The Wire

Season 2 · 12 Episodes

Season 2

200312 Episodes

McNulty's on harbor patrol. Daniels is in the police-archives dungeon. Prez is chafing in the suburbs. Greggs has a desk job. The detail may be on ice, but corruption marches on . . . and a horrific discovery is about to turn the Baltimore shipping port inside out. Setting up in the wake of the first season's joint homicide/narcotics detail that exposed a major drug operation — and left its members stigmatized and reassigned — the second season expands to include not only familiar drug dealers, but a group of longshoremen and organized crime members who are caught up in a major homicide case.

Episodes

'Ain't never gonna be what it was.' -- Little Big Roy Det. Jimmy McNulty--exiled to police-boat duty--makes a shocking discovery in the Baltimore harbor. Bodie drives to Philly to make a connection for the Barksdale crew and Stringer Bell takes the train to New York to feel out the crew's reticent suppliers.

Director

Ed Bianchi, Steve Shill

Written By

David Simon

Guest Stars

J.D. Williams

Bodie Broadus

Domenick Lombardozzi

Herc Hauk

Jim True-Frost

Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski

Delaney Williams

Jay Landsman

Pablo Schreiber

Nick Sobotka

Chris Ashworth

Sergei 'Serge' Malatov

Charley Scalies

Thomas 'Horseface' Pakusa

Melanie Nicholls-King

Cheryl

James Ransone

Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka

Al Brown

Stanislaus Valchek

Bill Raymond

The Greek

Robert F. Colesberry

Det. Ray Cole (uncredited)

Luray Cooper

Nathaniel 'Nat' Coxson

Teddy Cañez

George 'Double G' Glekas

Elisabeth Noone

Joan Sobotka

Richard Burton

Sean 'Shamrock' McGinty

Jeffrey Fugitt

Claude Diggins

Tel Monks

Jerome Lewandowski

'They can chew you up, but they gotta spit you out.' -- McNulty Major Valchek gets back at Sobotka for the church gift fiasco, and a feud begins. Valchek ups the ante by asking Deputy Commissioner Burrell for a detail to go after Sobotka. Avon Barksdale continues to run his empire from a prison cell--counseling his nephew D'Angelo and going after a guard who is harassing the organization's convicted hit-man Wee-Bey.

Director

Ed Bianchi

Written By

David Simon

Guest Stars

Frankie Faison

Ervin Burrell

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

D'Angelo Barksdale

Seth Gilliam

Ellis Carver

Jim True-Frost

Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski

Delaney Williams

Jay Landsman

Pablo Schreiber

Nick Sobotka

Chris Ashworth

Sergei 'Serge' Malatov

Charley Scalies

Thomas 'Horseface' Pakusa

Michael Hyatt

Brianna Barksdale

James Ransone

Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka

Al Brown

Stanislaus Valchek

Bill Raymond

The Greek

Hassan Johnson

Roland 'Wee-Bey' Brice

Maria Broom

Marla Daniels

Erik Dellums

Dr. Randall Frazier

Luray Cooper

Nathaniel 'Nat' Coxson

Brook Yeaton

Michael 'White Mike' McArdle

Jeffrey Fugitt

Claude Diggins

Gerard Ender

Sam

'What they need is a union.' -- Russell Bunk and Freamon chase their crime scene, a container ship, to Philly. Lt. Cedric Daniels--disgusted with his exile to the evidence control unit--makes it known that he's leaving. On orders from Barksdale, Bell finds a way to set up the correctional officer who's been harassing Wee-Bey. McNulty pursues the identity of the Jane Doe found floating in the harbor.

Director

Elodie Keene

Written By

David Simon

'If I hear the music, I'm gonna dance.' -- Greggs Sobotka reprimands his nephew Nick for stealing the cameras and orders him to bring the cargo back--too late. McNulty is on a self-assigned moral mission to identify his floater, but his old partner, Bunk, says they have a more pressing matter at hand: to find Omar so he can testify against a Barksdale trigger man in one of last year's murders.

Director

Elodie Keene

Written By

Joy Lusco

'They used to make steel there, no?' -- Spiros Vondas Ziggy loses his prized Camaro to drug dealers. Unable to dump the homicide investigation on other agencies, Rawls measures Bunk for the blame, if the cases go unsolved. Homicide detectives hand out grand jury summonses to stevedores involved in the homicide case, and port cop Beadie Russell talks to an old boyfriend to find out how cargo disappears from the docks.

Director

Steve Shill

Written By

Ed Burns, David Simon

'It don't matter that some fool say he different...' -- D'Angelo Trying to let go of police work and return to his marriage, McNulty gives up on identifying his Jane Doe. In their investigation of Sobotka, the detectives discover a pattern in the computer and explain the connection to Daniels, but he still won't take the murders. Sobotka tries to play the political game on behalf of his union.

Director

Steve Shill

Written By

David Simon

'Don't worry, kid. You're still on the clock.' -- Horseface Russell tells Sobotka the investigation is over, but, in fact, a port computer is cloned, and when a container goes missing, the detectives follow. Simultaneously, Greggs and Prez tap into a circuit of Russian prostitutes. With two sets of evidence, the detail goes to Pearlman. Neither crime merits wiretap--but a drug connect could give the case legs.

Director

Thomas J. Wright

Written By

Rafael Alvarez

'How come they don't fly away?' -- Ziggy McNulty is back to his old self, on a drunken binge. Urged by fellow stevedores to fight Maui, Ziggy is again humiliated. Worried about McNulty, Bunk tries to get Daniels and Rawls to take him on. After some labor, the wiretap is up--just in time to catch another disappearing can. Sobotka meets with The Greek and Vondas, and they decide to change up.

Director

Dan Attias

Written By

George Pelecanos

Guest Stars

J.D. Williams

Bodie Broadus

Seth Gilliam

Ellis Carver

Domenick Lombardozzi

Herc Hauk

Jim True-Frost

Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski

Pablo Schreiber

Nick Sobotka

Chris Ashworth

Sergei 'Serge' Malatov

Charley Scalies

Thomas 'Horseface' Pakusa

James Ransone

Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka

Bill Raymond

The Greek

Teddy Cañez

George 'Double G' Glekas

Robert Hogan

Louis Sobotka

Lance Irwin

Maui

Jeffrey Pratt Gordon

John 'Johnny Fifty' Spamanto

Jeffrey Fugitt

Claude Diggins

Kelvin Davis

La La

Bus Howard

Vernon 'Ott' Motley

Richard Pelzman

Little Big Roy

J. Valenteen Gregg

Chess

'The world is a smaller place now.' -- The Greek Bodie's effort to improve sales ends disastrously, forcing Bell to rethink his strategy. Ziggy pulls Johnny Fifty into a new caper that should make the Greeks pay off big. McNulty, undercover and outnumbered in the brothel, awaits 'rescue.' Daniels and Pearlman stay cool as Valcheck fumes over the change of targets--and Burrell pulls the rug out from under him.

Director

Tim Van Patten

Written By

David Simon

'It pays to go with the union card every time.' -- Ziggy The Detail uses satellite technology to its advantage. Bodie is unhappy that Proposition Joe's people are slinging on his turf, but business flows--until a new face arrives. Stringer Bell looks to an unlikely solution to the problem. Valcheck visits the FBI in an attempt to get real results on the docks. Ziggy's deal with Double-G goes bad in a big way.

Director

Rob Bailey

Written By

Ed Burns, David Simon

Guest Stars

Andre Royo

Bubbles

J.D. Williams

Bodie Broadus

Seth Gilliam

Ellis Carver

Domenick Lombardozzi

Herc Hauk

Jim True-Frost

Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski

Delaney Williams

Jay Landsman

Merritt Wever

Prissy

Method Man

Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff

Pablo Schreiber

Nick Sobotka

Chris Ashworth

Sergei 'Serge' Malatov

Charley Scalies

Thomas 'Horseface' Pakusa

Melanie Nicholls-King

Cheryl

Wes Johnson

Security Supervisor (uncredited)

Lev Gorn

Eton Ben-Eleazer

James Ransone

Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka

Al Brown

Stanislaus Valchek

Bill Raymond

The Greek

Kristin Proctor

Aimee

Doug Olear

Terrance 'Fitz' Fitzhugh

Robert F. Chew

Joseph 'Proposition Joe' Stewart

Teddy Cañez

George 'Double G' Glekas

S. Robert Morgan

Butchie

Tom Mardirosian

Agent Kristos Koutris

Michael Potts

Brother Mouzone

Benay Berger

Amanda Reese

Jeffrey Fugitt

Claude Diggins

Toni Lewis

FBI Agent

Kevin McKelvy

F.B.I. Agent

William L. Thomas

FBI Special Agent Mason

'I need to get clean' -- Sobotka With the clock ticking, the Detail makes a desperate move, and Daniels reams out Landsman for dropping the ball. Nick's deceit is in the open as Sobotka is overwhelmed by bad news. The Greeks ease out of an encounter with the Detail, and Omar's suspicions are validated. The Detail hopes to find Vondas's boss, and Nick hopes to repair relations with the Greeks.

Director

Ernest R. Dickerson

Written By

George Pelecanos

Guest Stars

Michael Kenneth Williams

Omar Little

Seth Gilliam

Ellis Carver

Domenick Lombardozzi

Herc Hauk

Delaney Williams

Jay Landsman

Pablo Schreiber

Nick Sobotka

Chris Ashworth

Sergei 'Serge' Malatov

Lev Gorn

Eton Ben-Eleazer

James Ransone

Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka

Al Brown

Stanislaus Valchek

Bill Raymond

The Greek

Doug Olear

Terrance 'Fitz' Fitzhugh

Luray Cooper

Nathaniel 'Nat' Coxson

Robert Hogan

Louis Sobotka

Keith Flippen

Bruce DiBiago

Tom Mardirosian

Agent Kristos Koutris

Michael Potts

Brother Mouzone

Brook Yeaton

Michael 'White Mike' McArdle

Edwina Findley

Tosha Mitchell

Benay Berger

Amanda Reese

Gordana Rashovich

Ilona Petrovich

Kelli R. Brown

Kimmy

Bus Howard

Vernon 'Ott' Motley

Richard Pelzman

Little Big Roy

Toni Lewis

FBI Agent

Kevin McKelvy

F.B.I. Agent

William L. Thomas

FBI Special Agent Mason

Jackie Sawiris

TV Reporter

Doug Lory

Big Roy

Aphrodite Georgelakos

Waitress

Clifton Gross

Stevedore

Steve Lukiewski

Phil the Dispatcher

Paul G. Sepczynski

Stevedore

'Business. Always business.' -- The Greek The Detail has a setback, while Russell and Bunk revisit Philly to look for evidence. Brother Mouzone talks with Stringer Bell about their agreement, leaving Bell to contend with a dissatisfied Avon Barksdale. Bubbles and Johnny pull another caper and McNulty and Greggs return to the Westside, where they discover new connections.

Director

Robert F. Colesberry

Written By

David Simon

Guest Stars

Michael Kenneth Williams

Omar Little

Andre Royo

Bubbles

Frankie Faison

Ervin Burrell

Seth Gilliam

Ellis Carver

Domenick Lombardozzi

Herc Hauk

Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Clay Davis

Delaney Williams

Jay Landsman

Pablo Schreiber

Nick Sobotka

Chris Ashworth

Sergei 'Serge' Malatov

Leo Fitzpatrick

Johnny Weeks

Charley Scalies

Thomas 'Horseface' Pakusa

Melanie Nicholls-King

Cheryl

Lev Gorn

Eton Ben-Eleazer

James Ransone

Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka

Al Brown

Stanislaus Valchek

Bill Raymond

The Greek

Kristin Proctor

Aimee

Doug Olear

Terrance 'Fitz' Fitzhugh

Michael Salconi

Michael 'Sanny' Santangelo

Maria Broom

Marla Daniels

Tray Chaney

Malik 'Poot' Carr

Robert F. Chew

Joseph 'Proposition Joe' Stewart

Luray Cooper

Nathaniel 'Nat' Coxson

S. Robert Morgan

Butchie

Robert Hogan

Louis Sobotka

Lance Irwin

Maui

Jeffrey Pratt Gordon

John 'Johnny Fifty' Spamanto

Michael Potts

Brother Mouzone

Benay Berger

Amanda Reese

Richard Burton

Sean 'Shamrock' McGinty

Jeffrey Fugitt

Claude Diggins

Kelvin Davis

La La

Bus Howard

Vernon 'Ott' Motley

Kevin McKelvy

F.B.I. Agent

William L. Thomas

FBI Special Agent Mason

Tommy Hahn

FBI Special Agent Salmond

The Wire

Season 2

Episodes

1.Ebb Tide

Guest Stars

2.Collateral Damage

Guest Stars

3.Hot Shots

Guest Stars

4.Hard Cases

Guest Stars

5.Undertow

Guest Stars

6.All Prologue

Guest Stars

7.Backwash

Guest Stars

8.Duck and Cover

Guest Stars

9.Stray Rounds

Guest Stars

10.Storm Warnings

Guest Stars

11.Bad Dreams

Guest Stars

12.Port in a Storm

Guest Stars