The Wire Season 1 Episode 2 Synopsis

"You cannot lose if you do not play". - Marla Daniels

The witness who testified against D'Angelo winds up being a cuddle case for "Bunk" Moreland. However, McNulty tells Bunk that since the victim testified against D'Angelo, this cuddle 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. Meanwhile in "The Pit", Detective Greggs gets some inside information courtesy of Bubbles. New investigation team member Prez arrives with a heavy reputation of incompetence, which worries Lieutenant Daniels. Daniels's concerns are supported when Prez teams up with Herc and Carver to make their own moves in the case by going to the projects to "bust heads" for information. Things backfire and a quasi riot ensues.

The Wire Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - The Target
• s01e02 - The Detail
• s01e03 - The Buys
• s01e04 - Old Cases
• s01e05 - The Pager
• s01e06 - The Wire
• s01e07 - One Arrest
• s01e08 - Lessons
• s01e09 - Game Day
• s01e10 - The Cost
• s01e11 - The Hunt
• s01e12 - Cleaning Up
• s01e13 - Sentencing

The Wire Show Summary

In chronicling a multi-generational family business dealing illegal drugs and the efforts of the Baltimore police to curb their trade, this series draws parallels between these organizations and the men and women on either side of the battle.

The words of Gary W. Potter, Professor of Criminal Justice and Police Studies at Eastern Kentucky University, in writing about the savings and loan scandals of the 1980s, can also be used to illuminate some of the central premises of the show.