Old Cases (23 Jun. 2002)

Bodie manages to slip through security and escape from lockup. Meanwhile, Herc and Carver continue their renegade ways by traveling to Marlboro to find Bodie and beat him into giving up ... See full summary »

Director:

Clement Virgo

Writers:

David Simon (creator), David Simon (teleplay),

Stars:

Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Dominic West	...	Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
John Doman	...	Maj. William A. Rawls
Idris Elba	...	Russell 'Stringer' Bell
Frankie Faison	...	Dep. Comm. for Operations Ervin H. Burrell (as Frankie R. Faison)
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.	...	D'Angelo Barksdale (as Larry Gilliard Jr.)
Wood Harris	...	Avon Barksdale
Deirdre Lovejoy	...	Asst. State's Atty. Rhonda Pearlman (credit only)
Wendell Pierce	...	Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Lance Reddick	...	Lt. Cedric Daniels
Andre Royo	...	Reginald 'Bubbles' Cousins
Sonja Sohn	...	Det. Shakima 'Kima' Greggs
Peter Gerety	...	Judge Daniel Phelan
Callie Thorne	...	Elena McNulty
Michael Kenneth Williams	...	Omar Little (as Michael K. Williams)
J.D. Williams	...	Preston 'Bodie' Broadus (as JD Williams)

Storyline

Bodie manages to slip through security and escape from lockup. Meanwhile, Herc and Carver continue their renegade ways by traveling to Marlboro to find Bodie and beat him into giving up information on the case. Once they get there, Herc has a change of attitude after meeting Bodie's Grandmother. Furious at being robbed of his product during the "re-up," Avon Barksdale instructs Stinkum, Wee-Bey, and Stringer to double the existing reward for anyone who eliminates Omar and his crew.

---

Plot Keywords:

wiretapping

---

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

---

Details

Release Date:

23 June 2002 (USA)

Company Credits

Did You Know?

Trivia

Future cast member Gbenga Akinnagbe appears as an extra in the opening scene. According to Akinnagbe, he was so nervous that he accidentally looks at the camera which can be seen in the scene.

---

Quotes

Sgt. Jay Landsman: Major, sir?
Maj. William A. Rawls: Yeah?
Sgt. Jay Landsman: I've been thinking, it's a clear violation of the general orders, I know, but...
[sits down]
Sgt. Jay Landsman: Last night I'm at home, I'm sitting up buck naked and I got one hand wrapped around a cold domestic beer and the other wrapped around my magnificent flaccid four and one half inch wonder and I am,
[Rawles laughs]
Sgt. Jay Landsman: trying with all my might to remember what Layla Kauffman's nipples looked like when her bathing top slipped off at the Hill and Dale swim party.
[both laugh]
Maj. William A. Rawls: Layla Mauffman?
Sgt. Jay Landsman: Yes ...
[...]

---

Connections

References Leave It to Beaver (1957)

---

Soundtracks

"All Blues"
Written and Performed by Miles Davis

User Reviews

F***! An amazing episode of television

This is an exceptional episode of a consistently exceptional show. There's a confidence in changing the rules by which the TV game is played that I have rarely seen matched. This show is genius, and knows it. It's not about actors or cinematography, though it excels in both areas. This is a show that is all about story, and it's immaculate - no waste, no loose edges. The scene in this episode where a crime scene is re-enacted by two cops is a masterpiece - no real dialogue, just a disarming stream of f-bombs which I realized after a few moments perfectly illuminated the way that these two detectives work together; they have an interactive flow, outlined by but not described by obscenity, that reflects the show in miniature. What other show is so well-structured, intellectually challenging, emotionally engaging, and completely entertaining?