Drug kingpin Avon Barksdale grows increasingly paranoid, feeling invisible eyes fixed on him at all times. He even requests that the land line be removed from his residence. The detail gets the green light from the judge and district attorney for the cloned-beeper operation. McNulty and Bunk learn more about a murder victim that ties into the notorious Mr. Barksdale. Towards the end of this episode, McNulty and Greggs have a calm confrontation with the character Omar to discuss their mutual problem: Avon.
Here we see the detail really get into the nitty-gritty of their operation, and start to make moves in the right direction. But Avon (the impressive Wood Harris) and his nephew D'Angelo often take center stage, with one especially potent scene of the two of them visit another of D'Angelos' uncles in a long-term care facility. Of similar interest is a scene where Bubbs, the regular detail informant, visit his significant other Johnny (Leo Fitzpatrick) and is sobered by Johnny's condition. One great plot point is that Stringer advises D'Angelo to withhold payments to their crew to root out the possible snitch in their midst. The logical assumption is that whoever *doesn't* complain about being low on funds must be the guilty party.
One very nice touch was having D'Angelo and his girl go to a posh restaurant far out of their territory; he feels uncomfortable, knowing he's rather out of place in such a setting. Things get very, very tense towards the end when Wallace (Michael B. Jordan) recognizes a member of Omars' gang, and the drug pushers get ready to retaliate.
This viewer particularly likes the way that Omar (the late Michael Kenneth Williams) is portrayed; he's truly an interesting character.
Eight out of 10.
Here we see the detail really get into the nitty-gritty of their operation, and start to make moves in the right direction. But Avon (the impressive Wood Harris) and his nephew D'Angelo often take center stage, with one especially potent scene of the two of them visit another of D'Angelos' uncles in a long-term care facility. Of similar interest is a scene where Bubbs, the regular detail informant, visit his significant other Johnny (Leo Fitzpatrick) and is sobered by Johnny's condition. One great plot point is that Stringer advises D'Angelo to withhold payments to their crew to root out the possible snitch in their midst. The logical assumption is that whoever *doesn't* complain about being low on funds must be the guilty party.
One very nice touch was having D'Angelo and his girl go to a posh restaurant far out of their territory; he feels uncomfortable, knowing he's rather out of place in such a setting. Things get very, very tense towards the end when Wallace (Michael B. Jordan) recognizes a member of Omars' gang, and the drug pushers get ready to retaliate.
This viewer particularly likes the way that Omar (the late Michael Kenneth Williams) is portrayed; he's truly an interesting character.
Eight out of 10.