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Oct. 18, 2006
THE WIRE - NOV. EPISODES
Episode #45: "Corner Boys"
Debut date: SUNDAY, NOV. 5 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT)
HBO On Demand availability: Oct. 30-Jan. 1
Other HBO playdates: 7 (11:30 p.m.), 8 (midnight), 10 (10:00 p.m.), 11 (1:00 a.m. ET/11:50 p.m. PT) and 17 (9:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdate: Nov. 6 (9:00 p.m.)
To monitor the pulse on the street, Carcetti (Aidan Gillen) makes the rounds with members of the force. With Marimow (Boris McGiver) on his case, Herc (Domenick Lombardozzi) resorts to strong-arm tactics to retrieve his pinched camera, but Marlo (Jamie Hector) isn't impressed. While Proposition Joe (Robert F. Chew) shows off his vocal range, Chris (Gbenga Akinnagbe) shows Snoop (Felicia Pearson) how to expose, and dispose of, New York infiltrators. At school, Prez (Jim True-Frost) struggles to fit a test-practice mandate into his curriculum, and Colvin (Robert Wisdom) figures out a way to involve Namond (Julito McCullum) and other "corner boys" in problem solving. Not buying into Old Face Andre's (Alfonso Christian Lover) account of a homicide, Bunk (Wendell Pierce) tries to convert Holley (Brian Anthony Wilson) and Crutchfield (Gregory L. Williams) to his way of thinking. A newly sober McNulty (Dominic West) attends an Irish cop wake - with a not-so-sober Bunk. Daniels (Lance Reddick) gains the mayor's confidence, while Rawls (John Doman) confirms Burrell's (Frankie R. Faison) suspicions of collusion. Randy (Maestro Harrell) finds himself on a short leash; Dukie (Jermaine Crawford) learns that computer skills breed popularity; and Michael (Tristan Wilds) is dismayed by the unexpected return of a missing family member.
Teleplay by Richard Price; story by Ed Burns & Richard Price; directed by Agnieszka Holland.
Episode #46: "Know Your Place"
Debut date: SUNDAY, NOV. 12 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
HBO On Demand availability: Nov. 6-Jan. 1
Other HBO playdates: Nov. 14 (11:30 p.m.), 15 (midnight), 17 (10:00 p.m.) and 18 (1:55 a.m.)
HBO2 playdate: Nov. 13 (9:00 p.m.)
Poot (Trey Cheney) returns to the corner after a stint in prison - and is welcomed back by Herc and Dozerman (Rick Otto). Carcetti engages in a testy budget ballet with City Council President Campbell (Marlyne Afflack), rewards Daniels with a promotion, and hits a snag in his efforts to relieve Burrell of his duties. Bubbles (Andre Royo) fingers a witness for Herc, but the detective is slow to return the favor. While Prez is frustrated by the imposition of training for statewide tests in his curriculum, Colvin motivates his class by offering a dinner incentive to his student groups. Randy puts the math skills he's learned in class to work on the street; his success allows him to get Prez to bankroll his candy business. While Michael turns to Marlo for help with a problem, Old Face Andre turns to Proposition Joe for protection against Marlo.
Teleplay by Kia Corthron; story by Ed Burns & Kia Corthron; directed by Alex Zakrzewski.
Episode #47: "Misgivings"
Debut date: SUNDAY, NOV. 19 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
HBO On Demand availability: Nov. 13-Jan. 1
Other HBO playdates: Nov. 21 (11:30 p.m.), 22 (midnight), 24 (10:00 p.m.) and 25 (1:15 a.m.), and Dec. 8 (8:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdate: Nov. 20 (9:00 p.m.)
Acting on Clay Davis' (Isiah Whitlock) advice, Burrell seeks to burnish his reputation by ordering the department to double the number of street arrests. The mandate does not sit well with McNulty, who sets his sights instead on cracking a string of church robberies. Later, Davis shows he can play both sides of the political fence by making Carcetti an offer with long-term benefits for both. As the weather turns cold, school officials turn up the heat in Prez's classroom, and make it clear to Colvin that there are no exceptions to certain rules. After being apprehended, interrogated and released, Kevin is advised by Bodie (JD Williams) to come clean about the incident to Marlo. Betrayed again by Herc, Bubbles decides to get even with the unwitting help of a local minister. Busted by Carver (Seth Gilliam), Namond spends the night in the precinct, then is released to Colvin's home, where he proves, surprisingly, an exemplary guest. Donut's (Nathan Corbett) latest joyride ends badly; Randy is stigmatized at school; Chris takes care of Michael's problem.
Teleplay by Eric Overmyer; story by Ed Burns & Eric Overmyer; directed by Ernest Dickerson.
Episode #48: "A New Day"
Debut date: SUNDAY, NOV. 26 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
HBO On Demand availability: Nov. 20-Jan. 1
Other HBO playdates: Nov. 28 (11:30 p.m.) and 29 (11:00 p.m.), and Dec. 1 (10:00 p.m.), 2 (12:15 a.m.) and 8 (9:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdate: Nov. 27 (9:00 p.m.)
After flexing his muscles around the city, Carcetti faces his first dilemma when a group of ministers protests Herc's mistreatment of one of their own. Later, the mayor reverses Burrell's mass-arrest mandate, but Burrell still has some cards left to play. Michael and the boys enact an elaborate revenge plot on a mean cop, Officer Walker (Jonnie Louis Brown). Namond makes a leap of faith; Randy gets the cold shoulder at school; Dukie gets a bump; Colvin fights for the future of his class experiment. Pearlman (Deirdre Lovejoy) and Daniels raise the curtain on "a new day" in Homicide, to the detectives' delight. Rawls passes the ball to Daniels on the Herc situation, urging the new Colonel to "do the right thing." Later, Daniels resurrects the Major Crimes unit, and returns Freamon (Clarke Peters) to the detail room with new authority and freedom. Reunited with Sherrod (Rashid Orange), the Bubbles depot rides again, but the good times don't last. An irate Prez confronts Carver for putting Randy in danger, but learns that Herc was at fault for not delivering the boy to Bunk. Omar (Michael K. Williams) and Reynaldo (Ramon A. Rodriguez) pay a menacing visit to Proposition Joe, with their own proposition. Freamon has a revelation at a crime scene that promises to blow the lid off an unsolved mystery.
Teleplay by Ed Burns; story by David Simon & Ed Burns; directed by Brad Anderson.
THE WIRE was created by David Simon; executive producers, David Simon and Nina Kostroff Noble; co-executive producer, Joe Chappelle; producers, Edward Burns and Karen Thorson; consulting producer, Eric Overmyer.
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