Boys of Summer (10 Sep. 2006)

"Lambs to the slaughter here." - Marcia Donnelly Snoop pores over nail guns at a suburban home improvement superstore... See full synopsis »

Director:

Joe Chappelle

Writers:

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

Stars:

Dominic West, John Doman, Frankie Faison

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Dominic West	...	Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
John Doman	...	Dep. Comm. for Operations William A. Rawls (credit only)
Frankie Faison	...	Commissioner Ervin H. Burrell (credit only)
Aidan Gillen	...	Councilman Thomas 'Tommy' Carcetti
Deirdre Lovejoy	...	Asst. State's Atty. Rhonda Pearlman
Clarke Peters	...	Det. Lester Freamon
Wendell Pierce	...	Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Lance Reddick	...	Maj. Cedric Daniels
Andre Royo	...	Reginald 'Bubbles' Cousins (credit only)
Sonja Sohn	...	Det. Shakima 'Kima' Greggs
Jim True-Frost	...	Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski
Robert Wisdom	...	Howard 'Bunny' Colvin (credit only)
Seth Gilliam	...	Sgt. Ellis Carver
Domenick Lombardozzi	...	Det. Thomas 'Herc' Hauk
Reg E. Cathey	...	Norman Wilson

Storyline

"Lambs to the slaughter here." - Marcia Donnelly Snoop pores over nail guns at a suburban home improvement superstore... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

wiretapping

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 September 2006 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blown Deadline Productions, Home Box Office (HBO)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

57 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

The subpoena Greggs hands to Freamon at around the nine-minute mark shows Baltimore mis-spelled as "Batlimore".

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Quotes

Det. Thomas 'Herc' Hauk: [after Council President Nareese Campbell walks by] Council President's hot as balls!
Security Detail Officer: I'd fuck you to fuck her.
Det. Thomas 'Herc' Hauk: You don't think that means your a fag or nothin.
Security Detail Officer: It's just an expression.

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Connections

References The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

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Soundtracks

"Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)"
Performed by Parliament

User Reviews

Brilliant start to the season

It's a testimony to the seemingly innate skill of the writers of HBO's acclaimed series "the wire" that, after only one hour of television, they have created four new characters with more heart and character than any other children on TV, and that these characters were probably only in about 1/4 of the episode.

Season 4 of the wire opens up brilliantly, to put it short. Not only are we introduced to a new set-up of characters, (based around the interesting idea of how teenagers on the street struggle between the choice of what is right (to try and live an honest life) and what is easy (crime)), but most of the major characters from seasons past are reintroduced seamlessly, as if they'd never been gone.

I've tried so far not to fulfil the stereotype of the "preaching Wire fan" who tries to convert everyone to the show, but the fact that for 3 seasons and 1 episode I have been so engrossed within the city and the characters that I'm afraid that's about to change.