The Hunt (The Wire)
"The Hunt" | |
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The Wire episode | |
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 11 |
Directed by | Steve Shill |
Story by | David Simon Ed Burns |
Teleplay by | Joy Lusco |
Original air date | August 18, 2002 |
Running time | 56 minutes |
"The Hunt" is the 11th episode of the first season of the HBO original series The Wire. The episode was written by Joy Lusco from a story by David Simon and Ed Burns and was directed by Steve Shill. It originally aired on August 18, 2002.
Plot summary
The next day,
As warrants are served on
McNulty threatens to investigate
Production
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Title reference
The title refers to the knee-jerk police effort to identify the shooter(s) of Detective Greggs and the beginnings of a hunt for a rat in the detail.
Epigraph
Dope on the damn table.
— Daniels
The epigraph refers to the commissioner's desire to seize drug dealers' assets in response to the shooting of a police officer, irrespective of how it will affect larger cases. The episode picture shows the results of this desire - a press conference with plenty of seized drugs to show off in a photo-op. It also serves as a scathing criticism of the progress of the war on drugs.
Music
Masta Ace feat. Strick - Unfriendly Game (during the car ride with D'Angelo and Wee-Bey)
During the scene showing Cheryl's grief over Greggs' grave injury, Nina Simone's "Sugar in My Bowl" is playing.
Credits
Guest stars
- Peter Gerety as Judge Daniel Phelan
- Seth Gilliam as Detective Ellis Carver
- Detective Thomas "Herc" Hauk
- Clarke Peters as Detective Lester Freamon
- Detective Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski
- Hassan Johnson as Roland "Wee-Bey" Brice
- Corey Parker Robinson as Detective Leander Sydnor
- Michael B. Jordan as Wallace
- J. D. Williams as Preston "Boadie" Broadus
- Malik "Poot" Carr
- Richard De Angelis as Major Raymond Foerster
- Michael Salconi as Detective Michael Santangelo
- Michael Kostroff as Maurice Levy
- Melanie Nicholls-King as Cheryl
- Delaney Williams as Sergeant Jay Landsman
- Chris Clanton as Savino
- Micaiah Jones as Little Man
- Curtis Montez as Sterling
- Tony D. Head as Major Bobby Reed
- Clayton LeBouef as Wendell "Orlando" Blocker
- Edward Norris as Detective Ed Norris
- Dick Stilwell as Commissioner Warren Frazier
- Katana Lazet Hall as Savino's mother
- Susan Rome as Assistant State's Attorney Ilene Nathan
- Brian Anthony Wilson as Detective Vernon Holley
- Christopher Glenn Wilson as DEA Agent
References
- ^ "Episode guide - episode 11 The Hunt". HBO. 2004. Retrieved July 26, 2006.
- The Wire. Season 1. Episode 11. HBO.
- ^ Alvarez, Rafael (2004). The Wire: Truth Be Told. New York: Pocket Books.
External links
- "The Hunt" at HBO.com
- "The Hunt" at IMDb