Season Episode Epigraph Attributed to

"The Target" …when it’s not your turn. McNulty

"The Detail" You cannot lose if you do not play. Marla Daniels

"The Buys" The king stay the king. D'Angelo

"Old Cases" It's a thin line 'tween heaven and here Bubbles

"The Pager" …a little slow, a little late. Avon Barksdale

"The Wire" …and all the pieces matter. Freamon

"Lessons" A man must have a code. Bunk

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"One Arrest" Come at the king, you best not miss. Omar

"Game Day" Maybe we won. Herc

"The Cost" And then he dropped the bracelets… Greggs

"The Hunt" Dope on the damn table. Daniels

"Cleaning Up" This is me, yo, right here. Wallace

Traditional West
"Sentencing" All in the game...
Baltimore

"Ebb Tide" Ain't never gonna be what it was. Little Big Roy

They can chew you up, but they gotta spit you
"Collateral Damage" McNulty
out.

"Hot Shots" What they need is a union. Russell

"Hard Cases" If I hear music, I’m gonna dance. Greggs

"Undertow" They used to make steel there, no? Vondas

2 "All Prologue" It don’t matter that some fool say he different… D'Angelo

"Backwash" Don’t worry kid. You’re still on the clock. Horseface

"Duck and Cover" How come they don’t fly away? Ziggy

"Stray Rounds" The world is a smaller place now. The Greek

"Storm Warnings" It pays to go with the union card every time. Ziggy

"Bad Dreams" I need to get clean. Sobotka

"Port in a Storm" Business. Always business. The Greek

Don't matter how many times you get burnt, you

"Time After Time" Bodie
3 just keep doin' the same.

"All Due Respect" There's never been a paper bag. Colvin

 "Dead Soldiers" The Gods will not save you. Burrell

"Amsterdam" Why you gotta go and fuck with the program? Fruit

"Straight and True" I had such fucking hopes for us. McNulty

"Homecoming" Just a gangster, I suppose. Avon Barksdale

"Back Burners" Conscience do cost. Butchie

"Moral Midgetry" Crawl, walk, and then run. Clay Davis

…while you’re waiting for moments that never

"Slapstick" Freamon
come.

"Reformation" Call it a crisis of leadership. Proposition Joe

"Middle Ground" We ain't gotta dream no more, man. Stringer Bell

"Mission
We fight on that lie. Slim Charles
Accomplished"

"Boys of Summer" Lambs to the slaughter here. Marcia Donnelly

"Soft Eyes" I still wake up white in a city that ain't. Carcetti

I love the first day, man. Everybody all friendly

"Home Rooms" Namond Brice
an' shit

"Refugees" No one wins. One side just loses more slowly. Prez

"Alliances" If you with us, you with us. Chris Partlow

"Margin of Error" Don't try this shit at home. Norman Wilson

"Unto Others" Aw yeah. That golden rule. Bunk

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We got our thing, but it’s just part of the big
"Corner Boys" Zenobia
thing.

"Know Your Place" Might as well dump 'em, get another. Proposition Joe

"Misgivings" World goin' one way, people another. Poot

"A New Day" You play in dirt, you get dirty McNulty

"That's Got His

That all there is to it? Bubbles
Own"

Baltimore,
"Final Grades" If animal trapped call 410-844-6286
traditional

"More with Less" The bigger the lie, the more they believe. Bunk

"Unconfirmed
5 This ain't Aruba, bitch. Bunk
Reports"

"Not for Attribution" They're dead where it doesn't count. Fletcher

"Transitions" Buyer's market out there. Templeton

Just 'cause they’re in the street doesn't mean

"React Quotes" Haynes
that they lack opinions.

"The Dickensian If you have a problem with this, I understand

Freamon
Aspect" completely.

"Took" They don't teach it in law school. Pearlman

"Clarifications" A lie ain't a side of the story, it's just a lie. Terry Hanning

"Late Editions" Deserve got nuthin' to do with it. Snoop

"–30–" The Life of Kings H. L. Mencken