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Carcetti maps out a damage-control scenario with the police brass in the wake of a startling revelation from Pearlman and Daniels. Their choice: clean up the mess...or hide the dirt.

Director:

Clark Johnson

Writers:

David Simon (created by), David Simon (teleplay by)

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
Aidan Gillen	...	Mayor Thomas 'Tommy' Carcetti
Clark Johnson	...	City Editor Augustus 'Gus' Haynes
Deirdre Lovejoy	...	Asst. State's Atty. Rhonda Pearlman
Tom McCarthy	...	Scott Templeton
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 (credit only)

Storyline

After Marlo tells Levy the only people who knew their code were himself, Chris, Cheese and Monk Metcalf (Kwame Patterson), all of whom are in jail, Levy begins to dig into who exactly the police's CI is. Greggs tells Daniels that McNulty and Freamon made up the serial killer, and Daniels in turn tells Carcetti. However, fearing for his campaign for governor, Carcetti orders a cover-up, much to Daniels's disgust. As McNulty tries to talk the homicide department out of throwing more man-hours into the serial killer case, an unanticipated problem presents itself. Elsewhere, Freamon learns who the leak is at the courthouse, and Levy realises the Marlo investigation used an illegal wire, forcing Pearlman to negotiate. At The Sun, when Templeton tries to sneak his biggest fabrication yet into the paper, Haynes decides he has had enough. Meanwhile, Bubbles debates whether to let Fletcher publish his story, the hierarchies at the police department, City Hall and The Sun receive a shake-up, ...

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Plot Keywords:

number in episode title | wiretapping | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

The original title for this episode was "The Life of Kings" referencing the quote by H.L. Mencken.

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Quotes

City Editor Augustus 'Gus' Haynes: You ever notice that the guys who do that, the Blairs, the Glasses, the Kelleys, they all start with something small, you know. Just a little quote that they clean up. And then it's a whole anecdote. And pretty soon, they're seeing some amazing shit. They're the lucky ones who just happen to be standing on the right street corner in Tel Aviv when the pizza joint blows up and the human head rolls down the street with the eyes still blinking!
Managing Editor Thomas Klebanow: The pictures were sent to him. The police have ...
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Connections

References The Absent Minded Professor (1961)

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Soundtracks

This Is My Block
Written By Bob Mair, Nick Vincent and Don Reynolds
Performed by G-$tack
Courtesy of Black Toast Music

User Reviews

The best

A great series ended with a great episode. Hats off to the writer especially for writing this amazing series. It's called a TV novel for this reason. The way it dwells upon the viewers is fantabulous. The series was moving, gripping, cunning in it's own way. The slowness is its greatness. The finale is really really good. This is the best season of all times along with the sopranos, hats off. The pillars of TV

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 March 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blown Deadline Productions, Home Box Office (HBO)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3