The Wire - Season Four Ending Montage

[@hellrella.k.a.durielhall4907]

The way Carver looks at the graffiti on the wall of the boys names was a bitter sweet moment. Showing that even though they were young knuckle heads he chased around, ran them off the corner, or locked them up, this moment right here 2:56 really showed the care he had developed for all of the boys after seeing how things turned out for them.

[@nomask4me352]

All due to Colvin

[@rtxa]

Or maybe the cycle is repeating again, a new generation of gangsters is coming.

[@nomask4me352]

@@rtxa thanks Captain obvious

[@zoo05zoo]

Great point and another aspect is that it shows that even with all the work he put in, another young crew is coming up that he probably knows nothing about.

[@Duskets]

That look he gives towards the graffiti actually gives me the opposite impression - his look is harrowing. It’s a recognition that the evolution of children from innocent to criminals within this environment is inevitable because it corrodes anything within it. That the same children he chased off today will inevitably end up as corner boys and soldiers if they stay, and that one day Carver will likely meet these kids on opposite ends of the law. He looks defeated and haunted because he knows he is powerless to stop this decay but, as a cop, he is tasked with combatting it.

[@monotone53]

There was a real theme of fatherhood in this season. Prez and Dukie, McNutly and Bodie, Chris and Michael, Carver and Randy, Namond choosing between Wey-Bey and Colvin, Bubbles and Sherrod, etc. This ultimately made the season more powerful, as this could represent us - fathers or sons, falling prey.

[@UMANGPLAYS]

Poor Dukie

[@remirth_bergström]

I know I'm responding to a 5 year old comment, but it's worth pointing out that the theme could also refer to the effect of absent fathers, or absent parents in general, in affected neighbourhoods.

[@omarrahman140]

Especially the plight of the kids. They get trapped in it, it's a loop that goes on for generations. It's like you're born in it. Dukie helplessly goes back, Michael in the game for his little brother. A great show, huge respect

[@ChrisMcloviification]

Lucky there's a family guy

[@AwfulWaffle8474]

Also Cutty and Michael.

[@Capcoor]

Season 4 was truly heartbreaking. Watching Michael and Dukie fall prey to the streets, Randy get sucked in the cracks...that could have been me. That could have been any of us. I get choked up watching this video.

[@raoulhery]

dont forget Jimmy and Landsman. Like Landsman said : "he is my son"

[@woodwyrm]

Michael chose the street though.

[@kaidenjenkins459]

woodwyrm Didn't have a choice!

[@غاضب-ك4س]

@Brother Dude he didn't

[@waxdoe115]

Swear...

[@Gryffilion]

Wee-Bey saying "I'm still your father" and that nod he shares with Colvin seriously gives me chills every time I see it. After Season 1 I never imagined he'd find a way to redeem himself, but he did.

[@unknownguy3770]

William May He didn’t need to “redeem” himself. Wee-Bey was always likable.

[@Gryffilion]

@@unknownguy3770 He needed some redeeming after raping an unconscious woman dying of a drug overdose, then wrapping her body in a rug and dumping her with the trash.

[@omarrahman140]

Man i felt so bad when whey broke off small fish tank of plastic fishes, that hurt

[@joelglanton6531]

@@ethicaldisaster You're so cool bro I wish I was as cool as you

[@thirty9556]

@@Gryffilion I forgot all about that

[@JimmySteller]

Most people say Dukie had the most tragic end of the four boys. I'm tempted to say Randy had it worse than him. He's gonna be attacked and hurt as long as he lives in that group home, getting bitter and violent, just like Bodie was back in Season 1. Interesting how the writers took Namond, the boy that seemed most likely to turn to the streets in the first few episodes, and gave him a way out of the game by the end.

[@13.79]

I agree but i like how randy still tried to fight back if it was dukie, dukie would've been in the ground in pain :/

[@waragainstmyself1159]

He adapted. He became them.

[@lanceroberson3089]

It's not always the good who gets the break.

[@dunndorr5651]

It makes Randy the perfect next Bodie. He's a soldier

[@TreWimsical]

@@13.79 I feel like Duke woulda swung first and then took the ensuing beating like a G, he didn’t back down when Namond tried fighting him back in the first episode and then the following season when he took on Kenard and Spider.

[@eulalius]

When I first heard about the plot to season 4, I thought it was gonna be a terrible idea. And then I watched it. The first three seasons were great, but four was something beyond that. If what happened to those kids didn't break your heart and make you wanna scream out in rage and frustration, then you really weren't paying attention. Sometimes fiction tells us some very hard truths. This season is the best example of that I've ever seen.

[@omarrahman140]

This season has the been core of the show, I think. It completely shows how a loop is formed that goes on for generations, how these kids are left with no choice but to be in those corners for survival. The season wrapped up the drug thing, how they get recruited in it without any choice. It's shows the conditioning and socialisation of these corner kids. Great writing great show man huge respect

[@KyleSmith-px4gi]

This is season didnt seem fictional to me . I worked at a school in atlanta GA. Projects were right across the street. This season 4 the wire depicted everything that happened at the school. This stuff is very real an atlanta streets an crime is getting worse. The wire is the realist TV show I’ve ever seen. This show as a whole encapsulated everything that goes on in society at every level.

[@manaulhoque6507]

@@omarrahman140 Watch the intro for season 4. There's a lot of visual clues to "cycles".

[@drigonfirefox]

@@manaulhoque6507 keep them in the hole. By far my favorite intro.

[@noahmclaughlin7921]

The four boys conclusions were some of the most emotionally powerful conclusions in the show for me. Seeing Randy being beaten and abused by a bunch of pathetic insecure bullies that weren’t even involved is so infuriating and you know things won’t improve for him, at least not for awhile. Even when people like Carver try to help him the system itself makes it near impossible. And seeing Duke lose more and more is just heartbreaking. Likewise it still makes me so incredibly happy that Namond was able to get a happy conclusion. He seemed like the worst of the four, and while he was the best of them financially in the beginning, he was also the most likely to die before 25. So seeing him realizing he’s better off away from the streets and getting adopted by Colvin (who also deserved a happy ending after season 3) felt so good.

[@The810kid]

My fav part of the montage was the nurse ended up with Cutty after she misjudged him

[@Maderr4]

I just realized that that was the same nurse. Thanks

[@rokaine7334]

Smoked her boots to i bet

[@dmcrun3572]

In real life; she’s the wife of the actor that plays Officer Walker. (Stole the ring from Omar)

[@finesserentas7477]

@@rokaine7334 I’m dying he like “bitch I am a thug” lmao

[@stephenblacks2876]

Lol

[@tomthumb9173]

That part at the starting where Weebay tells Naman that he's still his father then walks back to get his mouth checked to see if he has drugs...Wow.. Plus that part at the end where Michael is nodding off and has completely lost his innocence..So deep. God I loved this show.

[@2121-o9y]

Tom Thumb was he on drugs or was he just sleepy ?

[@Eperdomo86]

21 2121 him sleeping was a stress reaction

[@noahmclaughlin7921]

It made me so incredibly happy to see Weebay support his son and accept that he’s better off away from the game. While he’s definitely not a good person considering how far he’s into Barksdale’s organization, it’s nice to see that he genuinely loves his kid unconditionally.

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Just to be clear he's not nodding off on drugs there. I don't know if that's what you were implying but the term is often used in reference to that. There's no evidence Mike ever talked around because he was just officially in the game at that point. Obviously duquan did get into it

[@KaliBhakta1]

One of the things I loved about this show was how it didn't rely on any one character to carry its brillance. Before I watched season 2, I couldn't imagine the show without D'Angelo but they made that happen, they even stepped away from Mcnulty in the 4th season and focused on Prez etc, etc and then flipped right back to Mcnulty for the 5th and it worked...I don't know of any other show that I could say the same for.

[@yonatanhoresh2695]

Game of Thrones

[@Ratchet2431]

@@yonatanhoresh2695 As far as I can remember, there wasn't a season that didn't focus on Jon Snow and Daenerys. I would also mention Tyrion and Cersei, but the decline of the series began when they both became secondary.

[@Ratchet2431]

@@yonatanhoresh2695 As far as I can remember, there wasn't a season that didn't focus on Jon Snow and Daenerys. I would also mention Tyrion and Cersei, but the decline of the series began when they both became secondary.

[@ewanward-thomas7545]

That scene of McNulty staring down the mugshot of Marlo gave me so many goosebumps that my eyes became teary

[@ernieboy456]

The little twitch in his eye as the lyrics say “Casting their misfortunes, even if they’re lazy” chef’s kiss

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

And thus ended the greatest season in TV history.

[@Nick_J_]

F A C T. fact. FACT! FFFFFFAAAAAAACCCCCCCTTTTTTTT

[@samuelmuiruri4704]

+WheresWallace4883 word

[@pf3305]

I still say season 3 inches season 4 by very little but season 4's ending was gold

[@neilwilson5785]

Yo

[@maniacmasturbator2411]

WheresWallace4883 it’s really amazing when you take into account what happened at the end of season 3. One of the biggest characters gets killed, another goes to prison and doesn’t even appear in season 4. The closest thing to a main character in the show is McNulty and he has a much smaller role in season 4. Season 4 doesn’t just “not fall off”, it’s just as great (better IMO).

[@DefaultTheseus]

Shiveringly well-written season. It's never an overemphasization what this show produced.

[@Thejordanenthusiast]

Randy got heart standing up to all those mid-20’s foster kids.

[@noahmclaughlin7921]

They attack him for snitching, yet they feel the need to gang up 4 on 1 against him despite him being much younger and shorter. They’re pathetic rats. It’s painful knowing Randy has to live with them.

[@brazyfilmo3121]

@@noahmclaughlin7921yeah man he showed heart right there I’m sure once he got put back in there he knew that was coming. They ain’t have to jump him tho atleast 1v1 if you feel that bothered about it. Tragic.

[@NathanBullock-w9n]

Them dudes were punks randy is going to be big time like uncle Joe buy for a dollar sell for tew

[@n.balhara1243]

I can't stop my tears whenever I watch that scene where Carver looks at the graffiti. Poignant reminder of how the kids grew up on their own on the cruel streets; tried beating the destiny but got consumed by the streets at the end. (Apart from Namond)

[@isaacgraham5727]

Apparently this was more a reference to the kids that Simon covered in The Corner - the CMB crew who were Deandre’s friends. Apparently, years after they were mostly all dead or in jail or friending on the streets, Simon would walk through there and see tags left by those same kids from that one year he covered them.

[@drishatv]

This gets me every time. The music and the scenes. Most powerful thing I've ever seen, the outcome of the boys of summer. Season 4 stays with me and hurts the most

[@Glizzocc94]

Damn Right Randy Go Out Swinging

[@demetriusmckay617]

Everyone had heart except for Namond but he was always trying to act like the toughest. Dukie had more heart but why Kennard spit on Prez....man he a little psycho lol

[@llamaryder1]

@@demetriusmckay617 dudes fuckin crazy put he spit at prez cos dude wasnt buying any dope, probably didnt recognize him considering hes been on the streets instead of school for so long at such a young age

[@uptownqtee40]

Have to respect him after that. He knew what was coming but he swung 1st. He can't say he didn't even get a hit in.

[@anar24]

this show should be a mandatory viewing for all human beings

[@darkmatter2604]

Na... My homie said it gives him PTSD

[@StudioMod]

@@darkmatter2604 that’s exactly why. People need to know what American life really looks like

[@axis7879]

No doubt

[@hellrella.k.a.durielhall4907]

This show really stuck to the saying "the game don't change, players do"!! The change of the characters in this show was written in pure genius.

[@lildubuoy]

David Simon truly nailed the bleakness of it all. It's so HARD to make it out of the streets. Simon gets it and he wants the viewer to as well. Even the kid (namond) who did make it is hard to root for, because he'd been the least deserving of the four. The other 3 won't make it past 25...

[@omarrahman140]

No wonder Simon was a true reporter

[@Ratchet2431]

Rewatching the season, you realize that all those moments where Namond is rude and selfish is because he's trying to be the kind of person his parents want him to be, but deep down he was always a good boy.

[@JustinLazlo]

I think it's unfair to say Namond was the least deserving when he was so young and just trying to be what he thought he had to be.

[@sgttombw]

How could anyone not like this

[@dannyzig3021]

Exactly

[@kaidenjenkins459]

Cole Freeman True asf

[@jjtiojohn12]

Honestly who thought that micheal was gonna end up dead only to find out he was to become the new Omar?

[@eunydiaz2855]

no,michael is omar's childhood , and how this become omar with de child abuse by part of his step dad ,all this things are true stories to the character inspiration. The real Omar has a cameo in the wire, and he had child abuse by his mom.

[@Saturdayz_In_The_Fall]

Not one show on HBO or any other platform will ever come close to season 4 of The Wire. Beyond heartbreaking and brilliant and realistic.

[@tonys6237]

The Sopranos

[@RAD1111able]

​@@tonys6237Sopranos focuses on the key set of characters a little better and has a better representation of mental illnesses. The Wire however has far less holes in the plot.

[@eway5855]

My favorite young character was Donut he always was stealing Cars Lol

[@omarabouhassan6673]

"no problem, chief"

[@eway5855]

Lol his favorite words

[@omarrahman140]

his fingers still hurts tho, i bet

[@zhuzhong74]

I want to adopt him yo

[@TheMarianoDelgado]

I bet Tony Soprano could use him for his overseas car operation

[@dmczyk1]

the main character in this show is Baltimore.

[@SqueekyClean976]

And what a character she was.

[@tucko11]

Touché

[@totalba69]

Balhmer

[@xChemistryFTWx]

Yes

[@royalescorpio]

My heart broke for Michael, Randy and Dukie. I read that Simon admitted that Cheese was Randy's father. I wonder why they didn't play on that.

[@maumendoza]

+Jazzi Hill Didn't know that. Ironically, Randy really needs someone to teach him how to fight

[@noono19]

+Bobo S One thing that life has taught me is that, on The Wire, nothing happens by coincidence.

[@ротатоаск]

+Jazzi Hill Notice how Randy has a love of money similar to his father (albeit more innocent, doesn't screw people over for it). Randy inherited that character trait.

[@royalescorpio]

Potato Sack Ahhh true. And you just had me think of another comparison between Randy and his dad. Randy being brought up in group homes and foster homes would have been glad to have a family whereas Cheese has his own uncle killed. Family had no value to him.

[@maniacmasturbator2411]

noono19 all the pieces matter

[@MrAcheez21]

season 3 was the most eciting season of the wire but season 4 was def the most heart breaking i felt hopeless after that season and was like why do i even watch this show it make me sad lol

[@postmastersgt1670]

This was the saddest montage for me seeing those kids all going in different directions in life.

[@whussupbros]

"You can look him in the eye now. No matter who he is or what he done, you look him in the eye."

[@nofancyname08]

My favorite season of the wire, but that last scene just sucked any remaining happiness right out of my life.

[@HelloMyNameIsShun1]

The scene at the end I with namond was pretty powerful in my mind. Seeing his friend still stealing cars / almost getting killed through the stop sign was just another reminder of the life he needed to leave behind. The next time we see him is at the debate. Bunny is the man.

[@Volantredx]

The scariest thing about this montage is when Landsmen walks past the board and they had to tape a piece of paper to it just to hold all of Marlo's bodies. The man was responsible for more death than anyone else in the show and they kept coming until the very end. Marlo, Chris and Snoop were barely human in their disregard for human life.

[@Lamporre]

Season 2 and Season 4 had the saddest ending montages of the show, imo.

[@Moltisantiproductions]

The best ones too

[@thomassodomizer764]

This was probably the best Wire season and ending montage. Why did the poster cut it early? I wish they bring back the Wire. Maybe some prequels. That would be freaking awesome.

[@SupportGamin2024]

No point in prequels that's why we got season 4 and 5

[@waragainstmyself1159]

3:01 he sees Randy on wall and it hurts him to remember.

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

Yeah, the whole young crew. It's such a bittersweet reminder of innocent childhood days gone by. Very Dickensian

[@SerkanDarende]

You literally missed the best part of the montage which is the very last scene of the season when Namond is on the porch. It ties the whole season and this montage together. Why would you cut that out?

[@zoo05zoo]

Serkan Darende I agree 100%. To me, it showed the contrast between those who made it and those who didn't which is essentially what season 4 was about. It showed how some people in the hood and police actually cared what happened and others didn't. That final scene of Namond was probably one of the most powerful as it relates to positive messages in the entire show.

[@drishatv]

The way this show juggles character development is unprecedented. I care about every single person in this show. I get scared meeting new characters then moments later I'm instantly drawn in when I shouldn't be. They lead you the whole way when most shows want you to follow certain people. This show tells you to follow who i tell you to you to and you won't be mad at all

[@toiletbowlearth]

Brooo all facts

[@omarrahman140]

Man it's all they say, you forgive everything when you understand everything. This show makes you understand everything, the backdrop of their life, their situations and shit. In the end you forgive them all

[@Herbertstrasse]

Carv even tried to adopt him, which makes it all the more depressing.

[@macdaddynyc]

Season 4 of The Wire was simply some of the best TV fiction EVER!

[@ritualpenguin]

The Wire = One Undisputed Piece of Absolute Art, and nothing will ever get close to it!

[@sinane.y]

this is powerful beyond belief.

[@JamieSmith-hj3db]

This is my favourite clip from the entire show.

[@jeffrey1261]

You really would not fully comprehend what the Wire was about without stepping back to watch these collages and Yt comments. Every scene you rewatch you learn something new. 12 year plus and still learning something new.

[@tonysmith7718]

Prez seeing Dukie on the corner is so sad. You can see his heart breaking.

[@mikem591]

Season 4 was a masterpiece...The high point of the Wire...

[@thefoosa72]

That one was definitely one of the toughest. But I think watching Wallace die was one of the worst and watching Bodie die was right behind it.

[@SDG.12]

Randy throwing the first punch......

[@rhowie4945]

^ this

[@wooo777]

exactly... I wish Randy was around more in Season 5, he only had one scene.

[@Testsubjex]

Jt Smoke season 5 was rushed the creator himself wanted to tie In the fact Cheese is Randy's father but I guess that's how the cookie crumbles

[@Jonsk12394]

The conversation with Duquan and Prez was harder to watch than seeing Duquan do what we all knew was gonna happen after he got that money. The disappointment in Prez' eyes and voice says it all really. He gave him a last chance, but in reality he could see that it wasn't going to any educational program.

[@dubdeuce1517]

My favorite montage from the series.

[@fishfingers4483]

Chris really had love for Mike

[@jamesbaxterfromax]

That bit of chris waking michael up and the tone and reverb of his voice is so menancing and low key earth shattering

[@timdalf]

The best series ever written. Simply outstanding.

[@mikem591]

Always a feeling of melancholy as the season ended.

[@jamesh2729]

When you briefly saw Randy in Season 5 when Bunk visited him he looked a bit better, in that he wasn't beaten and it even looked like he had some respect in that place. Dukie was going to end like almost all of the addicts end in this show, either dead or not having anything to live for. And although Randy definetely didn't deserve to end up where he was, Dukie always avoided trouble and worked hard in school yet somehow he ended up being like Bubbles or Johnny.

[@AvocadoBaby1212]

but he became a cold, mean-spirited kid in order to defend himself. and that is what is so tragic about it. At the start Randy was one of the sweetest kids out of the group and in the end he just becomes another kid beaten down (literally) by the foster care system.

[@dionysisdaras1289]

THE BEST FUCKING SHOW OF ALL TIME

[@YourPupsBestFriendNY]

If you've seen the previous seasons I bet you agree that this may be the most brilliant montage and song selection in television history

[@BrettPlank]

when youre four seasons deep watching the finale and this scene comes on... fuckin a. goosebumps! one of the best shows I've ever seen.

[@largesatsuma]

The only thing that would have made season 4 better would have been a scene with Brother Mouzone. He wouldn't even have to do shit. Just a scene of him reading his Harpers magazine on a bench in Central Park would do.

[@TeChromaTV]

Most definelty 😂

[@AwesomeNightman]

Slim Charles nah Mouzone was the wort part of the show.

[@in_vas_por8810]

+AwesomeNightman Right that character was a lil too over the top. Kinda corny lol

[@morganlee9028]

+AwesomeNightman Agreed. Omar was over the top, but supremely likeable. The show could allow for one. Mouzone was a step too far, especially when you add in that they're the duo that took out one of the best characters in Stringer.

[@Bowserslave]

+Morgan Lee As much as I did like Mouzone he was in for the perfect amount of time. With Stringer dead and Barksdale arrested and falling apart, he has no reason himself to stay behind in Baltimore. His character arc was done there; anything else then would've been fanservice or find some excuse to rewrite him in the plot. However there were a couple of NY dealers that were mentioned throughout S4. Could be tipped off by some info.

[@JUSEPKO]

La mejor serie que he visto en mi vida, el capitulo 13 de la 4 temporada es la crema realmente tiene mucha calidad argumental y este final con Paul Weller es perfecto ,en verdad, insuperable. La canción es la cúspide, el "summum", el remate final de esta obra maestra. Sinceramente solo me queda rendirme ante los pies de David Simon, Ed Burns, Ernest R. Dickerson y resto del equipo por ser capaces de producir entretenimiento de alta calidad en el sentido artístico en cuanto a cine y televisión.

[@eunydiaz2855]

Buen día , en 2020 vi esto por primera vez , y ha sido el golpe mas duro en cuanto a mi vida ha sido. He visto 8 veces esta serie desde entonces , nunca leí ninguna critica , no deje que los pseudo análisis acerca de esto contaminara mi visión de esta serie. Escribo esto no para un respuesta , solo es una mirada alrededor y ver a aquellos que aprecian esto no solo como material de entretenimiento , sino como objeto de el trabajo periodístico. Y la interesante de que los hombres que escribieron esto, no era su objetivo crear la que es sin duda la mejor serie que se ha hecho , al menos hasta ahora, y lo terminaron haciendo. Esto es cátedra para cualquier escritor. El periodismo se folló a la literatura, o es que siempre ha pertenecido, solo me queda preguntarme ,¿cuantas historias ,tan buenas como esta , están ahí escondidas en empolvados tomos abandonados? . The wire se folla a lector, no por nada que ha esto lo llaman “novela rusa” como las de chejov o tolstoi , pero el objetivo no era crear historias, ni mantener a un publico en su asiento, esto es una pequeña mira hacia afuera, como si uno estuviera en una esquina observando toda esta gran pintura y tomando nota en una libreta. Solo me queda decir que el periodismo se follo a la tele , a la literatura , y al cine. La pregunta es ¿que otros autores han hecho periodismo sin darse cuenta y han sido categorizados en literatura /cine y han sido olvidados?

[@musicksol]

Still brings tears and then seeing him in the next season.

[@isaacgraham5727]

I never noticed it before, but the kids who vandalized Randy’s bunk and beat him up also stole his ~$250 or whatever it was (his nest egg from all his hustling selling candy) out of the red binder w see him putting it in early in the episode. Poor Randy.

[@KaliBhakta1]

Landsman's face at 1:24 when he's looking at the list of unsolved homicides is gold...

[@Neil_Jackson]

FAYETTE MAFIA CREW 4 EVAH Namond Dukie Michael Randy Kenard Tyrel Markeith ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ I love this moment The Wire♥

[@weecefew]

Sweet Jesus. This ripped my heart out and stomped on it when I saw it for the first time.

[@houckbill]

69 year old...my favorite ensemble cast and stories.

[@tlg40]

Don't know how I never caught it but bey says to Naymond "I'm still your father nay" right before they embrace

[@NYGiantsFtw1]

I cried during that scene. And I never cry.

[@raoulhery]

"what you want?" Kennard is the best, the legend who killed Omar

[@tomthumb9173]

Kennard was a little bitch and he's gonna get got. Omar's name be still ringing in these streets.

[@glortw]

Tom Thumb I just started this show like a week ago. I'm halfway through season 5. So. Now I know what happens to Omar, my very favorite. Your comment is the best. I couldn't agree more. You know that piece of shit didn't last long. Kimmy and Renaldo (sp) are still around.. I hope. I'm glad you appreciate Omar. I am not mad bc I don't expect spoiler alerts when the show ended years ago. I just shouldn't have read any of the comments when I haven't finished watching. Anyway my point was glad there are other Omar fans.

[@DrNickRiveria]

this why you need to stop reading.

[@BoiledBunny]

I'd not heard this Weller song before. The Wire is deserving of all the plaudits. Imagine what it must be like involved with making something like this?

[@cityhawk80]

I would argue, however, that Namond simply elevated the role he played in the game. Namond's trajectory suggests he could very well end up as a Clarence Royce or Clay Davis. With luck, he could be a Tony Gray, but just because he's off the streets doesn't mean he's completely removed from that world. I think his nod to Donut at the end of the montage confirms that.

[@charliep5139]

not that the wire was ever about making you feel good, but that god they threw in that shot of cutty at the gym healing up well with his nurse because, damn, this may be one of the depressing season montage of the whole series because of how much they made you care about those middle schoolers...

[@clfn85]

Fkkk I loved this season so much. This show was something else . Brought you into the character state of mind and made it so good. This track fit so good with the season ending montage .

[@aidanfox8219]

Namond was the luckiest kid out of all his friends.

[@MontyDatta]

The Wire gets better and better. 1st season was okay for me, kinda felt bored TBH. I was like, why do people praise this show so much? Season 2 was good. Season 3 was awesome. Season 4 was brilliant, so much emotion and realism. I'm about to start season 5. The acting soooo good. This show has one of the best cast especially the kid actors. One my favorite shows besides Breaking Bad,Game of Thrones, and Lost(I know some people were disappointed on the show but i loved it watching it altogether

[@ginochen2936]

Monty Datta the wire season one was as good as two and four.

[@BigFaoiter]

Randy's fate was a tragic yet required part of the season and gives a masterful backstory for marlo without even having to say it.

[@WELLER2002]

"I Walk On Gilded Splinters" by Paul Weller (Dr. John Cover).

[@romilrh]

2:20 Small scene, but it's the most realistic-sounding fight scene I've ever seen. Punches and kicks don't actually make much sound

[@GreatBirdOfHope]

Marlo was waiting like an angry girlfriend!!

[@DrearierSpider1]

Agreed. I also love just how many well written and developed characters there are. I've seen lists like "Top 50 Characters of The Wire" online and it's not a stretch. Mcnulty, Omar, Avon, Rawls, Carcetti, Michael, Frank Sobotka, Prop Joe, goddamn I could keep listing names for another 5 or so comments with KZbin's comment size limit. Seriously though, even a show as amazing as Breaking Bad only has like 5 or 6.

[@Professorrob2k24]

After all that work…..the same thing over again

[@jhwalsh93]

Just an utter masterpiece

[@daftrok]

Season 4 was a fucking roller coaster of emotion. I thought Season 3 was the best until I saw this.

[@TQmatt]

And thus ended the greatest TV season of all time.

[@FreakyStyleytobby]

Great observation! You're pretty damn right, it's a big advantage of this series.

[@allamaraine8066]

Fuck, I love this show. This might’ve been my favorite of the season finale montages.

[@michaelirons2712]

One of the greatest shows. Completely raw

[@blackink43]

prefect ending

[@RashBoogieTV]

@ 0:27 I loved how they've yet to identify Mike😂😂

[@terryg582]

Cutty baggin that nurse from the hospital was fye, the best part on the positive side lol

[@jamesh2729]

That is true, I suppose what I find most tragic about Dukie is that when we first saw Dukie he was easily the worst off but he did end up getting a taste of a slightly normal life. Then when he became adjusted to that he ended up on the streets becoming just another addict.

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

I'm so glad they didn't cancel the show after season 4 because this montage sets up so much of the season 5 storyline

[@TreWimsical]

Every season-ending montage did, the series finale brought everything back full circle

[@tucko11]

Kenard spitting at Mr Presbo was tight lol

[@AwfulWaffle8474]

I felt so bad for Randy. He completely changed from S4 to S5. I know Dukie is the most heart breaking but you can tell Randy was messed up by both the police and the drug world and it ruined his life.

[@HO-vt5pk]

facts randy had a bright future till he started snitching bro was telling the vice principal everything bruh even shit that didn’t have nothing to do with that he was getting in trouble for if he jus kept his mouth shut

[@elemento188]

You can look'em in the eye. Best TV show ever. This season is tuff

[@kurtjjj7]

This is the best show ever created and it is better than any movie or any book. completely serious. no joke.

[@JoSheperd]

Still standing by that after more than a decade?

[@Labyriiint]

Most depressing season i've seen. Amazing but depressing and hopeless.

[@7canwait]

Michael on the board, he is now officially in the game

[@agthaog1986]

this was soo real

[@AlvinHDavernport]

I don't know why, the song that always plays in my brain every time I think of the Wire is Street Spirit by Radiohead... it's such hopelessness, such profound desperation turned into the most beautiful form of art possible...

[@dmartig1]

What always gets me is Namond was the only kid who was saved from the streets and probably the least deserving. The randomness of life.

[@SuperMoss15]

Deserve's got nothing to do with it. Namond actually seeked help. Carver tried his best to help Randy, but to no avail, Michael didn't want help out of the streets, and Duke didn't seek help and gave up way too soon.