Dead Soldiers

Series: The Wire

Season: 3

Episode: 3

Synopsis

Omar (Michael K. Williams) hits another Barksdale stash house, but this time, they're better prepared for him, and in the ensuing gun battle, a member of each crew is killed. Bunk (Wendell Pierce) catches the double homicide, and quickly realizes that Omar was involved, but he's also under tremendous pressure to complete an impossible task. For PR purposes, he's been instructed to recover Officer Dozerman's gun, which was stolen after Dozerman was shot. Carcetti (Aidan Gillen) continues to put pressure on the mayor, going to the press with the news that the next police academy class has been postponed for budgetary reasons. An irate Royce (Glynn Turman) orders Burrell (Frankie Faison) to take responsibility for the postponement, angering the commissioner. Prop Joe (Robert F. Chew) warns Stringer (Idris Elba) that the police are listening to their phone conversations. He also tells Stringer "what kills more police than bullets and liquor." It's boredom. "Keep it boring, String," he advises. With the wire dead, Daniels (Lance Reddick) assigns his team a new target in East Baltimore. McNulty (Dominic West) is still obsessed with Stringer, however, and continues to investigate D'Angelo's death. Bodie's (J.D. Williams) crew continues to encroach on one of Marlo's (Jamie Hector) corners, leading to violence. Cutty (Chad L. Coleman) visits an ex-girlfriend who tries to hook him up with a job opportunity. Bunny Colvin (Robert Wisdom), under increasing pressure to reduce felonies in his district, devises a radical plan to make some abandoned blocks in the neighborhood an enforcement-free zone, and coerce the dealers to move there., The landscape in Baltimore is changing and with it the drug trade that ravages its streets. The imposing towers of Franklin Terrace, the housing project that was the bread and butter of the Barksdale gang's business, have been razed and kingpin Stringer Bell attempts to rally his troops and put a new plan in place., Colvin finds himself in the hot seat after a recent crime wave; Bunk searches for a wounded officer's missing gun; Cutty (Chad L. Coleman) tracks down an old friend; Daniels unveils a new target for the detail; Burrell takes the heat for the mayor after Carcetti leaks a story to the press. Fruit: Brandon Fobbs. Colvin: Robert Wisdom. Omar: Michael K. Williams., Colvin finds himself in the hot seat after a recent crime wave; Bunk searches for a wounded officer's missing gun; Cutty tracks down an old friend; Daniels unveils a new target for the detail; Burrell takes the heat for the mayor after Carcetti leaks a story to the press.

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Runtime: 60 min

Release Year: 2004

Language: ENG

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