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S3E5 · Straight and True

Johnny pressures Bubbles to stop snitching for the detail. Cutty lies to his grandmother about going straight. McNulty realizes pursuing Barksdale and Bell is a losing cause, so he turns his attention to nailing Kintel Williamson. Colvin's free drug dealing zone, now known in the streets as Hamsterdam, scores a small victory. Avon Barksdale emerges from prison to a warm welcome from Stringer Bell.

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Epigraph: "I had such fuckin' hopes for us." - McNulty A deacon tries to help Cutty get into a GED program, but he leaves when Grace does not attend. He helps catch a Barksdale thief but is disturbed by the man being brutally beaten. Bunk learns from a witness that Omar was present at the shootout. Colvin shows drug lieutenants the "free zones" (who dub them "Hamsterdam") and has his men drop off people to freely do business. McNulty realizes that Stringer is funding the Barksdales with his venues. He meets and begins a casual relationship with D'Agostino. McNulty and Greggs observe Marlo rejecting Stringer's offer to join his alliance of dealers, the "New Day Co-Op". Avon is thrown a party upon his release, where Stringer shows him his new apartment.

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