1 00:00:08,134 --> 00:00:10,094 (Sirens blaring) 2 00:00:19,645 --> 00:00:21,606 (Man) We need another bag. 3 00:00:21,689 --> 00:00:24,400 (2nd man) Where you at? (Man) Over here. 4 00:00:25,067 --> 00:00:27,361 (3rd man) Drug war? (4th man) Mm-hm. 5 00:00:30,573 --> 00:00:33,159 Barksdale's coming back on my boy marlo, huh? 6 00:00:34,660 --> 00:00:36,662 - Shit. - (4th man) Got it. 7 00:00:45,004 --> 00:00:47,465 Man, I don't know where we at. 8 00:00:47,548 --> 00:00:51,928 We are in Baltimore, Lamar. Baltimore, Maryland. 9 00:00:52,011 --> 00:00:54,013 (Sirens blaring) 10 00:01:21,624 --> 00:01:23,751 (Sirens in distance) 11 00:01:28,673 --> 00:01:31,509 (Sirens approaching) 12 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,890 (Indistinct chatter on police radios) 13 00:01:59,704 --> 00:02:03,332 That's the second crib of mine they cracked this week. 14 00:02:03,416 --> 00:02:07,003 Stir up a hornet's nest, no telling who gonna get stung. 15 00:02:10,047 --> 00:02:12,550 (Motorbike engine, sirens in distance) 16 00:02:16,721 --> 00:02:19,724 - All paranoid and shit. - Gotta be. 17 00:02:20,933 --> 00:02:23,102 (Gunfire) 18 00:02:34,780 --> 00:02:36,824 Whoa. 19 00:02:36,907 --> 00:02:38,743 They got latroy. 20 00:02:40,619 --> 00:02:45,499 What the fuck is y'all on the streets for? There's a fucking war going on. 21 00:02:45,583 --> 00:02:47,585 Get the fuck in the truck, man. 22 00:03:19,575 --> 00:03:21,994 What happened to all them towers? 23 00:03:22,078 --> 00:03:24,914 - Slow train coming. - Huh? 24 00:03:27,750 --> 00:03:31,420 Reform, Lamar. Reform. 25 00:03:33,381 --> 00:03:35,383 (Laughs) 26 00:03:42,765 --> 00:03:45,059 When you walk through the garden 27 00:03:46,602 --> 00:03:48,979 you gotta watch your back 28 00:03:50,398 --> 00:03:52,858 well, I beg your pardon 29 00:03:53,859 --> 00:03:56,070 walk the straight and narrow track 30 00:03:56,153 --> 00:03:57,530 walk the straight and narrow track 31 00:03:57,613 --> 00:04:01,575 if you walk with Jesus 32 00:04:01,659 --> 00:04:03,869 he's gonna save your soul 33 00:04:05,496 --> 00:04:07,832 you gotta keep the devil 34 00:04:09,458 --> 00:04:11,919 way down in the hole 35 00:04:13,170 --> 00:04:15,589 he got fire and the fury 36 00:04:15,673 --> 00:04:17,425 fire and fury 37 00:04:17,508 --> 00:04:20,052 at his command 38 00:04:21,053 --> 00:04:24,306 well, you don't have to worry 39 00:04:24,390 --> 00:04:27,935 hold on to Jesus' hands 40 00:04:28,018 --> 00:04:31,021 oh, we'll be safe from Satan 41 00:04:31,730 --> 00:04:34,567 when the thunder rolls 42 00:04:35,693 --> 00:04:39,113 you gotta keep the devil 43 00:04:39,780 --> 00:04:42,741 way down in the hole 44 00:04:50,958 --> 00:04:54,170 You gotta keep the devil 45 00:04:54,879 --> 00:04:57,131 way down in the hole 46 00:05:00,843 --> 00:05:02,303 way down 47 00:05:02,386 --> 00:05:04,889 way down in the hole 48 00:05:26,994 --> 00:05:29,663 We should be up on this, hearing voices. 49 00:05:29,747 --> 00:05:32,166 (Lester) Get bodie's phone, we will be. 50 00:05:32,374 --> 00:05:34,376 We got enough PC off the burners. 51 00:05:34,460 --> 00:05:38,005 These pen registers click, it screams drug conspiracy. 52 00:05:38,088 --> 00:05:40,007 I'm not taking the case to court. 53 00:05:40,090 --> 00:05:43,886 Pearlman wants a specific link to a known drug trafficker. 54 00:05:49,934 --> 00:05:53,604 These drug crews dump phones every couple of weeks at best. 55 00:05:53,687 --> 00:05:56,106 So when we do get a wire up, it's a limited run. 56 00:05:56,190 --> 00:06:01,695 That doesn't meet the cellular company's definition of "exigent circumstance"? 57 00:06:01,779 --> 00:06:03,656 What's your boss willing to do? 58 00:06:03,739 --> 00:06:07,701 Demper? He's a bit too focused on next year's re-election fight. 59 00:06:07,785 --> 00:06:10,996 - How about the feds? - They say they can't do anything for us. 60 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,875 Look at how they use the federal communications act. 61 00:06:14,959 --> 00:06:20,381 For national security stuff, they use the patriot act. Everything else gets shorted. 62 00:06:20,464 --> 00:06:23,050 The industry has all of us by the balls. 63 00:06:24,593 --> 00:06:27,930 (Sighs) Pardon my French, your honor. 64 00:06:28,639 --> 00:06:31,850 I'll tell you what. Best I can do for you is this. 65 00:06:31,934 --> 00:06:36,397 You give me a boilerplate affidavit with the PC from the court report. 66 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:40,150 And as you get numbers for the new disposables, you call me. 67 00:06:40,901 --> 00:06:43,821 Anytime, day or night, to jump phones. 68 00:06:43,904 --> 00:06:46,907 But we're still gonna be getting up on their phones 69 00:06:46,991 --> 00:06:49,702 - even as they're coming down. - Probably. 70 00:06:49,785 --> 00:06:52,538 - This is so totally... - Fucked up. 71 00:06:53,956 --> 00:06:55,749 Je parle francais bien. 72 00:06:55,833 --> 00:07:01,839 Et tu es... tres charmant aujourd'hui. 73 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:11,015 Judge phelan has you on his mind. How long has that been going on? 74 00:07:11,765 --> 00:07:13,767 Started with... 75 00:07:13,851 --> 00:07:16,020 My firstjury trial in his court, I think. 76 00:07:16,103 --> 00:07:17,896 I bet you won all your motions. 77 00:07:23,444 --> 00:07:25,946 - You wanted to see me, sir? - Have a seat. 78 00:07:30,492 --> 00:07:34,830 I wanna thank you for the loyalty you showed moving that body. 79 00:07:35,873 --> 00:07:39,710 It wasn't the most sensible thing but I appreciate it. 80 00:07:40,836 --> 00:07:42,463 You're a good man, sergeant. 81 00:07:42,546 --> 00:07:47,384 You got good instincts, and as far as I can tell, you're a decent supervisor. 82 00:07:48,886 --> 00:07:53,098 But from where I sit, you ain't shit when it come to policing. 83 00:07:54,141 --> 00:07:58,646 Don't take it personal. Ain'tjust you, it's all our young police 84 00:07:58,729 --> 00:08:00,147 whole generation of y'all. 85 00:08:01,148 --> 00:08:03,442 Now, you think about it. 86 00:08:03,525 --> 00:08:05,778 You've been here over a year now, carver. 87 00:08:05,861 --> 00:08:10,199 You got nobody looking out for you, nobody willing to talk to you. 88 00:08:11,408 --> 00:08:13,661 That about sum it up? 89 00:08:13,744 --> 00:08:15,829 And that's a problem. 90 00:08:15,913 --> 00:08:19,208 I didn't think there was any way I'd get my head around it, 91 00:08:19,416 --> 00:08:22,127 but then dozerman gets shot for some bullshit. 92 00:08:23,629 --> 00:08:26,173 And that's when I about reach my limit. 93 00:08:26,382 --> 00:08:29,718 That's when the idea of the free zone, come to me, 94 00:08:29,802 --> 00:08:33,472 because this drug thing, this ain't police work. 95 00:08:33,555 --> 00:08:35,766 No, it ain't. 96 00:08:35,849 --> 00:08:39,478 I can send any fool with a badge and a gun up on them corners, 97 00:08:39,561 --> 00:08:43,732 and Jack a crew and grab vials. But policing? 98 00:08:45,484 --> 00:08:47,528 I mean, you call something a war, 99 00:08:47,611 --> 00:08:51,699 and pretty soon everybody gonna be acting like warriors 100 00:08:51,782 --> 00:08:54,034 running around on a crusade, 101 00:08:54,118 --> 00:08:58,497 storming corners, slapping on cuffs, racking up body counts. 102 00:08:58,580 --> 00:09:01,792 And when you at war, you need a fucking enemy. 103 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:06,630 And pretty soon, damn near everybody on every corner is your fucking enemy. 104 00:09:07,131 --> 00:09:09,967 And soon the neighborhood you police, 105 00:09:10,050 --> 00:09:12,428 that's just occupied territory. 106 00:09:13,846 --> 00:09:16,890 - You follow this? - I think so. 107 00:09:16,974 --> 00:09:19,893 Look here, the point I'm making, carver, is this. 108 00:09:19,977 --> 00:09:22,855 Soldiering and policing, ain't the same thing. 109 00:09:22,938 --> 00:09:27,860 And before we went and took the wrong turn and started up with these war games, 110 00:09:27,943 --> 00:09:31,447 the cop walked a beat, and he learned that post. 111 00:09:32,489 --> 00:09:34,950 And if things happened up on that post, 112 00:09:35,033 --> 00:09:37,911 whether they be a rape or robbery or shooting, 113 00:09:37,995 --> 00:09:41,915 he had people out there helping him, feeding him information. 114 00:09:41,999 --> 00:09:45,627 But every time I come to you, my deu sergeant, 115 00:09:45,711 --> 00:09:50,424 for information, to find out what's going on out there in them streets, 116 00:09:50,507 --> 00:09:52,926 all that came back was some bullshit. 117 00:09:54,386 --> 00:09:57,514 You had your stats, your arrests, your seizures. 118 00:09:57,598 --> 00:09:59,516 But that don't amount to shit 119 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,687 when you talking about protecting the neighborhood, now, do it? 120 00:10:09,693 --> 00:10:13,906 You know the worst thing about this... So-called drug war, 121 00:10:14,656 --> 00:10:16,533 to my mind... 122 00:10:19,369 --> 00:10:22,873 It just... it ruined this job. 123 00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:24,792 (Knock on door) 124 00:10:24,875 --> 00:10:26,543 - Major... - What you got? 125 00:10:26,627 --> 00:10:31,965 Incoming. Sun paper reporter. Been to the free zones, all three of them. 126 00:10:34,051 --> 00:10:36,053 Meet you at the car. 127 00:10:40,015 --> 00:10:41,934 (Mcnulty) We rewrite the affidavit, 128 00:10:42,017 --> 00:10:45,896 add stuff from the pen registers, take it to the judge. 129 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:49,650 You have a law degree? If you did, it would be your call to make. 130 00:10:49,733 --> 00:10:52,653 Who would pretend to be a lawyer that wasn't? 131 00:10:52,736 --> 00:10:54,988 I think we're being too cautious on this. 132 00:10:55,072 --> 00:10:59,701 We're going the extra mile for phelan. A short out now could cost us later. 133 00:10:59,785 --> 00:11:04,039 We drew phelan on this wiretap? That two-faced hack sold me out last time. 134 00:11:04,122 --> 00:11:07,751 He's not running for a new term. He'll be fine. 135 00:11:07,835 --> 00:11:08,836 He's a piece of shit. 136 00:11:08,919 --> 00:11:14,091 We're all pieces of shit when we're in your way. That goes with the territory. 137 00:11:23,934 --> 00:11:25,769 Point taken. 138 00:11:26,770 --> 00:11:30,357 So it's these warehouses, the old Winchester homes, 139 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,985 and the dead blocks down by Vincent street? 140 00:11:33,068 --> 00:11:35,112 All three. 141 00:11:35,195 --> 00:11:37,006 They're just supposed to let it go on like this? 142 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:40,534 Colvin told us to push the street dealing in these areas, 143 00:11:40,617 --> 00:11:44,580 then start locking people up, but so far, not a single arrest. 144 00:11:44,663 --> 00:11:47,875 - And they know about this downtown? - I don't think so. 145 00:11:47,958 --> 00:11:51,169 But I'd love to be there when you pop the question. 146 00:11:52,796 --> 00:11:56,008 - This is just... - Tell me about it. 147 00:12:04,516 --> 00:12:07,060 - Got the place looking good. - Yeah. 148 00:12:07,144 --> 00:12:10,480 Now all that needs doing is to go out and get you some kids. 149 00:12:10,564 --> 00:12:13,692 Come on, man. You making it sound easy, 150 00:12:13,775 --> 00:12:18,947 but, tell you the truth, I ain't got no idea how to go at these hoppers. 151 00:12:19,031 --> 00:12:23,660 I wouldn't lose any sleep over that. Nobody else does, neither. 152 00:12:27,831 --> 00:12:30,167 (Telephone) 153 00:12:31,460 --> 00:12:32,753 We got one. 154 00:12:33,837 --> 00:12:35,881 - His grandmother. - (Bodie) Looking for me? 155 00:12:35,964 --> 00:12:40,719 (Woman) There's no reason to leave your clothes in the washer. 156 00:12:40,802 --> 00:12:45,933 (Bodie) I'm sorry. I just forgot, ok? But I did pick up the laundry soap. 157 00:12:46,016 --> 00:12:47,935 That's definitely a code. 158 00:12:48,018 --> 00:12:53,106 Let's listen to an intercept we made of bodie a couple of years back. 159 00:12:53,857 --> 00:12:57,486 I'm telling y'all, I saw the boy. He saying he ain't got that thing. 160 00:12:57,569 --> 00:13:00,739 - Same voice, no question. - I'll let the judge know. 161 00:13:00,822 --> 00:13:02,991 Reference the voice comparison. 162 00:13:03,075 --> 00:13:05,077 We're up! 163 00:13:05,994 --> 00:13:09,456 (Chuckles) Yeah. 164 00:13:09,539 --> 00:13:11,708 (Man) Got it right here, yo. Yeah, that's right. 165 00:13:11,792 --> 00:13:15,712 - Major Colvin, western district. - Banisky, sun papers. 166 00:13:15,796 --> 00:13:17,756 - So, this your idea? - (Man) Got one, get one! 167 00:13:21,593 --> 00:13:23,595 Mind if we... walk? 168 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:28,016 (Man) Apocalypse. Got that apocalypse. Right here, shorty. 169 00:13:28,100 --> 00:13:30,727 You got dealers selling with impunity, 170 00:13:30,811 --> 00:13:32,980 addicts shooting up on the street, 171 00:13:33,063 --> 00:13:36,775 people down here doing outreach, giving out needles an' all. 172 00:13:36,858 --> 00:13:41,363 - Who knows about this at headquarters? - Command is well aware of the situation. 173 00:13:41,446 --> 00:13:46,493 While there was some initial concern, they feel that the cases we're gonna bring in... 174 00:13:46,576 --> 00:13:48,996 - Cases? - Yeah, prosecutions, sure. 175 00:13:49,079 --> 00:13:51,790 Your officers say no one's being locked up. 176 00:13:51,873 --> 00:13:55,961 My troops are only pushing the trafficking to designated areas. 177 00:13:56,044 --> 00:13:59,840 They're ignorant of the investigation. That's run out of cid. 178 00:13:59,923 --> 00:14:02,592 Yeah? Who's the lead detective? 179 00:14:03,051 --> 00:14:07,139 Look. I already said more than I should. 180 00:14:07,222 --> 00:14:11,476 The bottom line is, you start throwing calls around now, 181 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:13,437 they're gonna think there's a leak. 182 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,941 They'll come up on the case and we won't get all we can out of this good work. 183 00:14:18,025 --> 00:14:22,529 You're telling me all this is an enforcement strategy? 184 00:14:22,612 --> 00:14:25,198 (Laughing) What the hell else could it be? 185 00:14:25,407 --> 00:14:28,618 You think we would actually let this happen othen/vise? 186 00:14:28,702 --> 00:14:32,664 Come on, banisky. I mean, look. Look at this mess. 187 00:14:33,790 --> 00:14:35,625 Any other reporter gets on it... 188 00:14:37,085 --> 00:14:41,923 I give it to you, and you run with it right then. Absolutely. 189 00:14:42,674 --> 00:14:46,053 A week. But then I gotta run something, no matter what. 190 00:14:47,137 --> 00:14:49,973 - (Man) Purple haze, purple haze. - It's understood. 191 00:14:53,143 --> 00:14:55,937 (Deacon) So, brother, what brought you back? 192 00:14:56,021 --> 00:14:59,566 It disturbs me to leave business unfinished. 193 00:14:59,649 --> 00:15:03,070 Heard you was shot before you even got started down here. 194 00:15:03,153 --> 00:15:04,988 Not like you to get played. 195 00:15:05,072 --> 00:15:06,907 Betrayed, you mean. 196 00:15:06,990 --> 00:15:09,076 I am looking for the man they sent. 197 00:15:09,159 --> 00:15:12,871 From his accent, he's home-grown, raised on the street. 198 00:15:12,954 --> 00:15:16,416 Skilled, intelligent, late 20s, dark, 199 00:15:16,500 --> 00:15:19,795 but with a scar across his face, like so. 200 00:15:21,004 --> 00:15:24,007 - You down with this nigger? - I know him. 201 00:15:24,091 --> 00:15:25,717 Not to speak to. 202 00:15:25,801 --> 00:15:29,638 But you can't be anywhere near the game and not know the motherfucker. 203 00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:32,182 He with barksdale? 204 00:15:32,390 --> 00:15:33,892 He with himself. 205 00:15:33,975 --> 00:15:37,104 Except for when he running with a young boy or two. 206 00:15:38,897 --> 00:15:42,067 (Theresa) It should be all about money. 207 00:15:42,150 --> 00:15:44,194 I know. Dialling for dollars. 208 00:15:44,402 --> 00:15:49,074 Don't stop until you hit your numbers. We'll need a million just for television. 209 00:15:49,157 --> 00:15:53,662 - You really think this is doable? - The odds aren't great, but, yeah. 210 00:15:53,745 --> 00:15:57,958 As long as the thousand things that can go wrong don't go wrong. 211 00:15:58,041 --> 00:16:01,086 - Even for a white guy? - Even for a white guy. 212 00:16:01,169 --> 00:16:03,088 Speaking of which, 213 00:16:03,171 --> 00:16:06,633 I notice a certain monochromatic effect here. 214 00:16:06,716 --> 00:16:10,178 One thing we're gonna need is black faces 215 00:16:10,262 --> 00:16:12,430 and we're gonna need them in prominent positions. 216 00:16:12,514 --> 00:16:15,767 Right. Start thinking about endorsement by black leaders. 217 00:16:15,851 --> 00:16:18,770 Ministers, community people, elected officials. 218 00:16:18,854 --> 00:16:20,605 Here comes the hard part. 219 00:16:20,689 --> 00:16:24,025 Splitting the black vote is the only way to make the math work. 220 00:16:24,651 --> 00:16:29,489 So, Tony gray's gotta get in the race and he's gotta stay viable in the race. 221 00:16:29,573 --> 00:16:32,659 - Guy's a lightweight, ain't he? - He's a good guy. 222 00:16:32,742 --> 00:16:37,497 Great. He's a good guy, but we need him to siphon votes from Royce. 223 00:16:37,581 --> 00:16:40,208 I don't know. This thing with Tony... 224 00:16:40,417 --> 00:16:43,461 It's not personal, Tommy. It's politics. 225 00:16:44,546 --> 00:16:46,756 Live with it, or lose. 226 00:16:49,593 --> 00:16:53,847 (Man) Hey, yo. That boy with the sharp nose, he going to the Apollo. 227 00:16:53,930 --> 00:16:56,892 (2nd man) The Apollo? (Man) He need two tickets. 228 00:16:56,975 --> 00:16:59,144 (2nd man) Tweety bird working that. 229 00:16:59,227 --> 00:17:02,063 (Man) How many times I tell you not to use names? 230 00:17:02,147 --> 00:17:05,442 (2nd man) So I holler at you? (Man) Yeah. All right. 231 00:17:06,693 --> 00:17:09,863 - Apollo, like the theater? - Like 125th street. 232 00:17:09,946 --> 00:17:13,700 125 grams. Two tickets means "twice that". 233 00:17:13,783 --> 00:17:16,870 - The only new code is hamsterdam. - Hamsterdam. 234 00:17:16,953 --> 00:17:20,498 It might have something to do with the stash house. 235 00:17:20,582 --> 00:17:24,127 I'm gonna hook up with kima, catch the tweety bird meet. 236 00:17:24,836 --> 00:17:28,840 - You're happy with what we're getting? - Another week of this 237 00:17:28,924 --> 00:17:34,095 and we'll have their network fleshed out and plenty more phones to go up on. 238 00:17:34,179 --> 00:17:37,015 I need a moment with the detectives. 239 00:17:37,098 --> 00:17:38,600 Sure. 240 00:17:42,229 --> 00:17:43,980 Lid picked up Prez's shooting. 241 00:17:44,064 --> 00:17:47,692 The racial thing alone is tense enough that they gotta react. 242 00:17:47,776 --> 00:17:49,736 No luck at all to that boy. 243 00:17:49,819 --> 00:17:51,071 (Sighs) 244 00:17:51,154 --> 00:17:53,573 For the supervisor's report, 245 00:17:53,657 --> 00:17:55,909 I need to ask if either of you had any indication 246 00:17:55,992 --> 00:17:58,370 that Prez harbored racial prejudices. 247 00:17:58,453 --> 00:18:02,499 Well, he harbored some weird shit, no doubt, but I never got a racial vibe. 248 00:18:02,582 --> 00:18:05,502 Lieutenant, you seriously asking? 249 00:18:12,008 --> 00:18:15,095 You think waggoner gets shot if he's white? 250 00:18:15,178 --> 00:18:19,933 - Description called for a number one male. - I'm just saying. 251 00:18:22,185 --> 00:18:26,564 (Deacon) The good lord set Sunday morning aside for churchgoing. 252 00:18:26,648 --> 00:18:31,987 Even Kenny bird and peanut had the good sense to respect the truce. 253 00:18:32,612 --> 00:18:35,031 You know them barksdales sent a hat? 254 00:18:36,074 --> 00:18:37,826 A church crown? 255 00:18:37,909 --> 00:18:40,787 Walked up, rang the bell, and set it down on the porch. 256 00:18:40,870 --> 00:18:42,789 Cos they shamed. 257 00:18:44,666 --> 00:18:49,504 - Is miss Josephine mending? - She bruised up still, but she all right. 258 00:18:49,587 --> 00:18:53,049 - But you ain't. - Not until I settle this for good. 259 00:18:58,638 --> 00:19:00,098 (Sighs) 260 00:19:00,181 --> 00:19:02,934 I want you to go inside my bank and spread the word. 261 00:19:03,018 --> 00:19:05,812 Omar paying cash to get at them people, you feel me? 262 00:19:05,895 --> 00:19:08,440 - Save your money. - I got to do this. 263 00:19:08,523 --> 00:19:11,067 I'm saying you ain't got to pay. 264 00:19:13,903 --> 00:19:15,905 Thomkins, up on mcculloh. 265 00:19:17,574 --> 00:19:20,410 - What, the funeral home? - Mm. 266 00:19:21,911 --> 00:19:25,248 You mean all this time you had a scope on them clowns, 267 00:19:25,415 --> 00:19:29,210 - and you ain't let loose a word. - I was looking out for you. 268 00:19:29,419 --> 00:19:33,673 Fact is, your chances of going up against that mob and coming back 269 00:19:33,757 --> 00:19:35,967 is as slim as a garter snake. 270 00:19:39,971 --> 00:19:41,973 I can't help that now, butch. 271 00:19:44,642 --> 00:19:46,603 ( Organ playing quietly) 272 00:19:47,937 --> 00:19:49,981 What the fuck? Where's my people? 273 00:19:50,065 --> 00:19:52,567 Slim Charles pulled them. Hired new muscle. 274 00:19:52,650 --> 00:19:54,986 Slim Charles? When the fuck did he...? 275 00:19:56,780 --> 00:20:00,158 - How's the count? - Down bad for the third straight week. 276 00:20:00,241 --> 00:20:04,579 And the shelf life of the shit we got, it ain't gonna last, string. 277 00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:14,464 I know. Slim said they're to stick to you for protection. 278 00:20:19,803 --> 00:20:22,222 (Boy) Give it here! (Carver) Nice shot. 279 00:20:22,430 --> 00:20:26,768 - Dribble it back out. Get your dribble on. - (Boy) Fucking hack. 280 00:20:26,851 --> 00:20:30,814 Yo, yo, easy, easy. Y'all just hacking my man up. 281 00:20:30,897 --> 00:20:32,732 Foul machine. 282 00:20:35,068 --> 00:20:36,903 Nice drive. 283 00:20:39,823 --> 00:20:43,868 - Kind of unschooled, ain't they? - (Boy) You cherry-picking! 284 00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:46,496 That meant as just a casual, "fuck you", 285 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:49,541 or are you looking to maybe help out here? 286 00:20:49,624 --> 00:20:51,584 I'm gonna give it a try. 287 00:20:51,668 --> 00:20:54,796 I'm looking to get some kids interested in boxing. 288 00:20:56,172 --> 00:20:57,215 Boxing? 289 00:20:59,467 --> 00:21:02,929 Look here. This is my time-out corner. 290 00:21:03,012 --> 00:21:06,683 Where I send children who can't play nice together. 291 00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:09,519 Listen up. This man's starting a boxing program. 292 00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:12,522 Looking at y'all, signing on might be a good thing. 293 00:21:12,605 --> 00:21:13,940 You need it. 294 00:21:14,023 --> 00:21:17,068 The only thing he know how to do with his fist is wrap it around his cock. 295 00:21:17,152 --> 00:21:19,195 Fuck you, man! Gonna kick your ass! 296 00:21:19,404 --> 00:21:23,616 - Come on, motherfucker, you ain't shit. - Sit down, sit down. 297 00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:26,494 - Fucking faggot! - Don't call me a faggot, faggot! 298 00:21:26,578 --> 00:21:28,538 Sit down. 299 00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:33,585 Come on, man. Sit down, man. Sit down. 300 00:21:35,879 --> 00:21:41,718 My man, you dropping your right. If young 'UN there was trained, he'd whip you. 301 00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:43,887 Look like he the one that got beat. 302 00:21:46,055 --> 00:21:48,516 Stand up, let me show you something. 303 00:21:49,642 --> 00:21:51,728 Come on, man. I ain't gonna hurt you. 304 00:21:53,438 --> 00:21:57,066 (Man) Yellow tops, yellow tops, got them yellow tops. Yellow tops. 305 00:21:58,234 --> 00:22:02,071 See that? All right, sit down. 306 00:22:02,155 --> 00:22:05,158 Look, if y'all wanna learn more... 307 00:22:05,241 --> 00:22:08,953 I got a gym down on gilmor in the old tire plant. 308 00:22:09,746 --> 00:22:12,165 Y'all are all welcome. All right? 309 00:22:28,056 --> 00:22:30,892 I saw tweety bird parked up there. 310 00:22:30,975 --> 00:22:33,228 All we gotta do is wait for the re-up. 311 00:22:33,436 --> 00:22:37,649 I hope these fucks don't dick around and make us sit here all day. 312 00:22:37,732 --> 00:22:39,192 What, this is eating at you? 313 00:22:41,027 --> 00:22:42,737 No, I'm good. 314 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:45,865 Yeah, I can see that. 315 00:22:49,118 --> 00:22:51,704 Remember that woman I was talking about? 316 00:22:51,788 --> 00:22:54,874 Politician woman? How's it going? 317 00:22:54,958 --> 00:22:56,960 It ain't. Turned to shit. 318 00:23:00,797 --> 00:23:04,842 Feel like I don't even belong to any world that even fucking matters. 319 00:23:04,926 --> 00:23:07,136 Cos you're a cop? 320 00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:09,222 No, it's not just that. 321 00:23:10,807 --> 00:23:14,561 I went to meet her once. She was in a hotel room, the top floor. 322 00:23:14,644 --> 00:23:16,396 I punched the button on the elevator. 323 00:23:16,479 --> 00:23:19,232 It doesn't even go there, you need some special key 324 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,402 to even get to that special fucking floor. 325 00:23:22,485 --> 00:23:25,989 So I go to the front desk, some sneering fuck calls upstairs, 326 00:23:26,072 --> 00:23:28,658 to give me permission to go get laid. 327 00:23:30,159 --> 00:23:31,911 I listen to the shit she talks about, 328 00:23:31,995 --> 00:23:35,415 first time in my life, I feel like a fucking doormat. 329 00:23:35,498 --> 00:23:39,961 Like anyone with any smarts would do something else with his life, you know? 330 00:23:40,044 --> 00:23:42,380 Earn money or... 331 00:23:42,463 --> 00:23:43,965 Get elected. 332 00:23:44,757 --> 00:23:48,428 Like I'm just a breathing machine for my fucking dick. 333 00:23:48,511 --> 00:23:50,597 (Greggs chuckles) 334 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,473 I'm serious. 335 00:23:52,557 --> 00:23:56,894 I'm the smartest asshole in three districts and she looks at me like I'm stupid, 336 00:23:56,978 --> 00:24:01,149 playing some stupid game for stupid penny-ante stakes. 337 00:24:03,067 --> 00:24:05,570 She fucking looks through me, kima. 338 00:24:16,581 --> 00:24:19,500 - Stay in the car. - Tall man said to stick to you like... 339 00:24:19,584 --> 00:24:22,920 Tall man gonna be there when I stomp on your fucking head? 340 00:24:23,004 --> 00:24:24,839 Stay in the car. 341 00:24:31,429 --> 00:24:33,139 (Buzzer) 342 00:24:35,725 --> 00:24:38,478 Yo, make it short, man, I got a meet to make. 343 00:24:38,561 --> 00:24:40,104 Fuck the meet! 344 00:24:40,188 --> 00:24:42,690 You harder to get at than my fat wife's cunt. 345 00:24:42,774 --> 00:24:46,986 Yeah, you high-and-mighty barksdales can afford to sit back and play low-key. 346 00:24:47,070 --> 00:24:49,072 But some of us work for a living. 347 00:24:49,155 --> 00:24:51,824 Think this mess ain't fucking up our business? 348 00:24:51,908 --> 00:24:56,120 So avon's willing to sit down and talk with Mario, work this shit out? 349 00:24:58,956 --> 00:25:02,418 Well, if that don't happen, string, I got you some bad news. 350 00:25:02,502 --> 00:25:04,170 Me and the boys had us a sit-down. 351 00:25:04,253 --> 00:25:08,174 Got a quorum and took a vote that says if y'all don't quit this war, 352 00:25:08,257 --> 00:25:10,009 we have a mind to shut you out. 353 00:25:10,093 --> 00:25:12,845 And when I say out, string, I mean out the package. 354 00:25:12,929 --> 00:25:15,056 The boys don't wanna extend the good shit 355 00:25:15,139 --> 00:25:18,017 if it keeps your people out on them corners, banging. 356 00:25:18,101 --> 00:25:22,021 - What about the boy? What he say? - Vinson say marlo willing to talk 357 00:25:22,105 --> 00:25:23,898 if he can keep his corners. 358 00:25:25,983 --> 00:25:28,736 Now hear me on this, string, we ain't no ingrates. 359 00:25:28,820 --> 00:25:31,531 We all recognize your contribute to the co-op. 360 00:25:31,614 --> 00:25:33,658 But the feeling is this. 361 00:25:33,741 --> 00:25:39,914 It ain't right for you to be at the head of our table when you can't call off your dog. 362 00:25:39,997 --> 00:25:43,042 Call it a crisis of leadership. 363 00:25:48,548 --> 00:25:50,800 (Mello) You're gonna tell 'em? 364 00:25:50,883 --> 00:25:56,097 Got to. Between the health workers, the reporter and my own pissed-off troops, 365 00:25:56,180 --> 00:26:00,143 it's gonna come out. Either tomorrow or the next day. 366 00:26:00,226 --> 00:26:03,730 We should make a few arrests, make it look tactical. 367 00:26:05,606 --> 00:26:09,986 You know what happens if we start locking people up in hamsterdam? 368 00:26:10,069 --> 00:26:14,073 The whole rest of the district goes back to being a shithole. 369 00:26:16,534 --> 00:26:19,746 If rawls is gonna hand me my ass, 370 00:26:19,829 --> 00:26:22,832 at least give me a chance to tell the man my story first. 371 00:26:27,170 --> 00:26:29,172 (Wind chimes tinkle) 372 00:26:38,014 --> 00:26:40,141 (Marlo) Devonne! 373 00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:47,440 - (Dog barking, woman screams) - (Man) What was that? 374 00:26:55,782 --> 00:26:58,075 It needed doing. 375 00:26:58,159 --> 00:27:00,453 (Woman) Somebody just got shot! 376 00:27:03,790 --> 00:27:06,793 I should give the snitch that clued us to the denali. 377 00:27:06,876 --> 00:27:09,796 I mean, we didn't get marlo, but still... 378 00:27:09,879 --> 00:27:12,924 No, he kept his end up. Go it all. 379 00:27:13,007 --> 00:27:18,095 - Avon, I need a word, man. - Get them niggers out of here, man. 380 00:27:19,722 --> 00:27:23,643 Check it out. This shit got the kill range of, like, 50 metres. 381 00:27:24,519 --> 00:27:28,064 Slim got this from some soldier coming back from wherever. 382 00:27:32,235 --> 00:27:34,946 You know, I spoke to prop Joe's people. 383 00:27:35,029 --> 00:27:37,824 - They think we can work this out. - A sit-down? 384 00:27:37,907 --> 00:27:42,495 It's the perfect time for it, man. You done represented yourself, man. 385 00:27:42,578 --> 00:27:47,083 Your name ringing out now that you taken marlo down a notch or two. 386 00:27:47,166 --> 00:27:51,128 Just let me get this right. Then we get back to business as usual. 387 00:27:51,212 --> 00:27:55,550 They gonna cut us out! Prop Joe and them voted. They gonna cut us out. 388 00:27:55,633 --> 00:28:00,847 So even if we win, we lose, cos we ain't gonna have no product to put on them corners. 389 00:28:00,930 --> 00:28:05,643 Look at you. Fucking shooting dope without a fucking needle right now, man, 390 00:28:05,726 --> 00:28:08,896 getting high on a power trip, playing fucking soldier. 391 00:28:08,980 --> 00:28:13,192 You gotta sit back and think about our business. What the fuck you want? 392 00:28:19,866 --> 00:28:22,451 That motherfucker. He good. 393 00:28:23,077 --> 00:28:25,246 What happened? 394 00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:33,880 You know, you gotta think about what we got in this game for, man. 395 00:28:33,963 --> 00:28:39,176 Was it so our names could ring out on some fucking ghetto street corners, man? 396 00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:42,263 No, there's games beyond the fucking game. 397 00:28:43,514 --> 00:28:46,475 Avon, look, you and me, we brothers, b. 398 00:28:46,559 --> 00:28:49,186 We didn't think we'd make it this fucking far 399 00:28:49,270 --> 00:28:52,648 but we standing here with the whole world at our feet. 400 00:28:52,732 --> 00:28:55,610 The whole world, man, not these fucking corners. 401 00:28:55,693 --> 00:28:57,904 The whole world, b. 402 00:28:57,987 --> 00:28:59,864 You know what slim just told me? 403 00:29:01,782 --> 00:29:04,160 Devonne come up dead. 404 00:29:06,203 --> 00:29:08,873 She was shot, one in the mouth, one in each tit. 405 00:29:12,126 --> 00:29:14,629 You still wanna talk truce, string? 406 00:29:17,673 --> 00:29:23,763 You right when you say I need to learn more discipline. But this? You could do this better. 407 00:29:23,846 --> 00:29:27,767 You're the perfect bait, Lamar. They'll see you as conflicted. 408 00:29:27,850 --> 00:29:30,394 Your homophobia is so visceral. 409 00:29:30,478 --> 00:29:35,691 You see that? I ain't even stepped inside the joint and you calling me a cocksucker already. 410 00:29:40,571 --> 00:29:42,615 ( Dance music) 411 00:30:04,136 --> 00:30:06,639 You in the right place? 412 00:30:06,722 --> 00:30:09,058 I'm looking for someone named Omar. 413 00:30:09,141 --> 00:30:12,061 No last name. Scar across his face and shit. 414 00:30:12,144 --> 00:30:13,980 Scarface named Omar? 415 00:30:14,063 --> 00:30:16,482 Sounds different, but I can't help you. 416 00:30:16,565 --> 00:30:18,234 You drinking? 417 00:30:24,073 --> 00:30:25,950 Maybe you wait four years. 418 00:30:26,909 --> 00:30:29,662 No. It has to be now. 419 00:30:30,705 --> 00:30:34,250 It's gonna be a three-way, and Tony's gonna go this time. 420 00:30:36,544 --> 00:30:38,546 I'm just... 421 00:30:39,755 --> 00:30:43,092 Tony's my oldest friend on the council. 422 00:30:43,676 --> 00:30:45,886 Couldn't you go talk to him first? 423 00:30:45,970 --> 00:30:49,724 Put it on the table? You know, "may the best man win"? 424 00:30:49,807 --> 00:30:51,809 Truth is... 425 00:30:53,144 --> 00:30:56,605 He can't win alone against Royce, either. 426 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:00,693 He's got the bumper stickers but not much else. 427 00:31:00,776 --> 00:31:02,778 Wants to run on education. 428 00:31:03,988 --> 00:31:07,575 I mean, where do you go with that? 429 00:31:09,535 --> 00:31:12,788 If I level with Tony and he gets out, then I can't win. 430 00:31:13,789 --> 00:31:15,791 I need him in the race. 431 00:31:22,757 --> 00:31:25,926 I feel like shit. I really do. 432 00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:42,610 (Sighs) 433 00:31:54,163 --> 00:31:55,623 Don't look like much. 434 00:31:55,706 --> 00:31:57,917 - This don't look like shit. - Hell, yeah. 435 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,503 - This some weak-ass shit right here. - Yeah. 436 00:32:00,586 --> 00:32:03,255 Man, we got lockers, got gear. 437 00:32:03,464 --> 00:32:05,758 - It's all peeling and shit. - Go long. 438 00:32:07,009 --> 00:32:09,178 Pass it here. 439 00:32:12,890 --> 00:32:16,769 - You getting me all dirty and shit. - Fuck your jeans. 440 00:32:16,852 --> 00:32:18,270 - Fuck you. - Bitch. 441 00:32:18,479 --> 00:32:21,107 We clocked the meet with tweety bird, 442 00:32:21,190 --> 00:32:25,569 tracked him to a possible stash house, then home to nest in woodlawn. 443 00:32:25,653 --> 00:32:27,029 Got photos, his tags... 444 00:32:29,698 --> 00:32:32,409 - What happened? - They ditched their phones. 445 00:32:32,493 --> 00:32:36,080 The dnrs and the wire all died around 3:00. 446 00:32:36,163 --> 00:32:38,749 We were online just shy of 30 hours. 447 00:32:40,709 --> 00:32:43,129 I thought we had them for a couple of weeks. 448 00:32:43,212 --> 00:32:46,090 Not anymore. It's a week at best. 449 00:32:46,173 --> 00:32:50,177 We just spent $9,000 and change for 18 intercepts, 450 00:32:50,261 --> 00:32:52,638 five of them non-pertinent. 451 00:32:53,848 --> 00:32:56,475 That's close to $700 per drug call. 452 00:32:56,559 --> 00:32:59,979 Shouldn't we get back on Bernard and his girl? 453 00:33:00,062 --> 00:33:01,902 I mean, get a line on the new phones at least. 454 00:33:01,939 --> 00:33:05,901 But that'll only give us what we just had, 30 hours. 455 00:33:07,611 --> 00:33:10,573 Any way to get ourselves ahead of the curve? 456 00:33:10,656 --> 00:33:13,868 If there were some way to pre-wiretap the burners. 457 00:33:14,243 --> 00:33:16,829 What then? Stick them on a rack at baba-whatever 458 00:33:16,912 --> 00:33:19,498 and wait for Bernard to show up? 459 00:33:19,582 --> 00:33:21,250 The problem is the wireless people. 460 00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:24,461 They claim it takes four days to process a court order, 461 00:33:24,545 --> 00:33:27,673 and that's only after I threatened to go public on them. 462 00:33:27,756 --> 00:33:30,718 Four days to hit a couple of keystrokes. Bullshit. 463 00:33:32,428 --> 00:33:34,054 Well, what if... 464 00:33:36,557 --> 00:33:38,017 No way. 465 00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:42,479 I know what you're thinking. I just thought the same fucking thing. 466 00:33:44,732 --> 00:33:47,985 All right, when I tell you, put your left foot out, boy. 467 00:33:48,903 --> 00:33:52,031 Unc patting my man's feet. He smelling up my ass, too. 468 00:33:52,114 --> 00:33:54,825 Stop with the clowning, man. 469 00:33:54,909 --> 00:33:57,494 How the fuck you gonna learn something, acting like a fool? 470 00:33:58,996 --> 00:34:01,665 Ain't no big mystery why your face got tattooed. 471 00:34:01,749 --> 00:34:05,961 He can't talk to you like that. I seen his raggedy ass at the spot, copping vials. 472 00:34:06,045 --> 00:34:08,130 Yeah, probably pimps his ass, too. 473 00:34:08,714 --> 00:34:11,884 - Listen, motherfucker... - Yeah, bitch, touch me. 474 00:34:11,967 --> 00:34:13,969 Touch a juvenile, see what happen. 475 00:34:15,638 --> 00:34:18,599 Let's bounce. Bitch-ass motherfucker. 476 00:34:18,682 --> 00:34:19,808 Faggot 477 00:34:19,892 --> 00:34:22,519 - punk-ass nigger. - Chump ass. 478 00:34:31,153 --> 00:34:33,113 - Lester! - Mm? 479 00:34:38,827 --> 00:34:42,706 - First time I seen him smoking. - Tough habit. 480 00:34:42,790 --> 00:34:44,959 And pacing like a motherfuck, too. 481 00:34:46,460 --> 00:34:49,129 Heavy is the head that wears the crown. 482 00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:41,056 (Man) Bay wireless connect 411. What city and state? 483 00:35:41,140 --> 00:35:43,183 Baltimore, Maryland. 484 00:35:45,227 --> 00:35:49,148 - (Woman) How may I help you? - Baltimore police. 485 00:35:49,231 --> 00:35:53,193 - Any particular department? - Western district police. 486 00:35:54,236 --> 00:35:58,073 - Is this an emergency? - No. Non-emergency. 487 00:35:59,533 --> 00:36:01,785 Man, they did you with the bum rush. 488 00:36:02,745 --> 00:36:07,041 That's what they do. They past experts at plucking nerves. 489 00:36:08,042 --> 00:36:10,586 You just gotta remember they barely house-broke. 490 00:36:10,669 --> 00:36:15,924 I'm telling you, man, you wouldn't believe it. They was all wild and shit. Wouldn't listen. 491 00:36:16,008 --> 00:36:18,135 Andre, I want you to crowd him. 492 00:36:18,218 --> 00:36:19,970 Yes, sir. I'll crowd him. 493 00:36:28,562 --> 00:36:30,522 Time! 494 00:36:32,107 --> 00:36:35,069 You just gotta set your mind to stick with it. 495 00:36:36,612 --> 00:36:39,865 When those two stumbled in here, they was wild as wild. 496 00:36:39,948 --> 00:36:44,119 Now they come in every day. "Yes, sir. No, sir." 497 00:36:44,995 --> 00:36:47,956 Still pretty rough, but with the right breaks, they gonna make it. 498 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:52,628 - How? - Well, try as they might, I won't let them fail. 499 00:36:53,921 --> 00:36:56,882 When you do that, it messes with their mind. 500 00:36:56,965 --> 00:37:01,178 Pretty soon, they run out of their little bag of tricks. 501 00:37:03,764 --> 00:37:05,974 What do you think of that? 502 00:37:08,894 --> 00:37:13,148 - Pretty weak. - He ain't weak. That's the starting point. 503 00:37:20,072 --> 00:37:22,574 No, no, I can't put a name on him. 504 00:37:23,283 --> 00:37:25,953 But I seen him around. He's off the West Side. 505 00:37:26,036 --> 00:37:29,415 He ain't no drug dealer, unless he's doing it on the qt. 506 00:37:29,498 --> 00:37:31,750 You can't go at him, game him? 507 00:37:31,834 --> 00:37:34,878 I don't know, kima. I mean, it'd be pressing. 508 00:37:34,962 --> 00:37:36,422 What about her? 509 00:37:36,505 --> 00:37:38,924 Little squeak off of lanvale. 510 00:37:39,007 --> 00:37:42,970 (Chuckles) Yeah, she used to boost for turtle Wells' old mob. 511 00:37:43,053 --> 00:37:47,474 She's lost a bit of weight, too. Looking a lot better than I remember. 512 00:37:47,558 --> 00:37:49,768 And I remember a lot about that girl. 513 00:37:49,852 --> 00:37:53,439 (Greggs) Bubs, is there anybody West Side you don't know? 514 00:37:53,522 --> 00:37:55,524 Just citizens and shit. 515 00:37:58,026 --> 00:38:00,946 - My ci knows the girl. - He can work her? 516 00:38:01,029 --> 00:38:04,158 - He's smooth, yeah. - Check this. 517 00:38:08,829 --> 00:38:10,664 That's western district. 518 00:38:10,747 --> 00:38:14,543 - Stringer's calling the western? - Maybe he's surrendering. 519 00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:18,797 After all the work we've done, I'd never forgive the son of a bitch. 520 00:38:21,592 --> 00:38:24,261 Go down. Go down and out. 521 00:38:28,599 --> 00:38:30,601 Sweet! Look at the hands! 522 00:38:36,982 --> 00:38:41,945 - What's up? My knuckleheads didn't post? - Yeah, they did, but they left. 523 00:38:44,072 --> 00:38:45,908 Over here! 524 00:38:49,828 --> 00:38:51,663 Looking for a discount, old man? 525 00:38:52,247 --> 00:38:55,876 - No, I'm looking for you. - Why, something come up missing? 526 00:38:55,959 --> 00:38:58,504 Came past to apologize. 527 00:38:58,587 --> 00:39:02,466 I'm new at this coaching thing and got us off on the wrong foot. 528 00:39:02,549 --> 00:39:06,845 I ain't gonna leave it between us, with you thinking I gave up on y'all. 529 00:39:06,929 --> 00:39:10,807 Motherfucker's memory weak as shit. We the one bailed out on him. 530 00:39:13,143 --> 00:39:15,270 Anyway, I'm here now. 531 00:39:20,943 --> 00:39:24,696 You wanna sell drug traffickers cellphones 532 00:39:24,780 --> 00:39:26,990 that are pre-approved for telephonic intercepts. 533 00:39:27,616 --> 00:39:31,703 And you want me to sign off on court-ordered taps on phones that, 534 00:39:31,787 --> 00:39:33,789 at the time I'm signing the order, 535 00:39:33,872 --> 00:39:37,709 have not been used for any illegal activity whatsoever. 536 00:39:37,793 --> 00:39:43,632 If you're looking for precedents, your honor, there aren't any. It's circumstantial PC at best. 537 00:39:48,554 --> 00:39:50,597 What the hell, let's do it. 538 00:39:50,681 --> 00:39:55,143 Let the court of appeals sort it out, if it even gets that far. 539 00:40:04,111 --> 00:40:06,071 Quite the legal mind. 540 00:40:06,154 --> 00:40:07,656 Hmm. 541 00:40:09,491 --> 00:40:11,577 ( Rap pounding) 542 00:40:32,014 --> 00:40:33,599 Buy you a drink? 543 00:40:33,682 --> 00:40:36,977 - Why the fuck you coming up behind me? - I'm sorry. 544 00:40:55,996 --> 00:40:59,124 - Bushy top. - I didn't know if I'd find you here so late. 545 00:40:59,207 --> 00:41:01,585 Just getting ready for comstat tomorrow. 546 00:41:01,668 --> 00:41:03,754 So what's up, major? 547 00:41:07,549 --> 00:41:10,594 So your unit is still working a drug war, right? 548 00:41:10,677 --> 00:41:12,220 Working it hard. 549 00:41:12,888 --> 00:41:16,058 Does the name avon barksdale do anything for you? 550 00:41:17,059 --> 00:41:19,144 - He's a player? - He's the main guy. 551 00:41:19,227 --> 00:41:22,022 We thought he was down but he popped up in September. 552 00:41:22,105 --> 00:41:26,526 You add him to the equation, it goes a long way to explaining the violence. 553 00:41:26,610 --> 00:41:30,072 - So it wouldn't be a stretch if he got shot? - You heard he got shot? 554 00:41:31,073 --> 00:41:33,075 You know where? I could run it out. 555 00:41:33,158 --> 00:41:34,409 Ain't gonna make no difference. 556 00:41:34,493 --> 00:41:37,996 He didn't post up at any emergency room from what I hear. 557 00:41:40,165 --> 00:41:43,752 I'll be straight with you. We're running wires into his people. 558 00:41:44,628 --> 00:41:49,132 But we're barely above the street. We haven't even put an eyeball on him. 559 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:57,265 Supposed to be laying his head there. I need you to check that out, 560 00:41:57,474 --> 00:42:00,018 - get back to me as soon as you can. - You got a cl? 561 00:42:00,686 --> 00:42:03,772 You wanna see if your man's creds are bona fide. 562 00:42:03,855 --> 00:42:08,568 Don't try to play me, bushy top. I didn't say male. I didn't say female. 563 00:42:08,652 --> 00:42:11,863 All right. I'll get surveillance going right away. 564 00:42:11,947 --> 00:42:15,534 - Barksdale's name is on the papen/vork. - No shit. 565 00:42:17,869 --> 00:42:21,707 Now, you get me a confirmation on that and call me back on the cell. 566 00:42:23,875 --> 00:42:26,628 - Good luck tomorrow. - Yeah, right. 567 00:42:56,074 --> 00:42:57,576 Sham. 568 00:42:59,494 --> 00:43:00,704 Shamrock. 569 00:43:02,497 --> 00:43:05,917 Run these over to Levy for me. Tell him I want a read on it. 570 00:43:06,001 --> 00:43:07,919 A read? 571 00:43:08,003 --> 00:43:11,548 Fresh eyes. Tell him I'll call him tomorrow. 572 00:43:11,631 --> 00:43:13,300 All right. 573 00:43:19,264 --> 00:43:21,099 Come on, Mr. Bodyguard. 574 00:43:50,879 --> 00:43:53,298 (Greggs) So we're gonna come at her like that. 575 00:43:53,507 --> 00:43:55,550 You're giving me phones to sell? 576 00:43:55,634 --> 00:43:58,762 - The money comes back, bubs. - All of it? 577 00:44:01,807 --> 00:44:03,141 Hey. 578 00:44:03,850 --> 00:44:06,645 - Is that beadie Russell? - Looks like. 579 00:44:08,688 --> 00:44:10,941 Yo, you can't turn from this Lane! 580 00:44:16,613 --> 00:44:18,824 Sweet Beatrice Russell...! 581 00:44:22,536 --> 00:44:24,538 I was just gonna say hey. 582 00:44:29,125 --> 00:44:31,503 North and pulaski. 583 00:44:31,586 --> 00:44:35,757 That photo was taken at 4pm, prime time for the street-level dealer. 584 00:44:36,925 --> 00:44:38,760 That is riggs and Calhoun. 585 00:44:40,011 --> 00:44:41,847 Mount and fayette. 586 00:44:41,930 --> 00:44:45,934 Edmondson and Brice. That's your old foot post, deputy. 587 00:44:46,017 --> 00:44:48,186 I know where it is, major. 588 00:44:48,270 --> 00:44:51,022 What I don't know and very much want to know 589 00:44:51,106 --> 00:44:53,733 is where is the west Baltimore drug trade? 590 00:44:53,817 --> 00:44:58,488 I hope, major, these are not staged photographs you're showing us. 591 00:44:58,572 --> 00:45:03,201 No, sir, they are not. No, deputy, I found another approach. 592 00:45:03,285 --> 00:45:05,453 I'm all ears, bunny. 593 00:45:05,537 --> 00:45:10,208 - I moved them off the corners. - God damn it! Major, I can see that. 594 00:45:10,292 --> 00:45:13,962 What I want to know is how the fuck you managed to move them 595 00:45:14,045 --> 00:45:15,797 and where the fuck they are now. 596 00:45:17,048 --> 00:45:18,717 Deputy... 597 00:45:19,968 --> 00:45:23,054 I don't know quite how to put this, but we... 598 00:45:23,138 --> 00:45:25,765 I mean, I... 599 00:45:25,849 --> 00:45:31,021 I began by identifying those areas where drug trafficking was least harmful. 600 00:45:31,104 --> 00:45:34,566 I pushed all street-level dealing towards those areas. 601 00:45:34,649 --> 00:45:40,488 Now, at first, dealing with thejuveniles on them corners, I had little success. 602 00:45:41,072 --> 00:45:43,742 But ultimately, 603 00:45:43,825 --> 00:45:47,329 by rounding up all the mid-level dealers in my district, 604 00:45:47,495 --> 00:45:49,998 and making them an offer they couldn't refuse, I... 605 00:45:50,081 --> 00:45:53,501 - You made them an offer? - Yes, sir. 606 00:45:56,546 --> 00:46:01,176 Either they move their people to one of three designated areas 607 00:46:02,010 --> 00:46:05,221 where drug enforcement was not a district priority, 608 00:46:05,847 --> 00:46:09,184 or they face the wrath of every able-bodied soul in my district. 609 00:46:12,812 --> 00:46:14,731 Major, I don't understand. 610 00:46:14,814 --> 00:46:19,069 The only time we can hold a drug corner is when we assign officers to stand there. 611 00:46:19,152 --> 00:46:23,073 Your slides don't suggest any concerted deployment on any corners. 612 00:46:23,156 --> 00:46:27,661 - How were you able to... - You nit, don't you see what he's done? 613 00:46:28,203 --> 00:46:30,163 He's iegalised drugs! 614 00:46:30,246 --> 00:46:33,458 Actually, I elected to ignore them. 615 00:46:33,541 --> 00:46:37,045 You lost your fucking mind. He's lost his fucking mind. 616 00:46:37,796 --> 00:46:41,466 You, in my office. Now! 617 00:46:43,635 --> 00:46:44,970 That's it, gentlemen. 618 00:47:11,830 --> 00:47:14,249 - She's a go. - Showtime, bubs. 619 00:47:18,253 --> 00:47:20,588 ( R'n'b blaring) 620 00:47:27,512 --> 00:47:29,848 (Squeak) Oh, shit. 621 00:47:29,931 --> 00:47:32,684 - Sister squeak. - Bottom-end bubbles. 622 00:47:32,767 --> 00:47:35,020 Where you been, girl? Been a long time. 623 00:47:35,103 --> 00:47:36,103 T-shirts? 624 00:47:36,146 --> 00:47:39,983 - What the hell kind of money is in t-shirts? - Girl, you just don't know. 625 00:47:40,066 --> 00:47:43,194 How's your game? I heard you was locked up. 626 00:47:43,278 --> 00:47:45,739 (Squeak) Shit, I got some things going. 627 00:47:45,822 --> 00:47:48,533 - (Bubbles) I can see that. - How's he doing? 628 00:47:48,616 --> 00:47:52,996 - Talk a cat off a fish cart. - All right, bubs, I gotta get. 629 00:47:53,079 --> 00:47:55,623 I'll see you later on. 630 00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:58,793 Yo, squeak, squeak. 631 00:47:58,877 --> 00:48:03,506 I about forgot. I can sell you one of these real cheap, if you got use for the shit. 632 00:48:07,302 --> 00:48:09,721 I'm fucking dead. 633 00:48:09,804 --> 00:48:13,558 You mean, we're fucking dead. We're all dead behind this shit. 634 00:48:13,641 --> 00:48:14,976 Jesus Christ! 635 00:48:15,852 --> 00:48:18,146 What I did, I did knowingly and on my own. 636 00:48:19,147 --> 00:48:20,899 My men had nothing to do with this. 637 00:48:20,982 --> 00:48:23,860 They thought it was part of some elaborate trap. 638 00:48:24,736 --> 00:48:28,031 So if you need me to fall on that sword, I'm good with that. 639 00:48:28,114 --> 00:48:29,949 You're good with it? 640 00:48:30,492 --> 00:48:34,579 You know I got my vacation time, and that's 30 in a couple of months. 641 00:48:34,662 --> 00:48:37,832 So if you need me to fall, I'm ready. 642 00:48:37,916 --> 00:48:42,712 But don't let me hear that you're taking any action against my people. 643 00:48:42,796 --> 00:48:45,465 Because I can lie as good as the next man. 644 00:48:45,548 --> 00:48:47,300 If I have to. 645 00:48:47,509 --> 00:48:49,719 Are you threatening me? 646 00:48:51,721 --> 00:48:54,307 I believe I am, sir. 647 00:48:54,516 --> 00:48:56,101 My apologies. 648 00:48:56,184 --> 00:49:00,313 (Laughs) You cocksucker, I gotta give it to you! A brilliant idea! 649 00:49:00,522 --> 00:49:04,567 Insane and illegal, but stone-fucking brilliant, nonetheless. 650 00:49:06,319 --> 00:49:10,323 After putting my foot up people's asses to decrease the numbers, 651 00:49:10,532 --> 00:49:14,744 he comes in and, in one stroke, gets a fucking 14% decrease. 652 00:49:15,578 --> 00:49:19,207 Fucking shame it's gonna end our careers, but still... 653 00:49:20,250 --> 00:49:23,545 Look, y'all probably tired of hearing from me, but... 654 00:49:28,133 --> 00:49:30,969 I brought these... letters... 655 00:49:31,970 --> 00:49:36,766 From community associations, ministers, business people, citizens. 656 00:49:36,850 --> 00:49:39,477 And they're all positive. 657 00:49:39,561 --> 00:49:42,981 They're all happy that the dealers are off the corners. 658 00:49:43,064 --> 00:49:47,944 You think that's gonna save our asses, do you? 659 00:49:49,028 --> 00:49:54,075 No, I guess not. But that and my badge is all I got. 660 00:49:54,159 --> 00:49:58,538 I might have your badge, major, but not today. 661 00:49:58,621 --> 00:50:04,752 I don't wanna draw any attention to this shit before we're ready to speak to it. 662 00:50:05,837 --> 00:50:08,006 So if you have any vacation time, 663 00:50:08,089 --> 00:50:09,924 you're taking it now. 664 00:50:10,008 --> 00:50:15,680 Do not report for a shift until notified. 665 00:50:26,107 --> 00:50:28,234 Oh, er... 666 00:50:28,318 --> 00:50:30,695 One more thing, sir. 667 00:50:31,237 --> 00:50:34,616 A sun reporter is aware of my deployment. 668 00:50:35,033 --> 00:50:37,827 I told him an investigation was pending. 669 00:50:37,911 --> 00:50:39,829 He promised to delay the article. 670 00:50:39,913 --> 00:50:41,664 How long? 671 00:50:41,748 --> 00:50:44,292 About a week, tops. 672 00:50:50,089 --> 00:50:53,176 I was a superstroke on the pool circuit in the early days, 673 00:50:53,259 --> 00:50:56,095 but mostly it was pickpocketing and short cons. 674 00:50:56,179 --> 00:51:00,099 I did the long-distance card heist before cellphones got popular. 675 00:51:00,183 --> 00:51:04,312 - You crypt numbers? - Yeah, I favored the airports, yeah. 676 00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:06,856 - Can you still read numbers? - What's up? 677 00:51:06,940 --> 00:51:11,778 Your man think I brought bad merchandise? Then we can beat feet right now. 678 00:51:11,861 --> 00:51:15,740 Damn, Bernard, why you acting all CIA? We trying to make money here. 679 00:51:15,823 --> 00:51:19,619 If you had to answer to the people I do, you would be more cautious, too. 680 00:51:19,702 --> 00:51:23,581 I appreciate caution, cos I'm hanging out here, too. 681 00:51:24,832 --> 00:51:27,669 Give it a go. Use a cellphone. 682 00:51:37,971 --> 00:51:42,517 Marlene, you send that copy off to Paris? Thank you, darling. 683 00:51:43,142 --> 00:51:46,312 I'm not at work. I'm at the airport. The shuttle, yes. 684 00:52:05,540 --> 00:52:08,084 3-1-0... 685 00:52:08,167 --> 00:52:11,087 44-8-16, 686 00:52:11,879 --> 00:52:15,049 91 -77-8 687 00:52:15,133 --> 00:52:17,468 3-1-2. 688 00:52:17,552 --> 00:52:19,220 Now, that last number might be a seven. 689 00:52:19,304 --> 00:52:22,098 I'm not too sure with these small keypads and all. 690 00:52:22,181 --> 00:52:23,725 We can do business. 691 00:52:23,808 --> 00:52:25,643 (Freamon) Mm-hm. 692 00:52:27,895 --> 00:52:31,607 That's it. One-two, one-two, one-two. 693 00:52:32,233 --> 00:52:34,110 One-two, that's it. 694 00:52:34,193 --> 00:52:36,195 One-two, there you go. 695 00:52:36,279 --> 00:52:41,159 All right, there it is. Now you getting it. Keep that left hand up. 696 00:52:44,245 --> 00:52:46,122 - All right. - Hey. 697 00:52:47,707 --> 00:52:50,626 All right. Watch your balance. Don't lean fonnard. 698 00:52:50,710 --> 00:52:53,504 Don't lean too much. Don't lean too fonnard. Let's go. 699 00:52:53,588 --> 00:52:56,758 Don't lean too fonnard, that's right. One-two, pivot. 700 00:52:56,841 --> 00:53:00,803 (Parker) You're kidding. Tell me he's kidding. 701 00:53:02,180 --> 00:53:04,182 You're kidding, right? 702 00:53:04,265 --> 00:53:09,062 - He did it without our knowledge. - (Mayor) Without your knowledge. 703 00:53:09,145 --> 00:53:11,814 Well, that's worse. You're the commissioner. 704 00:53:11,898 --> 00:53:13,775 Was the commissioner. 705 00:53:14,650 --> 00:53:18,029 You think the buck's gonna stop in this office, you're wrong. 706 00:53:18,112 --> 00:53:20,031 If I might... 707 00:53:20,114 --> 00:53:23,618 These are letters from people in his district. 708 00:53:23,701 --> 00:53:26,329 Ministers, business people, voters. 709 00:53:27,121 --> 00:53:28,873 All glowing reports. 710 00:53:28,956 --> 00:53:33,294 And there's the 14% reduction in crime in the western. 711 00:53:34,170 --> 00:53:36,881 That's not an anomaly. 712 00:53:36,964 --> 00:53:38,800 It's hard data. 713 00:53:39,592 --> 00:53:42,220 Now, we can clean it up, make it go away. 714 00:53:42,303 --> 00:53:44,222 The press might already have wind of it 715 00:53:44,305 --> 00:53:48,976 but we can explain that as some sort of a new initiative. 716 00:53:49,060 --> 00:53:51,062 Trap high-end drug dealers. 717 00:53:52,021 --> 00:53:54,107 14%. 718 00:53:54,732 --> 00:53:58,820 If we handle this right, we might all get out from underneath. 719 00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:00,988 No mud on anybody. 720 00:54:03,658 --> 00:54:05,660 No. No. 721 00:54:06,828 --> 00:54:11,040 I trusted you, erv. I really did. You let me down. 722 00:54:11,124 --> 00:54:15,503 Now, this thing goes wrong, no telling the damage. On this, you walk point. 723 00:54:15,586 --> 00:54:19,674 That's the way things work, erv. You know it as well as I do. 724 00:54:25,096 --> 00:54:27,515 Thank you, ervin. 725 00:54:27,598 --> 00:54:32,687 I'll be over shortly to see the detailed plan on how this shit gets cleaned up immediately. 726 00:54:48,911 --> 00:54:52,457 If you could call this something other than what it is... 727 00:54:52,540 --> 00:54:54,250 Don't even think it. 728 00:55:00,047 --> 00:55:01,632 The way it works is this. 729 00:55:01,716 --> 00:55:05,094 If you don't re-up the minutes on your cell phone before 60 days, 730 00:55:05,178 --> 00:55:08,890 the wireless company recycles the numbers. That's where I get them. 731 00:55:08,973 --> 00:55:13,478 I put the word out on the street that I'm buying tossed-off burners, paying $2 a pop. 732 00:55:13,561 --> 00:55:15,605 Street people bring me hundreds. 733 00:55:15,688 --> 00:55:21,152 I bring them here to my niece, shejuices them up another 200 minutes on a bogus account. 734 00:55:21,235 --> 00:55:25,781 And that automatically extends the life of the phone for another 60 days. 735 00:55:26,657 --> 00:55:29,118 She charges me 20 on each phone on her end. 736 00:55:29,202 --> 00:55:31,746 I double it or more on the street to make mine. 737 00:55:31,829 --> 00:55:33,748 So what you saying? 738 00:55:34,332 --> 00:55:37,835 Baby, a standard trac phone with 200, maybe 400 minutes on it, 739 00:55:37,919 --> 00:55:39,837 gonna run you 150, 200 easy. 740 00:55:39,921 --> 00:55:43,674 I charge you an even 100. You clear 50 on each phone. 741 00:55:43,758 --> 00:55:46,177 (Bernard) That's if you got receipts. 742 00:55:46,260 --> 00:55:51,516 I gotta show receipts looking like they from different places, or I can't play. 743 00:55:51,599 --> 00:55:56,312 - Can we accommodate the good man? - Damn, you know I got the bingo tonight. 744 00:56:08,699 --> 00:56:11,035 Look, I ain't sure you wanna be around here, 745 00:56:11,118 --> 00:56:14,163 and I'm damn sure we're getting tired of having you. 746 00:56:14,247 --> 00:56:17,708 I don't wanna be around no bunch of cocksucking faggots. 747 00:56:17,792 --> 00:56:22,004 But I won't stop coming till I run up on Omar. You might want to get the word out. 748 00:56:22,088 --> 00:56:25,716 - For the last time, I don't know him. - Then I'm back tomorrow. 749 00:56:45,570 --> 00:56:47,154 (Thunder) 750 00:56:51,033 --> 00:56:53,035 Maybe I can help you? 751 00:56:57,540 --> 00:56:59,500 I don't doubt it for a minute.