1x04 Old Cases - The Wire Episode Guide

The Wire

- Episode 01x04

Episode: 01x04
Title: Old Cases
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 104
First Aired: Jun. 23, 2002

Season 1 » Episode #04 - Old Cases

Summary: Greggs and McNulty desperately try to get Hardcase to turn informant as the arraignment begins for those caught in the raid. Barksdale places a bounty on gang rival, Omar. Meanwhile, McNulty takes Bubbles on a little cultural field trip and Herc and Carver try to track down a now missing Bodie.

Who appeared in this episode?

Maj. William A. Rawls	played by John Doman
Russell 'Stringer' Bell	played by Idris Elba
Dep. Comm. for Operations Ervin H. Burrell	played by Frankie Faison
D'Angelo Barksdale	played by Larry Gilliard Jr.
Avon Barksdale	played by Wood Harris
Judge Daniel Phelan	played by Peter Gerety
Elena McNulty	played by Callie Thorne
Preston Broadus	played by J.D. Williams (II)
Det. Ellis Carver	played by Seth Gilliam

Season 1 / Episode 4: - Old Cases

Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: How long you been in the pawn shop unit?
Det. Lester Freamon: Thirteen years and four months.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Thirteen years?
Det. Lester Freamon: And four months.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: I gotta ask you, what exactly does a police officer assigned to the pawn shop unit do?
Det. Lester Freamon: You intake reports from registered pawn shops on all items valued over $50. Then you make an index card for that item. Then you file that index card. If someone wants to find out if something stolen has been pawned, we look to see if we have an index card. If we do, we do. If we don't, we don't.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: You did that for thirteen years?
Det. Lester Freamon: And four months.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Why'd you ask out of homicide?
Det. Lester Freamon: Wasn't no "ask" about it.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: You got the boot?
Det. Lester Freamon: Uh-huh.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: What'd you do to piss 'em off?
Det. Lester Freamon: Police work.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: I think I need to buy you a drink.
Det. Lester Freamon: Just one?

Season 1 / Episode 4: - Old Cases

Sgt. Jay Landsman: Jimmy's an addict, sir.
Maj. William A. Rawls: What's he addicted to?
Sgt. Jay Landsman: Himself.

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TRIVIA

The book on Lester Freamon's desk during the "thirteen years and four months" conversation with McNulty is "Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey" by Alison Gernsheim (1963, Dover Publications).
Future cast member Gbenga Akinnagbe appears as an extra in the opening scene.