Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
The police search vacant houses and uncover more of Marlo’s victims. Bubbles confesses to poisoning Sherrod and attempts suicide in custody; Landsman ultimately sends him to rehabilitation. Meanwhile, Omar sells the stolen drugs back to Proposition Joe, and Joe introduces Marlo to Vondas despite his associates’ warnings. At school, pupils sit their statewide tests and Colvin’s special class closes. Dukie, already staying with Michael after his family’s eviction, abandons high school and starts dealing. Carver offers to foster Randy but cannot bypass the screening process. He must leave him in a group home, where the other boys attack him as an informant.
Bodie tells McNulty that he will help bring down Marlo, refusing to betray former Barksdale associates. Monk has seen him with the detective, and Marlo orders his death. Bodie stays on his corner as Chris and Snoop approach; O-Dog shoots him while he is distracted. Michael is given a different victim for his first killing and takes over Bodie’s territory. McNulty, devastated by Bodie’s death, returns to Major Crimes. Carcetti rejects state help for the schools rather than accept the political cost. Wee-Bey agrees to let Namond live with the Colvins, giving his son a new home away from the corner.