The Wire- Michael has had enough of Namond's talk

Mike gets tired of Namond talking tough and picking on Dukie

[@Diamondmine007]

“Look at that lil nigga getting his ass beat” is the greatest background of all time 😂😂😂

[@KarlPostMalone]

Classic scene

[@marquezanthony8083]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@canadian128]

this the best scene in tv history peak entertainment

[@Daro-iu8hf]

Lmao

[@A.B.-zs8ir]

😂😂✊🏽

[@Macdaddy487]

Mike was a tough guy trying his best to be a good kid Namond was a good kid trying his best to be a tough guy

[@anitamarie9056]

Which is How most so called street man boys are !!!

[@antlo5980]

Facts

[@tcm844]

His mom was the one pushing him to be like his dad.

[@Macdaddy487]

@@tcm844 such a toxic family situation, which happens to be reality for a lot of underprivileged youth out here in America

[@TionDaDon]

Perfectly put

[@TR-nk3jf]

The slap that changed everything for Namond. Mike did him the biggest favor he could ever have imagined.

[@brawlnation5194]

slapped some sense into him, like a Father would

[@CoryRosez]

​@@brawlnation5194this made me laugh 🤣. So true!

[@TonyDanza4Lyfe]

Fr it also showed Michael had SOME compassion and affection for namond. He obliterated kenard yet merely slapped namond

[@SyrupBuccaneer]

Slapped him into the ivy league

[@Gryffilion]

@d R "We had some bad boys, for real. Wasn’t about guns so much as knowing what to do with your hands. Those boys could really rack. My father had me on the straight, but like any young man, I wanted to be hard too, so I’d turn up at all the house parties where the tough boys hung. Shit, they knew I wasn’t one of them. Them hard cases would come up to me and say, 'Go home, schoolboy, you don’t belong here.' Didn’t realize at the time what they were doing for me."

[@adhdx2reacts186]

Namond “ I’m buying some for every soldier that stood tall” Dukie “ I was down there” Namond “ Man fuck you Duke” The craziest part is Duke stood tall while Namond hid like a punk and let his friends get beat up.

[@Timst3R]

Deflecting. He knew he wasn't there for his friends. A coward will eventually get exposed. Each time they cower, the risk for exposure goes up.

[@tucko11]

Michael knew

[@AntMcQueen558]

Facts. Knot on his head, a black eye. 😂

[@QueenM01]

Namond was a punk. He couldn't handle the streets. Duke was more harder than him.

[@southie3177]

@d R I agree with most of what you’re saying but Michael didn’t slap the dogshit out of Namond out of love ( to show him he’s not built for the streets) but frustration and anger.

[@keatonlacretin9781]

I like how even Dukie wasnt afraid of Namond

[@HO-vt5pk]

peep the middle finger namond gave him at 1:20

[@FlavoredGenuine]

@@HO-vt5pk good catch on that part.

[@timadams9430]

@@HO-vt5pk niccceeeeeee! Good catch! 👍🏾

[@bobobandy9382]

@@HO-vt5pk Yeah, it was super subtle. Not like the camera focused on it or anything. Great catch! You're smart!

[@bobobandy9382]

@@HO-vt5pk YOU ARE SO SMART

[@Kaustic410]

Mike slapped all the wanna be gangsta out of Namond it was a work of art .. Mike slapped him into a new foster family

[@MsMoneyonMyMind]

💀

[@BrooklynStormTrooper]

Lmfaooo

[@thescenic-root8124]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ingenuityartisan3091]

😂

[@polo4941]

Lmfao 😭😭

[@juliananthony1226]

Namond hit that r&b slide down the wall

[@danpatrickth2759]

More like a stripper pole

[@lucindagray8882]

Damn internet 😂😂😂😂😂….

[@TheBlackKakashi]

Drunk that water like a woman reporting to the police after a domestic dispute 😂

[@juliananthony1226]

@@TheBlackKakashi 🤣🤣🤣

[@floridaboy9213]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 bra u crazy af

[@HO-vt5pk]

namond needed backup for confronting kenard 😂😂😂😂

[@FirstNameLastName-ij8ks]

It could've gotten out of hand 🤣

[@HO-vt5pk]

@@FirstNameLastName-ij8ks 😂😂 ngl i think kenard woulda whooped his ass if he didn’t have mike w him

[@jip216]

😂😂😂😂

[@zigzag9267]

Lol y’all forgetting Lenard the same lil nigga that took Omar top off

[@davonwilliams1082]

Bruh i thought i was the only one my mind still stuck on dat till this day😂

[@corey22beardable]

I appreciate Weebey for being ok with his son being soft. That life ain't for everybody.

[@fuzzbrain913]

Yea he and bunny agreeing that he probably wouldn't live long in the streets is a great moment of recognition

[@Wasabiofip]

I also love the scene where Namond visits him in jail with his mother. Delonda leaves them alone to talk, and Wee Bey isn't hard on Namond. He actually seems like a decent father. He probably wasn't around enough and didn't know anything but the streets, didn't know how to guide his son down any other path. But I like that he didn't try to "toughen him up" with some tough "love" like Delonda does.

[@Yvanehtnioj2000]

@@Wasabiofipcuz Bey know if it ain’t in you it ain’t in you

[@vka337]

That's what a soldier would do.

[@hiawathaclemons]

Not being in the street doesn’t mean he was soft.

[@shytguy]

Michael slapping the shit out of nay was the best thing he could have done for nay

[@engg84]

"Go home schoolboy. You don't belong here." I didn't realize at the time what they were doing for me.

[@allenwayne676]

He knew the difference between hurting him and hurting his feelings. Had to chaseten that boy!

[@tucko11]

Heart and hard in the hood . Namond wasn’t meant for it . Michael knew , set him straight . Cuz after he leaves his moms. Na was actually one of the smartest cats , just not street smart . Yo I love the wire yo 😂

[@SkotchOG]

Better than what Kenard got😅

[@shytguy]

@@SkotchOG kenard was a sick twisted kid and deserved more than a beating. Lighting cats on fire and killing Omar.

[@robertarnold9676]

Dukie was the saddest character on the Wire. Just the look on his face when he was handed that dollar bill

[@noahmclaughlin7921]

Much as I love Namond, and am happy that he got a good ending, it always bothers me how poorly he treated Duke. Especially since he had enough money to help him at least get more food. Shame they never reunited later after Namond had been adopted, I feel he’d be a lot nicer and even try to help him out then. Of course at that point Duke had way bigger issues.

[@billybatts8283]

​​​​@@noahmclaughlin7921that's the horror of Dukie; completely abandoned by everyone. His family were the worst people, when they separated Mike can't even remember the events at the start of season 4, he will forget Dukie in a year and Dukie had zero other place to go other than the addicts. He burned the bridge with the one adult who ever gave a damn about him. For me, the real horror of Dukie is that he does not become the next Bubbles, he becomes another Johnny. Bubbles clearly had an education, he's more than just street smart and has worked paying jobs, he has a sister who is a nurse and clearly loves him, a niece who knows him as well. Dukie walks away with no family, no friends, no education, no experiences (couldn't get a footlocker job), he couldn't play the game, he was the game just like the other addicts. The tragedy of Bubbles is he always had a glimmer of hope in escape since season one, it just took a while. The horror of Dukie is that he has none, he's just another Johnny.

[@dominiquepettway9164]

He treated dukie poorly because he needed someone he could bully in order to prove he was tough, mike realized this and this is why he slapped him up.

[@foxyleo3382]

@@noahmclaughlin7921the fact that he got adopted and dukie didn’t,this kid was smarter and much more well behaved.

[@Rose-yq5rs]

​​​Do you remember what the principal of duke School said to prez? There are so many students like duke you can't save them all@@foxyleo3382

[@Timst3R]

"I don't want it." He wasn't talking about the package. He was talking about the life.

[@BigA678]

He was definitely talking about the package bro its really not that deep 😂

[@ultraception]

@@BigA678 wtf its the wire, ofc u can interpret it like that. like do you really think slim charles' and omar's most famous quotes are to be taken literally bruh 🤤

[@Macdaddy487]

Good observation !

[@deathrager2404]

@@BigA678 he really was talkin about that life dude. you obviously dont have any comprehension skills.

[@A_Dubb618]

@@BigA678 right, lol

[@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459]

5:33 Dukie saw right through Namond, he wasn't at all impressed! It was symbolic that Mike slapped Namond instead of decking him, he was slapping him out of a fantasy.

[@Macdaddy487]

I like that ! Wake-up Slap !

[@EMCF_]

Or he didn't want to seriously hurt his old friend, just put him in his place.

[@ARR409]

@Andrew Johnson Slaps are just disrespectful to your existence man. It’s like spitting on someone’s face but physical yet carries the same disrespect.

[@monqueawhite5782]

Slap some since into that boy he was doing too much pretending and dogging his boy.

[@qualicumjack3906]

Nah a slap is a symbol that the person is a bitch and not worth a pumch

[@Senate300]

Looking back on this, did anyone else get the sense that Michael was always ready to smack Namond up?

[@BlackEagle182]

He was asking for it im glad it happened

[@Senate300]

@@BlackEagle182 Best thing that ever happened to Namond in my opinion. It knock some much needed sense into him sense then he stopped pretending to be something he's not.

[@unclericosfootballcamp2854]

I knew it would eventually happen

[@freakingabagool3510]

Mike’s a shark, and he smelled Namond’s guppy blood in the water basically.

[@Senate300]

@Cee Cee Namond struck me as that one spoilt rich kid in the hood because of that strong back up. Also had it not been for that much needed intervention, Namond would've either joined his father in prison be put to sleep in the streets. Even Little Kennard knew had no respect for him whatsoever.

[@MingsWorld8]

The fact dukes felt bad for namond after he got slapped.😂😂😂

[@mcbdllc2848]

Felt bad for his mark ass 😆 shows how much character he has

[@dboslice]

Yeah Dukie was a better man than me because I would have been petty and laughed my ass off out loud, as soon as I seen him crying 💯😂😂

[@sowhat...]

@@dboslice dookie?

[@Gryffilion]

@Life With Ming I think Dukie had a pretty good sense of just how much Namond was posturing.

[@615outeast8]

​@@Gryffilion yea he did, dukie was really smart asf

[@bruckback9720]

Mike literally slapped sense into him 😭

[@MoDeegroes]

Kernard saw right thru Naymond too. Lol. And i just laughed out loud realizing Naymond asked Michael to come with him - to confront a 70 pound 10 year old who stole his pack

[@GhettoArabSage]

That's because he's a Gump. Lol

[@MoDeegroes]

@@GhettoArabSage 🤣🤣🤣 "Go on man... Package up my assss gump!"

[@monqueawhite5782]

(In the distance) look at that lil dude getting his ass beat!! 😂😂😂

[@Darnelwalton215]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@leem_2m464]

Peep how mike looked at him when he ask him to come 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@sorenrousseau]

"Look at that lil nigga gettin his ass beat." That dude yelling that haha 😂

[@marcusirby]

🤣🤣🤣

[@VanirTraditionalist]

And instead of helping just laughing his ass off 😭

[@GMANKOOL23]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wolf44875]

😂

[@Wh4L205]

That was absolutely normal talk where I’m from 😂😂😂 I’m 35 and still look back and laugh about things like that

[@manner7073]

Michael was an intense and well written character.

[@nothere413]

I think the four main boys were probably the best written and acted child characters I've ever seen in a drama, apart from maybe Sally Draper in Mad Men.

[@ravenjmain]

@@nothere413that’s facts! All the kids were so well written. Even the one that just stole cars. They all seemed like real kids you would see growing up in that environment

[@jasoncoleman2797]

​@@ravenjmain facts!!!!!

[@blakerwalk]

@@ravenjmain Donut - brilliantly written and acted

[@kefkapalazzo1]

@@nothere413 I still gotta finish that. I dont even remember the first half of season 7 because was so busy while watching it. just gonna start over

[@monqueawhite5782]

It was funny how namond slid down the wall after he was bitch slapped. 😂😂😂

[@DaygoKid94]

Like damn bro have some pride 😂😂😂😂

[@monqueawhite5782]

@@DaygoKid94 Yup don't go out like that.

[@Young_Stocky]

fax 😂

[@chanecak]

😂😂😂😂

[@rastahill]

Lmfao

[@librairies]

The dude in the background when Kenard is getting beat tf up 😂😂😂😂

[@JacobC479]

“Aye yo, look at that lil nigga gettin his ass beat!!” Kills me every time

[@tucko11]

“Package up my ass”😂

[@barentobadry7537]

lmao background characters in the wire always say some funny stuff

[@brandonbates9587]

@@barentobadry7537" Pandemic got that Pandemic" lol

[@TheStranger513]

@@brandonbates9587 Got that Rasheed Wallace. That WMD. Right chea. Right chea.

[@PSICK1234ikillallracistrolls]

"PACKAGE UP MY AZZ GUMP" illest diss ever lol.

[@tonystarks5733]

😂😂😂😂👍👍💯💯💯

[@hybrid1339]

Lmaooo @ gump I said namond always getting punked...he got punked by a kid a foot shorter than him😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MoDeegroes]

Dukie was smart. Saw right thru Naymond, knew he wasn't about anything he was saying

[@BigA678]

He was lowkey one of the smartest kids. All that trauma made him more logical than the average kid

[@Robertballa1]

Smart but his upbringing and environment turned him into a J at the end…

[@VanirTraditionalist]

Always kind of bothered me that Bunny saved Namond when every other kid needed it more. Randy could’ve been a successful businessman, Dookie a computer programmer, Michael a military officer…Namond the next Clay Davis. The Wire in its essence was a tragedy.

[@blackcrow3718]

i agree screw my up seeing that.

[@leugjeeo292]

He didn't know about any of the other three though. And I don't think there's any reason to think Namond is gonna be a scammy politician when he grows up

[@serendipitousslim1529]

Man while I get your point and it DID fuck me up first time watching seeing all the other kids get dicked over, Naymond needed a raft out just the same as the others. His mom’s money wasn’t gonna save him from her deadbeat “parenting.” If he hadn’t gotten saved by Bunny his life would have been over quick on the streets.

[@johngilmore697]

I agree but calm down with the career counselling,

[@cashinn7490]

Now the reason was because in reality Namond was the only one who COULDNT survive without somebody protecting him. His dad couldn't protect him. Mom wouldnt support him. Mike was done protecting him. If he wasnt taken out the street in some way he would've been killed somehow in the streets. Dukie became a junky BUT he knew how to survive on his own. Mike knew how to survive the streets on his own and his own way. So did Randy cause he was a natural hustler so outside of how it ended he would have somehow made himself money.

[@trevor_phillips213]

2:10 "you shoulda see how the other ni**a looked" what anyone whos ever lost a fight says

[@jailynnaelee5]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@judeak2442]

You know it lol

[@TheBlackKakashi]

It’s unfortunate but true lol

[@judeak2442]

@@TheBlackKakashi oh yeah you shoulda seen him- I got my ass kicked 💀

[@KentonIGuess]

The boy was high as all hell

[@TheBlackKakashi]

When Namond looked down when Michael realized he ran away during the Terrance fight, it’s like he let his big brother down lol

[@friendlyfire2374]

Got him a change of clothes while everyone was looking roughed up is super crazy lol 😂😂😂

[@caseymckenzie3951]

He had piss on his

[@NoBiasAllBoxing]

“Look at the lil nigga getting his ass beat” 😩 I cry every time at that shit 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kiwanaja3706]

Lmao how he gone call dukie what the little kid called him 😂😂😂

[@gtamenace9743]

lol by that point of the show, Namonds street dignity was at an all time low🤣

[@tucko11]

Gump

[@admirosmanovic1368]

Gump lol wtf kind of pussy insult is that I'd laugh my ass off if someone called me that like that's sad lmfao

[@prophecy0731]

Kenard was the hardest kid yo, bruh never went to school

[@rashadwilliams7468]

"Mike ain't Mike no more!" Namond was absolutely right bc Mike was already lost to the streets

[@Mikegees]

Namand was a fraud and a punk… Michael was a kid but more of a man than Namand would ever be…

[@2kolbe010]

“Thats all you ever do, is just say”. Thats exactly what namond is. He talks a lot

[@darnellavery1545]

He slid down the wall and said If i had one wish 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kingdombuilder368]

Mike close fist hit kenard.. and open palmed Namond! straight potty trained him

[@9800MacMal]

Dam bruh I never noticed that dam 😂😂

[@frankiehernandez6232]

I know he beat him like a man because at least he had balls and was in the game but he slapped Namond like child.

[@noahmclaughlin7921]

Probably because Nay’s still his friend so he didn’t want to be brutal. But yeah, it’s funny how he felt the need to go easy on him compared to the 8 year old

[@miguelstigler9170]

LMAO 😂😂😂😂

[@wildcard650]

Still can't get over how he passes around dollar bills. Back when a dollar could get you a bit more than today

[@Bigga_Velz85]

Ice cream cones always been a dollar here...idk bout now...I don't buy them no more...but I can only speak for bmore

[@BinWylin]

@@Bigga_Velz85shit , everywhere they like $3^

[@jojocapone4861]

I dollar wasn't shit back then either.. 😄

[@Bigga_Velz85]

@@jojocapone4861 idk what gen ur from but a dollar got u hella snacks when I was a kid... chips candies n soda

[@jeffw8218]

Thank the Democrats next time you see one 👍😂

[@MVRBFree]

Namonds character even though he was a kid, was really a telling personification on how the softest people truly operate. They look to pick fights and bully the people who are not looking to fight or cause trouble.

[@JoeyWashingtonHVC]

100%

[@triplebeans4159]

We do that to protect ourselves and our false reputation.

[@iamyournytemare4253]

It's almost like Mike already knew that Namond was soft. The whole kenard situation just solidified it.

[@frankiehernandez6232]

He definitely knew he was soft but didn't do anything about it but the anger he felt kept building up because of the constant bullying of Duke and that fact that Namond parrots things he sees and hears to make himself seem tougher than he is and it erupted and snapped on him.

[@drackfreeee]

Also Michael started to hang with Chris and Snoop since bug's father was dead. His inner demons were manifestated.

[@cantbeatROB]

His cry was him saying he didn’t want the life. He could talk all day but could never come out and say he wanted out. Mike knew and helped him by beating so bad he had to show he didn’t want the life.

[@eronmiller9097]

Even with all the accolades, the Wire is still underrated.

[@dec6p]

Accolades? The show literally never won an emmy or even nominated for one.

[@hiawathaclemons]

Actually, the accolades went to The Sopranos

[@fizkentv]

*"look at that little dood getting his ass beat!"*

[@stillwelltjz6798]

He didn't say dude tho

[@deathrager2404]

just quote the script dude we all know you aint racist. nigga

[@fizkentv]

You need hearings checked if you hear anything else than "dude" lmao.

[@aweirdredtoad3637]

@@fizkentv Guess you heard dude while the rest of us heard different.

[@user-bg1ls5cd1h]

@@fizkentvhe said nigga you gump

[@MrSilksoul]

That look on Michaels face @4:17 was menacing as f*ck. You just knew he was going to take over.

[@Equint77]

Bunny saved namond cause no way he survives that neighborhood. His mom was out there in the streets fighting his battles with bodie. He couldnt even command respect from a 10 year old and Michael exposed him to everyone in the gym. He only talked tough to dukie cause it was easy.

[@friendlyfire2374]

Not only that but because he knew he wouldn’t get respect he had to take his anger out on dookie who actually got respect crom michael. Buddy could’ve just stayed home and not been apart of the game

[@TheRealAhoy]

Man, I love Michael, don't care what anyone says. The tragedy is he has accepted that kind of life like it's the last/only resort (and maybe it is) but the kid is full of honour, legitimately, he saw Namond for what he was, a complete poser and complete posers are insulting enough acting like it's all flash but pouting around it is ultra narcissistic. Michael saw that he saw this entire kind of life as a fashion statement kind of thing and he understood that Dukie was getting the worst of it, for him and Duke that life was real for them, and he always protected Duke like a big brother because he had empathy for him.

[@Deephouse_Gent66]

Absolutely! I loved that Mike was ALWAYS there for Dukie. True friendship

[@bobobandy9382]

Surprisingly, Namond becomes a politician, and lives on to bully in more subtle ways. Thanks, Bunny!

[@kingdombuilder368]

namond is gonna be the next Clay Davis, getting off on the next stringer bell….. the game is the game

[@anonymousperson6119]

Nay became a school debater. Big difference between that and a politician nobody knows what he really grew up to be

[@marcb.cardlab6750]

​@@kingdombuilder368 ...and Marlo's name is his NAME!

[@noahmclaughlin7921]

@@anonymousperson6119Also the things he’s arguing for is clear activism for people in worse off parts of the the world. This impression people get that he’s gonna be corrupt is really stupid imo. He’s a nice kid with positive influences now who’s clearly trying his best. But fans suspect he’ll be like Clay David because what? He said one line that was the same as what Clay said (at a time where he was maintaining his bullshit persona)? Yeah that makes so much sense last we saw him. Especially with Colvin’s experience with politicians I doubt he’ll be judging Namond to take that route.

[@SupportGamin2024]

​@noahmclaughlin7921 you can't be this ignorant 😂

[@FlavoredGenuine]

Mike have had to fully embrace the gangster and criminal lifestyle because of circumstances preventing him from becoming the best version of himself and engaging in legitimate future opportunities and staying out of trouble with street gangs and the law. Nammond is a good kid trying too hard to put up a front to impress his friends because of his father being a notorious heavy hitter for Avon and his own mother encouraging him to fully engage in the drug dealing lifestyle that could have gotten him incarcerated or killed, which unfortunately happened to D’Angelo. Anyways, the Wire has no clear cut good guys and bad guys. The characters are just regular people who see the world in different shades of grey instead of the usual black and white.

[@me6271]

Except Marlos crew. Those mfs heartless

[@blenderbanana]

Namond is not a good kid. He's a bully, who if he was born in north maryland would be forcing pledges to drink vomit and stick it in goats.

[@drsmith4806]

Namond more like his mommy cause he's nothing like his pops

[@bruceturnbull4219]

makes sense since he's always been bullied and abused by her

[@Senate300]

@@bruceturnbull4219 Either that or spoilt rotten.

[@Senate300]

@Andrew Johnson Yes indeed. Namond was that one spoilt kid in the hood.

[@bruckback9720]

@@Senate300 she didn’t spoil him cause she didn’t make the money lmao that’s all on Bey, she just abused him

[@Senate300]

@@bruckback9720 More like tried to mould him into something he's not built for until Wee Bey had to step in right?

[@KingNez89]

Cold part is I'm from Brooklyn but I lived in Baltimore for 2 years with my dad when I was in high school, and I started watching this show....those Baltimore cats LOVED this show, dudes would run home to catch this show every night....damn good times

[@steverogers7601]

Did they go back to the corner after the episode was over so they could talk about the show and sell drugs?

[@hereisayana8207]

Lol

[@nasirjones-bey6565]

​@@steverogers7601yes they did in fact this was common practice.

[@jojodancer1743]

It didn't come on "every night". It was a weekly show. Why you lying? You bad as Naymond. Lol

[@ENTTjay]

I lost it when namond started crying 😂😂😂

[@the_real_phresh9458]

right 😂😂😂 he always talking junk

[@-MileShmoke]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@aidacailar1126]

The first scene where Mike defends Dukie, is awesome. Mike was such a great friend.

[@cjnance008]

The bystander adlibs in the background be getting me all the time 🤣🤣

[@yoyocapone7556]

That was heart breaking when Michael stood tall for nard and he left him hanging like what happened if he would've kill for him smh never jump in the fire for someone who don't want smoke they'll let u burn

[@NoRestEffect]

You can sit and still be taller than kenard

[@antimike11]

Realist shit I heard today

[@cashinn7490]

Exactly that's why Mike was done with him. When namond showed up to the gym Mike ignored him for that exact reason you stated. He knew Namond was only in the way when it came to where Mike's head was at. Mike was realizing what he had to become to survive in the streets.

[@frankiehernandez6232]

​@@cashinn7490and also because of the way Namond bullied Duke and when the fight happened Duke was there while Namond ran

[@samdadon3710]

The way namong started sliding doen crying like he was mike bm got me cryingggggggg😂😂😂

[@77waygodh11]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@seanyoung9014]

Bruh I read this comment and then watched that part like 12 times in a row. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KtotheG]

I think Namond was just hurt more emotionally than physically, because he was exposed and he knew that he lost Mike's respect, which in their neighborhood is everything. He was now all alone and frightened.

[@arthurvandelay.]

​@@KtotheGIt was emotionally hurt. But not because of that imo. He was hurt because his best friend had changed, and become a ruthless killer who was willing to beat little kids. He knew his mom didn't care about him, she and Bay wanted him to be something he didn't want to be and he was lost and confused for that. All of that shit accumulated and made him burst in crying, because the world and the people he believed in had come down

[@KtotheG]

@@arthurvandelay. Kinard is not a "little kid," though... you're giving him civilian status. He's in the game, so he's a soldier. There is no gender and no age biases in the game. Namond was in the game, too, so he was supposed to follow the rules and handle business accordingly. I don't think Michael would've ever harmed anyone outside of the game, which is why he always took issue with what Chris and Snoop were telling him to do. He didn't want to hurt the innocent. Kinard is not an innocent little kid. Michael wouldn't touch the kids like his brother Bug. I think Namond probably understood that, too, but Namond is also not innocent, so he knows that he can be got for his foolishness. He knows that he won't last long, especially with no backup on the streets and he lost that in Mike.

[@zippymufo9765]

David Simon said they deliberately made Namond obnoxious and unlikeable to show how utterly random fate is. The audience wanted to see Mike or Randy or Dukie get adopted by Colvin and taken out of that life, but instead the opportunity went to Namond. Life isn't fair.

[@FlySociety216]

Naymond was brought up never wanting for nothing, people had respect for him because of who his pops was but still felt he had to prove himself to be a soldier like Wee Bey.. I grew up around kids who had and when they get around the ones who didn't, their whole persona changes to act like they come from that environment.. the wire is one of the greatest shows by how it reflects reality in the hood.. I've never seen it so well portrayed on any other show but this.

[@theonewhoknocks3107]

J prince Jr

[@FlySociety216]

@@theonewhoknocks3107 a solid example

[@yadiah4319]

its not just to fit in its to not get ate up as well

[@briannroque3604]

T.I son 😂

[@bluebob81]

Nay wasn't built for the game, so it's good he ended up in a nice home with Bunny. One of only a few happy endings in The Wire

[@new2thz]

That background talk kills me; Kenard getting the shit slapped out him (person laughing in the background) Namond getting the shit slapped out of him ( see what happened, he smacked the shit out of him) 😂😂

[@damienkeene8000]

Namond had straight A's in school after that Ike Turner Special

[@drecool6976]

Namond wasnt really cut for this life , He had alot on his shoulders being the son of Weebay.

[@thomaswil8]

I knew a boy that was just like Namond like the whole life story ironically his name was Little Mike though and his dad was Big Mike. His dad put in a lot of work and did his thing on the streets and his mom wanted him to be like his dad. I only heard a little bit of the story but because I was locked up with him. So fast forward a year later I saw him with his mom at the gas station said what's up and left. A couple of hours later I got word that he was shot at minutes after I left because his mom was trying to get him to finesse some coke from some one around there. She didn't know a week before the shooting that he passed off some fake money to one of the guys friends. All the people involved stayed on the same street. He ended up getting locked up and the guy that shot at him beat the charge. His dad is still in prison for murder. His mom was forced to move because she was scared.

[@662Dee]

He was slapping cat piss outta buddy with the braids 💀💀

[@Reallyfrm215]

The whole gang fighting and you pop up after with new clothes on smh

[@robertfranks665]

Namonds desire for attention from Mike backfired. He was clearly done with Namond, and Namond realized it so he started to pick on Dukie so he could get a reaction from Mike. When Namond calls Dukie a gump he quickly looked over his shoulder to see if Mike heard him.

[@tigerlilly9038]

Namond is TI's son, King. I am going to leave this right here. He is going to run in to his "Michael" soon enough. I pray he remains alive after the lesson, I truly pray.

[@blndstudiosyt4537]

King just got beat tf up 2 days ago

[@kaglekoa]

Two kids growing up in a tough violent environment. Namond is aware of the environment but deep down he wants nothing to do with it and just wants to enjoy being a typical kid. Michael is also aware of it and understands that he has to "grow up beyond his years" survive. 1) Both have a gift that could save them (Namond = intellect/ public speaking; Mike = athlete / boxing). 2) Namond got out of that life with a helping hand (kindness) from Bunny. Mike was too hardened/ damaged by his harsh environment to see a way out,,even when Cutty tried to show him a way out. 3) Their stories illustrate the tragic nature of how goodness can come from such an environment if given a chance and how its potential can destroyed and lost.

[@VanirTraditionalist]

Namond had the potential of being a good kid but he was a bully. Acting out his insecurities, targeting Dookie specifically because he was low hanging fruit. It’s implied he straightened out when Bunny became a father figure.

[@raumyurena5693]

Namond disliked Dukie because he knew Duke had more heart than him...

[@yeahpharaoh]

Before Namond got slapped up, he called Duke ‘Gump’ same way Kennard called him that. Shows that Namond does what he sees but still can’t follow thru

[@tomford7389]

Lmaoo namond calling duke a gump is crazy

[@choklitfactory]

The smile at 1:02 is everything 😫 It still burns my heart and churns my ovaries 😫😫😫🙈🥹 Dukie was so sweet and innocent. I can’t even watch the last two seasons only these clips man lol

[@HKNative217]

Oh no 💀💀💀🤣

[@HKNative217]

It churned my testicles

[@Anthony-cc7ws]

churns my ovaries is insane bra 😭

[@8darkknight472]

"That's all you ever do, just say"

[@truebeliever786]

Irony is that Mike would probably end up dead in the streets (though he'd likely last a good many years, given his skill), but Nay would end up being extremely successful.

[@stevenallen6245]

Mike said you changed clothes fast he already started to see the bs namond was selling 😂

[@JACEDAVIS1]

@5:33 dukie’s face says “even I know you not like that” 😂😂😂😂

[@tousainthart-yc1tr]

Namond didn't wanna be the person his environment needed him 2be Micheal embraced the animal he needed inside him just 2 simply survive

[@Mikey-vx6ro]

Namond being saved by Colvin is the shittiest plot line in the Wire. Every single other kid deserved to be saved, Namond the least.

[@oaklandtraphouse]

Namonds the only one who cried out for help and got it

[@brockedwardsmusic]

I can't even bring myself to rewatch the seasons with the kids its just too sad. The way Namond and everyone did Dukie and the way that story ends just breaks my heart.

[@ohitsthatguy1328]

"First of all, you don't slap a man. Even when it was fashionable in Paris, they had a gun fight. somebody had to go."~ Charlie Murphy Naymond gonna learn to keep that mouth shut.

[@kwon7378]

Nomad was picking on people that wouldn’t do anything because he was soft himself, Michael got that Dog in him but don’t like his friends getting picked on

[@emmanueljames8404]

When the kid wakes up he's gonna be like: "damn, I just got ultra combo'd for nothing and you didn't even want the pack!" 😂😂😂😂

[@Justheremeout]

1:21 namond gives duke the middle finger covertly cuz Michael made namond give duke a dollar

[@icecityking]

Lol wow

[@jaiharvey520]

You have sharp eyes I never noticed that abahahah

[@Justheremeout]

@@jaiharvey520 don’t thank me thank the weed I was high off that made me notice it lol jk

[@jaiharvey520]

@@Justheremeout man send me some over too australia the shi here be making me not focus on the video 😂😂

[@icecityking]

@@jaiharvey520 right 😂

[@TheJim42069]

That's how bullies spose to get handled 💯 and yo started crying 😂

[@Rokkstarrich]

I would’ve love to see the wire continue with Michael story line.

[@PauIieWalnuts]

He becomes Omar.

[@VanirTraditionalist]

@plutoman8969Clay Davis with a ponytail 😭

[@ramalellison9205]

​@@VanirTraditionalist SHIEEEEEEEEEET!!

[@Wasabiofip]

​@plutoman8969I don't think that was to draw parallels between Namond and Clay Davis specifically, just the hood and politics in general. Like Omar said, "money ain't got no owners, only spenders". To most people, it doesn't matter where the money came from, just that they can spend it.

[@kontbijtkoek]

@@Wasabiofip I think the parallels between Clay and Namond are actually there, because Namond goes all public speaker at the end right. And what is the 1 thing Clay is good at; talking and getting people on his side.

[@ThatsControversial]

4:24 the funniest quote in the whole show 😂😂

[@jamalreed2618]

100%. You know that coulda been anyone on your block. Sounded so familiar. Loool

[@danielmurray9220]

Lmao

[@aaronknight6069]

It sounded like ashy Larry lol

[@maratnahimana]

Bro that kid took that beating like a champ

[@yungpassport7897]

@@aaronknight6069I JUST thought of that, gotta be him!

[@Kruppt808]

Michael knew Naymond wasn't for that life, when Kenard stole and then called him out he didn't know how much he didn't want it.

[@MandellaAllicock]

Duke becoming a base head was sad

[@MoDeegroes]

5:24 does Naymond look back to Michael for approval here? Or making sure he didnt hear him steal Kernard's line? What was this look about? I'm interested in other people's thoughts here. Thanks.

[@ykpabl0]

Stealing kernards line Michael knew where he learned it from

[@markusaurelius7212]

I think he looked back to make sure he had Mike's attention. He used the line on purpose because he knew it would get a reaction out of him. Deep down Namond knew at this point he wanted out of the game he just had to get fully kicked (or slapped) out

[@Mc-qv3rm]

He wanted Michael to hear him steal Kenard’s line. To get a reaction out of him. He needed to hear who he really was from a figure of authority and didn’t have anyone to ask, so he acted out like children do. And Mike, being the young man he was being forced to be, told him, but he ain’t big on words. He told him like a big brother. Most children at that age aren’t emotionally verbal. Even some men. Well told scene.

[@stillwelltjz6798]

He was making sure Michael saw him act tough. He was trying to fight duq cause he knew he had a chance against him

[@MoDeegroes]

@@stillwelltjz6798 so he did want Michael to see he could act tough. Picked the wrong one - Mike looked out for Duq. He hit Naymond with the paint brush slaps after that 🤣 Was great to see Naymonds character evolve & they killed it having him deliver that speech in last season, with his foster pops Bunny there. Very talented actor - dude who played Naymond

[@MrMetsMeeseek]

Growing up I knew plenty guys like this. Acting tough trying to compensate for something or another. Most of them grew up and realized they are not that person. At least Nae realized it really early

[@ArmedNDangerous]

He slapped the Sonic Rings out his *ss 😂😂😂

[@entrepreneurjoeytv2841]

Don’t forget dukie knocked out Kenard the same lil boy namond was scared of

[@zaofactor]

Namond and Dukie show how the strongest don't prey on the weak. The weak prey on the weak.

[@harisbalafas5189]

Eventually cutty putted avon's face up the wall as he said 1:46

[@yungog4378]

YOOOOOO that’s crazy i just peeped that 🤯🤯🤯

[@stillwelltjz6798]

It says platinum package too cause he paid for everything. He originally offered up to gold package. Just re watched and enjoyed picking up all details I missed before

[@woahblackbettybamalam]

“I dont want my face on no wall Nigga you crazy?” -Avon

[@brandonbates9587]

Once Avon got locked up again it made sense for Cutty to do that like he originally wanted to

[@drobinson-uo7ic]

I think Mike's brutal beating of Kenard paralells Chris Partlow's brutal beating of Mike's dad. It showed the brutality they were both capable of.

[@PharociousArt]

And both them mfkz deserved those beatings

[@gi-joe_510CA]

He F*ckd around and found out 😂

[@Demarcointuit]

You guys have to remember Naymond is in middle school. None of them are suppose to be acting like hardened gangstas

[@hughjasssssssss]

Yeah they're young, but Naymond had it coming for a long time

[@anthonytrevino3191]

True but I’ve been in Baltimore and some middle schoolers walking around have the street cred of a 27 year old lol

[@nenola504]

Kennard like 10 and seen through him

[@phillipwells7383]

Your comment is actually the point of that youth peer group in their school. Street kids are really either stoop kids or corner kids, and the latter group were actually the hard kids. Hood rules apply.

[@jamesfulton564]

Namond & Michael were exact opposites. Michael couldn't care less bout how nigguz felt about him... Nay wanted everyone to respect him. Namond talked a lot. Michael did not. Mike knew more about the game from growing up rough, Nay knew nothing because it was all given to him. Etc

[@uthamanj]

2:30.........The look on Michael's face 🤣🤣💀💀

[@SupportGamin2024]

Here at 5:37 we see Michael give Namond the 10 piece combo Meal

[@DidNotSeeYouThere]

That slapped saved his life tho

[@lorcansavage1550]

I don’ wan’ it. I don’ wan’ it.

[@Rollemup223]

Don't forget the biscuit

[@dontrah1838]

Bro it was 3 slaps chill out

[@dontrah1838]

​@@DidNotSeeYouThereno it didn't namond would've stopped slanging regardless

[@brileygabriel4949]

I knew a Dookie Growing up... in Brooklyn. I knew a Namond and a Mike or two as well.. The Dookie of my old neighborhood is the only one that has lived into their 50's with along with me.

[@seanyoung9014]

Tbh, Mike slapping up Kenard was way funnier and satisfying than Namond for me. Those kids basically represent younger versions of established characters in the show and Kenard was damn sure a younger version of Bird.

[@SutekhDaSteemroller]

Yeah thats a good call

[@thamayor6324]

And namond was Dangelo…that’s why bey let him go with bunny. It was his job to groom D….if you notice except for when we first meet Avon Bey always the one to chastise D. He failed D he ain’t wanna fail his son

[@SupportGamin2024]

​@@thamayor6324 namond isn't D'Angelo stop with this bullshit

[@gregorycook5305]

Ja Morant is the real life Namond.

[@LostSox]

I could see Lebron slapping his hairline back, and then he dramatically flops to the ground.

[@witcheshour9718]

@@LostSox you're insane. Yeah lebron flops but ppl don't realize how insanely strong he is. They did a test on him. Here in Cleveland. When he drives into the paint. It's over 700lbs per square inch. Like getting hit by a car. Going. 25mps. So if u wanna take the charge. Be our guest

[@LostSox]

@@witcheshour9718 so, you’re a LeBron fan, huh?

[@troylee4196]

Any rapper that became popular in the 00s is the real life Namond

[@LostSox]

@@troylee4196 lol. That’s incredibly funny.

[@chaosandstuff3519]

I love how mike becomes the new Omar

[@petalflowers4765]

Seeing that little monster Kenard get his ass beat by Michael was for me, the most exhilarating vicarious experience in the whole show. Unfortunately, he wasn’t The Grim Reaper to have finished him off ☠️💯