“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,…

‘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…

‘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…

“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…

“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,…