History Recap / TheWireS04E08CornerBoys

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Rawls blames the department's obsession with stats on this; Carcetti and Norman don't say anything, but don't believe him.

* AssholeVictim: Played with: Crutchfield is not going to grill the witness who said Omar shot the delivery lady, because Omar is like any other perp to him (except his name pops up in 5 or 6 cases Crutchfield knows of). Bunk has to convince Holley to come check out Old Face Andre's story.

-->'''Proposition Joe:''' Yes, ma'am, this is Sydney Handjerker with [[TheLawFirmOfPunPunAndWordplay Handjerker, Kernan, and Bromburg]]. I'm trying to locate a Sergeant Thomas Hauk in regards to a client I am representing.
-->'''Operator:''' Hold, please. (''phone rings'')

-->'''Proposition Joe:''' (''different voice'') Uh, yes, hello, this is Ervin Pepper of Pepper, Pepper, and Bayleaf. Uh, I'm calling in regards to a Sergeant Thomas Hauk in regards to a-
-->'''Hoskins:''' He's no longer on this detail. Hold on for a minute. (''phone rings'')
-->'''Marrimow:''' Major Crimes, Marrimow.
-->'''Proposition Joe:''' (''different voice'') This is Dr. Jay Calling with test results for Thomas Hauk.

-->'''Jay:''' As most of you are already aware, our [=C.I.D.=] Commander Raymond Foster, after a long bout with cancer, passed away last night at Johns Hopkins. Better eulogies are coming. So, let me just say that the man served 39 years-- attaining the rank of colonel-- without leaving a trail of bitterness or betrayal. In this department, that's not a career, it's a miracle.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: InUniverse; Colvin realizes the kids in class see him, Duquette and Parenti the same way they see cops on the street.

[[Recap/TheWireS04E07UntoOthers As Proposition Joe predicted]], Herc goes on the warpath in trying to get his camera back, from pulling over Marlo on a traffic stop, to raiding the place where Marlo conducts his meetings, and even to pulling Chris and Snoop over on a traffic stop (the side effect of this is Herc spots their [[Recap/TheWireS04E01BoysOfSummer nail gun]], forcing them to throw it away later). Marlo gets Herc's card out of it, and thanks to a phone call, Proposition Joe finds out Herc's working in Major Crimes, though [[Recap/TheWireS04E06MarginOfError thanks to Herc's misguided arrest of Marlo and the train passenger]], Marrinow has put Herc on his shit list. As for Marlo, while Proposition Joe and the co-op are happy with how Chris and Snoop are disposing of [[Recap/TheWireS04E03HomeRooms the New York drug dealers]], they don't want the dead bodies put in the vacant row houses, because the message won't get sent.

-->'''Marrinow:''' Major Crimes, Marrinow.

-->'''Marrinow:''' He's on the street. You want to leave a message on it?
* CallBack: Marrinow reminds Herc [[Recap/TheWireS04E06MarginOfError he no longer has Royce watching out for him]].

* GenreSavvy; Calvin (Rico Sterling) is able to solve the problem Prez has written on the blackboard not because he's done the homework, but because he can tell from all the marks (or "dinks", as he calls them) in the area where Prez had written the answer for previous classes.
** Also, Grace tells Prez to make sure he teaches a little for the statewide test, and keep a problem on the board to placate Donnelly, and that will allow him to teach what he wants at other times, but he needs to be careful.
** Also, while Rhonda is thrilled for Daniels having Carcetti's ear, Daniels worries about what happens if he speaks his mind and nothing happens.

Carcetti continues his [[Recap/TheWires04E07UntoOthers fact-finding tour of the police department]] - going on a drug bust, visiting the Homicide department - and becomes convinced the department is going the wrong direction. Ever the canny politician, Rawls decides to make his play by telling Carcetti he doesn't want to play the numbers game anymore when it comes to police work, but Carcetti is more convinced by Daniels, who reluctantly tells Carcetti things need to be improved.

* LyingToThePerp: Bunk and Holley bring Old Face Andre to the lobby of the courthouse, where [=DiPasquale=], [[Recap/TheWireS02E05Undertow the grand jury prosecutor]], happens to be, and asks what a witness would get for lying to the grand jury; naturally, [=DiPasquale=] claims he'd seek the maximum of ten years (Bunk lies and says he thought it would only be two or three. This is what finally gets Old Face Andre to tell the truth.

[[Recap/TheWireS04E07UntoOthers As Proposition Joe predicted]], Herc goes on the warpath in trying to get his camera back, from pulling over Marlo on a traffic stop, to raiding the place where Marlo conducts his meetings, and even to pulling Chris and Snoop over on a traffic stop (the side effect of this is Herc spots their nail gun, forcing them to throw it away later). Marlo gets Herc's card out of it, and thanks to a phone call, Proposition Joe finds out Herc's working in Major Crimes, though [[Recap/TheWireS04E06MarginOfError thanks to Herc's misguided arrest of Marlo and the train passenger]], Marrinow has put Herc on his shit list. As for Marlo, while Proposition Joe and the co-op are happy with how Chris and Snoop are disposing of [[Recap/TheWireS04E03HomeRooms the New York drug dealers]], they don't want the dead bodies put in the vacant row houses, because the message won't get sent.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: What Carcetti continues to learn about the police department (along with his ambitions to be governor), Michael's stepfather coming home, and Herc's continued EscalatingWar with Marlo all become important later.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Bunk, who again CantHoldHisLiquor, vomits outside of Kavanagh's. While he does go to Old Face Andre's store to poke holes in his story, he also desperately needs a bottle of Mylanta.

* PoliticalIncorrectnessGoneMad: Rawls blames the department's obsession with stats on this; Carcetti and Norman don't say anything, but don't believe him.

* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: PlayedForLaughs; Chris' way of figuring out who's really from New York City is to have Snoop ask a question only a Baltimore native would know, like who's the best [=DJ=] on a local radio station. Unfortunately, Snoop doesn't listen to it, so when she asks someone on the corner a question, and gets an answer she doesn't recognize, she's ready to shoot the guy until Chris pulls her off and decides he should ask the questions from then on.

-->'''Proposition Joe:''' Yes, ma'am, this is Sydney Handjerker with Handjerker, Kernan, and Bromburg. I'm trying to locate a Sergeant Thomas Hauk in regards to a client I am representing.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: InUniverse; Colvin sees the kids in class see him, Duquette and Parenti the same way they see cops on the street.

* SeriousBusiness: Crutchfield and Kima don't let Carcetti get away with the old "leave-the-empty-pot-of-coffee-without-making-a-new-one" trick.

->'''Jay:''' As most of you are already aware, our [=C.I.D.=] Commander Raymond Foster, after a long bout with cancer, passed away last night at Johns Hopkins. Better eulogies are coming. So, let me just say that the man served 39 years-- attaining the rank of colonel-- without leaving a trail of bitterness or betrayal. In this department, that's not a career, it's a miracle.

->''As most of you are already aware, our [=C.I.D.=] Commander Raymond Foster, after a long bout with cancer, passed away last night at Johns Hopkins. Better eulogies are coming. So, let me just say that the man served 39 years-- attaining the rank of colonel-- without leaving a trail of bitterness or betrayal. In this department, that's not a career, it's a miracle.''

Finally, [[Recap/TheWireS04E04Refugees Michael's reason for not trusting male authority figures]] becomes apparent when Bug's father, Devar Manigault (Cyrus Farmer), comes home from prison, and it's implied he molested Michael when he was younger. Michael is furious about this, but still reluctant to talk to anyone about it, even when Prez gives him an opening.