React Quotes (3 Feb. 2008)

"Just 'cause they're in the street don't mean they lack for opinion." ' Haynes Summary provided by... See full synopsis »

Director:

Agnieszka Holland

Writers:

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

Stars:

Dominic West, Reg E. Cathey, John Doman

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Dominic West	...	Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
Reg E. Cathey	...	Norman Wilson
John Doman	...	Acting Commissioner William A. Rawls (credit only)
Aidan Gillen	...	Mayor Thomas 'Tommy' Carcetti
Clark Johnson	...	City Editor Augustus 'Gus' Haynes
Deirdre Lovejoy	...	Asst. State's Atty. Rhonda Pearlman
Thomas McCarthy	...	Scott Templeton (as Tom McCarthy)
Clarke Peters	...	Det. Lester Freamon
Wendell Pierce	...	Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Lance Reddick	...	Dep. Comm. for Operations Cedric Daniels
Andre Royo	...	Reginald 'Bubbles' Cousins
Sonja Sohn	...	Det. Shakima 'Kima' Greggs
Seth Gilliam	...	Sgt. Ellis Carver
Domenick Lombardozzi	...	Thomas 'Herc' Hauk
Michael Kenneth Williams	...	Omar Little

Storyline

"Just 'cause they're in the street don't mean they lack for opinion." ' Haynes Summary provided by... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

singing in a car | wiretapping | title directed by female

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 February 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blown Deadline Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Joe Hansard, who plays transient "Nathan Levi Boston" in the fifth episode of the fifth season of The Wire entitled "React Quotes," also portrayed gearhead "Jimmy Lee Shields" on the first episode of the first season of David Simon's sister show Homicide: Life on the Street. Both episodes of both shows aired after The Superbowl.

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Connections

References The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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Soundtracks

"My Girl Has Gone"
Performed by Smokey Robinson

User Reviews

How did he escape?

Marlo Stanfield takes the position of Prop. Joe. He starts using cellphone again, and after chain of events, Freamon learns his number, but has no wiretap.

Dukie has been bullied by Spider and other corner boys. First he goes gym, then takes shooting lessons from Michael but he understands he has no talent in both. I think Stanfield Organization should use his brain. Like in Barksdale times, they were counting money every night;their incomes, outcomes etc. Dukie can assist organization in that kind of things.

McNulty's relationships are falling apart. He doesn't pay attention to both Beadie and his sons. Instead he continues working on serial killer case. Scott Templeton from Baltimore Sun fakes serial killer call and Jimmy backs him up to get wiretap for Marlo Stanfield. They get their wiretap, they setup fake(not working)wiretap on serial killer in homicide, but in reality Freamon sets up real wiretap on Marlo Stanfield. Vondas gives cell phone to Marlo, but warns him not to speak illegal things while talking. So, I don't know how cautious Marlo will be, and how much things Lester and McNulty dig from Marlo's wiretap.

Omar continues watching Marlo's lieutenant Monk's movements, unaware of an ambush. After watching for nights, he makes his move, only to find himself in ambush. I see that coming actually. Because of his desires full of Butchie's avenge, he's been careless. The real Omar would have sensed the ambush, and approached more carefully. Remember how he hits Barksdales without getting a scratch. But I have a question at the end: how the hell did he escape? Is he dead? We'll see that in the next episode.

My vote is 10/10.