The Wire: Season 2

2003 · 12 episodes · ★ 8.0

What Season 2 of The Wire

McNulty's on harbor patrol. Daniels is in the police-archives dungeon. Prez is chafing in the suburbs. Greggs has a desk job. The detail may be on ice, but corruption marches on . . . and a horrific discovery is about to turn the Baltimore shipping port inside out. Setting up in the wake of the first season's joint homicide/narcotics detail that exposed a major drug operation — and left its members stigmatized and reassigned — the second season expands to include not only familiar drug dealers, but a group of longshoremen and organized crime members who are caught up in a major homicide case.

12episodes

Jun 1, 2003released

Aug 24, 2003final episode

11.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 Ebb Tide
Jun 1, 2003 · 59 min · ★ 7.8
'Ain't never gonna be what it was.' -- Little Big RoyDet. Jimmy McNulty--exiled to police-boat duty--makes a shocking discovery 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.
Directing: Ed Bianchi, Steve Shill · Writing: David Simon · Starring: J.D. Williams, Domenick Lombardozzi, Jim True-Frost, Delaney Williams
2x02 Collateral Damage
Jun 8, 2003 · 59 min · ★ 7.9
'They can chew you up, but they gotta spit you out.' -- McNultyMajor Valchek gets back at Sobotka for the church gift fiasco, and a feud begins. 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.
Directing: Ed Bianchi · Writing: David Simon · Starring: Frankie Faison, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Seth Gilliam, Jim True-Frost
2x03 Hot Shots
Jun 15, 2003 · 59 min · ★ 7.9
'What they need is a union.' -- RussellBunk and Freamon chase their crime scene, a container ship, to Philly. Lt. Cedric Daniels--disgusted with his exile to the evidence control unit--makes it known that he's leaving. On orders from Barksdale, Bell finds a way to set up the correctional officer who's been harassing Wee-Bey. McNulty pursues the identity of the Jane Doe found floating in the harbor.
Directing: Elodie Keene · Writing: David Simon · Starring: Michael Kenneth Williams, Frankie Faison, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Isiah Whitlock Jr.
2x04 Hard Cases
Jun 22, 2003 · 59 min · ★ 7.7
'If I hear the music, I'm gonna dance.' -- GreggsSobotka reprimands his nephew Nick for stealing the cameras and orders him to bring the cargo back--too late. McNulty is on a self-assigned moral mission to identify his floater, but his old partner, Bunk, says they have a more pressing matter at hand: to find Omar so he can testify against a Barksdale trigger man in one of last year's murders.
Directing: Elodie Keene · Writing: Joy Kecken · Starring: Michael Kenneth Williams, Andre Royo, Frankie Faison, Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
2x05 Undertow
Jun 29, 2003 · 58 min · ★ 7.9
'They used to make steel there, no?' -- Spiros VondasZiggy loses his prized Camaro to drug dealers. Unable to dump the homicide investigation on other agencies, Rawls measures Bunk for the blame, if the cases go unsolved. Homicide detectives hand out grand jury summonses to stevedores involved in the homicide case, and port cop Beadie Russell talks to an old boyfriend to find out how cargo disappears from the docks.
Directing: Steve Shill · Writing: Ed Burns · Starring: Michael Kenneth Williams, Andre Royo, J.D. Williams, Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
2x06 All Prologue
Jul 6, 2003 · 59 min · ★ 7.9
'It don't matter that some fool say he different...' -- D'AngeloTrying to let go of police work and return to his marriage, McNulty gives up on identifying his Jane Doe. In their investigation of Sobotka, the detectives discover a pattern in the computer and explain the connection to Daniels, but he still won't take the murders. Sobotka tries to play the political game on behalf of his union.
Directing: Steve Shill · Writing: David Simon · Starring: Michael Kenneth Williams, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi
2x07 Backwash
Jul 13, 2003 · 59 min · ★ 7.5
'Don't worry, kid. You're still on the clock.' -- HorsefaceRussell tells Sobotka the investigation is over, but, in fact, a port computer is cloned, and when a container goes missing, the detectives follow. Simultaneously, Greggs and Prez tap into a circuit of Russian prostitutes. With two sets of evidence, the detail goes to Pearlman. Neither crime merits wiretap--but a drug connect could give the case legs.
Directing: Thomas J. Wright · Writing: Rafael Alvarez · Starring: J.D. Williams, Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi, Jim True-Frost
2x08 Duck and Cover
Jul 27, 2003 · 58 min · ★ 7.7
'How come they don't fly away?' -- ZiggyMcNulty is back to his old self, on a drunken binge. Urged by fellow stevedores to fight Maui, Ziggy is again humiliated. Worried about McNulty, Bunk tries to get Daniels and Rawls to take him on. After some labor, the wiretap is up--just in time to catch another disappearing can. Sobotka meets with The Greek and Vondas, and they decide to change up.
Directing: Dan Attias · Writing: George Pelecanos · Starring: J.D. Williams, Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi, Jim True-Frost
2x09 Stray Rounds
Aug 3, 2003 · 59 min · ★ 7.9
'The world is a smaller place now.' -- The GreekBodie's effort to improve sales ends disastrously, forcing Bell to rethink his strategy. Ziggy pulls Johnny Fifty into a new caper that should make the Greeks pay off big. McNulty, undercover and outnumbered in the brothel, awaits 'rescue.' Daniels and Pearlman stay cool as Valcheck fumes over the change of targets--and Burrell pulls the rug out from under him.
Directing: Tim Van Patten · Writing: David Simon · Starring: J.D. Williams, Frankie Faison, Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi
2x10 Storm Warnings
Aug 10, 2003 · 59 min · ★ 8.4
'It pays to go with the union card every time.' -- ZiggyThe 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 arrives. Stringer Bell looks to an unlikely solution to the problem. Valcheck visits the FBI in an attempt to get real results on the docks. Ziggy's deal with Double-G goes bad in a big way.
Directing: Rob Bailey · Writing: Ed Burns · Starring: Andre Royo, J.D. Williams, Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi
2x11 Bad Dreams
Aug 17, 2003 · 59 min · ★ 8.7
'I need to get clean' -- SobotkaWith 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 ease out of an encounter with the Detail, and Omar's suspicions are validated. The Detail hopes to find Vondas's boss, and Nick hopes to repair relations with the Greeks.
Directing: Ernest R. Dickerson · Writing: George Pelecanos · Starring: Michael Kenneth Williams, Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi, Delaney Williams
2x12 Port in a Storm Season Finale
Aug 24, 2003 · 63 min · ★ 8.6
'Business. Always business.' -- The GreekThe Detail has a setback, while Russell and Bunk revisit Philly to look for evidence. Brother Mouzone talks with Stringer Bell about their agreement, leaving Bell to contend with a dissatisfied Avon Barksdale. Bubbles and Johnny pull another caper and McNulty and Greggs return to the Westside, where they discover new connections.
Directing: Robert F. Colesberry · Writing: David Simon · Starring: Michael Kenneth Williams, Andre Royo, Frankie Faison, Seth Gilliam