Season 2 poster

Season 2

(2003)

Overview

McNulty's on harbor patrol. Daniels is in the police-archives dungeon. Prez is chafing in the suburbs. Greggs has a desk job. The detail may be on ice, but corruption marches on . . . and a horrific discovery is about to turn the Baltimore shipping port inside out. Setting up in the wake of the first season's joint homicide/narcotics detail that exposed a major drug operation — and left its members stigmatized and reassigned — the second season expands to include not only familiar drug dealers,…

Cast

Dominic West as Jimmy McNulty
Dominic West

as Jimmy McNulty

Lance Reddick as Cedric Daniels
Lance Reddick

as Cedric Daniels

Sonja Sohn as Kima Greggs
Sonja Sohn

as Kima Greggs

Wood Harris as Avon Barksdale
Wood Harris

as Avon Barksdale

Wendell Pierce as Bunk Moreland
Wendell Pierce

as Bunk Moreland

Idris Elba as Stringer Bell
Idris Elba

as Stringer Bell

Deirdre Lovejoy as Rhonda Pearlman
Deirdre Lovejoy

as Rhonda Pearlman

Clarke Peters as Lester Freamon
Clarke Peters

as Lester Freamon

Andre Royo as Bubbles
Andre Royo

as Bubbles

Frankie Faison as Ervin Burrell
Frankie Faison

as Ervin Burrell

John Doman as William Rawls
John Doman

as William Rawls

Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as D'Angelo Barksdale
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

as D'Angelo Barksdale

Paul Ben-Victor as Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos
Paul Ben-Victor

as Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos

Amy Ryan as Beatrice "Beadie" Russell
Amy Ryan

as Beatrice "Beadie" Russell

Chris Bauer as Frank  Sobotka
Chris Bauer

as Frank Sobotka

Episodes

Ebb Tide poster

Ebb Tide 7.9

June 1, 2003

'Ain't never gonna be what it was.' -- Little Big Roy Det. Jimmy McNulty--exiled to police-boat duty--makes a shocking…

Collateral Damage poster

Collateral Damage 7.8

June 8, 2003

'They can chew you up, but they gotta spit you out.' -- McNulty Major Valchek gets back at Sobotka for the church gift…

Hot Shots poster

Hot Shots 8.0

June 15, 2003

'What they need is a union.' -- Russell Bunk and Freamon chase their crime scene, a container ship, to Philly. Lt. Ced…

Hard Cases poster

Hard Cases 7.8

June 22, 2003

'If I hear the music, I'm gonna dance.' -- Greggs Sobotka reprimands his nephew Nick for stealing the cameras and orde…

Undertow poster

Undertow 7.9

June 29, 2003

'They used to make steel there, no?' -- Spiros Vondas Ziggy loses his prized Camaro to drug dealers. Unable to dump th…

All Prologue poster

All Prologue 8.0

July 6, 2003

'It don't matter that some fool say he different...' -- D'Angelo Trying to let go of police work and return to his mar…

Backwash poster

Backwash 7.5

July 13, 2003

'Don't worry, kid. You're still on the clock.' -- Horseface Russell tells Sobotka the investigation is over, but, in f…

Duck and Cover poster

Duck and Cover 7.6

July 27, 2003

'How come they don't fly away?' -- Ziggy McNulty is back to his old self, on a drunken binge. Urged by fellow stevedor…

Stray Rounds poster

Stray Rounds 7.9

August 3, 2003

'The world is a smaller place now.' -- The Greek Bodie's effort to improve sales ends disastrously, forcing Bell to re…

Storm Warnings poster

Storm Warnings 8.3

August 10, 2003

'It pays to go with the union card every time.' -- Ziggy The Detail uses satellite technology to its advantage. Bodie …

Bad Dreams poster

Bad Dreams 8.6

August 17, 2003

'I need to get clean' -- Sobotka With the clock ticking, the Detail makes a desperate move, and Daniels reams out Land…

Port in a Storm poster

Port in a Storm 8.5

August 24, 2003

'Business. Always business.' -- The Greek The Detail has a setback, while Russell and Bunk revisit Philly to look for …