The Wire

Duck and Cover

Season 2, Episode 8, Aired 7/27/03

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"How come they don't fly away?" - Ziggy

Sobotka and Nick visit the diner to meet with The Greek. Vondas tries to persuade them to meet with him, but Sobotka is angry and adamant, and only when he begins to leave does The Greek appear. Sobotka explains the reasons for his paranoia and advises that The Greek shut down the warehouse. Instead, The Greek tells him to deliver more disappeared but clean containers there, "to show them there is nothing to hide." When Sobotka demands that he be paid the regular rate for disappearing the clean cans, The Greek is at first reluctant, but then agrees to pay after Nick is insistent.moreless

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Wendell Pierce

Det. William "Bunk" Moreland
Paul Ben-Victor

Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos
John Doman

Col. William A. Rawls

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Ok, I know The Wire is not known for its breakneck-paced action sequences: it's a police procedural. But, honestly, the glacial pace was a lot more novel and endearing in the first season- this season I'm getting tired of it- c'mon, move it, already!moreless

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Again, not much of import happened. McNulty cracks up his car on a drunken bender, then hooks up with a waitress at an all-night diner. Looks like he's throwing himself into his old ways with a vengeance since being rejected by Elena. He confesses to Bunk that he is no good without a juicy homicide to investigate, so Bunk and Lester get Daniels to pressure Rawls to let McNulty join the detail. Knew that was coming sooner or later. Sobotka sniffs out the surveillance operation and throws a couple of decoys at the detail to throw them off the trail. He demands a meeting with the Greek, where he warns him to clean up the warehouse operation. Speaking of decoys, Ziggy comes into possession of an alcoholic duck, which the dockworker barflys sort of adopt as a mascot- and, yes, this subplot is as silly as it sounds. Someone please shoot Ziggy, quick! Bodie and Poot repel some rival dealers who are encroaching on their territory, but the ousted crew vows to return. And so it goes this week. I know I have been complaining of late about the slow pace of this series, but make no mistake- I still like it a lot, even episodes like this one. In the world of The Wire, there are always touches that make this overall one of the most gripping dramas on television. So, I'll be here again next episode. See you then...moreless

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- Although credited, Idris Elba and Wood Harris do not appear in this episode. Edit
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- Bodie: Goddamn, you a pussy crazed mah'fucker! Poot: A nigga can't look at a female? Bodie: Yeah man, but you be gettin' dizzy behind that shit. Edit
- Bunk: Jimmy McNulty, when he ain't policin', he's a picture post guarder, drunken, self-destructive fuck-up. And when he is policin'... he's pretty much the same motherfucker, but on a good case, he runnin' in front of the pack. That's as close as the man comes to bein' right. Edit
- Mr. Dids: Why don't you start out with pigeons Ziggy, you can train pigeons. Ziggy: Those things got lice, they'll bring the plague for christ sakes. Edit
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