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S1E3 · The Buys

"The king stay the king." - D'AngeloAfter early morning "field interviews" conducted by Herc, Carver and Prez lead to a minor riot and bad publicity for the police, Daniels gets called in by the Deputy Commissioner. McNulty sends Mahone and Polk to the terrace to get a photo of Avon Barksdale. They come up short but soft- spoken Freamon comes through with an old photo from Barksdale's boxing days. McNulty and Greggs visit FBI agent Fitzhugh to try and obtain some surveillance equipment. D'Angelo delivers the daily count to Stringer Bell who in turn, gives D'Angelo a bonus. Later, while Bodie and D'Angelo wait for the new supply to arrive, D'Angelo offers to get food. While he's gone Bodie, Stinkum and the crew go to retrieve the new supply only renegade dealer Omar and his crew get there and steal the drugs for themselves. The next day D'Angelo gets chewed out by Wee Bey -- a Barksdale enforcer -- for not being around when the incident happened. After getting chided by his superiors, Lieutenant Daniels mobilizes the team to raid "The Pit". Bodie hits one of the detectives while getting arrested and the rest of the officers proceed to beat Bodie. McNulty secretly meets with agent Fitzhugh who tells him to watch out for Lieutenant Daniels -- who might be on the take.

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Epigraph: "The king stay the king." - D'Angelo Detective Leander Sydnor goes undercover in the Pit with Bubbles and finds that money and drugs are never held by the higher-ups. Prez's father-in-law, Major Stan Valchek, saves his job by agreeing to keep him off the street. Daniels orders a raid on the Pit, unaware that robber Omar Little has emptied it, and dealer Marvin Browning is arrested while detective Lester Freamon notes a phone number written on a wall. D'Angelo's man Preston "Bodie" Broadus punches an officer and is beaten.

When the detail realizes they have no pictures of Avon Barksdale, Freamon finds a poster from Avon's old boxing career. McNulty learns from assistant state's attorney and frequent fling Rhonda Pearlman that he needs to prove he is out of options to clone a pager, and hears from his FBI contact Terrance Fitzhugh that Daniels was investigated in the past for pocketing drug money.

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