S1 Ep05: The Pager

"...a little slow, a little late." - Avon Barksdale Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 This episode contains the voices of:  -Scroobius Pip (The Distraction Pieces Podcast) -Gabriela Jones (Podcast Producer at The Guardian) -Professor David Nutt (Psychiatrist and Neuropsychopharmacologist ) -Andrew Johnstone (Maryland native and Academic) -"Paul" (Former heroin addict from Baltimore, Maryland) THE COPS Storyline 1: Prez is no Longer “A Hump” The judge signs the affidavit and the cloned pager is up and running. Freamon points out that they’re not real numbers - it’s a code. Prez cracks the code. Storyline 2: Herc and Carver Chase down Bodie Herc and Carv chase down Bodie and bring him for processing. They try “Good Cop/Bad Cop” on him, but it goes hilariously wrong. As they wait for the juvenile intake, they end up shooting pool with him. Storyline 3: Omar Comin’ Bubbles tells Kima and McNulty about Omar’s van, and they stake it out, hoping to catch him with a gun and turn him informant. They parlay at a graveyard. McNulty reveals that Bailey has been killed, and Omar reveals that a guy called Bird killed William Gant, and that he knows Bubbles is their CI. THE STREET Storyline 1: Paranoid Barksdale The cold open shows us just how paranoid and careful Barksdale is. Stringer and Barksdale discuss that a corner is wide open and Stinkum should run it. He takes D’Angelo to see his brother in a nursing home, and stresses how unpredictable life can be. Storyline 2: D’Angelo and the corner D’Angelo gets a lecture from String about trying to find the snitch. Bodie throws a bottle at Wallace for not being on his guard. Later, Poot and Wallace spot Brandon in an arcade and phone it in. Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices