Was that Marlo on the street at the start of the ending montage?
I thought he might’ve gone back to running a corner. After leaving the circle-jerk of developers, he walked up on those kids who were telling an Omar story and challenged them. He wasn’t on a corner otherwise. He clearly wants his name back, but whether he’s going to get back in the drug game? Unstated in the piece. Avon, Stringer Bell and Marlo are such different leaders. I think it’s clear what drives Avon and Stringer, but Marlo is a real mystery, to the end. What drives him? Power. Totalitarian power. The desire that only dares to speak its name when a human being is sated with money and fame. No one really gets out unscathed this season, except for Kima Greggs, maybe. Do you think it’s possible to work within any of these institutions and remain honorable? Bunk, Prez, are OK, maybe. Bubbles, of course, though he is an outsider, struggling only with his own addictions. Sydnor will be fine for a minute or two more, maybe. But no, that’s the point of this postindustrial American trag
