GAAAAAAAAH! THEY SHOT OMAR! THAT OMAR! RIGHT THERE! DEAD! JEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-SUS!
Okay, okay...deep breaths. We"ll get through this somehow.
In this episode of the The Wire...OMAR GOT FREAKING SHOT! HE"S DEAD! HOLY CRAP, WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
I"ll start again.
McNulty gets ever closer to capturing Marlo but comes closer to losing his soul in the process. On the first front, with the help of Carver, he gets surveillance teams to follow Marlo and his henchmen around town. And in the course of that surveillance, Sydnor realizes that those clocks Marlo and company are texting back and forth form a code that relates to a Thomas Guide of Baltimore -- the second hand is the page of the map, while the hour and minute hands represent the longitude and latitude, respectively. The noose tightens further when Bunk finally gets the DNA results from the death of Michael"s stepfather and discovers that Chris Partlow"s DNA is all over the scene. Bunk has enough for a warrant, but McNulty persuades him to hold off in order not to tip their hand to Marlo. Bunk agrees, and I think this is going to be a decision he"ll regret...JUST LIKE OMAR"S DECISION TO PAY KENARD NO NEVER MIND, ALLOWING THE LITTLE BASTARD TO WALK AND SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD IN A CONVENIENCE STORE! ARRRRRRGH!
Sorry.
As for the consequences of McNulty"s plan, Ray Barlow is the first Homicide detective to figure out that if McNulty turns down your request for siphoned-off serial-killer investigation resources -- even if it"s for bullshit -- you can just threaten to rat him out to the top brass and McNulty will fold like a card table. Also, the FBI does a profile of McNulty"s serial killer, and damn if the profile isn"t a very accurate sketch of McNulty. Also, pangs of conscience cause McNulty to confess his deceptions to both Kima and Beadie. Both of them take the news about as well as...OMAR TAKES A SLUG TO THE BRAIN! WHY, DAVID SIMON, WHY?
At the Sun, the homeless vet Templeton profiled a while back comes a-calling to complain that the reporter embellished details of his story. No! Templeton? No! Gus, however, is not so quick to dismiss this complaint out of hand, and evidence of yet another stunt pulled by Lieman McLiarson emboldens Gus to spike a too-good-to-be-true quote from one of Templeton"s stories, much to Klebanow"s displeasure. Or perhaps the reason he"s upset is...OMAR DYING IN SUCH A SPECTACULARLY BANAL WAY AT THE HANDS OF THE CONTEMPTIBLE KENARD! OH, FATE -- YOU ARE A DOUBLE-DEALING SHE-DEVIL OF CRUELTY!
Elsewhere, Carcetti quells a rebellion among Prince George"s County Democrats that threatens his gubernatorial aspirations. The Clay Davis case, apparently dead (DEAD LIKE OMAR? Shut up, you), gets new life when Freamon takes it upon himself to confront the senator with the evidence that he committed fraud on his loan application. And Dukie goes looking for a job, and finds possible job satisfaction in the junk industry.
Also, something happened with Omar this week, but in all the excitement, I kind of forgot the details.