“Don’t try this shit at home.” – Norman Wilson Carcetti responds to a campaign smear. Randy is accused of a serious transgression. Colvin’s special class gets its first enlistees.
“If you with us, you with us.” – Chris Partlow Commissioner Burrell loses Royce’s support; Chris Partlow tries to recruit Michael to become a soldier in Marlo’s unit; Dukie shows…
“I love the first day, man. Everybody all friendly an’ shit.” – Namond Brice Prez is shocked by his students; Royce strikes back against Carcetti; Rawls begins to gut the…
“I still wake up white in a city that ain’t.” – Carcetti In the hopes of possibly saving her job, Pearlman and Freamon continue arguing over the subpoenas, as the…
“Lambs to the slaughter here.” – Marcia Donnelly Four West Baltimore boys wrestle with what to do with the rest of their summer vacation as the new fall school year…
“…we fight on the lie.” — Slim Charles A reticent Avon readies his troops for a seemingly endless war against Marlo. Meanwhile, as the detail works towards the top rungs…
“We don’t need to dream no more.” — Stringer Bell The wire begins to yield information about the Barksdale organization, though finding links to the top proves elusive. Stringer and…
“Call it a crisis of leadership.” — Proposition Joe Brother Mouzone returns to Baltimore on a mission of revenge and casts a wide net in his search for Omar, who…
“…while you’re waiting for moments that never come.” — Freamon Responding to a call for an officer’s call for help, McNulty and Prez turn up the wrong alley, with unanticipated…
“Conscience do cost.” — Butchie Herc discovers a blast from his past which he later reveals to his colleagues. Daniels becomes enraged when he finds out that why his detail…
“Just a gangster, I suppose.” — Avon Barksdale Stringer Bell gets an education in construction management; Bunk uses shoe-leather to catch up with Omar and deliver a searing message; a…
“I had such fuckin’ hopes for us.” — McNulty Frustrated in his grass-roots reform efforts, Colvin arms himself with intelligence from Daniels’ detail and personally delivers a message to the…
