The beating death of a restaurant owner leads Briscoe and Green to thrill-seeking teenagers; McCoy and Lewin are forced to decide how young is too young for the death penalty.

The murder and sodomy of a local fraternity pledge master leads the detectives to his pornographic web site, which features college girls at a local bar. Further investigation points back…

“Dope on the damn table.” – Daniels. The police turn up the heat on tracking down Savino, Wee-Bey and Little Man. Burrell orders Daniels to hit drug dealers for results…

“And then he dropped the bracelets…” – Greggs. With Wallace in custody, McNulty and Daniels try to figure out what to do with him in the months before he testifies….

“Maybe we won.” – Herc. Barksdale plays an expensive game of one-upmanship with an east-side rival. Meanwhile, Herc and Carver take some cash off of Wee-Bey’s hands, and Omar resurfaces…

“Come at the king, you best not miss.” – Omar. An unlikely source gives McNulty the tag of a car driven by Stringer Bell. Meanwhile, Greggs and Carver bust a…

“A man must have a code.” – Bunk. Tipped off by the wire, Greggs, Herc, Carver and Freamon make a bust, but the incident makes Avon and Stringer suspicious, leading…

“..a little slow, a little late.” – Avon Barksdale. McNulty’s detail finally gets ‘clone’ pagers to track Barksdale and his gang, but nobody can crack the codes used by the…

“… when it’s not your turn.” – McNulty. Baltimore homicide detective Jimmy McNulty gets into hot water and winds up assigned to a detail of narcotics outcasts charged with investigating…