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The Wire & Social Problems Part III

The Wire & Social Problems Part III. Episode 4 “Old Cases”. Greggs and McNulty try to get a member of Barksdale’s crew (Marvin) to turn by offering him a deal for less time. Bodie escapes from juvi Omar distributes his stolen loot to members of his community

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The Wire & Social Problems Part III

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  1. The Wire & Social Problems Part III

  2. Episode 4 “Old Cases” • Greggs and McNulty try to get a member of Barksdale’s crew (Marvin) to turn by offering him a deal for less time. • Bodie escapes from juvi • Omar distributes his stolen loot to members of his community • Bubbles visits “Leave It to Beaver Land” aka McNulty’s sons’ soccer match • In the pit, D tells a story about being at the scene of the murder of Dierdre, one that that Bunk and McNulty later (re)investigate • Judge holds Burell hostage, making him pursue the case further • Lester Freemon is out on the streets matching pagers to pay phones, and confirms D’s pager number • Lester comes up with the “cloned pager” idea • Lester’s story and characterization (he chases the corruption so far it gets him in trouble)

  3. Episode 5 “The Pager” • Opens with Avon being paranoid about his phones • Stringer tells D to set his crew straight and find the person stealing and the person ratting them out to the cops. • Carver and Herc enter Bodie’s relative’s house to arrest him for escaping juvi • More D characterization, at the restaurant with his girlfriend • Bunk and McNulty connect Deirdre's murder to other drug-related murders • Bubbles visits Johnny in detox • Both Avon and the cops are chasing Omar, but for very different reasons • Prez cracks the pager code • Avon visits his brain injured brother in the hospital • Omar informs McNulty that it was Bird (one of Avon’s muscle men) who shot the witness William Gant • Lester Freemon confronts Daniels about the need for wiretaps on pay phones • Poot and Wallace ID Omar’s boyfriend, and notify D, who notifies Stringer Bell. • The wiretap catches this transaction. • Stringer: “It’s Done” – Omar’s boyfriend, Brandon, is dead.

  4. Episode 6 “The Wire” Crucial episode of the season! • Wallace’s “home” life introduced • Brandon, Omar’s boy, is “displayed” • Wallace and D both question how the Game is played. • “Preston” Bodie’s bail trial and 2nd escape from juvi with help from the Barksdale lawyer • Bubbles runs a scam with Johnny, stealing copper pipes to sell for drug $ • Lester Freemon trains Prez on how to “think differently” in a wiretap case • D’Angelo tries to find the snitch and the thief, succeeding thus far in only the latter • Major Rawls wants to end the case (because all he sees is a clearance rate). He wants to pretend D’Angelo is just as good as Avon …

  5. Episode 6 “The Wire” …cont • Big meeting between McNulty, Kima, Freemon, Bunk, who are furious that Rawls wants to pull the strings too soon. • Test of Daniels’ loyalty, the Case vs. Rawls – will he play the Game or not? • Avon walks through his territory and gives D and Wallace a bonus for their hard work (making sure the Game runs smoothly) • Omar picked up by McNulty & Kima; is shown Brandon’s mutilated corpse • D reveals that he’s not telling Avon the entire truth, and undercuts his uncle’s authority (for perhaps the first time) by covering for his people. • Omar rips the case wide open by revealing the murder of Deirdre (it was Bird) and inadvertently Brandon (it was Wee-Bey/Stringer). Omar is willing to “lie” in court and say he was a witness to the former. • Freemon notices that they tapped the call to kill Brandon, and now evidence of a conspiracy is piling higher. • Unlike everyone else (Marvin), Omar is not afraid to testify against Avon when he goes to trial • Daniel’s lets it rip to Rawls that “This is Bullshit!!” and the case gets a one-month extension

  6. Never Where We Need to Be • In Episode 6, McNulty screams: “In this case, we’re never where we need to be!” • The frustration that McNulty and the rest feel at this point is the “push-back” from an institution that eradicates people who think outside of the box. • This is Simon’s attack on the justice system, and how it sets up roadblocks for solving substantial problems (conspiracy, racketeering, white collar crime, corruption, money laundering, grand larceny, ect) while making it very easy to prosecute people for minor drug offenses or for “assaulting an officer”

  7. The Game & Social Problems • At this point in the show, you should be able to understand 3 things: • The Game, and how it is NOT played. • How the Game prevents social problems from being lessened substantially; how not playing the Game creates a climate for solutions. • How 2 or more social problems are connected to each other and why.

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