Bull uses the First Amendment’s freedom of speech to defend a controversial news commentator blamed for a man’s suicide after she accused him on air of murder

“I still wake up white in a city that ain’t.” – Carcetti In the hopes of possibly saving her job, Pearlman and Freamon continue arguing over the subpoenas, as the…

“I love the first day, man. Everybody all friendly an’ shit.” – Namond Brice Prez is shocked by his students; Royce strikes back against Carcetti; Rawls begins to gut the…

“If you with us, you with us.” – Chris Partlow Commissioner Burrell loses Royce’s support; Chris Partlow tries to recruit Michael to become a soldier in Marlo’s unit; Dukie shows…

“Don’t try this shit at home.” – Norman Wilson Carcetti responds to a campaign smear. Randy is accused of a serious transgression. Colvin’s special class gets its first enlistees.

“Lambs to the slaughter here.” – Marcia Donnelly Four West Baltimore boys wrestle with what to do with the rest of their summer vacation as the new fall school year…

“…while you’re waiting for moments that never come.” — Freamon Responding to an officer’s call for help, McNulty and Prez turn down the wrong alley, with unanticipated results. A Barksdale…

“Call it a crisis of leadership.” — Proposition Joe Brother Mouzone returns to Baltimore on a mission of revenge and casts a wide net in his search for Omar, who…

“We don’t need to dream no more.” — Stringer Bell The wire begins to yield information about the Barksdale organization, though finding links to the top proves elusive. Stringer and…

“…we fight on the lie.” — Slim Charles In the Season Three finale, a reticent Avon readies his troops for a war against Marlo. Meanwhile, as the detail works towards…

“I had such fuckin’ hopes for us.” — McNulty Frustrated in his grass-roots reform efforts, Colvin arms himself with intelligence from Daniels’s detail and personally delivers a message to the…

“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…

“Conscience do cost.” — Butchie Herc discovers a blast from the past, which he belatedly reveals to his ex-colleagues. Daniels blows a gasket over the real reason the detail was…