A former police officer, Bunny Colvin, encounters Namond in a special school program and sees that Namond might be able to do something else with his life. He just has more to lose, lucks into opportunities, and sometimes shows a bit of his heart—something that as often as not gets treated badly. Here, for example, is Wee-Bay with Namond early Season 4. This is the family business, and this could be any family with mom and dad ragging on a sulky teen who would rather hang out with his friends instead of work.
Those questions come into hard relief when Colvin comes to visit Wee-Bey to discuss the possibility that Namond might come live with Colvin and his wife. The world has changed; the drug trade has changed; policing has changed. Baltimore has changed. The Barksdales, bad as they were in many respects, had norms and values that guided what they did until that organization changed in Season 3.
Eventually Wee-Bey comes to see it. She resists; Namond is, after all, her son. And Wee-Bey does stand by her, at least. And she knows it. She takes work to see. She was a baby herself. He taunts Dukie until he attacks him and Michael breaks up the fight. When Dukie is beaten up by a rival gang, Namond expresses a desire for revenge. He suggests using guns but Randy has the idea of an ambush using water balloons filled with their own urine.
The plan backfires on Namond who bursts his balloon over himself. The terrace boys chase after Namond and his friends. Many of his friends including Michael is caught and are viciously beating, Namond hides nearby and watches Michael beaten by two terrace kids. Namond later buys ice cream for all of his friends to make amends, but refuses to buy Dukie ice cream, until Michael urges him. Namond and De'Londa visit Wee-Bey regularly at the prison.
Wee-Bey relies on them to keep his beloved pet fish and Namond follows his fathers instructions. Wee-Bey is glad that Namond is working with Bodie and gives him advice on succeeding as a drug dealer including getting a less distinctive haircut. De'Londa is unimpressed with Namond's attitude towards his work and threatens to withhold money for new clothes until he applies himself.
Namond swaps the job with Michael so that his friend can make money for a time. Despite her threats and Namond giving up his job, De'Londa buys him new clothes for school. When school begins Namond proves to be disruptive in class and to have a general disregard for school rules.
He quickly runs afoul of Assistant Principal Marcia Donnelly for wearing non-uniform clothing. Also in the class are Chiquan, Laetitia and Zenobia. Namond often disrupts the class and eventually is suspended for three days because of his actions. He apologises to Prez of his own volition afterwards. Namond keeps a knife hidden in a bush at school, but it's confiscated by Donnelly on a random sweep. De'Londa takes Namond to visit his father during his suspension.
Wee-Bey continues to take more interest in the street than Namond's school. Namond and De'Londa suffer a major change in circumstances when Brianna decides to cut them off. De'Londa is outraged but powerless to argue. De'Londa sets Namond up dealing narcotics to support them and still refuses to let him drop out of school.
She insists that she will personally convince Bodie to give him a package. Namond asks about what Brianna meant about them already having enough money and De'Londa tells him that Brianna was lying. She visits Bodie and convinces him to give Namond a package to work.
When Namond returns to school he is placed in a special class under the supervision of Howard "Bunny" Colvin. He acts out, trying to be expelled from the class to begin selling his package but learns that in his new class there will be no further suspensions.
He also is unable to faze Colvin as Colvin is a former Western district police commander who has himself grown up in West Baltimore. Consequently, Colvin is not as scared as the academic types in the classroom as he has dealt with several people much worse than Namond during his 30 year tenure with the Baltimore Police Department.
Namond recruits Donut , Little Kenard and Byron to help him move the package he has been given. Despite his best efforts, he cannot convince Michael to get involved. Namond is driven away from his first choice of territory by a rival crew. Another young dealer called Sherrod attacks him as he leaves Cutty's gym to warn him off. Cutty breaks up the fight rescuing Namond from a beating. His young dealers are not impressed with his second choice of territory and their trade slows down. Namond begins to enjoy the Special Class when the teacher gives him a chance to talk about his ambitions and his views on what makes a successful "corner boy.
He also reveals something of a motive for his disruptive behaviour when he tells the class that he does not believe he should obey the rules when there are so many examples of others profiting from wrongdoing - he states steroids, liquor, cigarettes and Enron as examples. Namond's shrewd descriptions of life on the corner in the classroom do not translate into success in his business.
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