"This ain't Aruba, bitch". - Bunk Moreland

Although he tells Sydnor that the Davis investigation could be a "career case", Freamon keeps a wary eye out for Marlo, who takes care of some unfinished business and strikes a business deal with Avon Barksdale; Carcetti throws the police a bone by removing the cap on secondary employment, which sends the detectives into fantasy-job reveries; With an eye on the state house, Mayor Carcetti's chief of staff, Michael Steintorf, tries to find good news for the mayor whilst blaming the Royce administration for the Campbell revelation; Davis turns to Burrell for help with his problem, but the commissioner's hands are tied; At the newspaper, executive editor James Whiting outlines a Pulitzer-worthy series in broad strokes, trumping Haynes while liberating the ambitious Templeton; Fed up with broken-down cars and unsolved serial cuddles, McNulty decides to take matters into his own hands.

The Wire Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - More With Less
• s05e02 - Unconfirmed Reports
• s05e03 - Not For Attribution
• s05e04 - Transitions
• s05e05 - React Quotes
• s05e06 - The Dickensian Aspect
• s05e07 - Took
• s05e08 - Clarifications
• s05e09 - Late Editions
• s05e10 - -30-

The Wire Show Summary

In chronicling a multi-generational family business dealing illegal drugs and the efforts of the Baltimore police to curb their trade, this series draws parallels between these organizations and the men and women on either side of the battle.

The words of Gary W. Potter, Professor of Criminal Justice and Police Studies at Eastern Kentucky University, in writing about the savings and loan scandals of the 1980s, can also be used to illuminate some of the central premises of the show.