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The Wire Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2006 - 2006
David Simon's masterful social commentary went back to school, quite literally, in the fourth season, which focuses on Baltimore's crumbling education system. A relevant link to its first three seasons is supplied by Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski (Jim True-Frost), who left the police department to become a teacher at Edward Tilghman Middle School, a hardscrabble institution on life support that services a low-income, drug-infested neighborhood. (Incidentally, Prez's career path is similar to one of the series' producers, Ed Burns). His eighth-grade math class includes a close-knit quartet of friends---Randy Wagstaff (Maestro Harrell), Michael Lee (Tristan Wilds), Duquan "Dukie" Weems (Jermaine Crawford) and Namond Brice (Julito McCullum). The wisecracking Brice is ignominiously selected to be part of a university experiment studying at-risk kids, which counts a former police commander, Bunny Colvin (Robert Wisdom), as a consultant. Out on the corners, Marlo Stanfield (Jamie Hector) strengthens his grip on the city's West Side narcotics trade once dominated by the Barksdale gang, and with his cold-blooded lieutenants, Chris (Gbenga Akinnagbe) and Snoop (Felicia Pearson), devises an ingenious method to hide the collateral damage of his ascent from the law. This sleight-of-hand bedevils detectives Freamon (Clarke Peters), Greggs (Sonja Sohn) and Bunk (Wendell Pierce). The trio are flummoxed by the lack of victims that would surely coincide with Marlo's ever-widening domain, a savage power grab that also threatens the relative peace of the New Day Co-Op under East Side pooh-bah Proposition Joe (Robert F. Chew). Meanwhile, the Democratic primary in the city's mayoral campaign pits the entrenched African-American incumbent, Clarence Royce (Glynn Turman), against Councilman Tommy Carcetti (Aidan Gillen), a scrappy politico with a savvy campaign manager in Norman Wilson (Reg E. Cathey), but a long shot to become Charm City's first white chief executive in years.
Episode 1
Boys of Summer
Sun, Sep 10, 2006 60 mins
Four West Baltimore teens get a summer education on the streets with school on the horizon. Meanwhile, Councilman Carcetti campaigns for mayor, Prez prepares for his new career as a teacher and Freamon is puzzled by the lack of violence between drug gangs. Written by series creator David Simon.
Episode 2
Soft Eyes
Sun, Sep 17, 2006 60 mins
Freamon ruffles a few feathers with a round of subpoenas to VIPs; Herc gets an eyeful behind closed doors at City Hall; Marlo reaches out to the neighborhood kids; Carcetti scores points during a televised debate; Wee-Bey dispenses fatherly advice to Namond.
Episode 3
Home Room
Sun, Sep 24, 2006 60 mins
Prez learns a difficult lesson during his first week at school; Bunny mulls an offer for a crime-research study; Rawls sabotages Freamon's unit; the mayor reacts to Carcetti's debate bombshell; Proposition Joe suggests reaching out to Marlo; Bunk gets a taste of McNulty's domesticated life.
Episode 4
Refugees
Sun, Oct 1, 2006 60 mins
Marlo and Royce engage in separate games of high-stakes poker; Cutty gets a side job catching truants; Greggs endures initiation rituals in the homicide division; Carcetti makes his pitch to a group of black clergy; Proposition Joe gives a tip to Omar; Bunny begins his observation at the middle school; Prez tries to connect with his class about a recent tragedy.
Episode 5
Alliances
Sun, Oct 8, 2006 60 mins
Marlo and Chris plot revenge against Omar; another leak in the Braddock case sends the powers-that-be scrambling for cover; Randy gets spooked by ghost stories, but Dukie shows him there's nothing to fear; Marimow directs drug raids based on old evidence; Royce's loss of Watkins' support could be Carcetti's gain.
Episode 6
Margin of Error
Sun, Oct 15, 2006 60 mins
Election Day brings out last-minute campaign tactics; Herc thinks he can catch Marlo red-handed; Colvin gets his first class of recruits; Omar's name echoes through the squad room, but McNulty is skeptical of the reason; Prez tries to keep Randy from heading down the wrong path; Namond is reluctant to become a breadwinner.
Episode 7
Unto Others
Sun, Oct 29, 2006 60 mins
An imprisoned Omar looks to an unlikely source for help; Prez uses unorthodox methods to get his kids to learn; Greggs surprises Norris with a break in the Braddock case; Carcetti and Royce hold a post-primary meeting; Marlo tries to figure out who's following him; Cutty comes clean at the gym about his extracurricular activities.
Episode 8
Corner Boys
Sun, Nov 5, 2006 60 mins
Carcetti makes the rounds with beat cops to see what works; Bunk persuades Holley to take another crack at the Omar case; Colvin convinces kids to discuss street protocol; Chris and Snoop use a local angle to root out the New York boys; Herc harasses Marlo on a quest for his missing camera; Prez laments a misguided curriculum.
Episode 9
Know Your Place
Sun, Nov 12, 2006 60 mins
A recently paroled Poot gets the lowdown on the corners from Bodie; Colvin takes a trio of students into unfamiliar territory; Bubbles and Herc promise each other favours; Carcetti clashes with the council president about budget matters and realises Burrell will not go quietly; Andre asks Proposition Joe for protection; a domestic dilemma sends Michael to Marlo.
Episode 10
Misgivings
Sun, Nov 19, 2006 60 mins
Davis convinces Burrell to reassert his authority, which echoes up and down the ranks; Namond reaches out to an unexpected hand for help; Colvin's experiment is put under the microscope; Bubbles grows tired of Herc's promises; Michael's problem is solved by Chris; Bodie's street-corner advice comes back to haunt him.
Episode 11
A New Day
Sun, Nov 26, 2006 60 mins
Herc's harassment of an African American minister becomes Carcetti's first public-relations problem; Daniels turns to Freamon to reopen the major-crimes unit; Michael hatches a scheme to get back at the bullying Officer Walker; Omar gains the upper hand in dealing with Proposition Joe; Randy's predicament prompts a swift reaction from Prez.
Episode 12
That's Got His Own
Sun, Dec 3, 2006 60 mins
Freamon's discovery in the vacant houses sends shivers through the chain of command; Bubbles plans to get revenge on his nemesis; Omar orchestrates a major heist; Carcetti weighs his options on the school budget crisis; Michael takes care of Namond's problem; Randy's situation takes a tragic turn.
Episode 13
Final Grades
Sun, Dec 10, 2006 79 mins
In the fourth-season finale, the police are overwhelmed by the vacant houses' yield; Bubbles takes a protégé's fate hard; Colvin asks Wee-Bey for a big favour; Omar looks to rob Joe's co-op once again; Marlo gives Michael his first assignment; McNulty mulls a return to his old unit; Bodie voices his displeasure with the current regime; Carver runs out of time trying to help Randy.
