The Wire

Bad Dreams

Season 2, Episode 11, Aired 8/17/03

Episode Summary

"I need to get clean" - Sobotka

FBI agent Fitzhugh's report detailing Sobotka's plan to flip the next morning in exchange for leniency for Ziggy and Nick reaches FBI agent Koutris, who again tips The Greek to the imminent danger. As Sobotka makes his way to the lonely spot under the Key Bridge for his meeting with Vondas, the FBI agent Koutris sends a message to The Greek and warns him of Sobotka's intention to tell the police what he knows. With Sobotka in sight, The Greek tells Vondas that the union leader must not leave their meeting alive.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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Once again the creative team behind The Wire has crafted a compelling hour of television. As the inevitable season finale draws near, they have so expertly created a sense of dread that it is palpable.moreless

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By rockin01, Feb 25, 2011 Report Abuse

In the penultimate episode of Season 2, each of the major characters is at a critical juncture. Ziggy has sealed his fate with the latest of his impulsive, foolish choices. Nicky's heroin dealing has caught up with him, and he is on the verge of being arrested. The net is tightening on Sobotka's shady dealings, and it is a toss-up as to whether the detail or the Greeks will get to him first. The detail has come up short in their quest to solve the Jane Doe murders and nab the Greeks, so they are feverishly working to stay one step ahead of their ever-changing tactics. Stringer's plan to pit Omar and Brother Mouzone against each has backfired, and he is at risk of Avon finding out about his disloyal dealings. Other than that, everything's just dandy...

Another totally captivating episode, and a perfect set-up for the finale.moreless

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- The creator and writer of The Wire, David Simon, makes a cameo appearance as one of the reporters waiting outside the union hall when Sobotka is arrested.
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- Although credited, John Doman, Wood Harris and Jim True-Frost do not appear in this episode. Edit
- Music: "To Psomi tis Xenethias (Bread in a Foreign Land)" and "Ena Sidero Amaneno" by Stelios Kazantzidis; "Nyhterides Ke Arahnes" by Christos Nikolopoulos Edit
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- Brother Mouzone: I'm at peace with my god. Do what you will. Edit
- Amanda Reese: Name names, and come clean. You help yourself, and your union. Frank Sobotka: Help my union? For 25 years we've been dyin' slow down there. Dry dock's rustin', piers standin' empty. My friends and their kids like we got the cancer. No life-line got thrown all that time, nothin' from nobody, and now you wanna help us? Help me? Edit
- Spiros: You don't have to worry about Nicko. (something in Greek) The Greek: You are fond of him Spiros. You should have had a son. Spiros: But then I would have had a wife. Edit
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