“The king stay the king.” – D’Angelo. The early-morning ‘field interviews’ by Herc, Carver and Prez result in a minor riot, a boy losing an eye and some bad publicity…

‘The world is a smaller place now.’ — The Greek Bodie’s effort to improve sales ends disastrously, forcing Bell to rethink his strategy. Ziggy pulls Johnny Fifty into a new…

‘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…

‘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…

‘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,…

‘They used to make steel there, no?’ — Spiros Vondas Ziggy loses his prized Camaro to drug dealers. Unable to dump the homicide investigation on other agencies, Rawls measures Bunk…

‘Ain’t never gonna be what it was.’ — Little Big Roy Det. Jimmy McNulty–exiled to police-boat duty–makes a shocking discovery in the Baltimore harbor. Bodie drives to Philly to make…

‘They can chew you up, but they gotta spit you out.’ — McNulty Major Valchek gets back at Sobotka for the church gift fiasco, and a feud begins. Valchek ups…

‘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…

‘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…

“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,…

“There’s never been a paper bag.” — Colvin Omar continues his bold strikes on Barksdale stash houses, now heavily guarded. Under orders from Stringer Bell, Bodie faces a critical test…

“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’s…