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"Stray Rounds"
The Wire episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 9
Directed byTim Van Patten
Story byDavid Simon
Ed Burns
Teleplay byDavid Simon
Original air dateJuly 27, 2003 (2003-07-27)
Running time58 minutes
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"Stray Rounds" is the ninth episode of the second season of the HBO original series The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Tim Van Patten. It originally aired on July 27, 2003.

Plot

The Sobotka detail is dismayed when they realize the

prostitutes as he calls for the rest of the team to intervene. When they arrive and arrest the patrons they find McNulty having sex with them. McNulty writes a statement which is witnessed by an aghast Pearlman
.

Vondas gently lets

The Greek and his associates discuss the unreliability of their Colombian business partners. For revenge, The Greek leaks details of a huge Colombian cocaine shipment to Koutris, who makes the drug bust. Meanwhile, Bodie's crew is confronted by the competitors they previously chased off the corner. In the ensuing gunfight, a nine-year-old boy is killed by a stray bullet through his bedroom window. Rawls meets Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin and Lieutenant Dennis Mello at the scene of the shooting. Stringer is angry that the drug trade will be disrupted by the killing, and has Bodie and Shamrock dispose of the weapons. However, when they throw the bag of guns over the side of the Hanover Street Bridge, it lands on the deck of a passing barge
and is turned over to the police.

Colvin's district conducts a large-scale strike operation against drug dealers. Everyone in the pit is taken into custody in an attempt to glean information about who shot the child. Mello comments that they waited too long to do this, but Colvin asks what it is they think they are actually doing.

hitman from New York
, as muscle against rival dealers. Stringer tries to assure Joe that they have time to put their plan into action before Mouzone arrives, but Joe refuses to send any of his people up against him. Despite Stringer's hope that Mouzone would not arrive for a week or perhaps two, the hitman shows up the next day.

alcohol poisoning. Ziggy meets with Glekas and offers him stolen cars from the docks
to sell abroad. Glekas is initially reluctant but eventually agrees to give Ziggy a chance since it would be a good deal for him. Ziggy plans to create a track across the grass and a hole in the fence to take the cars through, making the theft look like an outside job.

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Production

Title reference

The title refers to the stray bullets from the gunfight one of which killed a nearby child, as well as the 'rounds' of alcohol that poisoned Ziggy's duck. It may also refer to the Greek's straying from their normal business activity by having rounds of clean cans sent, and by Stringer straying from Avon's wishes by using Proposition Joe's raw product sold in his towers. Finally, Lieutenant Daniels and his team 'stray' from the target appointed them by Major Valchek, embarking on a case much wider than was originally conceived.

Epigraph

The world is a smaller place now.

โ€” The Greek

The Greek makes this statement referring to telecommunication. It also refers to the fact that many of the show's characters are connected to each other, even while being unaware of it.

Credits

Starring cast

Although credited, Wood Harris does not appear in this episode.

First appearances

  • Howard "Bunny" Colvin: Commander of the Western District, seen at the scene of the child's shooting.
  • Dennis Mello: Shift lieutenant in the Western District and Colvin's right-hand man.
  • Brother Mouzone: New York hitman and drug enforcer who appears in a manner similar to Nation of Islam members.

Miscellaneous

Robert F. Colesberry makes his final appearance as Detective Ray Cole in this episode. Colesberry died in 2004 following complications from cardiac surgery.

Jimmy McNulty struggles with an English accent and vernacular in this episode, although actor Dominic West is in fact English.

References

  1. The Wire
    . Season 2. Episode 09. HBO.
  2. ^ Alvarez, Rafael (2004). The Wire: Truth Be Told. New York: Pocket Books.

External links

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