Season 1 Episode 05: The Pager

“…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.

Key Scenes

Prez – starts to come good
Capturing Brandon – the pager clones start working
Johnny Weeks is back and he has “The Bug”
D’Angelo goes to posh dinner with Donnette (baby moma) but then asks Shardene from Orlandos out on a date

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