The Wire

McNulty (Dominic West) is assigned to a team of outcasts assigned to probe drug lord Avon Barksdale's (Wood Harris) operations.

McNulty gives up on identifying his Jane Doe; Sobotka tries to play a political game on behalf of his union; D'Angelo wants to live outside of Barksdale's umbrella.

Sobotka gives his lobbyist grief over the status of port legislation; Greggs and Prez tap into a circuit of Russian prostitutes; Bell tries to hold it together in the wake of a recent tragedy.

The Detail makes a desperate move; Omar's suspicions are validated; Sobotka is forced to make a difficult choice.

McNulty and Daniels wire Barksdale's back office; Wallace returns to the projects; D'Angelo makes a run to New York.

Valchek seeks revenge for the church gift fiasco; Barksdale runs his empire from his prison cell; police officers investigate the contraband found in The Greek's container.

McNulty is back to his old self; Bunk tries to get Daniels and Rawls to look after McNulty; Sobotka meets with the Greek and Vondas; business dries up for Bodie and Poot.

Detective Jimmy McNulty finds a body in the Baltimore harbor; Bodie drives to Philadelphia to make a connection for the Barksdale crew.

Barksdale plays games with an East Side rival; Herc and Carver take cash from Wee-Bey; Omar resurfaces.

Sobotka reprimands Nick for stealing cameras; Burrell asks Daniels to lead the detail investigating Sobotka; McNulty begins courting his estranged wife.

Bunk and Freamon chase a container ship to Philadelphia; Lt. Cedric Daniels is unhappy with his assignment; McNulty pursues the identity of his Jane Doe.

McNulty gets Stringer's license-plate number; Omar engages in a violent street encounter.

Gang members arrested in the raid face arraignment; Greggs and McNulty try to turn Hardcase into an informant.

A tip-off prompts arrest, but Avon and Stringer grow suspicious; another witness to the Grant murder emerges.

The detail suffers a setback; Russell and Bunk return to Philadelphia in search of evidence; Brother Mouzone talks with Stringer Bell regarding their agreement.

Daniels and McNulty attempt to continue the case; Freamon and Bunk try to trace a crucial call; Pearlman and McNulty celebrate a break in the case.

The Detail uses satellite technology to its advantage; Valcheck visits the FBI; Ziggy's deal goes bad.

Bodie's effort to improve sales ends disastrously; Ziggy pulls Johnny Fifty into a new caper; McNulty goes undercover in the brothel.

Detectives' inquiries spark a minor riot, causing a boy to lose an eye and giving police a black eye publicity-wise.

McNulty and Daniels try to figure out what to do with Wallace; Sydnor and Carver track down one of Barksdale's stash houses.

A witness who testified against D'Angelo is found murdered; Greggs is briefed on the Barksdale probe.

After a drug bust goes awry, Greggs winds up in intensive care; the police step up the hunt for Savino, Wee-Bey and Little Man.

McNulty's detail tries breaking the code on the gang's pagers; Bell teaches D'Angelo how to train lookouts.

Rawls' demands create strange allies; Wallace and D'Angelo wrestle with their consciences; Omar turns witness.

Urban reform forces the Barksdale drug crew to find a new home; the mayor informs Burrell that the number of murders must come down.

Ziggy loses his prized Camaro to drug dealers; Col. Rawls puts pressure on Bunk to solve the homicide investigation; Bodie gets heat for weak product.

Carcetti faces a dilemma; Randy gets the cold shoulder at school; Omar pays a visit to Proposition Joe; Freamon has a revelation.

Omar continues to make bold strikes on Barksdale stash houses; McNulty launches an investigation into a prison suicide.

Valchek leaks details of a case to Carcetti; Royce turns against Burrell; Chris tries to enlist Michael into Marlo's ranks.

Greggs learns how Marlo takes care of business; Carcetti reveals his political ambitions; McNulty reconnects with Stringer.

Herc discovers a blast from the past; Omar grapples with guilt; Bunk receives a gift-wrapped surprise; McNulty tracks Terri to Washington.

Marlo maintains discipline without bringing police attention; the mayoral candidates hit different campaign trails in the final weeks of the race; McNulty turns down a promotion.

Carcetti makes the rounds with members of the force; Herc tries to retrieve his camera; the return of a missing family member dismays Michael.

A blown wire tap forces Daniels' detail to turn to a new target; Omar and his crew stick up a Barksdale stash house; Cutty struggles to stay on the straight and narrow.

Burrell offers his support to Daniels; Bubbles' plan backfires; Colvin tries to get Namond off the street; Omar hatches a new plan; McNulty looks to pay back a debt.

Michael proves to be adept as a runner; Rawls replaces Asher with a company man; McNulty and Bunk reminisce.

Stringer Bell gets an education in construction management; Bunk delivers a searing message to Omar; Daniels keeps up the front of marriage to Marla.

Bubbles identifies a witness for Herc; Colvin motivates his class; Old Face Andre turns to Proposition Joe for protection.

Carcetti responds to a campaign smear; Randy is accused of a serious transgression; Colvin's special class gets its first enlistees.

Stringer and Avon reminisce; Cutty hits upon an unusual benefactor for his gym; McNulty finds a key piece of the puzzle in an unlikely place.

Burrell sends out a mandate; Kevin comes clean to Marlo; Bubbles gets revenge; Chris takes care of a problem.

Avon readies his troops for a war against Marlo; the detail works toward the top rungs of the Barksdale organization; McNulty reassesses his pursuit of Stringer Bell.

McNulty and Greggs embark on a road trip; Carcetti confronts a hurdle; Marlo appears to take the bait.

Brother Mouzone returns to Baltimore; Colvin puts off a reporter; Burrell delivers news to City Hall; Pearlman and Daniels plead their case.

Freamon and Greggs move to the homicide unit; Cutty gets a job at Tilghman school; Bubbles gives Sherrod an ultimatum to get back in school.

McNulty and Prez turn up in the wrong alley; Cutty finds help; Bubbles is wired up; Pearlman and Daniels confront a cell-phone company.

Herc's job with the mayor takes a hard turn; Prez prepares for his first day as a teacher; Carcetti drops a bombshell on the mayor during a televised debate.

Colvin arms himself with intelligence from Daniels' detail; Carcetti wants to fix the witness protection program; Omar struggles with dissension in the ranks.

Landsman rebukes Freamon; Colvin seeks to keep his experimental class funded; Bubbles considers taking extreme measures to get rid of his nemesis.

Omar calls in a favor; Royce and Carcetti make their peace; Cutty ponders his job future.

Carcetti maps out a damage-control scenario; McNulty asks Landsman to pull police off the homeless case; Haynes' concerns about Templeton fall on deaf ears; Dukie seeks out an old mentor for a loan.

Bunk returns a favor; Carcetti must make political deals; Haynes approaches Templeton about his sources.

While Freamon's hard work pays off with a promising lead, McNulty is not in the mood to celebrate; Michael is suspicious about his latest assignment; Bubbles recounts a recent temptation.

Sgt. Carver faces discontent of unpaid officers; Mayor Carcetti struggles with keeping a campaign promise; Proposition Joe and others meet to discuss dividing drug frontiers across East Baltimore's county line.

The press learns of Carcetti's plan for the police department; Marlo turns to Proposition Joe for help with a problem; McNulty shares some inside information with Gutierrez.

Marlo forges an alliance with a drug connect; the newspaper gives McNulty increasing attention; Elena confronts him about his behavior.

Templeton makes headlines; Bunk follows up on old leads; McNulty takes an interest in the homeless.

After an unexpected call, Templeton and the newspaper find themselves back in the spotlight; McNulty receives unwanted attention.

Campbell tries to facilitate the transitions in the police department; the newspaper scrambles to confirm surprising news from City Hall; Proposition Joe prepares to make himself scarce.

Marlo takes care of some unfinished business and strikes a business deal with Barksdale; Mayor Carcetti's chief of staff searches for good news; frustrated McNulty decides to take matters into his own hands.