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* IronicEcho: Carcetti gives a rousing speech about how the victims of the serial killer are written off and overlooked by society. [=McNulty=] started the whole hoax as a way to get justice for the bodies in the vacants, that are still being overlooked.
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* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Marlo unceremoniously takes over the co-op, reallocates territory unilaerally, calls off regular meetings, and raises the price.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: When he finds out Lester wants to bug a camera to find out what pictures Marlo is sending to his crew on their cellphones, [=McNulty=] grouses Lester is "a supervisor's nightmare", as if he wasn't.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: When he finds out Lester wants to bug a camera to find out what pictures Marlo is sending to his crew on their cellphones, [=McNulty=] ironically grouses Lester is "a supervisor's nightmare", as if he wasn't.nightmare".
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* TitleDrop: Whiting tells Gus he wants Scott, and the paper, to look at "the [[Literature/CharlesDickens Dickensian]] aspect" of the homeless situation.

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* TitleDrop: Whiting tells Gus he wants Scott, and the paper, to look at "the [[Literature/CharlesDickens [[Creator/CharlesDickens Dickensian]] aspect" of the homeless situation.
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* AsHerself: CNN host Nancy Grace is the one interviewing Scott on TV.

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* AsHerself: AsHerself[=/=]NewscasterCameo: CNN host Nancy Grace is the one interviewing interviews Scott Templeton on TV.
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** Also, the normally unflappable Chris is so upset he missed his shot at Omar (as well as having to stay hidden because of it that he loses his cool, even snapping at Snoop.

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** Also, the normally unflappable Chris is so upset he missed his shot at Omar (as well as having to stay hidden because of it it) that he loses his cool, even snapping at Snoop.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: When Omar holds Fatface Rick up, Fatface Rick doesn't like the fact Omar managed to disarm him with nothing more than a beer bottle, but he's more concerned with finding out if Omar really did kill Proposition Joe and Hungry Man.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: When Omar holds Fatface Rick up, Fatface Rick doesn't like the fact Omar managed to disarm him with [[BrandishmentBluff nothing more than a beer bottle, bottle]], but he's more concerned with finding out if Omar really did kill Proposition Joe and Hungry Man.
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* LastChanceToQuit: After revealing what he's doing on Marlo, Lester tells Sydnor he can walk away if he wants with no hard feelings. Sydnor chooses to stay.
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** When [=McNulty=] asks for more manpower, Jay reminds him [[Recap/TheWireS05E05 he had Kima, and told her he didn't need her]].

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** When [=McNulty=] asks for more manpower, Jay reminds him [[Recap/TheWireS05E05 [[Recap/TheWireS05E05ReactQuotes he had Kima, and told her he didn't need her]].
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[[TemptingFate [=McNulty=] is sure after Scott's front-page article about the "serial killer" calling him, resources are bound to come his way so he and Lester can finally catch Marlo.]] However, though Carcetti ends up delivering a stirring speech at a press conference (where he says they need to do more to help the homeless), the administration still refuses to devote more resources to catching the killer. Not only that, but when [=McNulty=] and Rhonda try to get approval to wiretap Scott's phone, Phelan doesn't allow it. [=McNulty=]'s especially frustrated because Lester knows there's something to the calls Marlo's receiving where there's 30-40 seconds of silence, but he doesn't know what, and it would help if he could tap any text messages. In desperation, [=McNulty=] takes a homeless man he sees while driving, and takes him to a shelter out of the city, all so he can pass him off as someone kidnapped by the serial killer. Meanwhile, the story does wonders for Scott's career; he's interviewed on national TV, Whiting and Klebanow (over Gus' objections) want him to do a series on the homeless, and Scott spends a night in their encampment and interviews a homeless Iraq War veteran. However, Fletcher [[Recap/TheWireS05E02UnconfirmedReports casts doubt on a story Scott wrote about a woman dying from an allergic reaction to seafood]], and while Scott explains it away, Gus isn't entirely convinced.

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[[TemptingFate [=McNulty=] is sure after Scott's front-page article about the "serial killer" calling him, resources are bound to come his way so he and Lester can finally catch Marlo.]] However, though Carcetti ends up delivering a stirring speech at a press conference (where he says they need to do more to help the homeless), the administration still refuses to devote more resources to catching the killer. Not only that, but when [=McNulty=] and Rhonda try to get approval to wiretap Scott's phone, Phelan doesn't allow it. [=McNulty=]'s especially frustrated because Lester knows there's something to the calls Marlo's receiving where there's 30-40 seconds of silence, but he doesn't know what, and it would help if he could tap any text messages. In desperation, [=McNulty=] takes a homeless man he sees while driving, and takes him to a shelter out of the city, all so he can pass him off as someone kidnapped by the serial killer. Meanwhile, the story does wonders for Scott's career; he's interviewed on national TV, Whiting and Klebanow (over Gus' objections) want him to do a series on the homeless, and Scott spends a night in their encampment and interviews Terry Hanning (Aubrey Daniels), a homeless Iraq War veteran. However, Fletcher [[Recap/TheWireS05E02UnconfirmedReports casts doubt on a story Scott wrote about a woman dying from an allergic reaction to seafood]], and while Scott explains it away, Gus isn't entirely convinced.



* OutOfCharacterMoment: Scott actually taking time to interview the Iraq War veteran, instead of just completely making stuff up. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Gus later, when he congratulates Scott for the piece, telling him it feels like "the real deal".

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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Scott actually taking time to interview the Iraq War veteran, Hanning, instead of just completely making stuff up. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Gus later, when he congratulates Scott for the piece, telling him it feels like "the real deal".
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* {{Hypocrite}}: When he finds out Lester wants to bug a camera to find out what pictures Marlo is sending to his crew on their cellphones, [=McNulty=] grouses Lester is "a supervisor's nightmare", as if he wasn't.


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** Also, the normally unflappable Chris is so upset he missed his shot at Omar (as well as having to stay hidden because of it that he loses his cool, even snapping at Snoop.


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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Though it may look like [=McNulty=] is yelling at the statue of War of 1812 hero Samuel Smith when he's complaining at how the police *still* haven't funded his "serial killer" investigation, he's really doing this.

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* BerserkButton: When Kima tells Bunk that [=McNulty=] would have leaked to the press the fact Bunk can't get any crime lab work done on the bodies found in the vacant row houses, Bunk angrily responds, "[[TranquilFury I am not him.]]"
* BlatantLies: In addition to what Marlo tells the co-op about Omar, when Rhonda drops in on Lester while he's doing his illegal wiretap, he asks Rhonda to come back another time because Sydnor is bringing in a confidential informant, and that gets her to apologize and leave.



** Carcetti, Norman and Steintorf recall what [[Recap/TheWireS04E07UntoOthers the Democratic leadership told Carcetti what to do in order to advance in his career; build something downtown with his name on it, get the crime rate down, and stay away from schools]]. Carcetti adds, "[[SarcasmMode And keep my boyish good looks,]]" to which Norman responds, "[[DeadpanSnarker One out of four ain't bad.]]"

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** Carcetti, Norman and Steintorf recall what [[Recap/TheWireS04E07UntoOthers the Democratic leadership told Carcetti what to do in order to advance in his career; build something downtown with his name on it, get the crime rate down, and stay away from schools]]. Carcetti adds, "[[SarcasmMode And keep my boyish good looks,]]" to which Norman responds, "[[DeadpanSnarker One out of four ain't bad.]]"]]" Also, when Norman and Steintorf praise Carcetti for his RousingSpeech, Carcetti admits he was tired of everything, and adds, "How many shitbowls are there?"



** Kima is able to confirm [[Recap/TheWireS05E02UnconfirmedReports the home massacre she's investigating]] is on Marlo.
** When [=McNulty=] asks for more manpower, Jay reminds him [[Recap/TheWireS05E05 he had Kima, and told her he didn't need her]].



* IdiotBall: Discussed; the reason why the lab samples on the bodies whose murders Bunk is investigating are all screwed up is because while is complaint number was written out individually when Bunk made his initial request, in subsequent requests, Bunk put just the first complaint number and added "et al", and the intern who took over in the lab didn't know what "et al" meant. Therefore, all the lab samples are sorted under one complaint number, so no one has any idea what hair samples belong to what victim.
-->'''Ron (the coroner):''' Actually, except for this, she's been a pretty good employee.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: When Omar holds Fatface Rick up, Fatface Rick doesn't like the fact Omar managed to disarm him with nothing more than a beer bottle, but he's more concerned with finding out if Omar really did kill Proposition Joe and Hungry Man.



** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Norman later, who compares Carcetti to a preacher. Ultimately subverted, however, in that once again, Carcetti can't (and won't) throw any money at the problem. As Rawls explains to Daniels, "(Carcetti) wants us to solve the murders. He just doesn't want the cost."

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** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Norman later, who compares Carcetti to a preacher. says, "In the Pentecostal church where I was given religion, it would have been said that the spirit was on you yesterday." Ultimately subverted, however, in that once again, Carcetti can't (and won't) throw any money at the problem. As Rawls explains to Daniels, "(Carcetti) wants us to solve the murders. He just doesn't want the cost."

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-->''Our homeless citizens, those who have fallen through the cracks of our society, those who command the least of our attentions and efforts, they seemingly have little to endear themselves to politicians. They don't vote, by and large. They don't contribute to campaigns. They offer little to a city's tax base, and to the extent that our government is made aware of their existence, it responds by trying to mitigate the damage done by their presence. We open a food bank here, a shelter there. We try to move them away from downtown, away from our communal areas, away from our schools, away from our homes. If you were to judge our society by the manner in which we treat those lost on our streets, we would have cause to be shamed. Well, I am, God forgive me, a politician. But I am also someone who ran for public office because I believe that there is a different way of governing. And I believe that in the end we will be judged not by the efforts we make on behalf of those who vote for us, or those who contribute to our campaigns, or those who provide for our tax base. I believe that we will be judged by what we provide to the weakest and most vulnerable. That is the test. That is my test. Somebody is killing homeless men in this city. They are taking the lives of fellow citizens who do not have the means or the strength to properly protect themselves.
They will be stopped. We will do everything in our power to stop them. You have my word on this.''

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-->''Our homeless citizens, those who have fallen through the cracks of our society, those who command the least of our attentions and efforts, they seemingly have little to endear themselves to politicians. They don't vote, by and large. They don't contribute to campaigns. They offer little to a city's tax base, and to the extent that our government is made aware of their existence, it responds by trying to mitigate the damage done by their presence. We open a food bank here, a shelter there. We try to move them away from downtown, away from our communal areas, away from our schools, away from our homes. If you were to judge our society by the manner in which we treat those lost on our streets, we would have cause to be shamed. Well, I am, God forgive me, a politician. But I am also someone who ran for public office because I believe that there is a different way of governing. And I believe that in the end we will be judged not by the efforts we make on behalf of those who vote for us, or those who contribute to our campaigns, or those who provide for our tax base. I believe that we will be judged by what we provide to the weakest and most vulnerable. That is the test. That is my test. Somebody is killing homeless men in this city. They are taking the lives of fellow citizens who do not have the means or the strength to properly protect themselves.
themselves. They will be stopped. We will do everything in our power to stop them. You have my word on this.''
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* CallBack: Bunk recalls how [[Recap/TheWireS04E11ANewDay he held back from pressing Randy on Lex's murder out of respect for Prez]].
** Carcetti, Norman and Steintorf recall what [[Recap/TheWireS04E07UntoOthers the Democratic leadership told Carcetti what to do in order to advance in his career; build something downtown with his name on it, get the crime rate down, and stay away from schools]]. Carcetti adds, "[[SarcasmMode And keep my boyish good looks,]]" to which Norman responds, "[[DeadpanSnarker One out of four ain't bad.]]"



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Once again, [=McNulty=] gets pissy when things don't go his way - as when Phelan is hesitant about tapping a reporter's phone - and instead of trying to argue the point rationally, calls Phelan a coward. As she and [=McNulty=] walk out, Rhonda snaps at him, "How many enemies do you need?"



* RousingSpeech: Carcetti at his press conference:
-->''Our homeless citizens, those who have fallen through the cracks of our society, those who command the least of our attentions and efforts, they seemingly have little to endear themselves to politicians. They don't vote, by and large. They don't contribute to campaigns. They offer little to a city's tax base, and to the extent that our government is made aware of their existence, it responds by trying to mitigate the damage done by their presence. We open a food bank here, a shelter there. We try to move them away from downtown, away from our communal areas, away from our schools, away from our homes. If you were to judge our society by the manner in which we treat those lost on our streets, we would have cause to be shamed. Well, I am, God forgive me, a politician. But I am also someone who ran for public office because I believe that there is a different way of governing. And I believe that in the end we will be judged not by the efforts we make on behalf of those who vote for us, or those who contribute to our campaigns, or those who provide for our tax base. I believe that we will be judged by what we provide to the weakest and most vulnerable. That is the test. That is my test. Somebody is killing homeless men in this city. They are taking the lives of fellow citizens who do not have the means or the strength to properly protect themselves.
They will be stopped. We will do everything in our power to stop them. You have my word on this.''
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Norman later, who compares Carcetti to a preacher. Ultimately subverted, however, in that once again, Carcetti can't (and won't) throw any money at the problem. As Rawls explains to Daniels, "(Carcetti) wants us to solve the murders. He just doesn't want the cost."



** It could also be a TakeThat by Creator/DavidSimon to those who compared the show to Dickens, as well as a TakeThat to the editor Whiting is based on, who used that phrase to kill a story Simon had done on a man Bubbles was partly based on.

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** It could also be a TakeThat by Creator/DavidSimon to those who compared the show to Dickens, as well as a TakeThat to the editor Whiting is based on, who used that phrase to kill a story Simon had done on a man Bubbles was partly based on.on.
* YouDoNotWantToKnow: Daniels says this exact phrase when Rhonda asks him where he got the grand jury files.

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Elsewhere, Bunk continues to work on the case of [[Recap/TheWireS04E13FinalGrades the bodies in the vacant row houses]] - even trying to interview Randy again, which goes nowhere, though Michael's mother lets him know Michael now works for Marlo, and [[Recap/TheWireS04E10Misgivings Michael knows who's responsible for his stepfather getting killed]] - Bond decides to try Clay's case himself, and police discover [[Recap/TheWireS04E05Alliances grand jury files in Proposition Joe's home]], which makes Rhonda guess there's a leak.

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Elsewhere, Bunk continues to work on the case of [[Recap/TheWireS04E13FinalGrades the bodies in the vacant row houses]] - even trying to interview Randy again, which goes nowhere, though and Michael's mother lets him know Michael now works for Marlo, and [[Recap/TheWireS04E10Misgivings Michael knows who's responsible for his stepfather getting killed]] - Bond decides to try Clay's case himself, and police discover [[Recap/TheWireS04E05Alliances grand jury files in Proposition Joe's home]], which makes Rhonda guess there's a leak.


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* AsHerself: CNN host Nancy Grace is the one interviewing Scott on TV.


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* CowboyCop: Lester justifies this part of him to Sydnor here.
-->'''Lester:''' I've reached a point, detective Sydnor, where I no longer have the time or patience left to address myself to the needs of the system within which we work. I'm tired.
-->'''Sydnor:''' You're gonna quit?
-->'''Lester:''' Not yet. Not just yet.
-->'''Sydnor:''' So what are you talking about?
-->'''Lester:''' When they took us off Marlo this last time, when they said they couldn't pay for further investigation I regarded that decision as illegitimate.
-->'''Sydnor:''' Illegitimate?
-->'''Lester:''' And so I'm responding in kind. I'm going to press a case against Marlo Stanfield without regard to the usual rules. I'm running an illegal wiretap on Marlo Stanfield's cellphone.

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[[Recap/TheWireS05E05ReactQuotes Omar managed to survive his encounter with Chris, Michael and Snoop]], though not unscathed; he's hurt his leg, and has to walk around with a homemade crutch. This forces Chris and Snoop to go into hiding. Marlo, in turn, tells the rest of the co-op Omar was responsible for [[Recap/TheWireS05E04Transitions Proposition Joe's death]], and that he's upping the bounty on him. The others aren't inclined to believe Marlo, especially when Omar starts popping up, holding people up (with a gun or whatever he has handy), calling Omar out by name, and burning drug money. Marlo also tells the co-op he, Marlo, has [[Recap/TheWireS05E05ReactQuotes taken over the drug connection with the Greeks]], the price is going up, Cheese will take over Hungry Man's territory (after Slim turns it down), and there'll be no more meetings.

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[[Recap/TheWireS05E05ReactQuotes Omar managed to survive his encounter with Chris, Michael and Snoop]], though not unscathed; he's hurt his leg, and has to walk around with a homemade crutch. This forces Chris and Snoop to go into hiding. Marlo, in turn, tells the rest of the co-op Omar was responsible for [[Recap/TheWireS05E04Transitions Proposition Joe's death]], and that he's upping the bounty on him. The others aren't inclined to believe Marlo, especially when [[HandicappedBadass Omar starts popping up, holding people up (with a gun or whatever he has handy), calling Omar Marlo out by name, and burning drug money.money]]. Marlo also tells the co-op he, Marlo, has [[Recap/TheWireS05E05ReactQuotes taken over the drug connection with the Greeks]], the price is going up, Cheese will take over Hungry Man's territory (after Slim turns it down), and there'll be no more meetings.


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* CatchPhrase: When Bunk sees the "serial killer" story has made the front page, and that [=McNulty=] is crowing about it, he says to [=McNulty=], "You happy now, bitch?" Of course, since he's still pissed at [=McNulty=], it's said with more venom than usual.


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* FailureMontage: The attempts of Marlo's crew to find Omar at the beginning; Chris goes through the rest of the building, Monk pretends to be a detective to question the neighbors, and Snoop checks the hospitals, with all of them coming up empty.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Omar's RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Marlo (along with being forced to use a crutch after barely surviving his encounter with Chris, Michael and Snoop) has him doing things he never does, like burning money and calling Marlo a "bitch".


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* ShoutOut: Marlo, incredulous Omar managed to jump out of the window and survive, says, "That's some [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Spiderman]] shit right there."
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Elsewhere, Bunk continues to work on the case of [[Recap/TheWireS04E13FinalGrades the bodies in the vacant row houses]] - even trying to interview Randy again, which goes nowhere, though Michael's mother lets him know Michael now works for Marlo, and [[Recap/TheWireS04E10Misgivings Michael knows who's responsible for his stepfather getting killed]] - Bond decides to try Clay's case himself, and police discover [[Recap/TheWireS04E05Alliances grand jury files in Proposition Joe's home]], which makes Rhonda guess there's a leak.

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Elsewhere, Bunk continues to work on the case of [[Recap/TheWireS04E13FinalGrades the bodies in the vacant row houses]] - even trying to interview Randy again, which goes nowhere, though Michael's mother lets him know Michael now works for Marlo, and [[Recap/TheWireS04E10Misgivings Michael knows who's responsible for his stepfather getting killed]] - Bond decides to try Clay's case himself, and police discover [[Recap/TheWireS04E05Alliances grand jury files in Proposition Joe's home]], which makes Rhonda guess there's a leak.leak.

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* BrokenBird: There's absolutely no trace left of the smiling, open-faced Randy of season 4.
* ContinuityNod: Nick Sobotka is seen heckling Carcetti when he unveils the waterfront project that the dockworkers union fought so hard to defeat.
* {{Epigraph}}: "If you have a problem with this, I understand completely", which Lester says to Sydnor after he reveals his illegal wiretap of Marlo.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Scott actually taking time to interview the Iraq War veteran, instead of just completely making stuff up. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Gus later, when he congratulates Scott for the piece, telling him it feels like "the real deal".
* TitleDrop: Whiting tells Gus he wants Scott, and the paper, to look at "the [[Literature/CharlesDickens Dickensian]] aspect" of the homeless situation.
** It could also be a TakeThat by Creator/DavidSimon to those who compared the show to Dickens, as well as a TakeThat to the editor Whiting is based on, who used that phrase to kill a story Simon had done on a man Bubbles was partly based on.
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[[TemptingFate [=McNulty=] is sure after Scott's front-page article about the "serial killer" calling him, resources are bound to come his way so he and Lester can finally catch Marlo.]] However, though Carcetti ends up delivering a stirring speech at a press conference (where he says they need to do more to help the homeless), the administration still refuses to devote more resources to catching the killer. Not only that, but when [=McNulty=] and Rhonda try to get approval to wiretap Scott's phone, Phelan doesn't allow it. [=McNulty=]'s especially frustrated because Lester knows there's something to the calls Marlo's receiving where there's 30-40 seconds of silence, but he doesn't know what, and it would help if he could tap any text messages. In desperation, [=McNulty=] takes a homeless man he sees while driving, and takes him to a shelter out of the city, all so he can pass him off as someone kidnapped by the serial killer. Meanwhile, the story does wonders for Scott's career; he's interviewed on national TV, Whiting and Klebanow (over Gus' objections) want him to do a series on the homeless, and Scott spends a night in their encampment and interviews a homeless Iraq War veteran.

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[[TemptingFate [=McNulty=] is sure after Scott's front-page article about the "serial killer" calling him, resources are bound to come his way so he and Lester can finally catch Marlo.]] However, though Carcetti ends up delivering a stirring speech at a press conference (where he says they need to do more to help the homeless), the administration still refuses to devote more resources to catching the killer. Not only that, but when [=McNulty=] and Rhonda try to get approval to wiretap Scott's phone, Phelan doesn't allow it. [=McNulty=]'s especially frustrated because Lester knows there's something to the calls Marlo's receiving where there's 30-40 seconds of silence, but he doesn't know what, and it would help if he could tap any text messages. In desperation, [=McNulty=] takes a homeless man he sees while driving, and takes him to a shelter out of the city, all so he can pass him off as someone kidnapped by the serial killer. Meanwhile, the story does wonders for Scott's career; he's interviewed on national TV, Whiting and Klebanow (over Gus' objections) want him to do a series on the homeless, and Scott spends a night in their encampment and interviews a homeless Iraq War veteran.
veteran. However, Fletcher [[Recap/TheWireS05E02UnconfirmedReports casts doubt on a story Scott wrote about a woman dying from an allergic reaction to seafood]], and while Scott explains it away, Gus isn't entirely convinced.
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Elsewhere, Bunk continues to work on the case of [[Recap/TheWireS04E13FinalGrades the bodies in the vacant row houses]] - even trying to interview Randy again, which goes nowhere, though Michael's mother lets him know Michael now works for Marlo, and [[Recap/TheWireS04E10Misgivings Michael knows who's responsible for his stepfather getting killed]] - Bond decides to try Clay's case himself, and police discover grand jury files in Proposition Joe's home, which makes Rhonda guess there's a leak.

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Elsewhere, Bunk continues to work on the case of [[Recap/TheWireS04E13FinalGrades the bodies in the vacant row houses]] - even trying to interview Randy again, which goes nowhere, though Michael's mother lets him know Michael now works for Marlo, and [[Recap/TheWireS04E10Misgivings Michael knows who's responsible for his stepfather getting killed]] - Bond decides to try Clay's case himself, and police discover [[Recap/TheWireS04E05Alliances grand jury files in Proposition Joe's home, home]], which makes Rhonda guess there's a leak.
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Elsewhere, Bunk continues to work on the case of [[Recap/TheWireS04E13FinalGrades the bodies in the vacant row houses]] - even trying to interview Randy again, which goes nowhere - Bond decides to try Clay's case himself, and police discover grand jury files in Proposition Joe's home, which makes Rhonda guess there's a leak.

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Elsewhere, Bunk continues to work on the case of [[Recap/TheWireS04E13FinalGrades the bodies in the vacant row houses]] - even trying to interview Randy again, which goes nowhere nowhere, though Michael's mother lets him know Michael now works for Marlo, and [[Recap/TheWireS04E10Misgivings Michael knows who's responsible for his stepfather getting killed]] - Bond decides to try Clay's case himself, and police discover grand jury files in Proposition Joe's home, which makes Rhonda guess there's a leak.
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[[Recap/TheWireS05E05ReactQuotes Omar managed to survive his encounter with Chris, Michael and Snoop]], though not unscathed; he's hurt his leg, and has to walk around with a homemade crutch. This forces Chris and Snoop to go into hiding. Marlo, in turn, tells the rest of the co-op Omar was responsible for [[Recap/TheWireS05E04Transitions Proposition Joe's death]], and that he's upping the bounty on him. The others aren't inclined to believe Marlo, especially when Omar starts popping up, holding people up (with a gun or whatever he has handy), calling Omar out by name, and burning drug money. Marlo also tells the co-op he, Marlo, has [[Recap/TheWireS05E05ReactQuotes taken over the drug connection with the Greeks]], the price is going up, Cheese will take over Hungry Man's territory (after Slim turns it down), and there'll be no more meetings.

[[TemptingFate [=McNulty=] is sure after Scott's front-page article about the "serial killer" calling him, resources are bound to come his way so he and Lester can finally catch Marlo.]] However, though Carcetti ends up delivering a stirring speech at a press conference (where he says they need to do more to help the homeless), the administration still refuses to devote more resources to catching the killer. Not only that, but when [=McNulty=] and Rhonda try to get approval to wiretap Scott's phone, Phelan doesn't allow it. [=McNulty=]'s especially frustrated because Lester knows there's something to the calls Marlo's receiving where there's 30-40 seconds of silence, but he doesn't know what, and it would help if he could tap any text messages. In desperation, [=McNulty=] takes a homeless man he sees while driving, and takes him to a shelter out of the city, all so he can pass him off as someone kidnapped by the serial killer. Meanwhile, the story does wonders for Scott's career; he's interviewed on national TV, Whiting and Klebanow (over Gus' objections) want him to do a series on the homeless, and Scott spends a night in their encampment and interviews a homeless Iraq War veteran.

Elsewhere, Bunk continues to work on the case of [[Recap/TheWireS04E13FinalGrades the bodies in the vacant row houses]] - even trying to interview Randy again, which goes nowhere - Bond decides to try Clay's case himself, and police discover grand jury files in Proposition Joe's home, which makes Rhonda guess there's a leak.

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