The Wire Episodes	Season 1
Back To Pazsaz Entertainment Network's The Wire Home Page The Target Homicide Detective Jimmy McNulty visits the trial of D'Angelo Barksdale, a midlevel dealer accused of murder. When the prosecution's star witness recants her testimony, the jury returns a not guilty verdict. After the trail, Judge Phelan calls McNulty in to discuss what happened. McNulty explains how this is one in what could be a line of related murders committed by the Barksdale crew -- who also run drugs in the Franklin Towers projects. The judge tells this to the powers in the police department eventually getting to McNulty's major who calls McNulty on the carpet for blabling. Also told of this is Lieutenant Cedric Daniels, who now has been ordered to start an investigation into these matters. Narc detectives Greggs, Carver, and Hauk will join Homicide detective McNulty in a basic "buy and bust" investigation. Meanwhile, D'Angelo's free to return to work only he discovers he's been demoted and returned to street level deals in "The Pit" a low-rise housing complex. The Detail The witness who testified against D'Angelo winds up being a murder case for Detective "Bunk" Moreland. However, McNulty tells Bunk that since the victim testified against D'Angelo, this murder was probably ordered by Avon Barkdsdale. McNulty and Bunk pick up D'Angelo for questioning and convince him to write an "apology" to the victim's family. Just as he's about to start, D'Angelo's attorney arrives and makes him leave. The Buys After early morning "field interviews" conducted by Herc, Carver and Prez lead to a minor riot and bad publicity for the police, Daniels gets called in by the Deputy Commissioner. McNulty sends Mahone and Polk to the terrace to get a photo of Avon Barksdale. They come up short but soft- spoken Freamon comes through with an old photo from Barksdale's boxing days. McNulty and Greggs visit FBI agent Fitzhugh to try and obtain some surveillance equipment. D'Angelo delivers the daily count to Stringer Bell who in turn, gives D'Angelo a bonus. Old Cases Bodie manages to slip through security and escape from lockup. Meanwhile Herc and Carver continue their renegade ways by travelling to Marlboro to find Bodie and beat him into giving up information on the case. Once they get there, Herc has a change of attitude after meeting Bodie's grandmother. Furious at being robbed of his product during the "re-up", Avon Barksdale instructs Stinkum, Wee-Bey and Stringer to double the existing reward to anyone who eliminates Omar and his crew. The Pager When Avon becomes more and more suspicious, he orders Wee-Bey to change phone lines in his apartment. He also promotes Stinkum to manage a new territory and he gets word that one of Omar's crew members has been "got". Stringer Bell warns D'Angelo that a snitch may be in his camp and D'Angelo should tighten up his crew by withholding their pay. While talking with Orlando, D'Angelo learns of Stinkum's promotion. The Wire Brandon's bloodied body is discovered in a lot that's coincidentally located next to Poot and Wallace's house. Wallace reports this to D'Angelo and he also expresses how seeing Brandon's body has started to bother him. D'Angelo tells Wallace to simply get over it, but Wallace is still unsure. Wallace gets further unsettled after Avon rewards he and D'Angelo with extra cash for their parts in getting Brandon taken care of. One Arrest Greggs, Carver, Herc and Sydnor grab the runner holding the re-up stash for the pit. Once they get him inside, the runner recognizes Prez as the cop who hit him in the eye. Now that the cops have their stash, a furious Avon questions D'Angelo about a snitch being in the pit. D'Angelo denies the allegation but Stringer tells D'Angelo and his crew to now use pay phones a block away and not to use the same phone twice. Afterwards, they snatch out the existing pit pay-phones. This, of course, disconnects the detectives wiretap. Lessons McNulty has his sons play the game of "front and follow" with Stringer Bell as the target and get Bell's license plate number for their efforts. Greggs and Carver bust a driver picking up large cash from the towers, only they're forced to return the money on orders from the Deputy Commissioner. Avon finds out about Orlando's inquiries to branch into "dirty" business, and makes it clear to Orlando that that's not the plan. Game Day Freamon gets Sydnor and Prez started on Barskdale's money trail. They discover the usual ties to dummy companies but they also find large sums of political contributions. Herc and Carver bust Wee-Bey holding $22,000 but only $15,000 is reported. Lieutenant Daniels discovers the discrepancy and orders them to find the money before the next days' roll call. The Cost After being clean for three days, Bubbles gets strong advice from former addict Walon and a promise of extra help from Detective Greggs. When Omar's murder attempt on Barksdale fails, Stringer lays down the new law to Barksdale -- no phone use, no more money runs, a new pager number and anyone that needs Barksdale talks to Stringer first. They also send word to Omar that a truce will be offered. The Hunt While Greggs's life hangs in a delicate balance, the officers deal with the shock in different ways. Herc, Carver and Sydnor get back on the case after Freamon puts the incident into perspective. After seeing McNulty close to the breaking point, Rawls instructs McNulty not to have any guilt over Greggs' shooting because he's not ultimately responsible. Cleaning Up After Barksdale's supply gets confiscated in the bust, Stringer hands down new rules to the crews. Avon and Stringer meet with Levy to discuss next steps which include the elimination of any and all persons that can connect Barksdale to the drugs. Wallace returns to the pit and asks to get put back on. However, Stringer has other plans for Wallace and asks Bodie to step up for the job. Sentencing In the drug-laden projects of West Baltimore, there are good guys and there are bad guys. Sometimes you need more than a badge to tell them apart. Don't miss the shattering season finale of this highly realistic and totally unvarnished drama series that follows a single sprawling drug-and-murder investigation--told from the points of view of the police and their targets.
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