Sentencing (The Wire)
| "Sentencing" | |
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| The Wire episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 13 |
| Directed by | Tim Van Patten |
| Written by |
David Simon Ed Burns |
| Featured music | "Step by Step" by Jesse Winchester |
| Original air date | September 8, 2002 |
| Running time | 65 minutes |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
"Sentencing" is the 13th episode and finale of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon and Ed Burns and was directed by Tim Van Patten. It originally aired on September 8, 2002.
Kima Greggs awakens in her hospital bed to find detectives Bunk Moreland and Ray Cole waiting to ask for her help identifying her shooters. Bunk shows her photo arrays and she is able to pick out Little Man but not Wee-Bey Brice.
Detective Thomas "Herc" Hauk phones in to say that he has found all of the Barksdale dealers whom he had warrants for apart from Wee-Bey. Lieutenant Cedric Daniels worries that their case is about to be shut down unless they can provide new leads. Detective Jimmy McNulty suggests going behind their superiors' backs to take the case federal. D'Angelo Barksdale being represented by a public defender alerts the detail to the rift between D'Angelo and his family and they move to interview him.
Avon Barksdale and Stringer Bell meet their lawyer, Maurice Levy, in a parking garage. They conclude from the high number of arrests that there must have been a wiretap or other surveillance, probably also at the office at the club. Stringer suggests bailing out many of their people to avoid making enemies, while Levy is in favor of a structured plea where they give up their own people to avoid sentencing.
Stringer and Avon relocate to their funeral home business, where Stringer convinces Avon to take a step back while Brianna handles the money and Stringer handles the product. Avon agrees but insists their supplier Roberto up the quality of the product, and that Brianna talks D'Angelo around by passing on the message that he will make it all up to him.
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