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Detective Shakima Greggs promises extra help for Bubbles to get clean before she goes on her undercover assignment. Orlando tries to get into the game with disasterous results.

Rawls tells Sgt Landman to "slow this thing down to a crawl, do not give anyone a chance to *beep* up in a meaningful way."

Freamon provides the inspiration for the detectives to get back on the case with a vengeance; and others note that Freamon himself (of the Pawn Shop Unit) is doing world class detective work by finding and "pulling" finger prints off a soda can on the other side of the tracks.

Tying up loose ends, "little man" ends up at the zoo, and unfortunately, Wallace meets his demise at the hands of his friends.

"Got to. This America, man!" Investigating a homicide, the lead detective asks the witness why they always let the victim in the craps game, when he predictably robbed it every single week. The reply: "Got to. This [is] America, man!".

Later, Bunk takes a homicide call when it is not his turn in the rotation, essentially, giving a *beep* when its not your turn.

Acquiring valuable information.

Three cowboys on the detail decide to go down to the projects at 2 am while drunk, to "show them who we are". They are attacked by the residents after one of them cold cocks a fourteen year old with his pistol.

Lt. Daniels inquires "what valuable information did we acquire"?

We get a real surprise from the "cuddly housecat" Lestor Freamon when he finds a picture of their intended target Barksdale on an old Golden Gloves poster. Up until this find, they had no idea what he looked like.

Lestor Freamon and Jimmy McNulty recognize each other as "real police". Lestor (working in the Pawn Shop unit for 13 years) warns Jimmy not to let the bosses know where he doesn't want to be transferred, because they are going to ask him where he doesn't want to go.

Avon thinks theres a snitch in D'Angelo's crew, and he's told not to pay any of them until its sorted out. Also, he should notice who will beg for an advance, as a paid snitch will not need the money as badly.

Opens with Brandon, who has been taken care of by Avon; he has been tortured to death. This episode shows how it affects Wallace, Omar, and Daniels.

Wallace is just a child himself, although he takes care of a number of neighborhood kids, seeing that they get off to school each day on time with homework etc., so they won't attract the attention of the social workers.

The Detail catches a runner on the way to the pit with a re-up. They decide not to arrest the driver, to avoid giving up their evidence in the charging documents. This is so contrary to the usual way things are done that Freamon needs to explain it several times to Herc.

One of the abandoned kids asks Wallace for help with her math homework. The word problem is a city bus has so many people boarding and leaving the bus at each stop and how many are left at the end? The girl has no idea how to solve this. Wallace translates the problem to keeping count of the stash; so many bucks, so many orders. Once the problem is translated, she has no problem doing the math. In their world, if you get the count wrong, you get a minimum of a severe beating.

The annual west side vs. east side hoops contest features Avon Barksdale cheating less successfully that his opponent Proposition Joe. They both have ringers, but Joe saves his for the second half after doubling the bet. This episode really illuminates Avon's character.

Wee-bey is arrested and gladly admits to murder, as long as he can get horse radish on his sandwich. D'Angelo takes the fall for his uncle, and Stringer gets off, since Wallace is not around to testify against him. Avon and a lot of minor figures in the Barksdale crew take minor charges, but the organization goes on as effectively as ever.