The street As
Wallace helps one of his young charges with their math homework,
Poot shows up and asks him to return to work. Wallace refuses and asks to borrow money from Poot, who begrudgingly obliges. Afterward, Poot reports his concerns to
D'Angelo, who wants to speak with Wallace face-to-face. Meanwhile, at a Barksdale-run print shop,
Stringer scolds his subordinates for not acting like professionals.
Wee-Bey,
Stinkum and
Savino raid
Omar's apartment and torch his van while he watches from his hiding place across the street. Later they pick up D'Angelo, who mentions
Orlando's proposition; the others tell him that he should talk to
Avon. Orlando is berated and beaten by Avon for even considering getting involved in dealing. Barksdale's
soldiers throw a party celebrating Stinkum's impending promotion, which will be official as soon as they kill a dealer named Scar and chase his crew off his corner. Before leaving to buy more alcohol, D'Angelo notices an extremely inebriated dancer named Keisha being held by Wee-Bey against his chest; he regards D'Angelo coldly before he takes Keisha into a bedroom and shuts the door behind him. When D'Angelo returns, he finds Keisha's naked corpse lying on a bed in the room where Wee-Bey took her. D'Angelo is slightly shaken, while Wee-Bey appears disturbingly unconcerned; it is implied Keisha died of an
overdose after Wee-Bey
drugged and raped her. When
Shardene later asks D'Angelo about Keisha, he tells her that she was sick when he last saw her. They discuss his future and she tells him that if he is unhappy, he should do something else. As Wee-Bey and Stinkum prepare to hit Scar's corner, they are ambushed by Omar; Stinkum is killed while Wee-Bey is wounded. Avon increases his
bounty on Omar, but Stringer suggests luring him into the open with the promise of a
truce.
The police McNulty spots Stringer while taking his sons to
Northeast Market and has them follow him. McNulty briefly loses sight of his sons, but they manage to write down Stringer's
license plate number.
Bunk disapproves of McNulty involving his sons in the operation. Meanwhile,
Herc and
Carver prepare for their sergeant's exam.
Prez and
Greggs ask them to tail the Pit crew to see which phones they are now using. Based on information gleaned from the wire, they pull over
Senator Davis's driver, Damien "Day-Day" Price, and find a bag full of cash in his car. Because of Price's political connections,
Burrell demands that his men return the money and tells
Daniels he will shut down the detail. Daniels tells
Marla that his superiors dislike wiretaps because they know that Baltimore's drug trade has ties to local politics. He also complains that McNulty asked what Burrell has on him; she asks him what he said, and he does not reply.
Phelan calls McNulty into his chambers and asks about Burrell's order, and they agree to the opposition involved with it. The judge threatens Burrell with a
contempt charge if the wiretap is terminated prematurely. Later, McNulty tails Stringer and discovers he is taking an
economics class at
Baltimore City Community College. The detail learns through the wiretaps about Omar's murder of Stinkum. McNulty and Greggs bring in Omar, but he denies any involvement. While at the detail, Omar spots a photo linking Avon to Orlando's club. Omar is unapologetic about his actions and the detectives have to let him go. Later, Omar observes the club from the shadows. Greggs goes to Freamon with her concerns that she caused Omar to volunteer as an eyewitness; Freamon assures Greggs that justice will be served even without Omar, as the ballistics matched. They discuss dancers at the club and pick out Shardene as a potential informant. Bunk tells McNulty that
Ray Cole has been assigned to solve Stinkum's murder. McNulty tells Bunk that Omar was the shooter and asks him to tell Cole they will give him a closed case once their case is finished, but acknowledges that because of Omar's assistance, he will not ultimately deliver him to Cole; both men regret the lie and go out drinking to soothe their consciences. They discuss the strange position of protecting Omar. Bunk spots a woman he wishes to sleep with and asks McNulty to cover for him with his wife. Later, McNulty is called by the woman to come and collect Bunk, who is so drunk that he decided to burn his clothes to destroy any evidence of his infidelity. McNulty brings Bunk home and deposits him in the empty
bunk bed normally used by his sons. Bunk mumbles that McNulty is bad for the people around him before falling asleep. ==Epigraph==