Game Day (The Wire)
"Game Day" | |
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Milčo Mančevski | |
Story by | David Simon Ed Burns |
Teleplay by | David H. Melnick Shamit Choksey |
Original air date | August 4, 2002 |
Running time | 56 minutes |
"Game Day" is the ninth episode of the first season of the
Plot
The Street
Omar continues stalking the projects looking for a way to get at Avon. He eventually makes his way to Proposition Joe's place and offers some of his takings from the Barksdales' stash in exchange for Avon's pager number. Omar tracks Avon to Orlando's and tricks him into answering a page using Wee-Bey's code. Wee-Bey pulls up and Avon realizes that something is amiss. He dives out of range just as Omar opens fire. Wee-Bey and Omar exchange shots and Wee-Bey wings Omar who, wounded, retreats.[1][2][3]
The Police
The detail's surveillance work continues with
Tension builds between McNulty and Daniels. When McNulty remarks that they need to extend the wiretap, Daniels responds angrily. Freamon backs up Daniels, saying that he is in a difficult position between his men and the bosses. Freamon instructs Sydnor and Prez in tracking the money which the crew is making. He gets records from
Freamon and
Production
Title reference
The title refers to the Eastside/Westside basketball game (pictured).
Epigraph
Maybe we won. - Herc
Herc says this to Carver when they cannot find anyone in the Baltimore ghettos (not yet realizing that most residents are attending the East Side vs. West Side basketball game), in reference to Carver's comment in "
Credits
Starring cast
Although credited, John Doman, Frankie Faison, Deirdre Lovejoy, and Wendell Pierce do not appear in this episode.
Guest stars
- Seth Gilliam as Detective Ellis Carver
- Detective Thomas "Herc" Hauk
- Clarke Peters as Detective Lester Freamon
- Detective Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski
- Johnny Weeks
- J. D. Williams as Preston "Boadie" Broadus
- Hassan Johnson as Roland "Wee-Bey" Brice
- Corey Parker Robinson as Detective Leander Sydnor
- Walon
- Michael B. Jordan as Wallace
- Michael K. Williams as Omar Little
- Malik "Poot" Carr
- Wendy Grantham as Shardene Innes
- Clayton LeBouef as Wendell "Orlando" Blocker
- Michael Salconi as Detective Michael Santangelo
- Robert F. Chew as Proposition Joe
- Chris Clanton as Savino
First appearances
Proposition Joe: Eastside Drug Kingpin and Avon's rival in the basketball game.
The articles of corporation for the front company B-Squared (viewed by Prez on
References
- ^ "Episode guide - episode 09 Game Day". HBO. 2004. Retrieved February 8, 2006.
- The Wire. Season 1. Episode 9. HBO.
- ^ Alvarez, Rafael (2004). The Wire: Truth Be Told. New York: Pocket Books.
External links
- "Game Day" Archived June 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at HBO.com
- "Game Day" at IMDb