Why Did The Coroner Switch Omar's Name Tag? - The Wire Explained

[@CineRanter]

Please note that I have had to cut out segments of this video due to a copyright hit. You can see the full uncut version for free here: www.patreon.com/posts/why-did-coroner-112354709?Link&

[@Bdigitalz100]

“At the end of the game…..The King 👑 and the Pawn ♟️ go back in the same box” 🔥🔥🔥🔥 fire quote well said

[@geller2719]

Go back in the same shinebox

[@KuluWarrior]

​@user-qx5nk6qg2b should everybody have heard it?

[@WestSideGorilla1980]

Now there's an image!

[@user-qx5nk6qg2b]

@@WestSideGorilla1980 Catching, not pitching?

[@WestSideGorilla1980]

@@user-qx5nk6qg2b Gary Cooper was gay?

[@Ellisite]

Any video about Omar I get half way in and it hits me... RIP MKW.

[@CollaredConsulting]

Don’t do drugs, kids

[@dukedematteo1995]

Very sad.

[@BeAsia3.14]

Word. The Wire made his name ring bells but he was an awesome actor before The Wire. He killed the part of Omar though. That part was his and he will ALWAYS be remembered for being "Omarrr comin"

[@MummyBrown]

Same. This man was one helluva actor. Omar was magic and, for me, he gives this show the rewatchability that it will forever have.

[@carolynfager5045]

Absolutely! A terrible loss.

[@jamesdemayo6283]

My favorite Omar line "Money don't have owners, just spenders."

[@owie4070]

"Boy, you must have me confused for a man who likes to repeat himself" Said to Marlo while he was robbing him. Loved that line.

[@alexanderdevine3501]

Money don't have no owners just spenders......

[@studiomangordon2933]

@@alexanderdevine3501 love that line .. top 5 in the show to me

[@pinebarrens351]

@@alexanderdevine3501shieeeeeeeeet

[@Vercingetorix.Rising]

That whole scene is full of quotables. " wear it in health "

[@notrab13]

“At the end of the day, the King and the pawn go back into the same box because the game is The Game.” That is probably the best single sentence summary one could make of The Wire, and using the metaphor from the show is really artful. I really dig your vids, but I’m super impressed by how well you constructed that.

[@sethbrundels]

Omar foreshadowed his own death, he was watching Marlo hold court through the window, and he sees Mike, and says " ahhh hes just a kid"

[@hughjass7101]

"Mike" didnt shoot him, Canard did. Try less hard.

[@IsaacFleming-o5o]

Michael didn't kill Omar

[@williamnealy4588]

Yep, always kinda had a soft spot for the kids, and in a sense underestimated them. When Kenard saw Omar limping, he was disappointed because the legend of Omar that he envisioned in his mind was shattered, his fear of Omar left, and that’s how he knew he could take him out easily. Did you notice how Marlo wanted his name to be remembered, but in the end, Omar’s name is the one everyone talked about.

[@Cavario_the_mind_plug]

Oddly the kid they show in this video at the 1:29 mark is THE kid.They foreshadow the character in that clip where Omar passes by him crouching down in the alley apparently about to set a cat on fire.

[@Vercingetorix.Rising]

Ya kenard was beating cats in the slley. He was a "bad kid". He robbed kids older than him and stood tall on his shit. Kenard perfectly displayed the new wave of kids @Cavario_the_mind_plug

[@rjamesyork]

David Simon said that this and Prop Joe’s death were examples of how the paper missed *all* the big stories in this season and were completely unfamiliar with the city they ostensibly covered.

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Yes they couldn't even write a two sentence blurb. Because they didn't have enough reporters and they had budget cuts and they were distracted by chasing awards and everything.

[@MrSnappyJones]

@@michaelcorcoran8768yeah Alma mentioned it like it wasn't even newsworthy

[@robj362]

There's hundreds of murders in Baltimore every year. For us, having followed these characters we know their story, their impact. But to anyone outside the story it's just another in a long line of murder. Another statistic

[@ArtByChris10]

7:20 Stringer died a snake, not a coward. He tried to negotiate for his life, but he didn't beg. He actually went out like a G

[@mackboy2325]

But in the streets Chris and Snoop took credit for the hit. There is a scene where Snoop is telling the crew that Stringer was begging for his life and how pathetic it was. That's where it's believed he died like a coward.

[@ArtByChris10]

@@mackboy2325 that's a fact. Good video.. that's just the only inaccurate part

[@RockySamson]

What I love most about Marlo’s last scene and Omar’s death is that it shows that in the end, even though he died, Omar won. He beat Marlo, whose name is even an anagram of Omar with an added L. In the end, everyone was talking about Omar with legend status, but no one even knew who Marlo was, and now there’s nothing Marlo can do to save his rep on the street, while Omar’s name will continue to ring out until people start talking about Michael.

[@MarcillaSmith]

Mar(s) was the God of War, and is even referenced by Omar, who points out, "Greeks called him Ares." Omar was the O-Mar(s), unlike the lesser Mar(s) - Mar-lo.

[@MathewMcDonald-dy8zg]

Damn good analysis

[@spoogerification]

Marlo ends the show rich and a legitimate businessman

[@BlvckAdam]

Marlo ended the show with the choice of being a legitimate businessman, but when those kids tried to rob him and he bested them, it was implied that he wouldn’t leave the streets behind.

[@davidstansbury9309]

​@spoogerification much to his own chagrin.

[@mvm4500]

Also, the white guy in the morgue is one of the cops in the first season. The one that was thinking about falling down the stairs and taking early retirement. I think symbolize how in the end death is the great equalizer for cop and criminal.

[@jasongist3791]

I forgot about that guy

[@williesavageii]

Outstanding observation and analysis. Thank you!

[@OLDSKOOLNYC1]

Officer Augustus Polk

[@steelydan449]

I thought he was shown later in evidence control?

[@thamayor6324]

That’s his partner in EC

[@iandhr1]

Great video as always. Omar always has great lines. One of my favorites is "I don't know about cards but I think these 4-5s beat a full house."

[@jayhari1713]

Its time for a rewatch on this dope show. Im a couple years overdue

[@xcjbmgx]

Facts 💯💪🏾

[@Tyweezy84]

Same 💯

[@leezy714]

I watch it every 2 years to get away from the BS TV

[@missmaomi28]

Yup i probably watch it every 6 months

[@jayhari1713]

@missmaomi28 lol niiiice. I'm like that with Sopranos, Breaking Bad, and Sons of Anarchy. I don't have HBO on demand to watch The Wire. I think imma buy the complete series off Amazon

[@eastbee103]

Greatest TV show ever!! The performances were real and the writing was powerful!!

[@thinkinsidetheboxsquarecir3303]

He said "Sheeeeit" in his brit'ish Clay Davis accent😅

[@xcjbmgx]

😂😂😂

Followed by Omar's "indeed".

[@ryanbesco8067]

The guy who plays clay Davis was the doctor at the end of GoodFellas

[@Cbart23]

Shieeeeeeeeet

[@redcriket]

I actually think in a way it shows that Omar didn't end up just another body but got to keep his name in death. Remember, Marlo says "my name is my name." Omar got the respect Marlo wanted because he was a man of the people. I like to think he got a proper homegoing, he did have a grandmother he took to church on Sundays.

[@nikkiearl]

Tryna shoot her crown on a Sunday🙃 rip mkw best character ever Omar was the 🐐

[@sickofitall8486]

Interesting take. I had kind of the opposite take myself. When I first saw the scene, I took it as Omar was a big name on the streets of Baltimore amongst the drug trade and the Baltimore PD, but outside of that world, he was just another dead body as a result of the crime that plagued the city. That's the beauty of a show that's written this well. Two people can have two completely different interpretations of a scene and neither is wrong.

[@RizzoSphinx]

i took them replacing the name tags as omar recieiving a 21 gun salute police style funeral and that cop being buried as a no name.

[@The_Com-Mentor]

That's some observation to pull out of one scene. Wow! Great job.

[@tavarisp452]

Wow. I’ve never thought anything into that scene except an intern or new employee messed up but in The Wire there are no throw away time filling scenes. Thanks!

[@glowing571]

34 - he was a f**king kid. Me, I'm an old man.

[@Carolinaskymaclean]

Sad when they...go young like that

[@glowing571]

@@Carolinaskymaclean WHEN THEY GO? C'mon, ah?

[@atomicstone93]

Don't do it to yourself Philly

[@JTD2001]

No more Butchie

[@CollaredConsulting]

The wine makes you emotional

[@MarblesXIII]

The cheese stands alone.

[@solkaress]

No, he didn't hit us with that Clay Davis....shhhhiiiiiittttt😂😂😂😂😂

[@mdotcom09]

meaning that he mattered in the streets but in the hospital he was just another body in the morgue.....

[@mikemcewen516]

My drill sergeants used to say that daily “givin a fukk when it ain’t your turn”. Gets people in trouble all the time.

[@DreadMaximus]

7:21 I wouldn’t say Stringer died as a coward… he said get on with it. Honestly what could he have done?

[@CineRanter]

Marlo's people spread rumors that they killed him and he died as a coward

[@DreadMaximus]

Ahh ok, I didn’t remember that. Thanks

[@whateverwhatever4026]

Plus he did run from Omar for the several minutes before that and than bribe his way out. He only responded with get on with it, when he saw he could do anything to change it. Plus plus he was only in that situation because of his own bad decisions.

[@southfieldtrill9690]

He said that after he tried to bargain for his life and it wasn't no buying them off 😂. So yes he tucked his tail 💯

[@lamaredward22]

@@CineRanterthat’s usually how the streets go, that’s why slim Charles is a super underrated at we character because he knew all of marlo moves that’s why he lasted he stayed off his radar and didn’t take the big position marlo offered him , he waited him out because he knew a guy like marlo doesn’t last long in the game and as long as sim Charles been around they came across a lot of marlo back then, also to add to that goes hand to hand when weebay told his son a guy like marlo come around breaking the rules they ended that person quickly. Marlo just a guy that got lucky and was in a vacant seat, even avon knew Marlo reign would be short. Marlo was never a true king, the symbolism is when he’s sitting at window number 2 when him and avon talk, also Marlo became stronger bell in the end which stronger was a number 2 and Marlo had on a suit just like stringer. If they did another wire season or a few more, marlo would be back in the game but he would be to smart for cops to figure out especially cause he has all the money.

[@hypnoticflower3152]

I feel like Omar was a part of the big picture. Those who need to know you know you. Just because certain individuals are unfamiliar with you does not mean you don’t possess a heavy role in things. Everyone who needed to know him knew him. Mean while no one spoke about Marlo. His name only meant something to himself

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

The point is all his concern about having a reputation on the street, it's all fleeting. He's one of the most fascinating characters in Baltimore and yet the newspaper didn't even have space to write a two sentence blurb about him. They chose to cover a little fire instead. The morgue almost misidentified him. The whole point is that he'll quickly be forgotten. His obsession over his reputation in the street was a misguided descent

[@TheSquad4life]

Heavy role in things within his “little” world. Same way a CEO mostly holds weight within the business sector and outside of that (money aside) no one would respect him more than others. So I think the point is how all that street cred BS is so fleeting and amounts to nothing to the rest of society. At least the businessman might get a line or two obituary newspaper . Omar is just another gangsta, thug , street dude etc. I think that message in itself is genuine and powerful. I lled

[@remylebeau5212]

Jim jones you to say"I don't wanna be famous,I want all the famous people to know me!" Even though I doubt he meant it I understand where you don't need everyone to know you if all the important people do.😂🤦🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️

[@MickyTubbs1985]

Precisely. It was not Stanfield who was "feared; it was his two henchmen, particularly Chris Partlow.

[@cel4403]

The scene showed no matter how big or important someone is in your world. To others they are nobody. The day your mother dies people will get up and go to work. Billions of people will never know or care about her or what she meant to you.

[@bucksdiaryfan]

Thanks for turning me on to "We Own This City". I had never heard of it! There's a great scene in episode 3 with the actors that played Marlo (he's a homicide detective) and Dukey (he's a uniform cop)... it took me a while to recognize Dukey

[@4SteveKombolis]

I agree, it was to show despite being a legend on the street, once gone you're just another body where they may not even get your name right I was locked up for a short time decades ago and there'd be people talking about they did what they did for the streets and to represent. Well I can tell you nobody from the streets came on visiting day and nobody on the streets was putting money in their accounts. It's where Stringer made the most sense saying they didn't get into this just have their name ring out on some corner. He knew ultimately that meant nothing big picture

[@Howwerelivingfishing]

I love that people are still making videos about this show lol. I’ve shown it to so many people, and I’m about to rewatch it with a new friend

[@MadMicMusic197]

The newspaper part was such an amazing touch

[@RealTalkOrWalk]

I always thought that the guy knew who Omar was (like you originally thought) & I thought he switched the tags bc Omar would get a proper burial in the white guys casket 🪦 or the other thing you suggested, where Omar’s body would be missing & rumors of him still being out there would still have dealers on their toes wondering when he’d come back to ruin their day (or maybe lives).

[@ryanward3822]

not having omar in the paper just shows either they dont know, it dont show or they just dont give a shit whats going on in the hood

[@sickofitall8486]

Hey Dough. You still got one brother left.

[@MalcolmTurnerKing]

5:26 The Wire was the ORIGINAL Game of Thrones, and it's appropriate that Littlefinger was in it 😂😂😂

[@RileyFree1]

It’s simple. It was meant to show that for all you do in life none of it matters in death, you’re just another body. For as feared and known as Omar was in his walk of life, in the grand scheme of things that meant nothing in his death. Not only that but that’s yet another one of the many many times the show creators show you just how dysfunctional the city of baltimores infrastructure is. This seems egregious to tag someone’s dead loved one as the wrong person, but it’s just random paperwork that’s gonna get overlooked or misplaced.

[@spaffeye5939]

How have I only just noticed the name of the medical examiner on Omar's tag is MICHAELSON. if that isn't a dead give away to Michael becoming the new Omar, i don't know what is. I've seen this show in it's entirety at least 5 times and I still spot new stuff on re-watches.

[@ericthebeef]

Great vid. Watched the series again and loved it. Was really enjoying the understated brilliance of costume design. The Old West motif of Omar's look or the military like dress of Chris Patrlow, etc.

[@heroedeleyenda05]

I love how he starts each video telling us what the show is about. I would be completely lost without his intro.

[@Buford_T_Justice1]

I love how guys like you think they are funny. I would be completely laughless if it wasn’t for you. Ha ha

[@J.Gainez]

@@MarcillaSmithdid u really say poop posting 💀

[@J4YeSun357]

He has to explain because some people might not be as familiar with the show, coming across his video might put em on to The Wire. Make sense now?

[@MarcillaSmith]

@@J.Gainez still too vulgar? I should have said "fertilizer."

[@ssherrierable]

In 2009 I was in a halfway house in Irvington nj on lyons ave called Q1 and there was a church across the street. Outside one day I heard ppl saying that guy across the street at church was Omar from the wire. That’s how I discovered the wire deciding to watch the show to see if I could recognize the man and sure enough it was Michael k Williams and Christian love Baptist church was his church he attended every Sunday.

[@The_Relevance]

*Just watched this and your recent video on Kenard and it amazes how you're still finding these great Easter eggs* 🔥

[@heavybre]

Omar, despite the random death, still went out a legend. Marlo may have won according to mainstream society, but he got no ring in the Streets, which is what he wanted. Moral: Choose wisely what you care about, it'll either lift you up or bring you down.

[@mikeythompson7777]

Omar's not whistling, "The Farmer In The Dell." He's whistling -- naturally, chillingly -- "A Hunting We Will Go."

[@anthonyskata]

No it's the farmer in the dell. Because he says "The cheese stands alone" at one point after finishing his whistle

[@mikeythompson7777]

@@anthonyskata Dammit. Looked it up, and every source -- including my AI platform -- says you are right! All these years I thought it was "A Hunting We Will Go" because that seemed so much more appropriate lol. So, thanks, kudos, and apologies. 😁😁😉

[@MickyTubbs1985]

@@mikeythompson7777 The "Loony Tunes " character "Elmer Fuud " sang "A Hunting We Will Go" in one of the cartoons chasing that rascally rabbit "Buggs Bunny and this was in all likelihood where Omar picked it up watching cartoons as a child.

[@nikkiearl]

That whistle still gives me chills.😮

[@timothyslaughter476]

Either song applies but in an otherwise anti Hollywood show the Omar character is complete Hollywood slop. If he stood or walked alone, back uncovered whistling or not, for 10 seconds he'd be harbor freight. I get the popularity of the character and it was acted beautifully but seriously not a chance in hell.

[@jaymacphoto78]

One other thing that is pretty interesting is that Omar Little is based on a few real people that were there, Shorty Boyd, Ferdinand Harvin, Billy Outlaw, Anthony Hollie and finally Larry Donnell "Donnie" Andrews who incidentally played "Donnie" (basically himself) on the wire. He was friend, gunman and adviser to Omar and Butchie. 🤘

[@josephjwoods66]

Had to subscribe after the outstanding summary !!!!! Nice!!!

[@drbeavis4211]

I need to watch this show again, its been over a decade since my last rewatch.

[@Tony-mn7vo]

This is a good analysis.

[@bradw2020]

Okay enough with the preambles...

[@theskinnieguinea]

Skip the preamble and Dont go into a preamble

[@alancarmody8848]

Walt Whitman over here

[@dman375]

Great analysis!

[@RonaldGaither-ro6je]

The kid that shot and killed Omar, notice him at 1:30...what is he about to do to the cat? And Omar has to be one of the greatest characters ever...extraordinarily complex. I was fortunate enough to run into Michael K. Williams in Atlanta and I told him that Omar Little was a fantastic character -- and that he did an amazing job of capturing him. He was humble and simply shook my hand and said thank you.

[@mathomaatuark]

I didn’t see your post so unfortunately I repeated your question. The cat is scared & that lil bastard is holding lighter fluid. That’s what’s he’s doing with the cat.

[@antoinefilms_]

this guy is tripping me out with the Omar and Clay Davis adlibs lol

[@WP3636]

This is your best one, yet. Spot on! 👍✌️👍

[@JayJay-766]

Excellent breakdown. I agree on all points

[@myvideosbrown4026]

between avon and omar they both was loved all across americas urban communities

[@eastbee103]

Some nobody often takes out a street legend!!

[@Jmar1024]

I love how each season has a different theme but the same overall message. Hence the same opening theme song, covered by different artists in different genres. Interesting factoid: season 2 is the only season to feature the original version of "Way Down in the Hole"

[@iandhr1]

6:20. I found it interesting too. Gus knew who "Fat Faced Rick" was. He recognized his name through the list of campaign contributors to various city council members, and how he got a profitable real estate deal through it. So I wonder why he never knew who Joe was, given Joe was a higher ranking member in the drug trade. It could've been a testament to how Joe operated. Avon and Marlo "wanted their names to ring out." Joe, on the other hand, kept a lower profile. As Joe said on several occasions "buy for a dollar sell for two"

[@fitforfreelance]

Fascinating analysis. I see it in the stories of our own lives. You can do so much, but you're only a small detail in someone else's work

[@henrybiggs3113]

It was simple... It just showed that even the people in the medical field knew who Omar was...💯💯💯

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

They didn't know who he was. They had to read the tag and realized they misidentified the color and cause of death. The whole point was that he became a nameless unknown to most people the minute he died. They didn't even write a blurb about him in the newspaper

[@ragnarlothbruk5090]

@@michaelcorcoran8768100%correct. The game respects no one.

[@Swagandkicks]

Shiiiiiid

[@mle6501]

He wasn't a nobody. He was a somebody in his world.

[@smartyjonez5470]

If Omar wanted to peruse that lifestyle, he should have done so quietly

[@cigaweed88]

He was gay Omar?

[@MrSpicabooo]

@@cigaweed88mega gay

[@2adunny733]

i haven't seen the show in years. i'm pretty sure The M.E. switched them on purpose. he even says something and chuckles after doing "they should get a kick out of this" sometimes to that effect

[@TheRealSuperGeeks]

He didn’t whistle “The Farmer in the Dell.” While the tune is the same, he was actually whistling, “A Hunting We Will Go,” a tribute to Elmer Fudd from the Looney Tunes cartoons.

[@andersonthespidersilva1518]

because david simon wanted to be that way

[@shrim1481]

But it's the other way...

[@DEMARCORICHIE]

People told me I should have watched this back when it first aired. Finally binged it a few weeks ago… and it was pretty good. A bit dated at this point but I can see why it was so hyper back when it first came out. Really good show:

[@vincentshadetree]

5:20 😅 I remembered to hit the like button when you said this lol

[@luclongly529]

Very insightful 🤔👏🙂

[@STYLEE-T]

What I got from the scene was. The county coroner possibly also went to school with Omar like Clay Davis, and being the coroner you know that it's only a matter of time when a major source of job security will soon be on the slab eye to eye with you.

[@johnmiller4282]

We wanted Omar to go out saying say hello to my little friend

[@markgolden6265]

The game does not change. The players in the game change. The firepower changes but, not the violence of the streets. Omar saying Michael is just a kid was watching himself come full circle. Father Time is undefeated

[@luciancoard7387]

Well done! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@matthewso84]

Your box metaphor is utterly. superb. Excellent video as always!

[@shahn1900]

Man you really gave street life perspective. They were insignificant when it came to real life and this is true outside of Hollywood.

[@oddballskull1941]

Bro is just now cover some shit anyone who has ever watched this series already knew and basically said the same shit purekino said years ago. Thank you

[@GreenArtsOrphan]

as always you video in this type show are great. TY. I always thought someone like McNulty or Bunk. change the name tags to give him a respectful burying, as a last good deed to him , showing the least they can do for him. and not just get cremated and forgotten . My guess was maybe Bunk, since he was the last one to had the talk with.

[@cappriment]

I wanted one more season, focused on the health and medical industries!

[@3dakainsane]

The omar still being alive thing would of been a cool detail for the show to use. Way better than the serial killer thing lol

[@Fortywater5508]

"At the end of the day " the King and the Pawn go back into the same Box. " I like that

[@theundergroundlairofthesqu9261]

Exactly what I was thinking about that scene. A legend on the streets, in a game lots of people don't know is doing on. Stringer: " You know, Avon, you gotta think about what we got in this game for, man. Huh? Was it the rep? Was it so our names could ring out on some fucking ghetto streetcorner, man? No, man. There's games beyond the fucking game."

[@Cbart23]

Omar Devon Little.

[@country4lyfe365]

The name tag mix up, is to show , that no matter what you've think you've done or accomplished, when you die.....your back to no one. It shows your not near as big as you think you where. He was a king in the streets, but in death? It's back to the real world ,with real people "the mourge workers" were they've never heard of you. It's to show a world within a world. It shows , Anyone could have been an Omar.

[@BleekAdrian]

“..y’know what happens to a body they can’t ID in the morgue?”- McNulty

[@narxes]

He was gay, Omar Little?

[@zamplify]

How'd you figure that one out.

[@Kromsmitesyou]

He's married, with a gumar!

[@jaredmatthews9403]

@@Kromsmitesyou He's a come from behind kind of guy

[@marlonthomas8042]

Fucking slander you ask me!

[@shrim1481]

The penguin exhibit.

[@Wedarealsinnas]

u gotta new subscriber brodie

[@kenwalker1715]

"How you gonna run with the wolves at night if you run with the pups during the day?"

[@mikeplaysit]

Probably so that the legend of Omar can remain floating around like "You know, they say the dude that was autopsied and buried wasn't even Omar!".. lol

[@cwf081166]

I thought the part with the name tags was showing exactly how screwed up the Baltimore Medical Examiners Office was. They can't keep a simple name tag with the patient. Plus they were bring persons from temp agency to make things worse. I know they have temp agencies for the medical field, but to need that help in the ME's office is something else for both agency, ME dept. and the worker. Canard being Omar Littles killer shows how young the HOPPERS/corner kids are getting. What is next toddlers running the corners? What was Canard's age 8-9. everyone claims to be Omar's killer, but when the news reports a 8 year Canard being arrested and charged for Omar's murder Snoop's and every other persons claim goes out the window and down the drain. Plus Canard will be out of prison by 18-21 and everyone will remember him at least taking the rap, doing time for the murder of Omar Little regardless of the truth.

[@julianbrown3668]

When i first time i saw the same scene i felt the same thing another blackman dead and no one knew who he was outside the black community..

[@kylebenbow431]

His name was not his name

[@erics362]

Your comment made me realize a connection between 2 similar Wire quotes: Vondas says, "My name is not my name." Maro shouts, "My name IS my name!"

[@narxes]

He went into the unknown not knowing.

[@madhash83]

@@narxesHe petered out… he died on the vine

[@mryoutuber8797]

Hey, nice video. You should do a video on the movie Shawshank redemption.

[@maylabrown4584]

Cause Omar’s Blood was found to be special and he was actually never dead at all! He was moved by the Assassin’s Guild and given the new name of “Moussa”. Great writing on Simon and Co tbh

[@myronsanders4563]

David Simon hated the way Omar was being glorified. So, starting in Season 3, he started to deconstruct the character. 1st by making him stage a botched robbery of a Drug house that leads to a clumsy death of 1 of his crew members, and the lecture Bunk gives him, then his overall death which is 1 big ironic twist of fate: Doesn't touch civilians and children, but a 10 year old literally pulls the trigger on him when grown men couldn’t. And Omar looks him right in the eyes before he does it. What follows is him being fully deconstructed: Civilians making up rumors he robbed the Bodega he died in, Bunk at the crime scene pissed at him because he thought Omar broke a promise when he told him "no more bodies", the newspaper not giving him a mention in the newspaper and instead a light Arson. This is suppose to hit you in the gut because Omar lived by a strict code of how he did his business. How he robbed those "in the game" but did not bother those who were not. It all unravels right in front of you after his death. His code and morals were all for nothing, then the final scene with the toetags: For as loved as Omar was on this show, he nearly got buried as a 70 year old White guy. It get thrown further in the wind with the "Urban Legend" tall tales of his death Nice video though

[@MrSnappyJones]

He did break his promise to Bunk...in a miserably ineffective way at that. Hit zero targets in the apartment. All he could get was Savino. The one chance he got with Chris all he could do was hide behind the bulletproof couch and stare at Donnie's corpse. Which isn't a fair comparison since it was 4 vs. 2 in the apartment I would have loved if season 5 wasn't so rushed and there could have been at least an episode or two where Chris and Omar hunted each other. Would have been all time bad ass television history.

[@myronsanders4563]

I still think Omar dies the same way. The whole point of his death was for all his Robin Hood glory, he was human and flawed and could get got like any of us Had the show had an extra couple episodes, I think only the newsroom would have been beefed up

[@donhozy]

The older white man in the morgue @3:30, next to Omar, appears to be the same actor as the extra in the background (to the left) of the newsroom @6:11.

[@doingstuffinpublic]

12 secs in. Imma say because Omar was VERY well respected by the ppl. HE swapped the name tag because "Omar" can't die. The Hood NEEDS an Omar at all times. That's where young pretty boy took over forgot his name

[@sean202]

You don't know what you're talking about, Avon, Marlo and even String would be remembered and respected they had a lot of people on the payroll, legit too and gave a lot away , Omar was feared not respected he was robbed people took product of the street which can raise the price, no one liked him, the cops was just using him and he pissed them off, and the kid who wanted to be him merced him.

[@cblack1107]

I've binge watched this shit like 3 times already and i think its bout time for round 4...G shit

[@bigkahuna3534]

@7:19 how did stringer die as a coward? he told them to get on with it

[@Brother_TD]

Michael K Williams wouldve love this breakdown !! RIP🕊️

[@bryanjohnson1628]

It's not the fact that if you zone out, Omar doesn't matter...it's if you zone out, the streets don't matter. That world doesn't matter. That whish is significant on those streets, all those characters...don't matter.

[@VoodooDangerbird]

Outta Respect for the Truest King of the Game.

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

Yeah, but what about "no-hard Anthony"? His name still ringing out??