Know Your Place
| "Know Your Place" | |
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| The Wire episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 9 |
| Directed by | Alex Zakrzewski |
| Story by |
Ed Burns Kia Corthron |
| Teleplay by | Kia Corthron |
| Original air date | November 12, 2006 |
| Running time | 58 minutes |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
"Know Your Place" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the HBO original series The Wire. Written by Kia Corthron from a story by Ed Burns & Kia Corthron, and directed by Alex Zakrzewski, it originally aired on November 12, 2006.
The kids from Colvin's class find themselves out of place dining at a fancy restaurant, which Colvin worries will stop them from achieving in the world. The title also refers to Carcetti keeping the high-up police in line, as well as Carcetti being challenged by Nerese Campbell in the first budget meeting.
Proposition Joe remarks that instead of trying to repair an object that's broken or defective, it's more cost-effective to just get a new one. This also parallels the fate of Old Face Andre.
Although credited, Dominic West and Glynn Turman do not appear in this episode.
Poot returns to the streets after a 15-month stint in prison (having been arrested alongside Avon Barksdale and many of his lieutenants and soldiers in "Mission Accomplished"). Bodie tells him about how Marlo was able to threaten the crew into working under him, but Poot does not mind the change of leadership, stating that one boss is the same as the next. Sergeant Thomas "Herc" Hauk and Detective Kenneth Dozerman pull up in a patrol car, looking for Little Kevin to question in Lex's murder. Nobody tells Herc their names. Recognizing only Bodie and Poot, he says everyone under 5'6" and 150 lbs. goes into the wagon, and the three smallest corner boys are snatched up. Not realizing that Kevin's nickname is a joke on his portly size, Herc and Dozerman leave the real Little Kevin on the street as he, Bodie, and Poot leave the scene amused at Herc and Dozerman's stupidity.
Bodie and Poot delineate for Namond the new corners for him to work, having been pressured by Namond's mother, De'Londa. Bodie insists that Namond keep his mother from interceding on his behalf.
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