Luray Cooper

Detective Jimmy McNulty - exiled to police boat duty - finds the body of a woman floating in the Baltimore harbour. Bodie drives to Philly to make a connection for the Barksdale crew, and Stringer Bell takes the train to New York to feel out the crew's reticent suppliers.

Bunk and Freamon chase their crime scene, a container ship, to Philly, where none of the crew finds it useful to speak English. Lt Cedric Daniels - disgusted with his exile to the evidence control unit - lets it be known he's going to leave the department.

McNulty's curiosity leaves the department with more murders to probe, but the sinister perpetrator seems one step ahead.

The detail uses satellite technology to its advantage. Bodie is unhappy that Proposition Joe's people are slinging on his turf, but business flows until a new face from New York arrives. Stringer Bell looks for an unlikely solution to the problem. Valchek visits the FBI in an attempt to get real results on the docks. Nick lies to Aimee and Ziggy's deal with Double-G goes bad in a big way. Greggs considers motherhood.

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.