S4E12 · That's Got His Own

Complete story — includes the ending

Epigraph: "That all there is to it?" - Bubbles Namond discovers his lieutenant Kenard lied about their stash being stolen, but is unable to beat him and is horrified when Michael does. He picks a fight with Michael at the gym and tearfully tells Cutty that he does not want to be like Wee-Bey. Dukie moves in with Michael when his family is evicted. Cutty tries to stop Michael from working for Marlo but is shot by lieutenant Monk Metcalf. Omar steals Marlo's drugs from Cheese with Joe's information. Bubbles laces a vial of heroin with cyanide in hopes of the man stealing and using it, but Sherrod takes it instead and dies. IA detectives question Herc about the camera. Freamon finds more vacant tombs but is ordered by Jay Landsman to stop and protect homicide's clearance rate. He goes to Daniels, who suggests to Rawls that pulling the bodies now will shift the blame to Royce. Impressed by the idea, Rawls presents it to Carcetti as his own, who authorizes it. Carcetti begs the Republican governor for budget help but realizes he is being set up to look bad if he takes it and then runs against him. Carver's men are lured away and Randy's house is set on fire, badly burning his foster mother.