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The Wire: Season 5: Episode 3

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The Wire: Season 2
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HBO | Air Date: January 20, 2008
Starring: Reg E. Cathey, Lance Reddick, Seth Gilliam, Clark Johnson, John Doman, Wendell Pierce, Aidan Gillen, Deirdre Lovejoy, Andre Royo, Domenick Lombardozzi, Corey Parker Robinson, Clarke Peters, Michelle Paress, Dominic West, Sonja Sohn, Michael Kenneth Williams, Tristan Wilds, Neal Huff, Michael Kostroff, Jermaine Crawford, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Jamie Hector, Tom McCarthy
Summary: "They're dead where it doesn't count." - Fletcher Mayor Carcetti's master plan for the police department is leaked to the press, sending the brass into a panic; Marlo turns to Proposition Joe for help with an enviable problem; executive editor Whiting and managing editor Thomas Klebanow drop a bombshell on the newspaper staff; Michael finds"They're dead where it doesn't count." - Fletcher Mayor Carcetti's master plan for the police department is leaked to the press, sending the brass into a panic; Marlo turns to Proposition Joe for help with an enviable problem; executive editor Whiting and managing editor Thomas Klebanow drop a bombshell on the newspaper staff; Michael finds temporary respite from his life on the corner by taking Dukie and Bug on a trip; McNulty shares some inside info with Gutierrez, but her subsequent story doesn't cause the splash either envisioned; McNulty, undaunted, looks for a new ally in Freamon.… Expand
Genre(s): Drama, Suspense
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