McNulty and Prez turn up in the wrong alley and it ends up not being good news for Prez. Cutty finds help in an unlikely ally. Bubbles is wired up. Pearlman and Daniels confront a cell phone company in the hopes of easily gaining a wiretap.

original airdate--November 21,2004

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

1. The Way You Move by OutKast

Epigraph--"...while you're waiting for moments that never come". - Freamon