“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….

“This is me, yo, right here.” – Wallace. The low-rise pay phones are out of service, so McNulty and Daniels try to keep pace by tapping Barksdale’s office. Bodie gets…

“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 all the pieces matter.” – Freamon. When Rawls looks to make a premature arrest for three murders that are linked to D’Angelo and Avon Barksdale, McNulty and Greggs must…

“Come at the king, you best not miss.” – Omar. An unlikely source gives McNulty the tag of a car driven by Stringer Bell. Meanwhile, Greggs and Carver bust a…

“Maybe we won.” – Herc. Barksdale plays an expensive game of one-upmanship with an east-side rival. Meanwhile, Herc and Carver take some cash off of Wee-Bey’s hands, and Omar resurfaces…

‘… when it’s not your turn.’ – McNulty. Baltimore homicide detective Jimmy McNulty gets into hot water and winds up assigned to a detail of narcotics outcasts charged with investigating…

“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…

“..a little slow, a little late.” – Avon Barksdale. McNulty’s detail finally gets ‘clone’ pagers to track Barksdale and his gang, but nobody can crack the codes used by the…

‘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…