“Deserve got nuthin’ to do with it.” – Snoop A promising lead makes Freamon’s hard work worthwhile, although McNulty doesn’t feel like a celebration. Michael is suspicious about his latest…
“A lie ain’t a side of a story. It’s just a lie.” – Terry Hanning A shift in the police department sends Carver to a new location. Meanwhile, Carcetti is…
“They don’t teach it in law school.” – Pearlman After cooking up another scheme for the homeless case, McNulty and Lester become popular figures. Davis is set for his day…
“If you have a problem with this. I understand completely.” – Freamon Marlo’s crew goes on full alert after Omar’s mysterious disappearance. Meanwhile, Carcetti concentrates on the plight of the…
“Just because they’re in the street doesn’t mean they lack opinions.” – Haynes While the crew awaits a showdown with Omar, Marlo celebrates a business deal. Meanwhile, at the Sun,…
“Buyer’s market out there.” – Templeton Omar plots his revenge for his former associates murder now that he’s returned from exile. Gus stresses the need for a city-court reporter, after…
“They’re dead where it doesn’t count.” – Fletcher Mayor Carcetti’s police department plan is leaked. Marlo turns to Proposition Joe for help. Meanwhile, McNulty strikes up an unexpected ally —…
“This ain’t Aruba, bitch.” – Bunk Moreland Freamon keeps a look out for Marlo, who is putting together a deal with Avon Barksdale. Davis goes to Burrell for help, but…
“The bigger the lie, the more they believe.” – Bunk Moreland McNulty and the detail continue to stake out Marlo and his crew. Recently promoted Sergeant Carver is met with…
“If animal trapped call 410-844-6286” – Baltimore, traditional Burrell tries to help Daniels. Bubbles’ big plan backfires and leaves him in big trouble. Colvin tries to find a solution for…
“That all there is to it?” – Bubbles While searching for the missing bodies, Freamon goes around the chain of command after being rebuked by Landsman. Carcetti finds that his…
“You play in dirt, you get dirty.” – McNulty Randy has trouble with his friends at school, while Carcetti faces a huge dilemma. Meanwhile, Omar visits Proposition Joe, while Freamon…
“World goin’ one way, people another.” -Poot Walker catches Donut boosting cars and teaches him a lesson; Commissioner Burrell gets advice from Senator Davis; Little Kevin has a talk with…
“Might as well dump ’em, get another.” – Proposition Joe Herc and Dozerman search for Little Kevin; Omar gets out of jail; Carcetti has his first meeting with the City…
“We got our thing, but it’s just part of the big thing.” – Zenobia Prez wants to teach off curriculum. Carcetti visits the Homicide Department and goes on ride-a-longs for…
“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…
“No one wins. One side just loses more slowly.” – Prez Freamon and Greggs move to Homicide, while Herc and Dozerman join Marimow in the lackluster Major Crimes Unit. Cutty…
“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…
“Crawl, walk, and then run.” — Clay Davis With Amsterdam running full tilt, Carver and Truck discover there really is no honor among thieves. Prez impresses the detail with what…
“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…
“Why you got to go and fuck with the program?” — Fruit West Baltimore residents get some surprising straight talk at a community meeting from Major Colvin. Bubbles finds gainful…
“The gods will not save you.” — Burrell Colvin feels the sting of Burrell and Rawls during a Comstat assessment of his district’s felony numbers; a blown wiretap forces Daniels’…
“Don’t matter how many times you get burnt, you just keep doin’ the same.” — Bodie A wave of urban reform brings down the notorious Franklin Terrace public housing towers,…
“Business. Always business.” — The Greek The Detail has a setback, while Russell and Bunk revisit Philly to look for evidence. Brother Mouzone talks with Stringer Bell about their agreement,…
“I need to get clean” — Sobotka With the clock ticking, the Detail makes a desperate move, and Daniels reams out Landsman for dropping the ball. Nick’s deceit is in…
“It pays to go with the union card every time.” — Ziggy The Detail uses satellite technology to its advantage. Bodie is unhappy that Proposition Joe’s people are slinging on…
“It don’t matter that some fool say he different…” — D’Angelo Trying to let go of police work and return to his marriage, McNulty gives up on identifying his Jane…
“If I hear the music, I’m gonna dance.” — Greggs Sobotka reprimands his nephew Nick for stealing the cameras and orders him to bring the cargo back–too late. McNulty is…
“What they need is a union.” — Russell Bunk and Freamon chase their crime scene, a container ship, to Philly. Lt. Cedric Daniels–disgusted with his exile to the evidence control…
“all in the game…” – Traditional West Baltimore. Every crew has weak links–including Avon Barksdale’s. With the heat turned up in the high-rises, Daniels and McNulty turn to a higher…
“And then he dropped the bracelets…” – Greggs. With Wallace in custody, McNulty and Daniels try to figure out what to do with him in the months before he testifies….
