Collateral Damage (The Wire)

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"Collateral Damage"
The Wire episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 2
Directed byEd Bianchi
Story byDavid Simon
Ed Burns
Teleplay byDavid Simon
Original air dateJune 8, 2003 (2003-06-08)
Running time58 minutes
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"Collateral Damage" is the second episode of the second season of the HBO original series The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by Simon and Ed Burns and was directed by Ed Bianchi. It originally aired on June 8, 2003.

Guest stars

Plot summary

Beadie deals with various agencies trying to decide which will investigate the bodies she found in the shipping container. The coroner determines the women suffocated because of a crushed air pipe on the top of the container. The damage to the pipe is deemed accidental and the case is handed back to Beadie. Meanwhile, Bunk learns that McNulty spent three hours working out where his floater was dumped in order to establish that it fell under Rawls' jurisdiction. McNulty examines the container and meets Beadie. They establish that the floater that he found in the harbor is related, as there is an extra bedroll in the container. McNulty finds that the air pipe has been crushed deliberately. Beadie and McNulty meet with the coroner, who agrees that this is grounds to consider the deaths as homicides.

Rawls meets with Ronnie, the commander of the Port Authority, and resists an attempt to hand off the

Jane Doe cases. Meanwhile, McNulty convinces the coroner to estimate the time of death to see if it matches when the other girl was dumped. Rawls meets with the commanders of the other jurisdictions involved with the Jane Does, who all insist that the murders occurred in his jurisdiction. The cases are subsequently assigned to Homicide, initially to Ray Cole, but subsequently reassigned to Freamon and Bunk. The pair travel to the Port Authority and meet with Beadie, where they decide to travel to Philadelphia, as that's where the ship that carried the container is now docked. There, they interrogate the crew. McNulty awakens naked and hungover in Rhonda Pearlman's bed after celebrating getting the cases assigned to Rawls, while Daniels talks with his wife Marla
about his career. Daniels says he will hand in his resignation papers.

union, despite its financial troubles, has given large political contributions. Valchek meets with Ervin Burrell, in line to be appointed Commissioner, and promises to rally support for him on the City Council
in return for a detail investigating Frank Sobotka; Burrell gives him a squad of six men for six weeks.

At the bar,

Prez
, in their port side offices.

corrections officer named Dwight Tilghman, who is the cousin of one of the victims of a crime that Wee-Bey took the fall for. Avon tells Stringer that he needs to help with Tilghman and asks that he find Donette. Stringer questions D'Angelo's loyalty, but Avon insists he can be trusted. Avon finds D'Angelo snorting heroin
with another inmate and tells him that they need to talk.

Using fake

prostitutes in exchange for money and that one of them was killed when she resisted. Her body was dumped overboard, and Sam killed the other women to silence them. Once Sam's tale is finished, Vondas slowly cuts his throat. The Greek orders Serge to leave the corpse without fingerprints or a face.[1][2][3]

First appearances

Reception

The episode had an average of 3.5 million viewers when it was first broadcast on HBO on June 8, 2003. This was a reduction of 21% from the previous week's season premiere.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Episode guide - episode 15 collateral damage". HBO. 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2006.
  2. The Wire
    . Season 2. Episode 02. HBO.
  3. ^ Alvarez, Rafael (2004). The Wire: Truth Be Told. New York: Pocket Books.
  4. ^ Gary Levin (June 10, 2003). "Hillary and Miss Universe are ratings winners". USA Today. Retrieved October 4, 2007.

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