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S1E13 · Sentencing

"all in the game..." - Traditional, West Baltimore Daniels and McNulty's evidence of political corruption is of slight interest to the FBI, but the unit decides not to turn over the case to the FBI, but to pursue other directions, so that those involved in the drug trade are arrested or taken off the street. Daniels and McNulty face the ire of their superiors for flouting orders for a quick resolution to the case. D'Angelo is convinced to stand with his family after a visit from his mother. The detail has enough information to arrest Avon and many of his people but Stringer is left on the street. Business resumes in the pit with Bodie and Poot leading the way.

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Epigraph: "all in the game..." -Traditional West Baltimore Greggs wakes and sends Bubbles his money, who spends it on heroin. McNulty and Daniels take the case to the FBI to avoid Burrell's tampering. When they explain that the Barksdales are working with politicians to gentrify neighborhoods for profit, McNulty erupts when the agents plan to work with Avon and Stringer instead of being more concerned with helping victims. He interviews D'Angelo, who gives up Wee-Bey and implicates him as Kresson's true killer. He offers to give up everything he has on Avon if he can be relocated, but his mother Brianna visits him and convinces him to stay quiet. The Barksdales plead guilty on advice from Levy and Stringer takes over for Avon, setting up in a funeral home. Wee-Bey is arrested and confesses to several murders, some of which he did not commit. Carver is promoted to sergeant over Herc and Daniels realizes he is the leak. McNulty's outburst is reported to Burrell, who passes Daniels over for a promotion, while Rawls, after talking to Landsman, sends McNulty to the marine unit, promotes Freamon to homicide, and demotes Santangelo. In New York, Omar robs a dealer and tells him it is "all in the game."

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