Season 3 List of Episodes
November 22, 2009
The Wire Season 3 Episodes Guide
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S3E1 Time After Time
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S3E2 All Due Respect
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S3E3 Dead Soldiers
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S3E4 Hamsterdam
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S3E5 Straight and True
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S3E6 Homecoming
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S3E7 Back Burners
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S3E8 Moral Midgetry
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S3E9 Slapstick
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S3E10 Reformation
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S3E11 Middle Ground
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S3E12 Mission Accomplished
S3E12 Mission Accomplished
November 22, 2009
Title: Mission Accomplished
Original Airdate: December 19, 2004
Director: Ernest Dickerson
Episode 12:
A reticent Avon readies his troops for war against Marlo. The press descend on Hamsterdam and Royce finally realizes his delay was a mistake. Carcetti is there to capitalize on the bad publicity for the Mayor. A vengeful Burrell ensures Colvin’s retirement is not comfortable. McNulty is devastated that Stringer was killed before he could arrest him but his spirits lift when he gets a chance to bring down Avon instead. With the information from Stringer the Major Case Unit arrest Avon and most of his people. Cutty struggles to keep his young boxers off the corners as the Stanfield organization enjoy their victory. McNulty leaves the Major Case Unit to patrol the Western District.
S3E11 Middle Ground
November 22, 2009
Title: Middle Ground
Original Airdate: December 12, 2004
Director: Joe Chappelle
Episode 11:
Cutty convinces Avon to give him money to fund his gym. Brother Mouzone forms an alliance with Omar when he discovers that Stringer betrayed him. Royce continues to delay closing down the tolerant zones alienating Burrell and Watkins. Burrell leaks the story to Carcetti. Stringer learns that he has been conned into making political contributions for no return and tries to convince Avon to order the murder of Senator Clay Davis. The wiretaps begin to yield information about the Barksdale organization and the unit get a recording of Stringer discussing contract killers. Stringer meets with Colvin and gives him the location of Avon’s safehouse believing that returning Avon to prison is the best way to end the war. Meanwhile, Brother Mouzone meets with Avon and convinces him to give Stringer’s whereabouts away so that he can exact his revenge. Omar and Mouzone ambush and kill Stringer.
S3E10 Reformation
November 22, 2009
Title: Reformation
Original Airdate: November 28, 2004
Director: Christine Moore
Episode 10:
The Barksdale/Stanfield war continues to intensify with deaths on both sides. Avon refuses to accept Stringer’s advice to follow the co-op’s proposal for a truce. Brother Mouzone returns to Baltimore on a mission of revenge and casts a wide net in his search for Omar. Omar has his own plan for vengeance against Stringer. Carver gets some frank advice about his failings as an officer from Colvin. Colvin convinces the reporter that Herc has spoken with to hold his story on the tolerant zones. Colvin finally reveals his actions to his superiors. Burrell is incensed and takes the information straight to Mayor Royce. Royce is reluctant to shut the project down because of its success in reducing crime. When their first wiretaps go dead after just a few days the Major Case Unit are dismayed. Lester Freamon overcomes the problem by organizing to supply the Barksdale Organization with pre-wiretapped phones. Cutty opens a boxing gym for local children but finds his poor equipment and their behavior difficult to deal with.
S3E9 Slapstick
November 22, 2009
Title: Slapstick
Original Airdate: November 21, 2004
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Episode 9:
A Barksdale crew member violates the long-standing but unspoken Sunday morning truce when he tries to kill Omar. There is increasing discontent among the co-op over the Barksdale/Stanfield turf war. The deacon convinces Colvin to introduce public health programs in the tolerant zones and the Western District officers are dismayed at the apparent permanence of the endeavor. A murder takes place in the “Hamsterdam” tolerant zone and Carver moves the body out of loyalty to Colvin. Carver’s partner Thomas “Herc” Hauk reaches breaking point and calls the press about the tolerant zones. The Major Case Unit begin to build probable cause for their wiretaps but are worried that the dealers change phones too frequently. Roland “Prez” Pryzbylewski shoots another officer in a case of night time mistaken identity. Carcetti finds a potential ally in State Delegate Odell Watkins and organizes state funding for witness protection.
S3E8 Moral Midgetry
November 22, 2009
Title: Moral Midgetry
Original Airdate: November 14, 2004
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Episode 8:
Carcetti flaunts his advisors counsel and pressures Burrell over witness protection. The Major Case Unit track the buyer of phones for the Barksdale Organization. Brianna and McNulty sit down for a heart-to-heart. Avon dispatches the troops to track Omar and tries to ensnare Marlo in a trap. Avon is wounded when Marlo senses the trap and then wrestles with a revelation by Stringer. A local deacon helps Cutty to plan a new life and is dismayed at the standard of life for drug users in Colvin’s tolerant zones.
S3E7 Back Burners
November 22, 2009
Title: Back Burners
Original Airdate: November 7, 2004
Director: Tim Van Patten
Episode 7:
Daniels sees the reason his unit was reassigned from Pimlico and tells McNulty he will have to leave as he cannot trust him. The unit find that the drug dealers are using disposable phones and begin to formulate an investigative strategy. Marlo dispatches a drive-by on a Barksdale corner from the calm of his pigeon coop. Carcetti pressures the mayor over witness protection. The Western District officers begin to become dissatisfied with policing Colvin’s tolerant zones.
S3E6 Homecoming
November 22, 2009
Title: Homecoming
Original Airdate: October 31, 2004
Director: Leslie Libman
Episode 6:
Stringer gets an education in construction management and explores the opportunities of Colvin’s new drug tolerant zones. Meanwhile Avon initiates a war over territory with Marlo but is dismayed at the ineptitude of his people when several are killed while attempting a drive-by shooting. Cutty finds that he has lost the ability to kill and leaves the Barksdale Organization with Avon’s blessing. A frustrated Colvin unleashes the troops on the corner boys ignoring his new edict. Carcetti manipulates another councilman into joining the mayoral race in order to divide the votes while concealing his own intention to run. McNulty and Greggs are ready to give up on targeting Stringer when the new violence gives them another reason. However, they must go behind Daniels’ back to have the unit reassigned as he is angry about their disloyalty to date.
S3E5 Straight and True
November 22, 2009
Title: Straight and True
Original Airdate: October 17, 2004
Director: Daniel Attias
Episode 5:
Frustrated in his grass-roots reform efforts, Colvin arms himself with intelligence from the Major Case Unit and approaches the mid-level drug dealers instead. McNulty sees Stringer is now unreachable as a drug target because of his ties to legitimate business. Stringer throws a welcome home party for Avon and launches a citywide Co-Op for drug dealers but fails to recruit immediate West side rival Marlo Stanfield. Detective Greggs follows Stanfield to his meeting with Stringer. Dissent spreads in Omar’s crew over his bloody minded pursuit of the Barksdale Organization.
S3E4 Hamsterdam
November 22, 2009
Title: Hamsterdam
Original Airdate: October 10, 2004
Director: Ernest Dickerson
Episode 4:
West Baltimore residents get some surprising straight talk from Major Colvin at a community meeting. Colvin has little success convincing area drug dealers to relocate to his tolerant zones. Carcetti reveals his mayoral political ambitions and pursues a campaign manager. Cutty gives up his attempts at straight work and joins the Barksdale Organization. Avon Barksdale is paroled despite the Major Case Unit’s previous work against him. Stringer continues to invest in property development.