The Dickensian Aspect
| "The Dickensian Aspect" | |
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| The Wire episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 6 |
| Directed by | Seith Mann |
| Story by |
David Simon Ed Burns |
| Teleplay by | Ed Burns |
| Original air date | February 10, 2008 |
| Running time | 58 minutes |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
"The Dickensian Aspect" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the HBO series The Wire. The episode was written by Ed Burns (from a story by David Simon and Ed Burns) and was directed by Seith Mann. It aired on February 10, 2008.
After explaining to Sydnor his plan to begin an illegal wiretap on Marlo Stanfield, Freamon makes it clear that the younger detective is under no obligation to help him. The quote echoes through the episode as the homeless man's abduction gives Freamon and McNulty, and by extension the audience, their most serious doubts yet about the justifiability of their actions.
The judge Phelan, surprised, asks McNulty and Pearlman if the "GPS chip" is not enough for them to track the serial killer. The Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 requires that starting in 2006, 95% of any carrier cell phones be able to give their location (but not necessarily carry a GPS chip), in order to provide enhanced 911 services.
Although credited Andre Royo, Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi, Jermaine Crawford, Tristan Wilds, Michael Kostroff, and Isiah Whitlock, Jr. do not appear in this episode.
Marlo's crew searches in vain for Omar Little, who seems to have vanished after leaping off the condo balcony.
At the New Day Co-Op's first meeting since Prop Joe's murder, Marlo claims Omar killed Joe and heightens the bounty on Omar's head. He further announces that he now controls the incoming drug connection, that all future Co-Op meetings are cancelled, and that the wholesale drug price will be increased. Stanfield offers Slim Charles control of the Baltimore County territories but Slim Charles declines, clearly wary of Stanfield. Cheese is then offered the position and readily accepts.
Omar, his leg badly injured, had hidden himself in a utility closet in the same building where he had attempted to ambush Monk, Chris Partlow and Snoop. He is seen limping out on a makeshift crutch. He threatens Fat Face Rick (using a beer bottle to appear as if it was a pistol) and takes his gun, telling Rick to spread the word that Marlo is too cowardly to face Omar directly. Rick asks Omar if he, like Marlo said, was responsible for the deaths of Prop Joe and Hungry Man. Omar chuckles at the comment which reassures Rick about his original suspicions about Marlo's story. Later, with Rick's gun, Omar wounds a Stanfield soldier, steals a cash pickup, and sets it on fire inside an SUV to show he is motivated by vengeance rather than greed.
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