The Wire

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Season 2, Episode 6, Aired 7/6/03

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"It don't matter that some fool say he different..." - D'Angelo

The detail continues to look for the source of the union's money; Omar hands Levy his hat and Nathan a win when he gets on the stand; Nick seeks Vondas's juice in resolving Ziggy's problem with Cheese; abandoning the search for his floater's I.D., McNulty courts Elena, hoping for a reconciliation; Greggs gets a direction on the Russian pross ring from Shardene, and a jealous Cheryl accompanies her and Prez on a field trip to the clubs to follow up Shardene's lead; after spending hours poring over the port's database, Russell finds the pattern they're looking for, but Daniels is still reluctant to pick up those fourteen names in red; Nick gets Vondas his chemicals and agrees to accept half his payment in cash and half in heroin; Stringer's out-sourcing a highly clandestine solution to the problem of Dee's distancing himself from the family and its business has tragic consequences.moreless

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Wendell Pierce

Det. William "Bunk" Moreland
Paul Ben-Victor

Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos
Wood Harris

Avon Barksdale

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This is one of those episodes that changes everything for several characters. Get ready for some shocking and moving developments.

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By rockin01, Oct 28, 2007 Report Abuse

Spoilers ahead! The detail finds a pattern in the disappearance of cargo containers from the dock, and the investigation takes a new direction. Nick negotiates Ziggy out of hot water with Cheese. Omar's testimony gets Bird convicted. Kima tries to get a bead on the identity of the Russian girls by following a lead to a strip club- and her jealous partner tages along. McNulty tries for a reconcialition with Elena, but has his hopes dashed. And Dee pays the ultimate price for his estrangement from Avon, when Stringer puts out a hit on him that is made to look like a suicide. Classic Wire from beginning to end- compelling, engrossing storytelling.moreless

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- Although credited, Deirdre Lovejoy and John Doman do not appear in this episode. Edit
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- Judge Phelan: Mr. Hilton, are you the second coming of our savior? Bird: Excuse me? Judge Phelan: Are you Jesus Christ come back to Earth? Bird: Um... Judge Phelan: (strikes gavel) See you at sentencing. Edit
- D'Angelo: The past is always with us. Where we come from, what we go through, how we go through it; all this shit matters. Like at the end of the book, ya' know, boats and tides and all. It's like you can change up, right, you can say your somebody new, you can give yourself a whole new story. But, what came first is who you really are and what happened before is what really happened. It don't matter that some fool say he different 'cause the things that make you different is what you really do, what you really go through. Like, ya' know, all those books in his library. He frontin' with all them books, but if you pull one down off the shelf, none of the pages have ever been opened. He got all them books, and he hasn't read nearly one of them. Gatsby, he was who he was, and he did what he did. And 'cause he wasn't willing to get real with the story, that shit caught up to him. Edit
- Sergei: Family cannot be helped. Proposition Joe: Who you tellin'? I got motherfuckin' nephews and in-laws fucking all my shit up all the time and it ain't like I can pop a cap in their ass and not hear about it Thanksgivin' time. For real, I'm livin' life with some burdensome niggers. Edit
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