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The Wire Stripped

S1 Ep05: The Pager

Jan 18, 2018
45:26


"...a little slow, a little late." - Avon Barksdale



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This episode contains the voices of: 


-Scroobius Pip (The Distraction Pieces Podcast)

-Gabriela Jones (Podcast Producer at The Guardian)

-Professor David Nutt (Psychiatrist and Neuropsychopharmacologist )

-Andrew Johnstone (Maryland native and Academic)

-"Paul" (Former heroin addict from Baltimore, Maryland)



THE COPS


Storyline 1: Prez is no Longer “A Hump”


The judge signs the affidavit and the cloned pager is up and running. Freamon points out that they’re not real numbers - it’s a code. Prez cracks the code.


Storyline 2: Herc and Carver Chase down Bodie


Herc and Carv chase down Bodie and bring him for processing. They try “Good Cop/Bad Cop” on him, but it goes hilariously wrong. As they wait for the juvenile intake, they end up shooting pool with him.


Storyline 3: Omar Comin’


Bubbles tells Kima and McNulty about Omar’s van, and they stake it out, hoping to catch him with a gun and turn him informant. They parlay at a graveyard. McNulty reveals that Bailey has been killed, and Omar reveals that a guy called Bird killed William Gant, and that he knows Bubbles is their CI.



THE STREET


Storyline 1: Paranoid Barksdale


The cold open shows us just how paranoid and careful Barksdale is. Stringer and Barksdale discuss that a corner is wide open and Stinkum should run it. He takes D’Angelo to see his brother in a nursing home, and stresses how unpredictable life can be.



Storyline 2: D’Angelo and the corner


D’Angelo gets a lecture from String about trying to find the snitch. Bodie throws a bottle at Wallace for not being on his guard. Later, Poot and Wallace spot Brandon in an arcade and phone it in.




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