"Just a gangster, I suppose". - Avon Barksdale

Stringer Bell gets an education in construction management; Bunk uses shoe-leather to catch up with Omar and deliver a searing message; a frustrated Colvin unleashes the troops on the corner boys ignoring his new edict; Avon sends Cutty and Slim Charles against Marlo; Bubbles refocuses the picture for Greggs; Donette receives Brianna's blessing of her hookup with Stringer and lets slip that McNulty visited about Dee. Daniels keeps up the front of marriage to Marla, as she pursues a new career at City Hall; McNulty backdoors Daniels with a visit to Colvin; and Burrell hears from the mayor that he should take Baltimore's rising body count very personally

The Wire Season 3 Episodes...

• s03e01 - Time After Time
• s03e02 - All Due Respect
• s03e03 - Dead Soldiers
• s03e04 - Hamsterdam
• s03e05 - Straight and True
• s03e06 - Homecoming
• s03e07 - Back Burners
• s03e08 - Moral Midgetry
• s03e09 - Slapstick
• s03e10 - Reformation
• s03e11 - Middle Ground
• s03e12 - Mission Accomplished

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.