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1	'''Season 2, Episode 6'''
2	!All Prologue
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5	->''"It don’t matter that some fool say he different…"''
6	-->-- '''D'Angelo'''
7	With the detail beginning to realize Sobotka's money is not coming from selling drugs, Russell suggests it may be coming from smuggling containers, and the Jane Doe case may be part of the bigger picture. However, Bunk and Freamon are unable to persuade Daniels to fold the Jane Doe investigation into the Sobotka detail. As such, Prez and Greggs start looking into Russian strippers and prostitutes in the area, and Russell and Freamon begin to monitor container movements over the past two years to try to find patterns in missing containers. Elsewhere, Nick requests help from the Greeks in solving Ziggy's problems with Cheese, and Omar testifies in Bird's murder trial. In prison, D'Angelo has a heart to heart with Brianna.
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9	!!This episode contains examples of:
10	* AtLeastIAdmitIt: This seems to be the crux of Omar's takedown of Levy: When told that he's a leech, stealing from those who steal the lifeblood of the city, Omar's only response is, "Just like you, man."
11	-->'''Levy''': Excuse me, what?
12	-->'''Omar''': I got the shotgun. You got the briefcase. ''(shrugs)'' S'all in the game, though, right?
13	-->'''Levy''': ''(stares at the judge, who just shrugs)''
14	* BilingualBonus: Vondas calls Ziggy a ''malaka'', which is Greek for "wanker". Nick recognizes the word, and agrees with the assessment.
15	* BlaseBoast: Omar Little is a stick up man, that is, an armed robber who targets only drug dealers and other criminals to steal from. There's something special about the following exchange in Season 2, at the start of the trial of a drugland assassin who tortured and murdered Omar's boyfriend Brandon.
16	-->'''Asst. State's Attorney Ilene Nathan''': What exactly do you do for a living, Mr. Little?
17	-->'''Omar''': I robs drug dealers.
18	-->'''Asst. State's Attorney Ilene Nathan''': And exactly how long has that been your occupation, Mr. Little?
19	-->'''Omar''': Oh, I don't know exactly, I venture to say about... eight or nine years.
20	-->'''Asst. State's Attorney Ilene Nathan''': Mr. Little, how does a man rob drug dealers for 8 or 9 years and live to tell about it?
21	-->'''Omar''': ''[smiles, shrugs, and sits back in his seat]'' Day at a time, I suppose.
22	* TheCameo: Richard Price (who wrote the novel ''Film/{{Clockers}}'', which Creator/DavidSimon has acknowledged as a big influence on ''Series/TheWire''), plays the prison teacher. Price would join the writing staff in Season 3.
23	* ChekhovsGun: The GetOutOfJailFreeCard Nathan gives Omar.
24	* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Bird threatens to "rip your (Omar's) heart out (his) goddamn chest!"
25	* {{Epigraph}}: "It don't matter that some fool say he different...", said by D'Angelo when he gives his theory of ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby''.
26	* EverybodyHasStandards: Omar takes exception to Levy's suggestion that he is the kind of person to kill someone and pin the blame on another, on the basis that, felon or not, he has never harmed anyone he considers a innocent "citizen", i.e. a non-criminal.
27	* ExactWords: [[Recap/TheWireS02E05Undertow Nathan did tell [=McNulty=], after all, to get Omar "anything with a tie"]].
28	* FlushTheEvidence: D'Angelo Barksdale flushes his drug stash down a prison cell toilet.
29	* {{Foreshadowing}}: D'Angelo's murder will have ''major'' consequences the next two seasons, while Nick's decision to take a payment in drugs, and sell those drugs, will be important over the next few episodes.
30	* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Omar's perjured testimony - along with Bird's own ill-advised outburst - helps pin the murder of Gant on Bird, the actual killer.
31	* HiddenDepths: Myth/ClassicalMythology was one of Omar's favorite subjects in school.
32	* JerkassHasAPoint: Levy may be an AmoralAttorney, but he's correct that Omar is FramingTheGuiltyParty.
33	* KilledOffForReal: D'Angelo Barksdale.
34	* LetMeGetThisStraight:
35	-->'''Proposition Joe:''' Now let me understand; you gonna come up in here, having fucked up a package, asking me to tell Cheese - who you fucked it up on - to pay you out $2400.
36	-->'''Nick:''' He gets to keep the Camaro.
37	-->'''Proposition Joe:''' Just how good a friend is this motherfucker to y'all? (''Sergei shrugs'')
38	* {{Nepotism}} / SurroundedByIdiots: Sergei and Proposition Joe both commiserate about this.
39	-->'''Sergei:''' Family cannot be helped.
40	-->'''Proposition Joe:''' Who you telling? I got motherfucking nephews and in-laws fucking all my shit up all the time, and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments it ain't like I can pop a cap in their ass and not hear about it Thanksgiving time.]]
41	* OutOfCharacterMoment: The normally crude Herc actually being polite and shy when asking Beadie if she'd like to get a cup of coffee with him. Carver naturally mocks him right away.
42	-->'''Ellis Carver:''' "[[SarcasmMode Yo, I'm Thomas. You want a coffee?]]"
43	-->'''Herc:''' Listen, I was gonna ask her for her panties to make some soup with but I was afraid she'd take it the wrong way.
44	* RunningGag: Lester's ability to persuade people to do things.
45	-->'''Shardene:''' Lester's been pushing me, you know. He does it kinda without you knowin' that he's doin' it.
46	-->'''Kima:''' Yeah, I know what you mean.
47	* SexWithTheEx: [=McNulty=] hopes doing this with Elena will help them get back together. It doesn't work.
48	* ShoutOut: The D.C. contact Stringer meets says D.C. is now known as "Drama City". George Pelecanos, a staff writer on ''Series/TheWire'', lives in D.C. and has written several novels set there, including one called ''Drama City''.
49	** One of the books D'Angelo has in his cell is ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}''.
50	** Bunk says, "[[Film/GoneWithTheWind Tomorrow is another goddamn day, right?]]"
51	* WhamEpisode: Thanks to D'Angelo's murder.
52	* VillainousBreakdown: Bird loses composure during the trial: "YOU'RE A LYING [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain COCKSUCKER]] MAN!!".

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