• Series: The Wire

• Director: Daniel Attias
• Release Year: 2004
• Run Time: 60 minutes

Plot

Bubbles (Andre Royo) has been working as a CI, and Johnny (Leo Fitzpatrick) is not happy about it. He convinces Bubbles to pull a small-time scam. McNulty (Dominic West) get fed up watching Stringer (Idris Elba) and decides to confront the man directly. Stringer tries to sell him a condo, leading McNulty to lament, "You disappointed me, String. I had such f***ing high hopes for us." Later, Kima (Sonja Sohn), watching Marlo (Jamie Hector), makes a discovery that will bring joy to McNulty. Colvin (Robert Wisdom), having failed to get the corner boys to move of their own volition, decides to go over their heads, and eventually has to go to Daniels' (Lance Reddick) unit to find out who the drug lieutenants are in his district. Colvin explains to them that police will only be in the designated locations to prevent violence, and will not arrest them for dealing. He also threatens to crush those who choose to stay on the corners. The cops even end up rounding up customers for the dealers, but Marlo, for one, refuses to play along. Just before Avon (Wood Harris) is released on parole, Baltimore's drug kingpins meet and agree to Stringer's plan to team up to get a better deal from his New York suppliers. Bunk (Wendell Pierce) is developing leads on the double homicide involving Omar (Michael K. Williams), but his superiors again force him to focus on tracking down the missing police weapon. Carcetti (Aidan Gillen) learns about a state's witness who was murdered, and quietly makes his displeasure known to Royce (Glynn Turman), who promises swift action to prevent further such incidents. McNulty meets D'Agostino (Brandy Burre) at an event for his son's school, and the two hit it off, after a fashion. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide

Cast

Isiah Whitlock, Jr. - State Senator Clay Davis
Michael S. Willis - Andy Krawczyk
Callie Thorne - Elena McNulty
Melvin Williams - Deacon
Mike Anderson - Drug Dealer
Delaney Williams - Sergeant Jay Landsman
Chad L. Coleman - Cutty
Michael Hyatt - Brianna Barksdale
Michael Salconi - Officer Michael Santangelo
Cleo Reginald Pizana - Chief of Staff Coleman Parker
Christopher Mann - Councilman Tony Gray
Robert Chew - Proposition Joe Stewart
Benjamin Busch - Officer Anthony Colicchio
Richard DeAngelis - Colonel Ray Foerster
Gbenga Akinnagbe - Chris Partlow
Ernest Waddell - Dante
Richard Burton - Shamrock
Tony Cordova - Michael McNulty
Anwan Glover - Slim Charles
Jay Landsman - Lieutenant Dennis Mello
Eric Ryan - Sean McNulty
Kelli R. Brown - Kimmy
Addison Switzer - Country
Lawrence Cameron Steele - Police Lieutenant
Mayo Best - Gerard
Michael Kostroff - Maurice Levy
Brandan T. Tate - Sapper
Chester West - Shift Lieutenant

Credit

David Simon - Screen Story; Daniel Attias - Director; Edward Burns - Screen Story; Edward Burns - Screenwriter