The Wire Season 2 Ending Montage

[@MrChainsaw80]

Never trust anyone who tells you that Season 2 isn't as good as the others. It's one of the best.

[@LimeWire05]

Took me a while to realize how underrated season 2 was

[@The_Concrete_Frog]

After watching the whole series 5 times I have to say it’s the best season. I couldn’t see it at first because Ziggy annoyed me so much.

[@KlausGr8Reset]

Couldn’t agree more. For some reason a lot of ppl trash szn2 I think it’s one of the best seasons. It shows how versatile the show is they legit open up a whole new world & drag you deep into it all while keeping the hood in play & everything from the rest of the seasons. I never understood why ppl disliked szn2 so much

[@LimeWire05]

@@KlausGr8Reset I think people don't like it because they get attached to the characters in S1 and just hate that S2 focuses on a different scene. I get why its not as popular when you watch the series the first time.

[@JohmSmith-q1c]

Season 2 is what put EVERYTHING together ☑️☑️☑️

[@wavealip8059]

The ending montages on this show are done so damn well. They can be very sad but they are done very perfectly.

[@svh9]

Agreed, I love that they made it a tradition to wrap up every season with a montage set to an awesome song.

[@JC-ox8yl]

Defintely

[@JC-ox8yl]

Yo bro could you give a little insight on prop joes short appearance on this montage please? Itd be appreciated. Is that him transporting the prostitutes or just meeting his new connect from the greeks?

[@kittyhawk2078]

​​@JC-ox8ylT The guy that looks at him is pretty much saying the quality of product from the Greeks is still good. Prop Joe does ask how the "other business is" doing though to Sergei in one of the episodes implying he was in on the sex trafficking trade too.

[@kdizzle901]

My favorites are 1 and 3 and of course 5

[@desktopshorts7411]

Man, all the end-of-season montages still hit me when I watch them. They show that nothing changes, there will always be cops, robbers, liars, cheaters, pariahs & monsters, with the occasional hero thrown into the mix. Imho, the Greatest. Television. Show. Ever.

[@Reb3nga]

Conor Doyle damm straight Right up there with The Sopranos

[@mudiametokunboh2370]

W mr robot the wire sopranos some of my fav in dat order

[@mudiametokunboh2370]

@@Reb3ngaw mr robot the wire sopranos my faves

[@joefriedman9843]

Agreed it's the best TV show of all time

[@Chat_existence]

The end at the fence then walking away was deep

[@TheBlackKakashi]

Jesus Christ this was honestly such a heartbreaking season

[@ralphsnabian1856]

a true greek tragedy.... this outro and the song... it gives me chills everytime

[@loo4285]

heartbreaking. nick realizes, in real time - nothing changes. ziggy's murder conviction, frank's death, and nick cooperating - was for nothing. the major crimes unit never got the greek or spiros and never will. devastating season

[@mahdihussaini9076]

Shitest ending

[@IRMADurham-w9k]

The ending really had a strong and powerful message. I love the strong wit and brotherly love from the dock workers. Despite everything they been threw being sanctioned by the cops. Losing their boss to murder. The way they all leave the bar drunk and still with a bright smile on their faces shows you no matter what in life you gotta stay strong and keep going. Season 2 was a great season

[@KlausGr8Reset]

Yup!! And it shows how the girls don’t stop coming in & I forget her name (B) I think looking at the old shop & realizing she poked her nose where she shouldn’t have. I love the shot of the dude testing the drugs & giving the nod followed by the girls coming out of another cargo container, symbolizing that yeah they got 1 crew but the trade/dealing/trafficking never stops

[@WeAreFixedFate]

The actor who plays Clay Davis did such a good job as the classic two faced politician. Especially in the scene from Season 1 where Daniels is looking into campaign financing, you see him at the beginning with the fake smile and platitudes and the second he knows that isn't going to work he flips and starts cursing the guy out showing his real face, cracks me up every time watching him.

[@MohLbastos]

No shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

[@iR00STER]

A lot of people did not like Season 2 because it played out in a different environment. I had to give it a chance. By the end I realized how much I liked it. It played out like a Greek tragedy. Though I still think Season 4 was the best Season 2 is a strong second.

[@juanartusa8058]

iR00STER SPOT ON

[@Goose.Films.]

A Greek tragedy indeed

[@miltonallen558]

I gotta go with season 3, but u can't go wrong with any season really..

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Season 2, 3, and 4 are just absolutely amazing. It's hard to pick a favorite but I definitely had a serious soft spot for Frank Sobotka. Probably the most honorable and selfless man in the entire series.

[@gkelectrical1]

Same here. When i started watching season 2 I thought I would like it, but has to be my favourite

[@JavierMartinez-sl9hb]

The very last shot showing nick walking to the horizon of that empty street is so poetic if you think more: "whats done is done, there is nothing to do, except to look forward with what we have, because at the end of the day, life goes on"

[@zippymufo9765]

Always wished they brought Nick back into the story somehow for more than just a cameo in S5.

[@isaacgraham5727]

I always thought the last shot with Nick walking uphill represented that no matter what happens, the poor white worker/laborer in this country faces a long uphill walk all by himself

[@clumsysandbocks5650]

3:45 That dolly zoom is such a punch-in-the-gut to end the montage on.

[@wongtimefunguy]

Capitalism is done with the American working class.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

@@wongtimefunguy this was in 2003!!! Almost 20 years later and the working class is almost non-existent.

[@coreyhall1150]

@@flightofthebumblebee9529 Thank the politicians and the idiotic, misguided, douche bag young generation that was never taught ANYTHING about life. And never knew what it was like to be fucked by politicians and Harvard douche bags that are power hungry.

[@sergioarandilla936]

@@wongtimefunguy Entrepreneurs like Andrew Carnegie built America thanks to capitalism

[@alejandrobetancourt8123]

Keep licking the 1%ers boot

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

This is my favorite montage of the entire series and my favorite season of the series. So truly awesome. I love the way local 15-14 decided to band together and honor Frank Sobotka.

[@sillygoose9791]

I smile every time I see a 're-,elect Frank Sobatka Frank Sobatka' I feel momentary joy at the recollection of an old character, then I remember he lost, and his crime escapades were ultimately for nothing. Sad shit.

[@NormJablonsky]

sometimes montages are just montages and then there’s the wire season 2 montage absolutely brill lads

[@garystover7129]

Season 2 was my favorite after I watched The Wire a 2nd time( and several thereafter.) And Steve Earle's I Feel Alright was easily the best song of all five season finales.

[@gkelectrical1]

I love this tune!!!!

[@ku52880811]

I do love step by step by Jesse Winchester in season 1 too

[@TKing0580]

Fast train season three was a darn good montage too

[@MrSmithct4]

Incredible tune and when combined with the montage becomes timeless

[@minimark123]

Back again for this montage. One of the best to grace film. Modern tv dramas offer nothing compared to the depth and grit of S2.

[@1jackal1]

One of the best four minutes in TV history

[@TheStop]

If it was called "The Docks" it would have been a hit show lol. Traditional TV had conditioned us so when we season 2 came around we couldn't process it at the time.

[@Eradicus]

great point. probably right.

[@JadeRoberts-yt6cj]

The first half was pretty poorly paced and had very little sense of direction. The Greeks weren't interesting either imo. It came together in the end, definitely, but everyone saying that criticism of s2 is baseless is a bit ridiculous.

[@jonathancooper4914]

This is twenty years old. My goodness.

[@CircuitRider]

Maybe my favorite 5 minutes of the entire series. Gives me goosebumps every time. A masterpiece of filmmaking and especially editing.

[@nickmonts]

I saw this and said This is the best show ever

[@ClarkTheShark]

My favorite season. It’s so complex and perfect. Perfection.

[@illtakethebox]

i love how this scene really encapsulates, "shit don't change"

[@postmastersgt1670]

This season brought a whole new element to The Wire.

[@RedWingz802]

The world keeps spinning no matter what u do or what happens. The game is the game and life must go on. Nick realizes shit will never be the same but he still has to keep going without zig and frank.

[@AnthonySopran0]

Amazing ending, truly a masterpiece of a season.

[@davidtoney8399]

Most people don't like season 2 .I believe it is the most important season for telling the complete story.

[@aldibiase2073]

The most underrated season out of all the wire seasons 💯

[@mansees]

Anyone who did not like the 2nd season does not really get it what this show is about.

[@johnas9092]

Your mom didn't like it apparently.

[@Testsubjex]

John A S nah she did too this show is fucking amazing

[@johnas9092]

;)

[@poppinmycollar]

True

[@followingtheroe1952]

I thought S2 was ok but it was missing Wallace. Like, where the fuck was wallace huh? Where the fucks wallace at?

[@jimkelleher1034]

horse was like the weebay of the port

[@stevenlovejoy6838]

People don't like this season but imo it's probably the most important one.

[@OnlineHipHopTV]

The 1st time I watched the Wire I didn't really appriacte or understood this season but after watching the Wire a second time I can tell this season really was a masterpiece. TV shows like this are not just tv shows anymore. They are art.

[@JJJ111JJJ]

2:48 Anyone else notice this shot looks different than the rest of any shot in The Wire? Very crisp looking.

[@highlybaked8417]

Another masterful way to close out an amazing season of television

[@Statstistician]

It's all one giant game of chess, and all the pieces matter.

[@BiscuitHead22]

2:44 now this is how you work a camera, so well done.

[@robertobrien5820]

This is the best ending montage of the Wire

[@_E.J.]

“They used to make steel there, no? Smoke from the stacks. But inside…”

[@cityhawk80]

I like season 2 more and more each time I watch it, but it's still 3 and 4 for me.

[@coreyhall1150]

I loved uncle Frank in season 2. Just a good guy that's been fucked by the system and he's getting his. But at the end it cost him his son, his life, everything.....

[@tommymorgan73]

Steve Earle is the man!!

[@gillesdhaenens6323]

3:35 that side shot of the harbor perfect

[@al1976-v7m]

took me a while to get used to watching Trade Union meetings but i loved the whole globalized crime topic that season 2 introduced, as well as the working class issues. Baltimore is a port city after all, without this season The Wire could have been set in any other US city.

[@captainhook4730]

"I've been to Hell and now I'm back again" perfectly cuts in to show prostitutes stepping out of the trailer.. beautiful

[@Aaaaaaaa-ix4rp]

Fucking INCREDIBLE season that Final Cut with the flashing images into his back wow…great show just finished this season for the first time

[@MrSmithct4]

I just rewatched this too and it’s some of the best TV ever, Earle is so perfect here

[@tommymorgan73]

The best season ending to any show!!!

[@jamespopovic9750]

Season 2 was a master piece capped by this epic ending

[@nateajv12]

I coulda swore Nicky was gonna get capped at the end

[@SelectiveApathy82]

It would be a mercy killing. He and his wife and kid have a very bleak and sad future by the end of S2.

[@yacined4190]

Same but the fed was following him

[@Jacobsherman341]

I was so scared man

[@GYLTLLC]

Bro, same, just finish watching it and I was waiting for that.

[@nateajv12]

@@GYLTLLC bro season 3 about to grab you by the throat !

[@goriflex2441]

This ending makes me nostalgic for the show's best season

[@danielkelly3065]

1:04 that last shot of Ziggy is absolutely devastating

[@YaLittleFriend]

I hated it! Zigg was never bad but misguided and used by others. 😢

[@deandrepowell7115]

my favorite season. you can watch it out of order and still enjoy it.

[@arleygomez465]

After a rewatch I think season two is my favourite (although I'm about to rewatch season four).

[@marioz2271]

Man in the end nothing changes. Bad guys continue with their business. Police work didn't mean shit. They just fucked the life of the Sobotka family. Frank was a good man using that money to help his comunity. It's sad, but it's good story work cause that's life.

[@MrSmithct4]

Police are the bad guys a lot of the time too

[@GageReed]

I'll never forget this montage.

[@thatpart]

Sung by Steve Earle, Bubs's sponsor from NA. His backstory pretty much mirrors his real life one. Jamming with morning coffee. Been that other place, too. Caffeine ain't so bad.

[@kittyhawk2078]

Thats some great trivia

[@ayatollahlalalola]

And his son Justin Townes Earle, an accomplished musician in his own right, died in 2020 from a fetty overdose.

[@MrSmithct4]

@@ayatollahlalalolathat’s so sad, Steve Earle and his son are amazing musicians

[@tucko11]

Most underrated show of all time !

[@frankfontainepx1]

SEASON 2 UNDERRATED

[@binarystar21]

Agreed. Prob my fav season.

[@be4unvme]

Hell naw. Yall must be white. Best season was 1. After that it went south

[@Testsubjex]

Luis Capellan season 4 best season 3 might be a Lil better

[@stephenmurphy1003]

@@be4unvme it went down hill for one season. After season two it was great again

[@rowiecapellen2923]

Best one imo!

[@scaredmonkey]

Best season for me. Great video

[@Jacobsherman341]

Joe nodding at that guy is so fucking cool lol

[@deandrepowell7115]

imho, should have started the video a few seconds earlier and showed the car that pulled up as Nicky approached the fence. it made me think Nicky was gonna get clipped at the end of the montage. but at the end, Nicky walks away and the camera pans back over to where the car was and it was gone.

[@shortyrags]

hearbreaking when beadie does her old route by frank...

[@dumbbuff]

My favorite season.

[@rowmagnvs]

Wtf Steve Earle is the dude who played Walon in the Wire. Awesome. He’s the dude singing this song

[@dior9184]

love this song

[@Kblog777]

Makes me think of the montage at the end of Sopranos season 2.

[@thegageinator805]

This show is leagues ahead of the Sopranos.

[@WeirdEarRaub]

Nick is hanging onto that fence exactly like frank hung onto it just a little while earlier, same exact pose and hand finger grip

[@genericsavings]

Stopped watching when season 2 “subverted my expectations”. Gave it a second chance, and it’s equally brilliant as the rest. All the pieces matter.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Season 2 is my favorite. I remember having a working class job and deciding to make runs to Philly and buy heroin cheap and bring it back to the suburbs of Harrisburg and sell it at a high markup. It was a stupid decision and I obviously got addicted but The Wire season 2 was a masterpiece. I only wish I had a Frank Sobotka in my life.

[@coreyhall1150]

@@flightofthebumblebee9529 Oh man, sorry. That H life is the sleaziest of em all. I remember walking down the street with this heroin addict and I see this REALLY pretty heroin addicted prostitute and the guy goes oh honey how are you to her. Gives her a hug and I saw him reach right into her back pocket and take all that money she had fucked all day for in her back pocket of her short shorts and we was walking off and I just felt so horrible for that girl..... She was too pretty to be in that life. And getting robbed by dirt y ol heroin addicts everyday. Just ugh :(.

[@coreyhall1150]

@@flightofthebumblebee9529 Them heroin addicts are slick dude. They will take your shit right in front of you and you won't notice a thing. EXPERTS at fuckin ppl over. That same guy stuck a gun in a dudes mouth and took all his H he went down to Knoxville to get.

[@gentry908]

That’s my shxt my shxt right there that song 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mohammedyousif8979]

thank you so much for this..

[@JamalWarrenJamalPercyWarren]

Season 2 just shows how police work is one day your chasing people like Avon and when that’s over you move on to the next case which was the docks

[@datnotoriousmadman]

1:06, wow Ziggy looks small compared to the other inmates behind him. They're gonna tear his ass up!

[@quaimaboylan5175]

How long did he go to jail?

[@Testsubjex]

Quaima Boylan life homie he even wrote it out saying he killed the guy and shot the kid

[@ayatollahlalalola]

he's definitely someone's wife in there

[@miketorok4536]

The guy who sings this song plays bubbles sponsor in the show

[@YaLittleFriend]

Waylon! ❤😅

[@jimmyc42x]

3:00 So was Prop Joe involved in the human trafficking ring? This scene confused me because I expected it to come up again later but never did

[@JukainPwnsSurvives]

I remember it came up earlier when Sergei & Nicky visited prop joe and joe asked sergei about “that other business” and how he could get behind it in a big way.

[@poolhousetheband]

I think Prop Joe got his drugs from the port so I assume he is involved with the Greeks in that arrangement but probably also some assets in the trafficking too

[@nick_4972]

This ending will always get me emotional.

[@davehann8178]

What's going on here a comments section not full of hate and stupid comments? Must be the wire effect.

[@JoeKrause-h8f]

Is the bar closing too? It looked like the owner was putting something up on the door. It would make sense if all her customers didn't have jobs but I never noticed it before.

[@Rrr_558]

The real crime is that Horse got locked up. Horse don’t know nothing, Horse is a rock. Legend of the docks.

[@ooooo524]

Goat show

[@sujitp6995]

Is it normal to feel for Sabotkas? Especially Frank and Nick? Their hands are forced 😢

[@benlichtman8033]

Same as feeling bad for Walter white… that’s the beauty of these shows

[@thegageinator805]

@@benlichtman8033 I felt no remorse for Walter White. He got what was coming. The Sobotka's? Working class heroes that gave back to their community, whilst being stuck in an inescapable circumstance.

[@Lovingitjuju]

I know this is old but how can someone not feel bad for Walter, this boy was incredibly young where was his parents who left him with all these siblings in the home he was the one getting them dressed and taking them to school. Walter I didn’t see commit murders, he didn’t have money and he was way younger than Nick so I didn’t expect him to be working in the docks. Walter was born in circumstances he didn’t ask to be in, his wrong doing was leaving his grandmothers house he should have listened. Nick was actually my favorite character in season 2 BUT yes he was hard working but Nick and Frank also choose to continue on dealing with powerful people and the consequences at the end most likely a lot of people seen coming. Frank wanted best for his workers but he still was playing dirty to receive that and so was Nick. Ziggy was just plain sloppy.

[@Smiff3447]

@@Lovingitjuju You're thinking of Wallace lol, the other guy was talking about Walter White, the protagonist of Breaking Bad

[@Zorak_97]

I was born my papa's son A wanderin' eye and a smokin' gun Now some of you would live through me Then lock me up and throw away the key Or just find a place to hide away Hope that I'll just go away, hah Well, I feel alright I feel alright tonight I feel alright I feel alright tonight And I'll bring you precious contraband And ancient tales from distant lands Of conquerors and concubines And conjurers from darker times Betrayal and conspiracy, sacrilege and heresy And I feel alright I feel alright tonight I feel alright I feel alright tonight I got everything you won't need Your darkest fear, your fondest dream I ask you questions, tell you lies Criticize and sympathize Yeah, but be careful what you wish for friend 'Cause I've been to hell and now I'm back again I feel alright Yeah, I feel alright tonight Yeah, I feel alright I feel alright tonight Ywah, I feel alright Feel alright

[@smooothskiiin4923]

Same here, and watching The Wire..

[@burnt_ramen9757]

Every season ends with some sort of reset to the status quo that makes reform seem like a fantasy, but season 2 feels uniquely bleak to me. No matter how dark any of the other season endings got there was always at least something on some personal level, but in season 2 there just is truly nothing to be done. All you've seen was a family get torn apart for 12 episodes by powers outside of their control as an economy built on the exploitation and suffering of women is allowed to continue because of our own government, truly brutal.

[@if6was929]

One thing that confuses me is why, after raiding the hotel room, didn't Daniels and his team go to the airport to look for the Greek?

[@HueyBlounts]

ziggy gets life? shit i mean it aint like he planned on killing glekas or shooting the worker. but i must have missed that part.

[@kittyhawk2078]

His own statements in the interview put him away for life

[@followingtheroe1952]

Season 2 is my favourite. The others were good but i wasnt seeing anything about Frank Sebotka

[@bananaempijama]

without the Greeks,there is no Game....

[@lobsterdfw1]

The decline and death of the american working class. Devastating season.

[@3000solo]

poor Ziggy :\

[@Shisha2025]

2:53 I was wondering when he chose the downward spiral.

[@subliminal2927]

That’s the song Miranda lambert plagiarized lol

[@Mrius86]

"There will be more girls."

[@hietanbs]

Does any other show have a 4th best season at great as The Wire?!

[@anacristinadenise758]

Esta música aparece no filme?

[@Eumesmoseufdp]

Não é filme. É série. Se chama "The Wire". E sim, a música encerra a segunda temporada.

[@redeyetrey4763]

Basically nothing changed

[@niocriste2705]

Who’s here after the bridge collapsed?

[@georgep.burdell7237]

"The Great Taking"

[@DanWallner]

It's an answered question. Who is the Greek? Still needs to be answered, stays up there

[@HighLordBlazeReborn]

Dan Wallner he's pretty much every well-connected in-the-shadows player in the world. People no one, even governments, know exist or what they do. They're the true players. The ones that, if you brought down, you'd bring both the global drug trade and the global economy tumbling down.

[@VisualiseTheFun]

@@HighLordBlazeReborn lol, that's a good one.

[@ammarmehdi2744]

The is like jack nicholson from the departed

[@MrValsung]

@@ammarmehdi2744 I thought the point was that Jack Nicholson's character was ultimately small potatoes - big fish in a small pond - and taken to scale, even Nicholson's character only gets to act thanks to the FBI's (if I remember correctly) permission.

[@mikeymdt]

Baltimore now....feel like this is a Mayor Brandon soundtrack

[@brianparkinson8214]

If only Ziggy had just gone to spiros or Vondas about double G, would've gotten his money, respect, and then some

[@p0cr0c71]

Spiros and Vondas are the same person, and I doubt Ziggy would've gotten his respect.

[@StringerBell-r1z]

season 2 and 4 are dark.

[@kittyhawk2078]

All of this could have been avoided if that damn priest kept his mouth shut about Franks stain glass window donation and how much it was to Valchek even after saying "You know I have to keep donations discreet"🙄

[@shozakathedevil]

what the fuck iis that face at 2:42

[@thegreatjew6719]

look like he got down sydrome lol

[@gkelectrical1]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@freakingabagool3510]

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and being a crackhead with no teeth. I really hate white kids that pretend to be hood lmao

[@jengasias]

So the greek was really Israeli or what? He seemed pretty fond of Eton kinda like family. What was he drinking at the hotel? Something with an O.

[@randyw8761]

What America is. The best.