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S1E10 · The Cost

"And then he dropped the bracelets..." - Greggs After being clean for three days, Bubbles gets some strong advice from a former addict. Avon and Stringer tighten up ship following Omar's attempted hit on Avon. The detail identifies a major Barksdale stash house and an undercover operation has terrible consequences. Omar and Stringer Bell meet for a parley.

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Epigraph: "And then he dropped the bracelets..." - Greggs Sober for three days, Bubbles asks Greggs for help getting a place. As Avon isolates himself, Stringer sets up a meeting with Omar, who realizes it is a trap and leaves town. Phelan pulls support from the detail after losing his spot on the mayor's re-election ticket. The detail brings in Wallace, who identifies several men associated with Brandon's murder, and they send him to his grandmother for protection. Orlando is arrested buying drugs and is noticed by Browning in prison, who alerts Avon. With Burrell pressuring him to make progress, Daniels sends Orlando and Greggs to buy from a stash identified by the detail, but they are shot up by Wee-Bey and enforcer Wintell "Little Man" Royce, and Orlando is killed.

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