The Wire - How "No Heart" Anthony got his nickname

[@KCgrunge]

i always end up watching random the wire scenes on youtube , best show ever

[@utizzle44]

Same here

[@deelennondee]

+fucck tyler Sopranos personally too.....

[@vanmantalksMetal]

Me too

[@Ramble79]

Watch the clips then rewatch the full episodes.

[@mmnnpp21]

Once you watch a single scene you will be addicted to it

[@blidge8282]

"A man like that is likely to have a weapon on him" Meanwhile Omar is walking the streets in his pyjamas looking for some Honey Nut Cheerios

[@geoffedwards-tb4kp]

And some of them chocolate ring pieces hes fond of .

[@pouihurmen]

with a weapon on him

[@logana1999]

@@pouihurmen naw he leaves his piece at home in that scene

[@pouihurmen]

@@logana1999 ah damn you're right, never realized he ended up leaving it

[@CornholioPuppetMaster]

I ain’t gonna be out here strapped -Omar

[@jaykutts9664]

Honestly "No heart" is probably the most fucking gangster nickname I've ever heard

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

He appears in the Wire prequel with Omar!

[@minnaraiha2979]

Could imagine myself being cautios when dealing with man with such nickname.

[@flochforster22]

It's better than snot boogie, or poot that's for sure

[@werewolvesdeathmetal]

@@flochforster22 Better than Eggy Mule, and that's even before you consider how he cleaned his whole ack up

[@DaLiJeIOvoImeZauzeto]

@@werewolvesdeathmetal Naw, man, Eggy locked up, caught a nickel with the feds over a pistol. Shorty Boyd cleaned his ole ack up.

[@garrisonthad]

Wow...another forgotten gem. Omar's older brother was known in the drug game. I'd need to watch to whole series again to catch that one....

[@samtaylor7279]

You need to check out the deleted clips my G. Some clips in their of omar and no heart as kids. Omar stop hims from robbing an innocent old guy... just realised you made this comment 6 years ago ...damn.

[@XHobbiesPrime]

@@samtaylor7279 The Wire is timeless.

[@adroc8116]

Do you remember the opening scene where Omar, his brother Anthony, and Anthony's friend were in an alley plotting to rob a man at the bus stop? You could tell how Omar's principles(OR CODE) took shape and form? He did not rob for small amounts of money, he was not into robbing the average everyday citizen, and this is the point where you can definitely see his boldness being established & cemented. All of this occurring as a young boy. I don't know if anyone caught that scene or not (?), But after Omar pointed his gun at Anthony's friend to give the man (at the bus stop) back his money (after robbing him), the friend turns to Anthony and makes the comment that Omar was "not built for this..." 🤨😄

[@skfarouk]

These two have the sweetest buddy cop chemistry

[@bigbilliams4233]

sameen farouk bunk and mcnulty, bunk and Lester. Lowkey, Carver and Herc

[@JayJackson1981]

Yeah, when McNutty wasn't trying to fuck her. I think that she liked that men were still attracted to her when though she was a pure lesbian.

[@SelectiveApathy82]

That "buddy" deprived him of his livelihood and pension and his ability to support his kids, and for what? Making up a serial killer to put a REAL serial killer in jail!!!! I hate Kima for what she did.

[@meatymateo705]

both shitty partners to their lovers, both workaholics, both cant keep their dicks in their pants, easy pairing

[@johnhein2539]

There's a nice "Wire prequel" that shows Omar brother, "No Heart" taking him out mugging people, only to find that Omar doesn't like robbing working people just getting off work, and even though the hood they brought with them openly disdain's little Omar, No Heart Anthony just expresses a warm acceptance of his strange little brother who grew a big heart in the darkest of places. It's my favorite of the Wire prequels

[@Malky5279]

Did not know they made those prequel shorts until now.

[@icantgetup]

That's why Omar jumped out that window big bro taught him

[@laskieg]

No legs Omar

[@Hokuto_Tongi]

laskieg 😂

[@JACKBOIDAVE305]

💀😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@diegocorredor9298]

That's some Spiderman shit

[@missbelled6700]

@@laskieg LMFAOOOOOOOOO

[@cheetobandito3235]

i cant remember a lot of walk and talk type scenes from the wire, this feels like scene from law and order lol.

[@FreePlayMode]

There's a few of these types of scenes in the series, but they come naturally. They don't feel like they have to stop the flow of the show to deliver exposition like Law and Order does.

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

The reason Law and Order always has scenes of characters talking as they walk, or stack crates, or whatever, is because most of the times the characters aren't saying anything interesting and the show needs to have movement to keep the viewer engaged. The Wire arguably has the most substantive dialogue in the history of television, so a lot of the time it's delivered while characters are just standing still and you don't notice.

[@sanandreas818]

I like how you can catch people looking at the camera.

[@jakirakumahata5701]

I heard “no-heart” and thought “heartless” like ruthless and cold.

[@sammompoint123]

All of us did lol. Honestly that’s how most street names are; they sound hard but actually come from funny reasons

[@karabinjr]

@@sammompoint123 like snot boogie

[@sammompoint123]

@@karabinjr like Snot boogie

[@heavingearth6727]

@@sammompoint123 Albert wtf are you doing here

[@karabinjr]

@@heavingearth6727 hey that is disclosing personal information

[@98cents]

Never did understand the reference to the .44 and a contact wound... Isn't the .44 a large caliber, and aren't contact wounds generally more destructive? Clearly Anthony missed his heart (maybe he didn't know where his heart is?) but wouldn't a shot to the chest like that still be lethal, or at least more damaging than a laugh and waking up 2 hours later?

[@jdlucero920]

Since a .44 is a stronger than most, he probably missed his heart. If it was a smaller caliber it would’ve bounced around, but since it was a 44 it probably went straight through his lower shoulder high chest

[@charlesvick5]

I think he only had the contact wound part - just the powder burns on his skin, and he flinched or disassociated or something when he pulled the trigger. And would have to be holding the gun in a really funky angle - right hand aimed at the chest with his index finger still on the trigger, coupled with a long gun, coupled with flinching? Luck?

[@guyb6665]

A .44 is a big powerful gun right? Does this mean the recoil was so big, that the gun kicked back before the bullet left the barrel and didnt go through his body, just grazed it?

[@MaxxCoyote]

Hard kick, bad angle. A "contact" wound is typically from the expanding gases. Likely, the bullet didn't even touch him. Hence all the scorn. Not only did he try to kill himself, but he completely fucked it up.

[@jeremybrown9611]

Yeah he fucked up his own suicide

[@thomasdemay9805]

@@MaxxCoyote the bullet definitely touched him. The nickname isn't scornful. A contact wound is in addition to the wound from the projectile. The exception would be if you were shooting a blank and there was no projectile. In that case the contact wound is still a very bad potentially fatal wound. The "no heart" is not scornful it's a joke because he missed his heart and survived both the bullet and the contact wound which is extremely low odds as the contact wound itself could kill you. Then factor in "No Heart" shot himself with a very powerful gun a 44 so the contact wound is going to be brutal and the bullet is big and it's going to do alot of damage. It's supposed to be funny because it implies the bullet DID hit him but there wasn't a heart inside of him to be damaged by either the bullet or the contact wound and that would explain the 1 in a million odds of his survival. It's supposed to be a joke like he was walking around and live all those years without physically having a heart pumping blood to his body and that's why when he tried to kill himself that way it didn't work.

[@thomasdemay9805]

@@jeremybrown9611 no he was just very lucky the bullet missed. The contact wound means the gun was directly on his chest which means you can't tell if the angle is a little bit off and the barrel isn't lined up with a vital organ. the gun must have been tilted at an angle just a little bit off where it missed the vital organs. The "no heart" part isn't even meant to be derogatory it's a joke because the bullet missed his heart and he survived so the joke is that he was alive the whole time without physically having a heart in his body which everyone knows is impossible.

[@c3wichman]

Here is the best way I can explain it. Take a pen and place the tip on your chest above your heart, if it was a gun you would die. Now place the side of the pen next to your chest, and you can see that you might lose some skin but nothing vital. It's easy to do with large handguns as they can be over 8 inches/400mm long, making for an awkward angle if you don't plan it out. It speaks to the power of a .44 that he was knocked unconscious by a rather superficial wound

[@indecentanalyst]

can someone explain me how you can wake up with only a contact wound with a .44 caliber? I don't get it.

[@MrRagnarxx]

He probably fucked up the angle, shooting yourself front on in the chest is not as easy as it sounds, you either have to rotate your wrist to a weird angle or hold it in a weird way - at least that's how I imagine it

[@andregordon2599]

Yeah is arm.or wrist likely rolled out of it. These things are not unknown, and the The Wire has a.lot of stories based on real life Bmore criminals, including Omar himself, so it is probably real

[@lalocTdot]

Or maybe he has that condition where your heart is on the right side of your body and not the left

[@CookedOnions]

There's SOOOOOOO many stories of people trying to blow their head off with a shotgun, but half their head comes off but they still end up living. The human body is stupid and awesome at the same time, I bet if I slip on the ice and hit my head I'm dead instantly though.

[@Tkieron]

Most of the heart is behind the breastplate. Very tough bone. If he fired at an angle instead of straight on it might bounce off the breastplate and miss the heart. Weirder things have happened.

[@HS-wo8ti]

Anthony needs to come back and revenge Omar lol

[@bennolaaa]

lil bit late for that...

[@upmayo100]

*avenge

[@Thalaranias]

Anthony lacks the heart.

[@imnotwatchin]

The word you should be using is 'Avenge'.

[@baburao87]

What happened to Anthony though? Maybe he's dead too.

[@khanimran1238]

I watched so many clips of the wire always find a new one

[@grimson]

When McNulty says "I dunno why" at ten seconds, he lets his accent slip back to English a little bit.

[@akselkarlsson5229]

0:33 The actors British accent comes out.

[@PeterParker-yg6fc]

i miss working with kima

[@Zamolxes77]

Here is something here that I don't understand: what's the relation between a contact wound, a .44 and Anthony living. Ok, he put a .44 to his chest and lived. Where does the contact wound fit in ? Is the pistol caliber too small for a fatal wound ? Because he pressed it upon his chest he escaped with his life ? If someone could shed some light on this, I'd really appreciate it.

[@LAMEHERC1]

Zamolxes77 i dont know much about guns but .44 caliber is massive. if you get shot with one it will pretty much blow a hole in your body. im guessing that he he pointed it at a bad angle and it grazed his chest.

[@3of11]

+Zamolxes77 .44 Magnum is a revolver caliber, made famous by Dirty Harry, as it "would blow your head clean off". Actually, it probably wouldn't blow it CLEAN off but its a very powerful handgun round, can be used for hunting and is chambered in lever action rifles. Point is, not managing to kill oneself with a .44 makes one either very lucky or very incompetent, or a good helping of both. Contact wound = non-lethal, a very narrow angled shot. But to drug dealers, hearing he shot himself in the chest but lived must mean he didnt have a heart (no vital organs hit).

[@323guiltyspark]

There are areas of the chest where it is possible to survive a penetrating wound, so long as the penetration does not mess with any organs. A .44 is a very powerful round, but it's most devastating effects comes when the hollowpoint mushrooms inside the body cavity. However, at it's highest velocity, when it exits the barrel, it can punch right through soft tissue with minimal deformation. It's possible No-Heart Anthony had a through-and-through with the bullet missing most of his major organs.

[@rhinealmonacy6714]

The kickback

[@CGoody564]

Maybe pressed it up against his chest and pulled the trigger when it was at a steep angle as opposed to facing his chest (ie pulling too early instead of making sure he was actually aiming steadily and correctly where he wanted) It's funny because a .44 would absolutely blow a ridiculous hole in someone, whether at point blank range or yards away. He obviously fucked up when attempting to shoot himself lol

[@samuelwoods164]

As American as he sounds... that smile makes him look like a Brit.

[@Maj0ra]

Just imagine if Anthony and Omar teamed up...holy fuck would that be a duo. We weren't ready for Omar, let alone an Omar with no heart.

[@simonorwell]

i know nothing about television ---- how is this scene filmed? are all the roads blocked off and everyone who appears in the scene is an extra?

[@uncleshannon1756]

simonorwell sometimes certain roads are blocked off and yes most are extras

[@simonorwell]

@@uncleshannon1756 thanks!

[@uncleshannon1756]

simonorwell yw

[@themagictheatre2965]

I work in the film induatry. There's no way to know for sure if they blocked off the road here, but the people in the frame are probably all extras.

[@simonorwell]

@@themagictheatre2965 thanks, it's appreciated that you take the time to reply!

[@mathhomework4209]

great acting - how did mcnulty know to wait until the car passed to deliver his line

[@danielsolomon6049]

0:10 Mcnulty accent comes out

[@djsjsnsisnsisnsjs8107]

This is how the beef started

[@outlandish1231]

How is this a contact wound?

[@gabrielrooks9222]

I don't remember that scene. Better get watching

[@dronfim]

holy shit, animated avatar

[@boring5357]

Elaborate

[@eternalyfeful]

I guess Omar took all the heart when they were in their mother's womb.

[@woodwyrm]

Omar and Anthony aint twins though.

[@Hroupe]

Omar's brother's legend probably got embellished in the same way Omar's did after he died.

[@DreadPages]

Anthony didnt die. Hes alive and probably in jail.

[@BadAngelEyes]

Sopranos can be better than Breaking bad but can't touch The Wire. Period.

[@patrickshaw8738]

Top 2, The wire, breaking bad

[@ajbahus]

West's accent was so off in the first season.

[@kixmgc]

Accent slipping all over the place.

[@Raphie009]

I'm not hearing any accent....I can hear it in Stringer though.

[@cdubbau135]

Trilmonté I think it's because Idris Elba is British. He and the person who plays Mcnulty have to concentrate on not doing their natural accent.

[@Ramble79]

Definitely hear the accent in both mcnulty and stringer throughout the series. Still good actors but accents need work. It’s a large stretch from Brit to Baltimore cop.

[@raftermanhoward1883]

So unneeded too. His name is McNulty, and the actor is Irish. If they added just 1 sentence in the first season where he references that his parents came over from Ireland but that he was born in Baltimore or something they would instantly have a carte blanche for any time this happens.

[@MarcosM-fj6mn]

@@raftermanhoward1883 They actually do it in the last chapter of the series LOL

[@TheNickheath999]

Ey yo, omar's bro got's know heart

[@TheNickheath999]

Mcnutty

[@martinmalate]

Kima assumed Omar would be armed when they meet up but he wasn't

[@JayJackson1981]

She underestimated Omar's intelligence because she didn't know anything about him. Jimmy knew his brother very well though.

[@Joseph-lj4sp]

I always thought it was “no hard” Anthony as in “no hard time”

[@sauravs3803]

no that's the dude that shot himself in his nads

[@natedizzle4886]

“No heart” Anthony

[@Joseph-lj4sp]

@@natedizzle4886 I clearly know that now lol

[@bluelit4830]

Hi

[@anomiemnemonical578]

Hey there

[@brownpunk1794]

No shinebox phil

[@pangdogmichael]

so why was it stupid to use a .44?

[@themagictheatre2965]

It wasn't. It just made it more unfortunate, is all.

[@richallen1490]

The wire is the best when watching clips lol not the whole show

[@WEVA111]

Even bubbles knew who No Heart Anthony was....SMH

[@BadNewsBaltimore]

tyeerg

[@SnowTheJamMan]

Bubbles knows everyone though

[@BadNewsBaltimore]

lol @@SnowTheJamMan

[@natedizzle4886]

He played a crackhead. Crackheads know everybody

[@graffman13]

These two never did really get the game, and the rules of the street. They open this clip talking about how Omar’s softer brother tried to shoot himself in the heart just to avoid prison and they still think they’ll be able to make Omar a snitch ;3

[@sjturner15]

graffman13 well they kinda do

[@gerardomendez7718]

Well... they did.

[@thomasdemay9805]

@@sjturner15 nah they didnt do shit to get him to snitch

[@elizabetho6506]

How is this a fake accent?

[@BadNewsBaltimore]

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[@babyshaq05235]

It is "No Hard" Anthony lol

[@andrew7taylor]

No

[@mijreed]

babyshaq05235 - it’s no hard, can’t handle the time

[@69DangerousD]

@C-Mack The Cavehill No need to argue, everyone with working ears can hear the words "no" and "heart" For those two without working ears, there are subtitles which also clearly show the words "no" and "heart"

[@chuckyblack3578]

It's No Hard

[@Clusters3rdStrikeArc]

So it isn't just spelling words that trouble you, it's hearing them as well, also comprehending them, and reading them as well I suppose.

[@mijreed]

Not "No heart"...it's "No hard"...meaning he didn't want to do the hard time.

[@rpapini1]

Answer Him!!

[@RBGUERILLA]

What?! 👎

[@johnhayesii6976]

Huh?!

[@natedizzle4886]

Wrong it is “No Heart” Anthony

[@YouBettaGetYouAhhJeniffer]

This was Omar's brother

[@BadNewsBaltimore]

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