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===First appearances=== ===First appearances===

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4th episode of the 5th season of The Wire
"Transitions"
The Wire episode
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Episode no.Season 5
Episode 4
Directed byDan Attias
Story byDavid Simon
Ed Burns
Teleplay byEd Burns
Original air dateJanuary 27, 2008 (2008-01-27)
Running time58 minutes
Guest appearance
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"Transitions" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Ed Burns from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Dan Attias, who won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series for the episode. It first aired on January 27, 2008.

Production

Credits

Starring cast

Although credited, Andre Royo and Jermaine Crawford do not appear in this episode.

Guest stars

Uncredited appearances

Ryan Sands (Lloyd "Truck" Garrick) was supposed to appear in this episode but Sands was busy filming The Kill Point. Nathan James was hired to fill in for Sands as an unnamed officer.

Plot

McNulty and Freamon canvass among the homeless to further their scheme of faking a serial killer. Freamon sensationalizes the "case" by adding a sexual motive and supplies a set of dentures to create bite marks. Freamon also recruits his old patrol partner to look out for bodies. When they find their next fake victim, McNulty mocks up the body and crime scene to imply another murder. His binge drinking and infidelity causes tensions with Beadie. Greggs finds the child survivor in her case too withdrawn to help and decides to spend more time with her ex-partner Cheryl's son Elijah. In the Western District, Officer Anthony Colicchio is subject to a police brutality complaint when he attacks a motorist who turns out to be an elementary school teacher. Carver decides to charge an unrepentant Colicchio. Herc appeals for leniency, but Carver explains his new philosophy that their actions as police are always important. Herc expresses regret over his own past misdeeds.

Michael is arrested during Colicchio's outburst and is signed out of holding by his mother. Sydnor uncovers new evidence in the Davis investigation, but Bond decides not to file the new charge as it would allow a federal prosecution and cost him a political opportunity. Bond has Pearlman hold a grand jury deposition for Davis, after which Bond stages a perp walk for Davis to raise his own profile. Templeton rushes to catch up on the Davis story after an unsuccessful job interview with The Washington Post. Mayor Carcetti has to grant favors to Campbell and the ministers to smooth the change in commissioners at the BPD. On the advice of his ex-wife, Daniels unsuccessfully appeals Burrell to tell him he had nothing to do with his removal, contrary to the quote in Templeton's Baltimore Sun article. Burrell gives the file on Daniels' past to Campbell, who convinces him to leave the BPD quietly with the promise of a well-paid replacement position. Burrell announces his departure to the press.

Marlo convinces The Greeks to consider him as an insurance policy for handling their supply of narcotics into Baltimore. Proposition Joe fears reprisal from Omar following the death of Butchie and decides to leave town. Marlo asks Joe to teach him more about money laundering and is introduced to attorney Levy. Omar returns to Baltimore and quickly ascertains that Marlo was behind Butchie's death. Later, Omar and Donnie decide to go after Monk. At a New Day Co-Op meeting, Marlo observes Joe settling a territory dispute between Hungry Man and Cheese. Marlo has Partlow capture Hungry Man and deliver him for Cheese to kill. Cheese reciprocates by revealing Joe's location. Marlo surprises Joe and explains that he's doing business with the Greeks from now on, after which he has Partlow execute Joe.

First appearances

  • Oscar Requer: Freamon's former partner in the patrol division an ex-homicide detective. Requer was kicked out of Homicide after pulling rank over an Area Chief at the scene of a murder. It is subsequently revealed that the Area Chief was William Rawls, who retaliated by transferring Oscar to the midnight shift in the Southern District. A retired homicide detective with the same surname provided inspiration for the character of Bunk Moreland on the show.

Deceased

References

  1. "Season 5 crew". HBO. 2007. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
  2. "HBO Schedule: THE WIRE 54: TRANSITIONS". HBO. 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
  3. Nathan James' WAMO interview
  4. Dan Attias (director); Ed Burns (story and teleplay), David Simon (story) (January 27, 2008). "Transitions". The Wire. Season 5. Episode 4. HBO. {{cite episode}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |city= (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  5. Simon, David (2006) . "Post Mortem". Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (4th ed.). Owl Books. p. 641. ISBN 0-8050-8075-9. Rick 'The Bunk' Requer left to man the department's retirement services bureau, though his homicide incarnation lives on in Wendell Pierce's portrayal of the legendary Bunk Moreland on The Wire, right down to the ubiquitous cigar.

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