Susan Rome

When a sting operation goes awry, the police go after Barksdale's foot-soldiers once again. With one eye on the press, Daniels orders a city-wide series of raids; while Freamon discovers that there is a rat in the detail.

As the unit mounts a large-scale round-up of Barksdale gang members, Avon and Stringer plot to stop their world falling apart.

Ziggy loses his prized Camaro to drug-dealers who aren't buying his excuses about not paying up. Unable to dump the homicide investigation on other police agencies, Colonel Rawls identifies Detective Moreland for the blame if the cases go unsolved.

Trying to let go of police work and return to his marriage, McNulty gives up on identifying his Jane Doe. The detectives look into Sobotka and his money; they find a pattern in the computer and explain the connection to Daniels, but he still won't take the murders.

A worried Omar calls in a favour, Carcetti seeks advice from an ex-mayor and Prez begins to make headway with his students.

Kelly and Sipowicz probe the kidnapping of a doctor's daughter; a woman and her son claim to have been robbed while hitchhiking.