Season 2 List of Episodes
November 22, 2009
The Wire Season 2 Episodes Guide
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S2E1 Ebb Tide
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S2E2 Collateral Damage
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S2E3 Hot Shots
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S2E4 Hard Cases
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S2E5 Undertow
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S2E6 All Prologue
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S2E7 Backwash
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S2E8 Duck and Cover
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S2E9 Stray Rounds
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S2E10 Storm Warnings
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S2E11 Bad Dreams
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S2E12 Port in a Storm
S2E12 Port in a Storm
November 22, 2009
Title: Port in a Storm
Original Airdate: August 24, 2003
Director: Robert F. Colesberry
Episode 12:
The stevedores gather for work as a floating corpse is pulled from the water. Once ashore, they all recognize the body as Frank Sobotka. The Greek opts to stop pursuing Nick because the police are on his heels, and walks away from Baltimore. The FBI visits the union hall and tells them that they need to change their leadership or face decertification. The union remains loyal and seals the destruction of their future. Urban reform begins to hit Baltimore as the docks undergo construction. Omar vows revenge against Stringer. Stringer cements his deal with Proposition Joe now that Mouzone is out of the way. Bubbles is arrested and alerts Greggs and McNulty to the relationship between Proposition Joe and Stringer Bell in exchange for his release.
S2E11 Bad Dreams
November 22, 2009
Title: Bad Dreams
Original Airdate: August 17, 2003
Director: Ernest Dickerson
Episode 11:
Stringer manipulates Omar into pursuing Brother Mouzone. Omar shoots Mouzone and then leaves him alive having realized his mistake. The detail serves warrants on the targets of their investigation. A raid of Nick’s home turns up large amounts of cash and heroin but Nick himself escapes arrest. Frank Sobotka is arrested when the FBI storms the union offices. Valchek ensures the press is there to see Sobotka embarrassed in a perp walk. Sobotka agrees to work with the investigation into the Greeks in exchange for leniency for Nick and Ziggy. In the wake of the arrests The Greeks decide to cut their losses and leave Baltimore. A report detailing Sobotka’s plan is passed to Vondas from a contact in the FBI. Vondas lures Sobotka into danger by offering him a meeting with The Greek and a promise to help Nick and Ziggy.
S2E10 Storm Warnings
November 22, 2009
Title: Storm Warnings
Original Airdate: August 10, 2003
Director: Rob Bailey
Episode 10:
Racial tension over the next union secretary continues to build; Sobotka still plans to run contrary to a long-standing gentlemen’s agreement. Ziggy steals several cars from the docks and fences them to George “Double G” Glekas. When Glekas double-crosses Ziggy by halving his original cut Ziggy flies into a rage and shoots Glekas and another young Greek helper boy. He breaks down emotionally right outside the warehouse and is arrested. Nick is the first to learn of his cousin’s arrest and after facing the wrath of his uncle, drowns his sorrows in a local park. The detail uses satellite technology to its advantage but meets a setback as Valchek turns over control of the investigation to the FBI. Bodie is pleased with the new supply of drugs, but unhappy that Proposition Joe’s nephew Cheese is on his turf. Cheese is wounded by Brother Mouzone, further complicating relations between Stringer and Proposition Joe.
S2E9 Stray Rounds
November 22, 2009
Title: Stray Rounds
Original Airdate: August 3, 2003
Director: Tim Van Patten
Episode 9:
The detail is dismayed at the lack of activity from their subjects and realizes that they must be changing their operating procedure. Nick moves higher in the underworld when Vondas allows him to wholesale drugs on their behalf. On the new drug corner they commandeered from their rivals Bodie and crew are involved in a shootout that kills a child. Rawls greets Major Howard “Bunny” Colvin at the scene of the shooting; Colvin disapproves of Rawls’ counter-strategy of large-scale strike operations through the Western District. Stringer meets with Proposition Joe behind Avon’s back to discuss turning over some West side territory in exchange for a cut of the Greeks’ drugs. Avon complicates Stringer’s attempted betrayal by hiring feared hitman Brother Mouzone to drive off rival dealers.[
S2E8 Duck and Cover
November 22, 2009
Title: Duck and Cover
Original Airdate: July 27, 2003
Director: Daniel Attias
Episode 8:
McNulty deals with the disappointment of his failed reconciliation with his wife by returning to his old drinking and womanizing habits while falling further into depression. The detail closes in on Sergei Malatov when they track his cell phone through his truck rental paperwork. Concerned about the union’s finances, Sobotka decides to pay the bills and discovers that his cell phone account was flagged as to not have service disconnected. Becoming paranoid, he smuggles a container without contraband to see the results, and his suspicions solidify when the police pull the container over. Frank and Nick visit the diner to meet with The Greek; The Greek tells him to deliver more disappeared but clean containers to the shut down warehouse as suspicions mount about possible interest from the police. With his business faltering Bodie moves his crew into new territory.
S2E7 Backwash
November 22, 2009
Title: Backwash
Original Airdate: July 6, 2003
Director: Steve Shill
Episode 7:
Rawls attempts to persuade Daniels to take the Jane Doe homicides but is unsuccessful. Lester Freamon and Russell continue to study the docks’ traffic using their cloned computer, and suspect irregularities in containers handled by “Horseface”. They track a container back to the Greeks’ warehouse. They watch the warehouse and see Sergei Malatov meeting with Proposition Joe. Stringer discusses a business deal with Proposition Joe to revitalize the Barksdale organization, but Avon turns it down flat. D’Angelo’s funeral brings together the Barksdale Organization.
S2E6 All Prologue
November 22, 2009
Title: All Prologue
Original Airdate: July 6, 2003
Director: Steve Shill
Episode 6:
The detail continues to look for the source of the union’s money and begin to monitor container movements. Detective Greggs tracks down a lead on the murdered girls. Stringer, concerned over D’Angelo’s distancing from the organization, goes behind Avon’s back to deal with the problem once and for all. Nick requests help from the Greeks to solve Ziggy’s problems. As Sobotka outlines his plans for the docks, several of his union colleagues express suspicion at the source of his income. Omar emerges from hiding to testify against Bird.
S2E5 Undertow
November 22, 2009
Title: Undertow
Original Airdate: June 29, 2003
Director: Steve Shill
Episode 5:
Ziggy’s inability to move a package of drugs costs him his Camaro and nearly his life as he falls foul of East side dealers. Seeing his cousin in danger, Nick attempts to parlay with one of the dealers but discovers that they have torched Ziggy’s car. Daniels sends his detail out for some hand-to-hands as they half-heartedly step up their investigation of the docks. Officer Russell gets information from an old boyfriend who indicates that the union computer may be useful in tracking containers. Sobotka’s frustration with the Greeks begins to grow as he is once again denied a meeting with their boss. He puts his umbrage aside once his payment for smuggling their containers is tripled. Donette visits D’Angelo and tells him that he is being supported; D’Angelo remains cynical. The Barksdale family’s drug trade continues to falter because of supply problems.
S2E4 Hard Cases
November 22, 2009
Title: Hard Cases
Original Airdate: June 22, 2003
Director: Elodie Keene
Episode 4:
D’Angelo confronts Avon about the bad package and washes his hands of the business. Avon brokers a deal to give up the prison officer for a reduction in his sentence. Valchek specifically requests Lieutenant Daniels for the Sobotka investigation. Daniels negotiates with Burrell and secures the promise of his own major crimes unit after the Sobotka investigation ends. Sobotka chastises his son and nephew about their unauthorized smuggling deal with the Greeks; he defends his own illicit deals as a means toward regenerating the ailing dockyard. Ziggy continues to enjoy his new-found wealth. McNulty takes a personal interest in the murdered women and is pressured to find Omar for Bunk Moreland.