Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
Kenard tricks an officer into reaching into a bag of dog waste. The officer then assaults a driver caught in the traffic jam, and Carver decides to charge Colicchio despite Herc’s warning that the choice will cost him among the police. Freamon and Sydnor find fraud in Davis’s accounts, but Bond prefers local charges. At a grand jury hearing, Davis denounces the investigation. Carcetti arranges a new role for Daniels after Burrell’s departure. Burrell tells Campbell that an FBI file could expose Daniels’s past, so she offers him a lucrative job to leave quietly.
Alma learns that Burrell may be leaving; a last call from outgoing police reporter Roger Twigg lets the Sun confirm it, and Alma takes his beat. The paper misses Davis’s hearing. Omar returns to avenge Butchie, but leaves Slim Charles after Slim argues that Joe would have known the cost of giving Butchie up. Joe plans to hide and asks Cheese to lead the co-op while Slim watches him. Marlo approaches the Greeks to replace Joe, and they accept. After a co-op dispute, Marlo gives Cheese a bound Hungry Man as a gift. Cheese helps Joe prepare to leave. After Cheese leaves, Marlo enters. Joe tries to reason with him, but Marlo tells him to close his eyes and Chris shoots him in the back of the head.