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Season 1  "Old Cases"  1x4

Aired 22 years ago - Jun 23, 2002

"It's a thin line 'tween heaven and here." - Bubbles Bodie manages to slip through security and escape from lockup. Meanwhile Herc and Carver continue their renegade ways by travelling to Marlboro to find Bodie and beat him into giving up information on the case. Once they get there, Herc has a change of attitude after meeting Bodie's grandmother. Furious at being robbed of his product during the "re-up", Avon Barksdale instructs Stinkum, Wee-Bey and Stringer to double the existing reward to anyone who eliminates Omar and his crew. When Bodie returns to the pit, he explains how no jail can hold him because he's too tough. He further challenges D'Angelo's mettle by implying that D'Angelo's weak. D'Angelo responds by telling how he killed one of Avon Barksdale's ex-girlfriends after she threatened to give Avon up to the police. AFter hearing this, Bodie becomes cautiously impressed. Sgt. Landsman tells Major Rawls that despite all the screw ups, McNulty's tenacity and obsession with getting the job done usually results in closed cases and that the Major should probably cut McNulty some slack. Detective Freamon discovers D'Angelo's pager number just when Greggs and McNulty figure out a cloned pager could be the advantage they need.

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This case is a bit humble for you.
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because of prior convictions.
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He needs a partner.
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All right.
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This one's got a Dee as a possible shooter.
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He don't need no last name.
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I fucked up, I know, letting go your name.
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So, he gotta a lotta heart for a cocksucker?
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Thin line between heaven and here.
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You all want a ride? It's right around the corner.
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No, man, it wasn't like that.
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And it was quiet, but it was loud enough so she can hear that shit.
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-Nigger, you sick, just shut up. -What? I'm just saying....
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-Upstairs front clear. -Kitchen's clear.
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His mother lived out there, caught up in it.
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and his fuckin' problems are standing between me and all worldly pleasure.
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You get over to that table over there and do your homework.
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See? Another plan.
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We could clone a couple of pagers, see where that takes us.
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the case by following these guys, and we can't.
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No, no, Mueller. Deputy Ops before Burrell.
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They got me good.
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