Robert Poletick

Selina orders a "partial" full disclosure of all office correspondence; Selina threatens to fire a key staffer.

Selina courts voters at a book signing in Iowa; Selina and her staff hear a rumour that could impact the next election.

As McNulty and the detail continue to stake out Marlo's crew, newly elected Mayor Carcetti is finding he is stuck between keeping his promises on education and his promises on law and order.

Carcetti maps out a damage-control scenario; McNulty asks Landsman to pull police off the homeless case; Haynes' concerns about Templeton fall on deaf ears; Dukie seeks out an old mentor for a loan.

The Thick of It's Chris Addison directs the season premiere in which President Selina and her hapless team prep for her Joint Session speech.

Marlo forges an alliance with a drug contact who shows him a new communications trick and McNulty's case gets attention from the press. Meanwhile, Dukie turns to Cutty and Michael to hone his self-defence skills and Omar shows patience as Marlo throws out his bait.