The Wire
Slapstick
Season 3, Episode 9 · Aired 2004-11-21
Synopsis
Responding to an officer's call for help, McNulty and Prez turn up the wrong alley with unanticipated results. Cutty is surprised to find help from within Baltimore's power structure for his proposed boxing gym. Omar decides to go it alone against Avon Barksdale and Stringer Bell. Bubbles is wired up and sent into Hamsterdam.
In the series
This episode is part of The Wire (2002–2008) on HBO.
Institutions as characters — the show people cite to win arguments.
Key cast
- Dominic West as Jimmy McNulty
- Idris Elba as Stringer Bell
- Wendell Pierce as Bunk Moreland
- Lance Reddick as Cedric Daniels
- Sonja Sohn as Kima Greggs
- Clarke Peters as Lester Freamon