"The Wire" Stray Rounds (2003)

Director:

Timothy Van Patten

Writers:

David Simon (creator)
David Simon (teleplay)

TV Series:

"The Wire" (2002)

Original Air Date:

3 August 2003 (Season 2, Episode 9)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Bodie's disastrous sales efforts result in a tongue lashing from Stringer Bell. Ziggy pulls Johnny Fifty...

Plot Keywords:

Wiretapping | Drugs | Gay Slur | Dockworker | Wiretap

Cast

Dominic West	...	Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
Chris Bauer	...	Frank Sobotka
Paul Ben-Victor	...	Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos
John Doman	...	Col. William A. Rawls
Idris Elba	...	Russell 'Stringer' Bell
Frankie Faison	...	Acting Commissioner Ervin H. Burrell
Wood Harris	...	Avon Barksdale (credit only)
Deirdre Lovejoy	...	Asst. State's Atty. Rhonda Pearlman
Clarke Peters	...	Det. Lester Freamon
Wendell Pierce	...	Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Lance Reddick	...	Lt. Cedric Daniels
Amy Ryan	...	Off. Beatrice 'Beadie' Russell
Sonja Sohn	...	Det. Shakima 'Kima' Greggs
Seth Gilliam	...	Sgt. Ellis Carver
Domenick Lombardozzi	...	Det. Thomas 'Herc' Hauk

Trivia:

Dominic West's character McNulty is asked if he can do an English accent. He does one which everyone deems to be mediocre. In real life, Dominic West is a native of England.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Ziggy spends the episode showing off his pet Muscovy duck, shots of which are always accompanied by quacks on the soundtrack, but Muscovies don't quack - they hiss.

Quotes:

Sergei 'Serge' Malatov: Did he have hands? Did he have a face? Yes?... then it wasn't us *laughs*... idiot

Soundtrack:

You Beat Me To The Punch