Season 2

# Title Orignal Air Date
01. Ebb Tide Sunday June 1st, 2003
Detective Jimmy McNulty - exiled to police boat - finds the body of a woman floating in the Baltimore harbor. Bodie drives to Philly to make a connection for the Barksdale crew and Stringer Bell takes the train to New York to feel out the crew’s reticent suppliers. Major Valcheck looks like a fool when his generous gift to a heacy Polish-American Catholic parish is trumped by Frank Sobotka - a rival in the local stevedores union. And on the waterfront, a shipping container destined for “The Greek” languishes in the sun with perishable cargo.

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02. Collateral Damage Sunday June 8th, 2003
Major Valchek gets back at Sobotka for the church gift fiasco and a feud begins, and Valchek ups the ante by asking Deputy Commissioner Burrell for a detail to go after Sobotka. Avon Barksdale continues to run his empire from a prison cell - counseling his nephew D’Angelo and going after a guard who is harassing the organization’s convicted hit-man, Wee-Bey. On the waterfront, port police Officer Beatrice Russell gets stuck investigating the contraband found in The Greek’s container. McNulty lends a hand with the investigation, albeit for vindictive reasons. Ultimately, Detectives Bunk Moreland and Lester Freamon are assigned to help Russell investigate the deaths.

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03. Hot Shots Sunday June 15th, 2003
Bunk and Freamon chase their crime scene, a container ship, to Philly, where none of the crew finds it useful to speak English. Lt. Cedric Daniels - disgusted with his exile to the evidence control unit - lets it be known he’s going to leave the department. On orders from Barksdale, Bell finds a way to set-up the correctional officer, Tilghman, who’s been harassing Wee-Bey. McNulty pursues the identity of the Jane Doe found floating in the harbor. A pair of young longshoremen - Frank Sobotka’s son Ziggy and his nephew Nick - heist a container of digital cameras and sell them to men working for The Greek. After an ominous visit from his Uncle Avon Barksdale, D’Angelo agrees to stop getting high in prison, a wise move in more ways than one.

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04. Hard Cases Sunday June 22nd, 2003
05. Undertow Sunday June 29th, 2003
06. All Prologue Sunday July 6th, 2003
07. Backwash Sunday July 13th, 2003
08. Duck and Cover Sunday July 27th, 2003
09. Stray Rounds Sunday August 3rd, 2003
Bodie’s effort to improve sales ends disastrously and gets him a verbal lashing from Stringer Bell. Ziggy pulls Johnny Fifty into a new caper that should have the Greeks paying off big. Undercover in the brothel, McNulty awaits “rescue” by the detail. Daniels and Pearlman hold their composure as Valchek fumes over the change of targets and Burrell pulls the rug from beneath him. Feeling confident, the Greek and his associates get back to business after the brothel bust.

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10. Storm Warnings Sunday August 10th, 2003
The Detail uses satellite technology to its advantage. Bodie is unhappy that Proposition Joe’s people are slinging on his turf, but business flows, until a new face from New York arrives. Stringer Bell looks to an unlikely solution to the problem. Valchek visits the FBI in an attempt to get real results on the docks. Nick lies to Aimee and Ziggy’s deal with Double-G goes bad in a big way. Greggs considers motherhood and Prez makes a major blunder. The Detail prepares for an action that they hope will give them the man on top.

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11. Bad Dreams Sunday August 17th, 2003
With the clock ticking, the detail makes a desperate move and Daniels reams out Landsman for dropping the ball. Nick’s deceit is in the open as Sobotka is overwhelmed by bad news. The Greeks confidently ease out of a brief encounter with the Detail, and Omar’s suspicions are validated. The Detail hopes to find Vondas’ boss, and Nick hopes to repair relations with the Greeks. Sobotka is forced to make a difficult choice.

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12. Port in a Storm Sunday August 24th, 2003

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