Late Editions
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"Late Editions" is the ninth episode of the fifth season of the HBO original series, The Wire
, the penultimate episode of the series. The episode was written by George Pelecanos
from a story by David Simon
and George Pelecanos and was directed by Joe Chappelle
. It aired on March 2, 2008.
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still slightly flummoxed by Marlo's
clock codes. He does figure something out, however, and calls Sydnor
, who is tailing Monk, to peel off and head out to Broening Highway. "This is a fresh one," he tells Sydnor. Freamon then calls McNulty and delivers words they both had been waiting for: "It's on."
Freamon meets with Sydnor. Sydnor reports what he had seen, telling him about Partlow's
actions. Freamon tells Brown to forget Partlow and go for the big kill. "The case is in the phones," he says, but admits that a Title III would be needed to look at them. Right before leaving, Freamon tells Sydnor that it is "time to 'fess up."
Felicia "Snoop" Pearson sits in Levy's
office with O-Dog, who is still recovering from the shot he took from Omar
during the ambush at Monk's apartment. O-Dog is reluctantly taking the blame for the gun charge that Snoop and Chris got hit with the previous year. Levy tells O-Dog he might have to do a short stretch, but assures him that he will be "well compensated." After the two leave, Herc recalls how different things are when police officers take "one in the line" as opposed to street soldiers. "Marlo runs a tighter ship," Levy explains.
Chris arrives at the dock to inspect the shipment. He is satisfied with what he sees and gives the go-ahead. Officers Garrick and Dozerman are watching from the weeds.
Haynes
continues his investigation regarding Templeton's
suspected lies. He enlists an old colleague, Robert Ruby, to do some background checking on Scott, saying he needs "fresh eyes on the fellow."
Dukie continues to work with the arabber
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Back at the warehouse Cheese and his crew roll up. The officers, watching from a distance, report the white van that pulled up. Sydnor tells them to "stay on the gate."
Rawls
and Daniels
express their frustration to Steintorf, who tells them to continue manipulating the crime statistics. "Be creative," he tells them as he leaves. Freamon arrives at the station and tells Daniels about the sting on Marlo. Sydnor calls Freamon in the middle of this conversation, telling him they caught Monk "riding dirty." Freamon hangs up and tells Daniels who he needs arrested. Taken aback, Daniels calls Pearlman
, asking, "Are you sitting down?"
The raid begins. Heavily armored police vehicles crash through the gates of the warehouse. Sydnor busts Cheese Wagstaff
himself. Freamon arrives at the warehouse, and uncovers even more narcotics. Bunk
, complete with cigar, has finally served his warrant on Chris, and looks elated at having the man in cuffs. Freamon, at Marlo's hangout spot, shows disgust when he finds the infamous clock that Marlo, who is in flex cuffs along with several of his soldiers, had been using. Snoop shows up at Michael's home, and they watch the bad news on the television. "Do I still have to take that charge?" O-Dog chimes in. Mayor Carcetti
gives another rousing speech about the raid, while being mocked by Bill Zorzi. Alma attempts to interview Daniels, who coldly remarks "It's a good day for the good guys." When she presses him for more comment, he says he's upset because of the false and unflattering remarks they attributed to him regarding Burrell.
Marlo sits in jail with Monk, Cheese, and Chris. They speculate on how they got busted, but the conversation is momentarily halted when Monk lets Omar's rants regarding Marlo slip, prompting Marlo to get extremely angry. "My name was in the streets?" He vows to rectify the situation. The conversation goes back to the bust, and they debate whether Michael Lee was the snitch.
Landsman berates McNulty on his lack of progress on the serial killer investigation. McNulty looks very depressed and Greggs
makes it even worse for him with her snide comments. McNulty tries to rationalize it by saying that Marlo is locked up, but Greggs still isn't impressed.
Scott Templeton continues to get praise for his fabricated stories. He finds out that his stories might have a shot at a Pulitzer Prize. The newsroom men debate on how to portray the "Dickensian aspect." Haynes scratches the quote Alma received from Daniels and continues giving Templeton cold looks.
Still depressed, McNulty refuses to partake in Freamon's celebratory drink. McNulty expresses his regret over his and Freamon's fake case.
Michael and Spider sit on a stoop and debate Omar's death. Michael reports it as it happened, but Spider tells a different, more sensational story. Snoop arrives and chats with Michael. She tells him that with everyone locked up, she needs him for some "serious business." Michael's suspicions are raised when she tells him that there is no need for him to bring a gun.
"Bunny" Colvin and his wife proudly watch Namond
deliver an informative speech about AIDS at an Urban Debate League event. Colvin spots Carcetti walking in and shakes his head in disgust. Carcetti later attempts to apologize for not supporting Colvin's pilot program in the school system, not mentioning Carcetti's role in expediting the teardown of another Colvin project - "Hamsterdam." Carcetti says "nothing could be done with your thing," which carries echoes of "our thing," the term used by Mafiosi. He is frozen out by the bitter Colvin, who replies, "then I guess nothing can be done," underscoring the conflict between police work and political ambition that has been a feature of the series.
McNulty continues sending men out for the serial killer case with little enthusiasm. Landsman orders McNulty to go to the scene of another homeless man's death. Greggs is unsympathetic to McNulty's dilemma at being ordered to go to a crime scene they both know is not relevant to his "case."
Haynes questions Templeton briefly, then tries to get admission into Walter Reed Army Medical Center
so he can investigate Templeton's writing regarding Terry Hanning, the homeless Iraq War veteran. At the hospital Haynes watches as Hanning's military buddy shows off his state-of-the-art prosthetic hands. The vet verifies Hanning's story. He reiterates that while many bad things happened in Iraq, nothing in the way of a firefight happened on that particular day.
Bubbles
continues talking with Mike Fletcher, who is interested in his story. Fletcher looks on as Bubbles' sister appears uninterested in celebrating Bubbles' anniversary for staying clean.
Freamon meets with Senator Davis, trying to get more information out of him, and after more threats, gets info on the corrupt dealings of Maurice Levy.
Marlo talks with Levy, who gives him even more reason to believe someone is snitching.
Greggs approaches Carver
to ask how he felt bringing charges against Colicchio for brutality against a citizen. He indicates he has made his peace with it. Greggs visits Daniels' office, looking grim.
Michael Lee sits in a cab, watching Snoop from a distance. He views her talking to the very guy he was supposed to kill, realizing that his suspicions were valid: he is being set up for a hit.
Bubbles brings Fletcher to a Narcotics Anonymous meeting. After receiving rousing applause for staying clean, Bubbles finally opens up about Sherrod's death.
Daniels and Pearlman visit evidence control and confirm what Greggs had told him earlier: the serial killer case is bogus. The phone that was supposed to be the serial killer's actually belonged to Marlo.
Snoop picks Michael up to go to the spot where his hit will take place. Michael looks a bit nervous, but continues his tradition of questioning the task at hand. After Snoop brushes him off, Michael claims he has to urinate. Instead, he pulls a gun on Snoop, who explains why the hit was out on him. Staring down the barrel of Mike's gun, Snoop also tells him that he was "never one of them" and never could be. Mike cocks his gun. Snoop, accepting her fate, checks herself out in the vehicle's side mirror and casually asks how her hair looks. Michael replies, "You look good, girl," before pulling the trigger.
He returns to his home and rushes Dukie and Bug to gather their things and leave the house. He then drives them to his aunt's suburban Howard County home, where she is awaiting Bug's arrival. Michael walks Bug to the door, fighting back tears as he says goodbye to his little brother. Michael, forced to abandon Dukie, drops him off in the squalid area where the arabber lives among other homeless people and junkies. Dukie reminisces about humorous events that happened the year before, asking "You remember that one day summer past ...?" but after a long pause Michael replies, "I don't." They say goodbye and part, Dukie hesitating as he sees the arabber injecting heroin.
When Lester goes to take Marlo's cell phone during the raid, you can make out 'MCNULTY' written in graffiti behind Marlo's head.
The WIRE
the WIRE is the student-run College radio station at the University of Oklahoma, broadcasting in a freeform format. The WIRE serves the University of Oklahoma and surrounding communities, and is staffed by student DJs. The WIRE broadcasts at 1710 kHz AM in Norman, Oklahoma...
, the penultimate episode of the series. The episode was written by George Pelecanos
George Pelecanos
George P. Pelecanos is a Greek-American author. Many of his works are in the genre of detective fiction and set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. He is also a film and television producer and a television writer...
from a story by David Simon
David Simon
David Simon is an American author, journalist, and a writer/producer of television series. He worked for the Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years. He wrote Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and co-wrote The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood with Ed Burns...
and George Pelecanos and was directed by Joe Chappelle
Joe Chappelle
Joe Chappelle is an American film and television director and producer. Chappelle was a Co-executive producer and regular Director for the HBO crime drama The Wire...
. It aired on March 2, 2008.
Epigraph
As the series winds down, many of its principal players will be fired, honored, arrested, acquitted, or killed. A central tenet of the series is that the ethics of the characters dictate these fates much less than the uncontrollable machinations of the 21st century city. This is also a direct quote from 1992's UnforgivenUnforgiven
Unforgiven is a 1992 American Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood with a screenplay written by David Webb Peoples. The film tells the story of William Munny, an aging outlaw and killer who takes on one more job years after he had hung up his guns and turned to farming...
.
Starring cast
Although credited, Michael Kenneth Williams does not appear in this episode.Guest stars
- Robert WisdomRobert WisdomRobert Wisdom is an American actor. He is a graduate of Columbia University.-Biography:Wisdom was born in Washington, D.C. to Jamaican parents. He appeared in four of the five seasons of HBO program The Wire as Howard "Bunny" Colvin...
as Howard "Bunny" Colvin - Julito McCullumJulito McCullumJulito McCullum is an American actor of Afro-Colombian descent best known for his role as Namond Brice on the HBO series The Wire. Currently lives in Staten Island....
as Namond BriceNamond BriceNamond Brice is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by Julito McCullum. Namond is the son of Wee-Bey Brice and De'Londa Brice and was a middle school pupil during season 4. He is friends with Michael Lee and Randy Wagstaff and often bullies Duquan "Dukie" Weems... - Felicia PearsonFelicia PearsonFelicia Pearson is an American actress, author, and rapper. She is best known for playing a character of the same name, Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, on The Wire. She wrote a memoir titled Grace After Midnight.-Biography:Pearson was born to two incarcerated drug addicts and raised in an East Baltimore...
as Felicia "Snoop" Pearson - Steve EarleSteve EarleStephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play....
as Walon - Method ManMethod ManClifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man...
as Melvin "Cheese" Wagstaff - Delaney WilliamsDelaney WilliamsDelaney Williams is an American actor from Washington, D.C. He appears on the HBO drama The Wire as a recurring guest star playing homicide sergeant Jay Landsman. He also had a small role on HBO's mini-series The Corner which brought him to the attention of the producers, who worked on The prior to...
as Jay LandsmanJay Landsman (The Wire)Jay Landsman is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Delaney Williams.-Policing method:Landsman's role in the police department is that of a supervisory detective sergeant who doesn't participate in much investigation work... - Marlyne AfflackMarlyne AfflackMarlyne Nayokah Afflack is an American actress best known her role as Nerese Campbell on The Wire. She also played an attorney in the FX drama Damages and Thomasina, the efficient palace secretary and aide-de-camp, on the NBC series Kings...
as Nerese Campbell - David CostabileDavid CostabileDavid Costabile is an American actor. Born in Washington, D.C. He is best known for his recurring television roles on The Wire , Flight of the Conchords , Damages , and Breaking Bad...
as Thomas Klebanow - Sam FreedSam FreedSam Freed is an American actor who has performed on Broadway, television and in movies. His first major regular role on television was as Bob Barsky in the last three seasons of Kate & Allie. In the short-lived series Ferris Bueller, he played Bill Bueller, the father of the title character. He...
as James Whiting - Darrell Britt-Gibson as O-Dog
- Edward Green as Spider
- Kwame Patterson as "Monk" Metcalf
- Tom McCarthy as Tim Phelps
- Robert Poletick as Steven Luxenberg
- William F. ZorziWilliam F. ZorziWilliam F. Zorzi is an American journalist and screenwriter. He worked at The Baltimore Sun for almost twenty years and covered politics for the majority of his career. He has also written for the HBO television series The Wire.-Journalism:...
as Bill Zorzi - Michael Mosley as Raymond Wiley
- Donald Neal as Jay Spry
- Stephen SchnetzerStephen SchnetzerStephen Schnetzer is an American actor.After playing the role of Julie Olson Williams' brother, Steven Olson on the California-based serial Days of our Lives, he joined the cast of ABC soap opera One Life to Live as fitness expert Marcello Salta. He later played attorney Cass Winthrop on Another...
as Robert Ruby - Brandon Young as Mike Fletcher
- Keenon Brice as Aaron "Bug" Manigault
- Eisa Davis as Rae - Bubbles' sister
- Dawn Ursula as Lolita Colvin
- Melvin Williams as The Deacon
- Nat BenchleyNat BenchleyNathaniel Robert "Nat" Benchley is a writer and actor who has performed on stage, television, and film. He is the grandson of humorist Robert Benchley, the son of author Nathaniel G...
as Augustus Polk - Bobby Brown as Bobby Brown
- Rick Otto as Kenneth Dozerman
- Ryan Sands as Officer Lloyd "Truck" Garrick
- Bryan Anderson as Marino
- Reggie A. Green as Arabber
- Kathy Lally as Kathy Lally
- Pam Spilliadis as Pam Spiliadis
- Dennis Hill as Detective Christeson
- Ayanna Fleming as unknown
- Jason Moffett as Tony
- Mary Beth Wise as Karen
- Kim Bogues as unknown
- Jon Jolles as Sun librarian
- D.L. Hopkins as hack driver
- Charlie Limber as unknown
- Dimitros "Jimmy" Stakias as Greek deliveryman
Uncredited appearances
- Todd Scofield as Jeff Price
- Brian E. McLarney as Brian McLarney
- Marcus Hamm as Marcus
Plot
The cold opening shows Lester FreamonLester Freamon
Lester Freamon is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Clarke Peters. Freamon is a detective in the Baltimore Police Department's Major Crimes Unit...
still slightly flummoxed by Marlo's
Marlo Stanfield
Marlo "Black" Stanfield is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Jamie Hector. Stanfield is a young, ruthless and ambitious player in the Baltimore drug trade who gains control of West Baltimore and is the head of his own drug crew.-Character background and plot...
clock codes. He does figure something out, however, and calls Sydnor
Leander Sydnor
Leander Sydnor is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Corey Parker Robinson. Sydnor is a young, married Baltimore Police detective who was a member of the Barksdale detail and later worked in the Major Crimes Unit.-Season 1:...
, who is tailing Monk, to peel off and head out to Broening Highway. "This is a fresh one," he tells Sydnor. Freamon then calls McNulty and delivers words they both had been waiting for: "It's on."
Freamon meets with Sydnor. Sydnor reports what he had seen, telling him about Partlow's
Chris Partlow
Chris Partlow is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Gbenga Akinnagbe. Partlow is Marlo Stanfield's best friend, bodyguard, and second-in-command in his drug dealing operation. Despite his quiet demeanor, Partlow commits more on- and off-screen murders than any other...
actions. Freamon tells Brown to forget Partlow and go for the big kill. "The case is in the phones," he says, but admits that a Title III would be needed to look at them. Right before leaving, Freamon tells Sydnor that it is "time to 'fess up."
Felicia "Snoop" Pearson sits in Levy's
Maurice Levy (The Wire)
Maurice "Maury" Levy is a fictional lawyer on the HBO drama The Wire, played by Michael Kostroff. He is a skilled defense attorney and was kept on retainer by the drug-trafficking Barksdale Organization, representing the organization's members at trials and advising Avon Barksdale and Stringer Bell...
office with O-Dog, who is still recovering from the shot he took from Omar
Omar Little
Omar Devone Little is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, portrayed by Michael K. Williams. Omar is a renowned stick-up man who lives by a strict moral code and never deviates from his rules, foremost of which is that he never robs or menaces people who are not involved in "the game"....
during the ambush at Monk's apartment. O-Dog is reluctantly taking the blame for the gun charge that Snoop and Chris got hit with the previous year. Levy tells O-Dog he might have to do a short stretch, but assures him that he will be "well compensated." After the two leave, Herc recalls how different things are when police officers take "one in the line" as opposed to street soldiers. "Marlo runs a tighter ship," Levy explains.
Chris arrives at the dock to inspect the shipment. He is satisfied with what he sees and gives the go-ahead. Officers Garrick and Dozerman are watching from the weeds.
Haynes
Augustus Haynes
Augustus "Gus" Haynes is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Clark Johnson, who is also a director for the series. Haynes is the dedicated and principled editor for the Baltimore Sun city desk.-Character depiction:...
continues his investigation regarding Templeton's
Scott Templeton
M. Scott Templeton is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Thomas McCarthy. The actor joined the starring cast as the series' fifth season began.-Biography:...
suspected lies. He enlists an old colleague, Robert Ruby, to do some background checking on Scott, saying he needs "fresh eyes on the fellow."
Dukie continues to work with the arabber
Arabber
An arabber is a street merchant who sells fruits and vegetables from a colorful, horse-drawn cart. Once a common sight in American East Coast cities, only a handful of arabbers still walk the streets of Baltimore.-Arabbing:...
.
Back at the warehouse Cheese and his crew roll up. The officers, watching from a distance, report the white van that pulled up. Sydnor tells them to "stay on the gate."
Rawls
William Rawls
William A. "Bill" Rawls is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor John Doman. Over the course of the series he ascends to the rank of Superintendent of the Maryland State Police.-Season 1:...
and Daniels
Cedric Daniels
Cedric Daniels is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Lance Reddick. He is a well regarded officer in the department whose focus is on good police work and quality arrests...
express their frustration to Steintorf, who tells them to continue manipulating the crime statistics. "Be creative," he tells them as he leaves. Freamon arrives at the station and tells Daniels about the sting on Marlo. Sydnor calls Freamon in the middle of this conversation, telling him they caught Monk "riding dirty." Freamon hangs up and tells Daniels who he needs arrested. Taken aback, Daniels calls Pearlman
Rhonda Pearlman
Rhonda Pearlman is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actress Deirdre Lovejoy. Pearlman has been the legal system liaison for all of Lieutenant Cedric Daniels' investigations on the show...
, asking, "Are you sitting down?"
The raid begins. Heavily armored police vehicles crash through the gates of the warehouse. Sydnor busts Cheese Wagstaff
Cheese Wagstaff
Calvin "Cheese" Wagstaff is a fictional character on the HBO television series The Wire. He is portrayed by hip hop recording artist Method Man. He is a crew chief for his uncle Proposition Joe's drug organization and later works for the Stanfield Organization after betraying his uncle and...
himself. Freamon arrives at the warehouse, and uncovers even more narcotics. Bunk
Bunk Moreland
William "Bunk" Moreland is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Wendell Pierce. Bunk's character is based on a retired Baltimore City Police Detective named Rick Requer and nicknamed "the Bunk", an officer who joined the force in 1964 as a Western District patrolman who...
, complete with cigar, has finally served his warrant on Chris, and looks elated at having the man in cuffs. Freamon, at Marlo's hangout spot, shows disgust when he finds the infamous clock that Marlo, who is in flex cuffs along with several of his soldiers, had been using. Snoop shows up at Michael's home, and they watch the bad news on the television. "Do I still have to take that charge?" O-Dog chimes in. Mayor Carcetti
Tommy Carcetti
Thomas J. "Tommy" Carcetti is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by Irish actor Aidan Gillen. Carcetti is an ambitious Baltimore politician who rises from a seat on the city council to the office of the Mayor of Baltimore, and to the office of the Governor of Maryland by the...
gives another rousing speech about the raid, while being mocked by Bill Zorzi. Alma attempts to interview Daniels, who coldly remarks "It's a good day for the good guys." When she presses him for more comment, he says he's upset because of the false and unflattering remarks they attributed to him regarding Burrell.
Marlo sits in jail with Monk, Cheese, and Chris. They speculate on how they got busted, but the conversation is momentarily halted when Monk lets Omar's rants regarding Marlo slip, prompting Marlo to get extremely angry. "My name was in the streets?" He vows to rectify the situation. The conversation goes back to the bust, and they debate whether Michael Lee was the snitch.
Landsman berates McNulty on his lack of progress on the serial killer investigation. McNulty looks very depressed and Greggs
Kima Greggs
Detective Shakima "Kima" Greggs is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actress Sonja Sohn. Greggs is a police detective in the Baltimore Police Department who is a dedicated officer and capable detective with some off-the-job issues. Openly lesbian, she has had problems...
makes it even worse for him with her snide comments. McNulty tries to rationalize it by saying that Marlo is locked up, but Greggs still isn't impressed.
Scott Templeton continues to get praise for his fabricated stories. He finds out that his stories might have a shot at a Pulitzer Prize. The newsroom men debate on how to portray the "Dickensian aspect." Haynes scratches the quote Alma received from Daniels and continues giving Templeton cold looks.
Still depressed, McNulty refuses to partake in Freamon's celebratory drink. McNulty expresses his regret over his and Freamon's fake case.
Michael and Spider sit on a stoop and debate Omar's death. Michael reports it as it happened, but Spider tells a different, more sensational story. Snoop arrives and chats with Michael. She tells him that with everyone locked up, she needs him for some "serious business." Michael's suspicions are raised when she tells him that there is no need for him to bring a gun.
"Bunny" Colvin and his wife proudly watch Namond
Namond Brice
Namond Brice is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by Julito McCullum. Namond is the son of Wee-Bey Brice and De'Londa Brice and was a middle school pupil during season 4. He is friends with Michael Lee and Randy Wagstaff and often bullies Duquan "Dukie" Weems...
deliver an informative speech about AIDS at an Urban Debate League event. Colvin spots Carcetti walking in and shakes his head in disgust. Carcetti later attempts to apologize for not supporting Colvin's pilot program in the school system, not mentioning Carcetti's role in expediting the teardown of another Colvin project - "Hamsterdam." Carcetti says "nothing could be done with your thing," which carries echoes of "our thing," the term used by Mafiosi. He is frozen out by the bitter Colvin, who replies, "then I guess nothing can be done," underscoring the conflict between police work and political ambition that has been a feature of the series.
McNulty continues sending men out for the serial killer case with little enthusiasm. Landsman orders McNulty to go to the scene of another homeless man's death. Greggs is unsympathetic to McNulty's dilemma at being ordered to go to a crime scene they both know is not relevant to his "case."
Haynes questions Templeton briefly, then tries to get admission into Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center was the United States Army's flagship medical center until 2011. Located on 113 acres in Washington, D.C., it served more than 150,000 active and retired personnel from all branches of the military...
so he can investigate Templeton's writing regarding Terry Hanning, the homeless Iraq War veteran. At the hospital Haynes watches as Hanning's military buddy shows off his state-of-the-art prosthetic hands. The vet verifies Hanning's story. He reiterates that while many bad things happened in Iraq, nothing in the way of a firefight happened on that particular day.
Bubbles
Bubbles (The Wire)
Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Andre Royo. Bubbles is a recovering heroin addict. His real name is not revealed until a fourth-season episode when he is called "Mr. Cousins" and in the fifth-season premiere when he is called "Reginald"...
continues talking with Mike Fletcher, who is interested in his story. Fletcher looks on as Bubbles' sister appears uninterested in celebrating Bubbles' anniversary for staying clean.
Freamon meets with Senator Davis, trying to get more information out of him, and after more threats, gets info on the corrupt dealings of Maurice Levy.
Marlo talks with Levy, who gives him even more reason to believe someone is snitching.
Greggs approaches Carver
Ellis Carver
Ellis Carver is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Seth Gilliam. Carver is an African American lieutenant and formerly in command of the Baltimore Police Department's Western District Drug Enforcement Unit...
to ask how he felt bringing charges against Colicchio for brutality against a citizen. He indicates he has made his peace with it. Greggs visits Daniels' office, looking grim.
Michael Lee sits in a cab, watching Snoop from a distance. He views her talking to the very guy he was supposed to kill, realizing that his suspicions were valid: he is being set up for a hit.
Bubbles brings Fletcher to a Narcotics Anonymous meeting. After receiving rousing applause for staying clean, Bubbles finally opens up about Sherrod's death.
Daniels and Pearlman visit evidence control and confirm what Greggs had told him earlier: the serial killer case is bogus. The phone that was supposed to be the serial killer's actually belonged to Marlo.
Snoop picks Michael up to go to the spot where his hit will take place. Michael looks a bit nervous, but continues his tradition of questioning the task at hand. After Snoop brushes him off, Michael claims he has to urinate. Instead, he pulls a gun on Snoop, who explains why the hit was out on him. Staring down the barrel of Mike's gun, Snoop also tells him that he was "never one of them" and never could be. Mike cocks his gun. Snoop, accepting her fate, checks herself out in the vehicle's side mirror and casually asks how her hair looks. Michael replies, "You look good, girl," before pulling the trigger.
He returns to his home and rushes Dukie and Bug to gather their things and leave the house. He then drives them to his aunt's suburban Howard County home, where she is awaiting Bug's arrival. Michael walks Bug to the door, fighting back tears as he says goodbye to his little brother. Michael, forced to abandon Dukie, drops him off in the squalid area where the arabber lives among other homeless people and junkies. Dukie reminisces about humorous events that happened the year before, asking "You remember that one day summer past ...?" but after a long pause Michael replies, "I don't." They say goodbye and part, Dukie hesitating as he sees the arabber injecting heroin.
Trivia
When Michael comes home, Dukie is watching television and says that the program is about a serial killer who only kills other serial killers. This is a reference to the popular series Dexter, made by HBO's rival premium cable channel, Showtime. A brief glimpse of the screen can be seen, with a body on a table covered in plastic cling-wrap, which is a trademark of the title character.When Lester goes to take Marlo's cell phone during the raid, you can make out 'MCNULTY' written in graffiti behind Marlo's head.