S4E4 · Refugees

Complete story — includes the ending

Epigraph: "No one wins. One side just loses more slowly." - Prez Marlo has a security guard killed when he is confronted over stealing from a store. Joe Stewart asks him for help driving New York dealers off the New Day Co-Op's territory, giving Omar the location of Marlo's poker game to rob when he refuses. Carcetti promises to work with the city's ministers if he wins. Watkins is upset to learn that Royce has pulled support from Marla. Burrell assigns the Braddock case to Greggs to stall it for Royce. Having identified Lex as Fruit's killer, Bunk and Freamon suspect his death upon seeing a memorial shrine in his mother's house. Bubbles learns that Sherrod is cutting school and threatens to leave him, but later ignores evidence of him continuing to skip. Colvin is authorized to study Tilghman Middle and observes class behaviors. Cutty is hired as a truant officer for the school and finds that it prioritizes securing funding by only making students come the minimum amount of days. He takes Justin and Michael to a boxing match, the latter of whom refuses a ride home.