McNulty and the detail continue to stake out Marlo and his crew. Recently promoted Sergeant Carver is met with complaints concerning unpaid overtime.

Meanwhile, Haynes deals with cutbacks, but is still able to expose a politician's connection to a drug dealer; and Joe, Marlo, Fatface Rick meet to divide up the drug trade across Baltimore.

original airdate--January 6,2008

music--Theme song--"Way Down In the Hole" by Domaje

1. Eric B. Is President by Eric B. & Rakim
2. Not a Criminal (With Gun Shots) by Chamillionaire featuring Kelis
3. Blind Love by The Nighthawks
4. Beacuse Of You by Ne-Yo
5. I'm a King Bee by Slim Harpo
6. The Tide Is High by Blondie
7. Mother-In-Law by Ernie K. Doe
8. Do Me That Way by Davis

Epigraph--"The bigger the lie, the more they believe". 

Bunk makes this remark after perpetrating an elaborate hoax to trick a young suspect into confessing to a crime.