The Importance of a Good Storyline

"I think at the time I was what 35 36 years old. So the first thing I see is that I've got like a 20 something year old son," he said. "Everybody, it should be implicit in every anecdote here that every member of the cast and crew that I encountered on the wire was excellent ... It was such an embarrassment of riches."

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"Ain't never gonna be what it was." - Little Big Roy

This episode features the voices of:

Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka) - on playing Frank and his head to head with Valcheck
Al Brown (Stan Valcheck) on Valchek's son in law, Prez
John Doman (Major Bill Rawls) - on conflict in the system
Jill Redding (Delores) on running a bar on "The Wire"
Jeffrey Pratt Gordon (Johnny Fifty) - on Frank Sobotka
Damond Gordon (Production Assistant on "The Wire") on coming back for Season 2
James Dyer (Empire Magazine and Pilot TV Magazine) on the transition from season 1 to season 2
Chris Hewitt (Empire Magazine) on the new theme tune and Tom Waits as Frank Sobotka
Joe Kiely (Dave’s co-host on Shitegeist) on this season's new catchphrase
Andrew Johnstone (Podcaster and Marylander) on stained glass windows and the fate of the guys on the docks

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Episode Synopsis

McNulty "went where he didn't want to go" aka harbor patrol with Diggsy. He discovers a corpse "floater" in the harbor and pays back Colonel Rawls by proving City Homicide are responsible for the investigation.

Major Valchek is pissed off when the boss of a local stevedore union named Frank Sobotka donates a more impressive gift to a local church. Sobotka meets with other union leaders and learns that a crucial pier is still in a state of disrepair. Sobotka instructs his nephew Nick to see The Greek regarding payment for a unknown container that he is smuggling through the port.

Later, Port Police Officer "Beadie" Russell stumbles across The Greek's container and discovers the bodies of over a dozen young women inside.

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Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com

Season 2 Images from Cris Sutera: www.crissutera.co.uk

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