"If I hear the music, I'm gonna dance." – Greggs D'Angelo confronts Avon about the bad package and washes his hands of the business. Avon brokers a deal to give up the prison officer for a reduction in his sentence. Valchek specifically requests Lieutenant Daniels for the Sobotka investigation. Daniels negotiates with Burrell and secures the promise of his own major crimes unit after the Sobotka investigation ends. Sobotka chastises his son and nephew about their unauthorized smuggling deal with the Greeks; he defends his own illicit deals as a means toward regenerating the ailing dockyard. Ziggy continues to enjoy his new-found wealth. McNulty takes a personal interest in the murdered women and is pressured to find Omar for Bunk Moreland.
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Epigraph: "If I hear the music, I'm gonna dance." - Greggs Nick and Sobotka argue about their illegal activities, which the latter justifies by using the profits to help the union. Ziggy's theft starts a petty rivalry between him and checker Maui. Glekas asks the cousins to get chemicals for him, and a checker points them to a contact. McNulty orders Bubbles to find Omar, who approaches Bubbles himself. Avon rats on Tilghman to shorten the time until his parole hearing. Disturbed by the plot, D'Angelo refuses to do the same. Stringer has his already poor quality drugs diluted. Daniels picks Greggs and Herc for the detail. Both Daniels and Greggs's partners are upset with their new positions. Bunk, Freamon and Russell reveal to Sobotka that the women were murdered, leaving him horrified.