Season 4 List of Episodes
November 22, 2009
The Wire Season 4 Episodes Guide
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S4E1 Boys of Summer
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S4E2 Soft Eyes
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S4E3 Home Rooms
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S4E4 Refugees
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S4E5 Alliances
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S4E6 Margin of Error
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S4E7 Unto Others
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S4E8 Corner Boys
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S4E9 Know Your Place
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S4E10 Misgivings
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S4E11 A New Day
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S4E12 That’s Got His Own
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S4E13 Final Grades
S4E13 Final Grades
November 22, 2009
Title: Final Grades
Original Airdate: December 10, 2006
Director: Ernest Dickerson
Episode 13:
Bubbles attempts suicide after confessing his part in Sherrod’s death and is taken to rehab. Freamon begins to build his investigation and has Chris and Snoop brought in for DNA samples. Bodie reaches breaking point over Marlo’s murder of his people and turns to McNulty. Bodie is later killed on his corner after the meeting is observed. McNulty decides to rejoin the Major Crimes Unit. Proposition Joe is forced to reveal his supplier to Marlo to reassure the Co-Op after Omar’s robbery. Marlo meets with Spiros Vondas who vouches for Joe. Omar brazenly sells the stolen drugs back to the Co-Op. Carcetti rejects the Governor’s offer of assistance with the schools as it would cost his career too much in the future. Despite Carver’s efforts to prevent it, Randy is reluctantly returned to a group home. Colvin’s special class is shut down by the education board. However, he persuades Namond’s parents to let Namond live with him in order to keep him away from drug dealing. Michael commits his first murder and is given Bodie’s corner to run; Dukie is unable to settle in high school and joins his crew.[
S4E12 That’s Got His Own
November 22, 2009
Title: That’s Got His Own
Original Airdate: December 3, 2006
Director: Joe Chappelle
Episode 12:
Prez is rankled by Dukie’s social promotion to high school after having become close to him. Omar orchestrates the theft of the Co-Op’s shipment. Michael trains as an enforcer in the Stanfield Organization and violently alienates Cutty and Namond. Randy is kept home for his own protection but an arson attack on his home leaves his foster mother horribly burned. Herc is suspended for his loss of the camera. Freamon’s discovery of bodies in vacant houses damages the homicide unit’s annual clearance rate. Daniels realizes the statistics can be blamed on Royce so Carcetti approves a city wide search. Carcetti faces a massive school budget deficit and is forced to go to the governor for assistance. Bubbles prepares a lethal vial of narcotics for his tormentor but Sherrod takes it unwittingly and dies.
S4E11 A New Day
November 22, 2009
Title: A New Day
Original Airdate: November 26, 2006
Director: Brad Anderson
Episode 11:
Carcetti faces a dilemma over a complaint from the minister against Herc. Carcetti galvanises other departments into action with non-specific complaints. Randy faces bullying from his school mates after he is exposed as an informant. Omar tricks Proposition Joe into giving away the timing of his next shipment. Freamon is tempted back to Major Crimes by Daniels and has a revelation regarding the hiding place of the missing bodies.
S4E10 Misgivings
November 22, 2009
Title: Misgivings
Original Airdate: November 19, 2006
Director: Ernest Dickerson
Episode 10:
Burrell’s new mandate for quality of life arrests is met with civil disobedience and political maneuvering. Chris takes care of Michael’s problem. Marlo has a member of Bodie’s crew killed after he is interviewed by Herc and orders word spread about Randy for the same reason. Carver arrests Namond and he reaches out to Colvin for help. After another beating, Bubbles gets revenge for Herc’s continual betrayals by setting him up to arrest a minister. The teachers are pressured to teach test material despite their recent successes.
S4E9 Know Your Place
November 22, 2009
Title: Know Your Place
Original Airdate: November 12, 2006
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Episode 9:
Bubbles identifies a witness for Herc but Herc fails to return the favor by protecting him from his tormentor. Colvin offers an incentive to his class. Old Face Andre turns to Proposition Joe for protection after his ineptitude in the framing of Omar. Joe ingratiates himself with Marlo by handing Andre over to Chris and Snoop. Marlo finally joins the Co-Op and his enforcers begin to take on the New York drug dealers. Carver warns Namond about his drug dealing. Carcetti restricts commissioner Ervin Burrell’s authority and insists on a promotion for Daniels. Michael takes his problem with his step father to Marlo. Omar plans revenge on Marlo and Proposition Joe.
S4E8 Corner Boys
November 22, 2009
Title: Corner Boys
Original Airdate: November 5, 2006
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Episode 8:
Colvin uses corner logic in class and is greeted with enthusiasm, particularly from Namond. Michael is devastated when his stepfather returns to live with him. Bunk exposes the frame on Omar but antagonizes his colleagues by meddling in the case. Herc stops Chris and Snoop and fails to realize the significance of the tools he finds in their car – they use them to conceal the corpses of their victims. Carcetti makes the rounds and discusses his plans as Mayor and his intentions for the future. He considers employing a new police commissioner and Cedric Daniels sees his stock rising.
S4E7 Unto Others
November 22, 2009
Title: Unto Others
Original Airdate: October 29, 2006
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Episode 7:
Royce and Carcetti make their peace. Prez has a good day with his class minus the “corner kids”. Omar convinces Bunk to help him prove his innocence. Greggs uses “soft eyes” at a crime scene and finds the witness killing was accidental. Marlo steals Herc’s surveillance camera provoking him into a more direct approach. Carver hands Randy over to Herc who fails to understand the importance of his story. Sherrod begins working in the drug trade and fights with Namond over territory. After receiving a beating Namond disrupts Colvin’s class. Proposition Joe continues to court Marlo’s involvement with the Co-Op.
S4E6 Margin of Error
November 22, 2009
Title: Margin of Error
Original Airdate: October 15, 2006
Director: Daniel Attias
Episode 6:
Namond is pushed into drug dealing by his mother when they are cut off by the remnants of the Barksdale Organization (who had been supporting them). Randy reveals his involvement in the murder to his teachers and is placed under Sergeant Ellis Carver’s care. Marlo proves elusive despite Herc’s camera. Colvin’s new special class separates the worst behaved students (known as “Corner Kids”) from their peers. Carcetti wins the election despite a last minute smear campaign. Omar is arrested for the murder Marlo organized.
S4E5 Alliances
November 22, 2009
Title: Alliances
Original Airdate: October 8, 2006
Director: David Platt
Episode 5:
Carcetti learns that Greggs has been assigned the witness case and uses the information against Royce. Watkins forms an alliance with Carcetti. Now a sergeant in the major case unit, Herc takes part in a series of ill-advised raids that fail to render any signifigant arrests. Herc takes a video camera without permission to surveil Stanfield. Marlo tries to enlist Michael but he rejects the offer. Marlo arranges to have Omar framed for murder. Dukie debunks Randy’s theory that the Chris and Snoop’s victims are undead and shows him the bodies. Prez struggles to control his student’s behaviour. Bubbles is beaten by another drug addict and throws Sherrod out for truanting.