Seasons & Episodes
The Target
"... when it's not your turn." - McNulty. Baltimore homicide detective Jimmy McNulty gets into hot water and winds up a
The Detail
"You cannot lose if you do not play." - Marla Daniels. McNulty feels the heat when a witness who testified against D'An
The Buys
"The king stay the king." - D'Angelo. The early-morning 'field interviews' by Herc, Carver and Prez result in a minor
Old Cases
"It's a thin line 'tween heaven and here." - Bubbles. Greggs and McNulty try to get Hardcase to turn informant as arr
The Pager
"..a little slow, a little late." - Avon Barksdale. McNulty's detail finally gets 'clone' pagers to track Barksdale a
The Wire
"..and all the pieces matter." - Freamon. When Rawls looks to make a premature arrest for three murders that are linke
One Arrest
"A man must have a code." - Bunk. Tipped off by the wire, Greggs, Herc, Carver and Freamon make a bust, but the incid
Lessons
"Come at the king, you best not miss." - Omar. An unlikely source gives McNulty the tag of a car driven by Stringer B
Game Day
"Maybe we won." - Herc. Barksdale plays an expensive game of one-upmanship with an east-side rival. Meanwhile, Herc a
The Cost
"And then he dropped the bracelets..." - Greggs. With Wallace in custody, McNulty and Daniels try to figure out what
The Hunt
"Dope on the damn table." - Daniels. The police turn up the heat on tracking down Savino, Wee-Bey and Little Man. Bur
Cleaning Up
"This is me, yo, right here." - Wallace. The low-rise pay phones are out of service, so McNulty and Daniels try to ke
Sentencing
"all in the game..." - Traditional West Baltimore. Every crew has weak links--including Avon Barksdale's. With the he
Ebb Tide
'Ain't never gonna be what it was.' -- Little Big Roy Det. Jimmy McNulty--exiled to police-boat duty--makes a shocking
Collateral Damage
'They can chew you up, but they gotta spit you out.' -- McNulty Major Valchek gets back at Sobotka for the church gift
Hot Shots
'What they need is a union.' -- Russell Bunk and Freamon chase their crime scene, a container ship, to Philly. Lt. Cedr
Hard Cases
'If I hear the music, I'm gonna dance.' -- Greggs Sobotka reprimands his nephew Nick for stealing the cameras and order
Undertow
'They used to make steel there, no?' -- Spiros Vondas Ziggy loses his prized Camaro to drug dealers. Unable to dump the
All Prologue
'It don't matter that some fool say he different...' -- D'Angelo Trying to let go of police work and return to his marr
Backwash
'Don't worry, kid. You're still on the clock.' -- Horseface Russell tells Sobotka the investigation is over, but, in fa
Duck and Cover
'How come they don't fly away?' -- Ziggy McNulty is back to his old self, on a drunken binge. Urged by fellow stevedore
Stray Rounds
'The world is a smaller place now.' -- The Greek Bodie's effort to improve sales ends disastrously, forcing Bell to ret
Storm Warnings
'It pays to go with the union card every time.' -- Ziggy The Detail uses satellite technology to its advantage. Bodie i
Bad Dreams
'I need to get clean' -- Sobotka With the clock ticking, the Detail makes a desperate move, and Daniels reams out Lands
Port in a Storm
'Business. Always business.' -- The Greek The Detail has a setback, while Russell and Bunk revisit Philly to look for e
Time After Time
"Don't matter how many times you get burnt, you just keep doin' the same." -- Bodie A wave of urban reform brings down
All Due Respect
"There's never been a paper bag." -- Colvin Omar continues his bold strikes on Barksdale stash houses, now heavily guar
Dead Soldiers
"The gods will not save you." -- Burrell Colvin feels the sting of Burrell and Rawls during a Comstat assessment of his
Amsterdam
"Why you got to go and fuck with the program?" -- Fruit West Baltimore residents get surprising straight talk at a comm
Straight and True
"I had such fuckin' hopes for us." -- McNulty Frustrated in his grass-roots reform efforts, Colvin arms himself with in
Homecoming
"Just a gangster, I suppose." -- Avon Barksdale Stringer Bell gets an education in construction management; Bunk uses s
Back Burners
"Conscience do cost." -- Butchie Herc discovers a blast from the past, which he belatedly reveals to his ex-colleagues.
Moral Midgetry
"Crawl, walk, and then run." -- Clay Davis With Amsterdam running full-tilt, Carver and Truck discover there really is
Slapstick
"...while you're waiting for moments that never come." -- Freamon Responding to an officer's call for help, McNulty and
Reformation
"Call it a crisis of leadership." -- Proposition Joe Brother Mouzone returns to Baltimore on a mission of revenge and c
Middle Ground
"We ain't gotta dream no more." -- Stringer Bell The wire begins to yield information about the Barksdale organization,
Mission Accomplished
"...we fight on the lie." -- Slim Charles In the Season Three finale, a reticent Avon readies his troops for a war agai
Boys of Summer
"Lambs to the slaughter here." - Marcia Donnelly Four West Baltimore boys wrestle with what to do with the rest of thei
Soft Eyes
"I still wake up white in a city that ain't." - Carcetti In the hopes of possibly saving her job, Pearlman and Freamon
Home Rooms
"I love the first day, man. Everybody all friendly an' shit." - Namond Brice Prez is shocked by his students; Royce str
Refugees
"No one wins. One side just loses more slowly." - Prez Freamon and Greggs move to Homicide, while Herc and Dozerman joi
Alliances
"If you with us, you with us." - Chris Partlow Commissioner Burrell loses Royce's support; Chris Partlow tries to recru
Margin of Error
"Don't try this shit at home." - Norman Wilson Carcetti responds to a campaign smear. Randy is accused of a serious tr
Unto Others
"Aw yeah. That golden rule." - The Bunk Omar calls in a favor to the police; Carcetti gets advice from the ex-mayor and
Corner Boys
"We got our thing, but it's just part of the big thing." - Zenobia Prez wants to teach off curriculum. Carcetti visits
Know Your Place
"Might as well dump 'em, get another." - Proposition Joe Herc and Dozerman search for Little Kevin; Omar gets out of ja
Misgivings
"World goin' one way, people another." -Poot Walker catches Donut boosting cars and teaches him a lesson; Commissioner
A New Day
"You play in dirt, you get dirty." - McNulty Randy has trouble with his friends at school, while Carcetti faces a huge
That's Got His Own
"That all there is to it?" - Bubbles While searching for the missing bodies, Freamon goes around the chain of command a
Final Grades
"If animal trapped call 410-844-6286" - Baltimore, traditional Burrell tries to help Daniels. Bubbles' big plan backfir
More with Less
"The bigger the lie, the more they believe." - Bunk Moreland. McNulty and the detail continue to stake out Marlo and hi
Unconfirmed Reports
"This ain't Aruba, bitch." - Bunk Moreland Freamon keeps a look out for Marlo, who is putting together a deal with Avon
Not for Attribution
"They're dead where it doesn't count." - Fletcher Mayor Carcetti's police department plan is leaked. Marlo turns to Pr
Transitions
"Buyer's market out there." - Templeton Omar plots his revenge for his former associates murder now that he's returned
React Quotes
"Just because they're in the street doesn't mean they lack opinions." - Haynes While the crew awaits a showdown with Om
The Dickensian Aspect
"If you have a problem with this. I understand completely." - Freamon Marlo's crew goes on full alert after Omar's myst
Took
"They don't teach it in law school." - Pearlman After cooking up another scheme for the homeless case, McNulty and Lest
Clarifications
"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 ne
Late Editions
"Deserve got nuthin' to do with it." - Snoop A promising lead makes Freamon's hard work worthwhile, although McNulty do
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"...the life of kings." - H.L. Mencken A damaging report by Pearlman and Daniels gets a reaction from Carcetti, while H
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