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The Wire Season 3 |
| The Wire Season 3 : |
| The heat is on in Baltimore. The drug war is being lost bodies are piling up and a desperate mayor wants the tide turned before the election. But the police department hasn't got any answers. Wiretaps haven’t worked. Neither have stakeouts or street busts. With the demolition of the Franklin Terrace towers Stringer Bell and the Barksdale crew have been forced to improvise. But no matter how hard McNulty and the detail try the dealers always seem to be one step ahead of the game. It’s time to change the rules. |
| Episode 1 - [Time After Time] |
| Details : Don't matter how many times you get burnt you just keep doin' the same. -- Bodie A wave of urban reform brings down the notorious Franklin Terrace public housing towers forcing the Barksdale drug crew to find a new home. Stringer Bell uses a new sales strategy as he awaits Avon's return. McNulty and the Detail look to make a case against Stringer with a wiretap on a drug ring run by Proposition Joe. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Callie Thorne | Method Man | Rick Otto | Michael Kenneth Williams | Leo Fitzpatrick | Brandon Fobbs | Robert Neal Marshall | Benjamin Busch | Director : Ed Bianchi | Writer : David Simon | |
| Air Date : Sep. 19, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [All Due Respect] |
| Details : There's never been a paper bag. -- Colvin Omar continues his bold strikes on Barksdale stash houses now heavily guarded. Under orders from Stringer Bell Bodie faces a critical test against Marlo a fierce young dealer with lucrative corners. As the wire on Proposition Joe continues to yield little McNulty launches his own reinvestigation of last year's prison suicide of D'Angelo Barksdale. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Method Man | Ernest Waddell | Rick Otto | Brandon Fobbs | Lizz Robbins | Melanie Nicholls-King | Director : Steve Shill | Writer : Richard Price | Writer : David Simon | |
| Air Date : Sep. 26, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Dead Soldiers] |
| Details : The gods will not save you. -- Burrell Colvin feels the sting of Burrell and Rawls during a Comstat assessment of his district's felony numbers; a blown wiretap forces Daniels's detail to turn to a new target; Proposition Joe cautions Stringer Bell that the police have been tapping phones. Carcetti continues to curry favor in Mayor Royce's inner circle. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Delaney Williams | Ernest Waddell | Michael Kenneth Williams | Leo Fitzpatrick | Robert Neal Marshall | Benjamin Busch | Director : Rob Bailey | Writer : Dennis Lehane | Director : Rob Baieu | |
| Air Date : Oct. 03, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [Amsterdam] |
| Details : Why you got to go and fuck with the program? -- Fruit West Baltimore residents get surprising straight talk at a community meeting from Major Colvin. Bubbles finds gainful employment; Stringer lunches uptown; and Bunk dangles the promise of immunity to a group of corner boys in exchange for help. Greggs learns how Marlo takes care of business as Bubbles instructs her on the next big thing: disposable cell phones. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Callie Thorne | Delaney Williams | Michael Kostroff | Michael Kenneth Williams | Isiah Whitlock Jr. | Clarence Clemons | Brandon Fobbs | Benjamin Busch | Writer : George Pelecanos | Director : Ernest R. Dickerson | |
| Air Date : Oct. 10, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [Straight And True] |
| Details : I had such fuckin' hopes for us. -- McNulty Frustrated in his grass-roots reform efforts Colvin arms himself with intelligence from Daniels's detail and personally delivers a message to the next level of corner management. McNulty sees Stringer Bell's legitimate business dealings as a sign that he is now unreachable as a drug target. Bubbles shakes the tree for Johnny one more time. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Callie Thorne | Delaney Williams | Ernest Waddell | Gbenga Akinnagbe | Michael Kostroff | Michael Kenneth Williams | Isiah Whitlock Jr. | Leo Fitzpatrick | Brandy Burre | Mike D. Anderson | Benjamin Busch | Michael Hyatt as Brianna Barksdale | Director : Daniel Attias | Writer : Ed Burns | Writer : David Simon | |
| Air Date : Oct. 17, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [Homecoming] |
| Details : Just a gangster I suppose. -- Avon Barksdale Stringer Bell gets an education in construction management; Bunk uses shoe-leather to catch up with Omar and deliver a searing message; a frustrated Colvin unleashes the troops on the corner boys ignoring his new edict; Avon sends Cutty and Slim Charles against Marlo; Bubbles refocuses the picture for Greggs. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ernest Waddell | Gbenga Akinnagbe | Michael Kenneth Williams | Isiah Whitlock Jr. | Brandy Burre | Benjamin Busch | Michael Hyatt as Brianna Barksdale | Writer : Rafael Alvarez | Director : Leslie Libman | Writer : David Simon | |
| Air Date : Oct. 31, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 7 - [Back Burners] |
| Details : Conscience do cost. -- Butchie Herc discovers a blast from the past which he belatedly reveals to his ex-colleagues. Daniels blows a gasket over the real reason the detail was reassigned from an investigation in Pimlico to the Western District. Stringer Bell learns from Donette that she's told Brianna about McNulty's visit and that Brianna is likely to talk to him. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Robert X. Golphin | Gbenga Akinnagbe | Michael Kostroff | Michael Kenneth Williams | Felicia Pearson | Leo Fitzpatrick | Brandy Burre | Melanie Nicholls-King | Benjamin Busch | Chad L. Coleman | Writer : Joy Lusco | Director : Timothy Van Patten | |
| Air Date : Nov. 07, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 8 - [Moral Midgetry] |
| Details : Crawl walk and then run. -- Clay Davis With Amsterdam running full-tilt Carver and Truck discover there really is no honor among thieves. Prez impresses the detail with what he's found out from Bodie's cell phone information that sends McNulty and Greggs on a road trip. Colvin sees the benefits of his plan working but has overlooked the human toll until the Deacon points out the deficiencies. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ernest Waddell | Gbenga Akinnagbe | Michael Kenneth Williams | Isiah Whitlock Jr. | Felicia Pearson | Clarence Clemons | Benjamin Busch | Michael Hyatt as Brianna Barksdale | Writer : Richard Price | Director : Agnieszka Holland | |
| Air Date : Nov. 14, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 9 - [Slapstick] |
| Details : ...while you're waiting for moments that never come. -- Freamon Responding to an officer's call for help McNulty and Prez turn down the wrong alley with unanticipated results. A Barksdale crew violates the unspoken Sunday truce with gunplay increasing discontent among the New Day Co-op members. Stymied in his effort to open a gym Cutty is surprised to find help from within Baltimore's power structure. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ernest Waddell | Michael Kenneth Williams | Isiah Whitlock Jr. | Brandy Burre | Mike D. Anderson | Benjamin Busch | Keith Johnson as Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | Michael Hyatt as Brianna Barksdale | Director : Alex Zakrzewski | Writer : David Simon | |
| Air Date : Nov. 21, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 10 - [Reformation] |
| Details : Call it a crisis of leadership. -- Proposition Joe Brother Mouzone returns to Baltimore on a mission of revenge and casts a wide net in his search for Omar who has his own plan. Colvin manages for now to put off a 'Sun' reporter inquiring about Amsterdam. Carver learns how much he doesn't know about good policing while Pearlman and Daniels plead their case for a new kind of wiretap to Judge Phelan. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Gbenga Akinnagbe | Michael Kenneth Williams | Felicia Pearson | Peter Gerety | Kahil Dotay | Brandy Burre | Marty Lodge | Director : Ed Bianchi | Director : Christine Moore | Writer : Ed Burns | |
| Air Date : Nov. 28, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 11 - [Middle Ground] |
| Details : We don't need to dream no more. -- Stringer Bell The wire begins to yield information about the Barksdale organization though finding links to the top proves elusive. Stringer and Avon reflect on how far they've come with each harboring plans for the future. Tipped by Burrell Carcetti sees Amsterdam for himself and weighs the benefits against the political reality. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Michael Kostroff | Michael Kenneth Williams | Peter Gerety | Leo Fitzpatrick | Kahil Dotay | Brandy Burre | Writer : George Pelecanos | Director : Joe Chappelle | |
| Air Date : Dec. 12, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 12 - [Mission Accomplished] |
| Details : ...we fight on the lie. -- Slim Charles In the Season Three finale a reticent Avon readies his troops for a war against Marlo. Meanwhile as the detail works towards the top rungs of the Barksdale organization McNulty reassesses his pursuit of Stringer Bell and the path he's chosen for himself. While Royce continues to grapple with Amsterdam Burrell offers a deal to minimize the fallout. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Amy Ryan | Ernest Waddell | Gbenga Akinnagbe | Michael Kostroff | Michael Kenneth Williams | Felicia Pearson | Leo Fitzpatrick | Brandon Fobbs | Kahil Dotay | Brandy Burre | Marty Lodge | Michael Hyatt as Brianna Barksdale | Writer : David Simon | Director : Ernest R. Dickerson | |
| Air Date : Dec. 19, 2004 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |