personified. Killing that innocent man, he wasnt even in "the game". Probably had kids.

[@Nappa-q5x]

Dude should have known better than to step to a dangerous man like Marlo, talking to him like he knows him personally even people who know Marlo do t talk to him like that, but the security guards EGO wouldn’t let Marlo steal the priceless candy

[@anthonylewis3625]

When they showed Snot Boogie on the ground who looked at his nose to see if snot was running down.😂

[@missmaomi28]

8:19 I still don’t get this part 😂😂😂😊

[@TheRealForgetfulElephant]

They were all trying to get the desk out and herc had been trying to push it in It’s especially funny because you can see Lester figure it out and chuckle to himself before everyone else figures it out It’s a strange opening though for sure

[@missmaomi28]

@@TheRealForgetfulElephant LOL!!! thank you for not talking to me like I'm an idiot.. because I feel like it was an idiot question..🤣 I get it now

[@JessNikeBrLa225]

​@@missmaomi28thanks fr 🙏

[@Gem_Am_I]

Don’t feel bad because I didn’t get neither 😂

[@jakem4648]

The desk confusion represents the state of the team at that point too - they don't communicate or collaborate well. It's a weakness the show hammers on a few times, and the consequences get worse and worse.

[@markniglio7544]

Frank sitting by key bridge hits differently

[@BunBloCK26]

52:41

[@KSoloLoso]

😂😂😂😂

[@TillsRojas7]

2:34 What y’all think on this?? To me it makes sense as in he had the money to play the game, so they’d let him, knowing he won’t actually get away, but also knowing that if he won, he wouldn’t run, so they’d let him because more money in the pool, right?

[@zetetick395]

_Hill Street Blues_ = _NYPD Blue_ = _The Wire_

[@ultimatevixn]

BALTIMORE= Homicide life on the street= the corner = the wire. same actors

[@alexhennigh5242]

The dinks 😂😂

[@Nappa-q5x]

13:08 Wallace and dem just squatting or something with them kids

[@Zakaryyah]

You doin God's work son

[@carlculpepper4828]

Bird, Chris, or Marlo is the best guesses.

[@PITU-f7f]

what was the scene moving the furniture about?

[@drewinsur7321]

Herc was pulling the wrong way and lester didnt tell no one laughing to himself

[@jakem4648]

Herc wanted to move the desk in, when the team came to help nobody communicated. So they just worked against each other and wasted time, and that kind of represents that the team wasn't working together well then.

[@EricButler-b1u]

Mcnaughty is the man❤😅😊

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

52:37 makes me die every single time.😂😂

[@ShaiDominque]

Aye yo “Ah na fuck it!”

[@636tone]

1:50:44 this scene 😂😂😂

[@JessNikeBrLa225]

The face expression of painting of the black man's face says it all. Ain't nothing wrong with a lil head in the office err now n then. I mean the way she has both hands gripping that thang pause ⏸️ she most def wanted to do it and know what she doing . My mans was loving it like Mickey D's pause. What was her role in the movie. And they was speechless 😶 I what he was about to say. Uuuuh it's not it look like

[@Kneegrow-mj4he]

Snoop straight boss talk

[@GhostWriter-wt8pb]

We got to live this way cuz god said so.

[@Yeast85]

Bubbles walking away from a score after the ladder con was daft. No way a junkie says no to getting fixed ya don’t have morals when ya on that badness

[@cobainlives69]

The way you worded this is spot on. As a fellow dope fiend I couldn’t have stated it better.

[@dwightphinizeeii8212]

Y'all forget his storyline was struggling between using and staying sober. That was one of his sober moments of ambition to be clean

[@YacBen-k4t]

This ought to be good for dumb shit if we get confusin ya heard bmore gang gang gang gang

[@ultimatevixn]

I knew I seen the coroner before. He was the bad guy in Homicide life on the Street!

[@deldickerson4592]

2:28:50 same girl who bought the 8 ball in hamsterdam 😮

[@verdimos3389]

54:59 what’s her @😂😂😂

[@quillymacc2157]

Isn’t the flower guy the dude that stranger bell gave the money too do the hit on D

[@candidcamron1930]

No

[@jpm1911]

I can proudly say that I have watched an entire video of cold open of the wire. This was better than sex.

[@Supersquigi]

What a fucking cringe comment. What is this, 2001?

[@JesseHenderson-xc2kg]

The Wire will forever be my favorite TV. How it can make me HATE Prez so much....to make him kind of my favorite character by the end. Carver too. He was such a little shitheel.

[@NathanBullock-w9n]

Can certain people ever fight one on one 😢

[@madcapglass1454]

Ever seen a boxing match, or a UFC fight? Or an actual street fight? Or are you just basing your shit on what you've heard?

[@daniloalves1139]

@@madcapglass1454 wtf you two on

[@JessNikeBrLa225]

1:50:53

[@tonymartin9141]

Snot case never got solved??

[@jpm1911]

Officially we don't know. But we had an snitch that wasnt about testifing in a court. So, the murder was half way solved.

[@patsirianni7984]

You just can’t keep a nice cars in the hood

[@mikimiyazaki]

11:55 worst acting ever! Lol! That was the fakest yawn etc ive ever seen.

[@JessNikeBrLa225]

1:50:23 for one I'm jealous she knew what she was doing cute and spataneous and i wish was him at least to act this scene out. Two they were so speechless 😶 i what he was gone say it not what it look like she fell with her mouth open hand 👌👏 ready and my pants 👖 was slipping Then the next scene ⏭️ i instantly shrunk a few inches

[@hirammckinney8688]

Creative Uplift: To the North East South and West worldwide may the Blessing of Heaven continue to shine upon you and yours on this beautiful day of the Lord Jesus Christ and God 2024. So mote it be ✝️. Amen 🙏. RQQ ✨.

[@aaronmclean4618]

"In"

[@Smokeynephewabk]

Wallace was running an orphanage

[@seansean8698]

lol

[@jamesdaniels9418]

WTF IS A COLD OPEN?

[@mickboon9831]

It is where the episode opens with a scene before the title sequence or credits

[@anthonymede9216]

In the land of make believe everything has an explanation 😂

[@santosmontes4443]

Esa. Película. No es Película. Sólo un Montón de negros. Con muchos cortes..de Pedazos de fotos. No es una película seria Quieren. Aparentar. Que es película Pero no. Son Pedazos de. Cortes... No se entiende..

[@jamesdaniels9418]

WTF is a cold open???

[@lisanicon6996]

Did you not read the replies you got from a month ago sweetie?? It's when a show comes on before the actor names and title are shown also known as credits😉