Complete story — includes the ending
Epigraph: "The bigger the lie, the more they believe." - Bunk Chris gets Serge Malatov's picture from courthouse files. Dukie fails to get respect from a crew Michael gives him, who asks him to focus on watching Bug Manigault. As the Baltimore Sun faces budget cuts, Bubbles, sober and living in Rae's basement again, works as a distributor for it. Carcetti refuses the Republican U.S. attorney's offer to assist with an investigation into Davis. His attempts to fund the school system causes budget issues in the BPD, shutting down the major crimes unit and the investigation of the vacant murders. Freamon and Sydnor are given the Davis detail, while McNulty falls back into infidelity and alcoholism.
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