Plot summary
Epigraph: "Call it a crisis of leadership." - Proposition Joe Marlo kills Devonne. Avon insists on continuing the war despite the Co-Op's plans to side with Marlo. Stringer learns that the grant was given to another company. The Barksdales ditch their phones, so the detail has Bubbles point Bernard to Freamon, posing as a shady salesman who sells him bugged phones. A reporter arrives in Hamsterdam, who Colvin convinces to hold writing about it for a week. Out of options, he admits to his superiors what he has done and promises to take the fall so long as his men are unscathed.
Royce notes the positives of Hamsterdam when Burrell tells him about it. Cutty invites youths to the gym, but Marlo's dealer Justin angers him and he drives them away. After receiving advice to not let the kids fail, he apologizes to Justin. Brother Mouzone returns and has his bodyguard scope out gay clubs for Omar. Dante notices and attacks him but is subdued by Mouzone.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, The Wire season 3. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.