Season 3 poster

Season 3

(2004)

Overview

The heat is on in Baltimore. The drug war is being lost, bodies are piling up, and a desperate mayor wants the tide turned before the election. But the police department hasn't got any answers. Wiretaps haven’t worked. Neither have stakeouts or street busts. With the demolition of the Franklin Terrace towers, Stringer Bell and the Barksdale crew have been forced to improvise. But no matter how hard McNulty and the detail try, the dealers always seem to be one step ahead of the game. It’s time t…

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

Michael Kenneth Williams as Omar Little
Michael Kenneth Williams

as Omar Little

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

J.D. Williams as Bodie Broadus
J.D. Williams

as Bodie Broadus

Andre Royo as Bubbles
Andre Royo

as Bubbles

Frankie Faison as Ervin Burrell
Frankie Faison

as Ervin Burrell

Aidan Gillen as Tommy Carcetti
Aidan Gillen

as Tommy Carcetti

John Doman as William Rawls
John Doman

as William Rawls

Seth Gilliam as Ellis Carver
Seth Gilliam

as Ellis Carver

Corey Parker Robinson as Leander Sydnor
Corey Parker Robinson

as Leander Sydnor

Jim True-Frost as Roland Pryzbylewski
Jim True-Frost

as Roland Pryzbylewski

Robert Wisdom as Howard "Bunny" Colvin
Robert Wisdom

as Howard "Bunny" Colvin

Episodes

Time After Time poster

Time After Time 8.0

September 19, 2004

"Don't matter how many times you get burnt, you just keep doin' the same." -- Bodie A wave of urban reform brings down…

All Due Respect poster

All Due Respect 8.1

September 26, 2004

"There's never been a paper bag." -- Colvin Omar continues his bold strikes on Barksdale stash houses, now heavily gua…

Dead Soldiers poster

Dead Soldiers 7.9

October 3, 2004

"The gods will not save you." -- Burrell Colvin feels the sting of Burrell and Rawls during a Comstat assessment of hi…

Amsterdam poster

Amsterdam 8.0

October 10, 2004

"Why you got to go and fuck with the program?" -- Fruit West Baltimore residents get surprising straight talk at a com…

Straight and True poster

Straight and True 8.0

October 17, 2004

"I had such fuckin' hopes for us." -- McNulty Frustrated in his grass-roots reform efforts, Colvin arms himself with i…

Homecoming poster

Homecoming 8.2

October 31, 2004

"Just a gangster, I suppose." -- Avon Barksdale Stringer Bell gets an education in construction management; Bunk uses …

Back Burners poster

Back Burners 8.1

November 7, 2004

"Conscience do cost." -- Butchie Herc discovers a blast from the past, which he belatedly reveals to his ex-colleagues…

Moral Midgetry poster

Moral Midgetry 8.4

November 14, 2004

"Crawl, walk, and then run." -- Clay Davis With Amsterdam running full-tilt, Carver and Truck discover there really is…

Slapstick poster

Slapstick 8.0

November 21, 2004

"...while you're waiting for moments that never come." -- Freamon Responding to an officer's call for help, McNulty an…

Reformation poster

Reformation 8.4

November 28, 2004

"Call it a crisis of leadership." -- Proposition Joe Brother Mouzone returns to Baltimore on a mission of revenge and …

Middle Ground poster

Middle Ground 8.9

December 12, 2004

"We don't need to dream no more." -- Stringer Bell The wire begins to yield information about the Barksdale organizati…

Mission Accomplished poster

Mission Accomplished 8.2

December 19, 2004

"...we fight on the lie." -- Slim Charles In the Season Three finale, a reticent Avon readies his troops for a war aga…