Episode 54: 'Transitions' (WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS!!)

The police brass changes, McNulty and Freamon look for bodies, Prop Joe pays his last respects.

"Buyers market out there" - Templeton

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This episode was pretty slow overall. I think it was slow because there was very little street action going on.

Here are my thoughts:

1) The opening scene it so funny - kinda like Episode 51 where Bunk tells the murder suspect the copy machine was a lie detector. Basically the police see Kenard hide the re-up and bust the boys. When the police puts his hand in the bag to get the drugs out it turns out the bag has a bunch of dog shit in it. This throws Coliccio (spelling?) into a rage and he ends up being too physical with the teacher in the car who is trying to get by the scene,

2) Prop Joe makes Butchie's funeral arrangements and says he respects him,

3) Marlo meets with the Greeks and they allude that if Prop Joe was gone they would deal with Marlo,

4) Templeton interviews with the Washington Post but doesn't get the job,

5) It comes out that the information that Burrells has on Daniels has to do with some missing drug money from when Daniels was in the Eastern Division,

6) The guy shot in the leg last episode was not the same guy that protected Omar in jail last year,

7) Marlo is okay and satisfied that his money in the bank. Prop Joe takes him to his own attorney to give Marlo some advice on how to invest it. A funny exchange happens because Herc is in the attorney's office hanging out and Marlo asks him if the camera ever turned up from last season,

8) Omar was gonna kill Slim Charles but believes him when he says it was not Prop Joe that set up Butchie. So Omar spars Slim Charles' life and decides to go after Marlo's crew. He points our a lieutenant in Marlo's crew but I could not make him out. It may have been Michael,

9) Marlo and Chris and Snoop give Hungry Man to Cheese to kill because Hungry Man got mad at Cheese in the Co-Op meeting and embarassed him,

10) Beadie now distrusts McNulty and thinks he is back to his old ways,

11) Prop Joe was about to leave out of town to hide from Omar. But Cheese set him up and Marlo had Chris kill him in his own home.

Martin

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