Susan Duvall

With Freamon and Greggs moved to Homicide, Herc and Dozerman join Marimow in the stripped-down Major Crimes Unit. Cutty gets a custodial job at Tilghman School mopping up truants, but can't make headway in his efforts to mentor Michael. Bubbles gives Sherrod an ultimatum in an effort to get him back him school as a `socially promoted' 8th grader.

Valkech leaks details of the Braddock case to Carcetti, who contemplates how to best leak it to the press. The ensuing negative attention turns Royce against Burrell, who takes the heat, while Rawls comes to the rescue.

With Election Day approaching, the three mayoral candidates make last-minute appeals. Carcetti wrangles for votes as he responds to a potentially devastating smear, and Norris and Greggs get a lead on the Braddock case.

On the trail of missing bodies, Freamon turns to a higher authority after being rebuked by Landsma, and Carcetti finds his erstwhile promises of prosperity undermined by the school debt.

Selina makes an awkward political faux pas at a hog roast in North Carolina. Meanwhile, back in DC, Dan network-stalks White House strategist Kent.

Four West Baltimore boys wrestle with what to do with the rest of their summer vacation as the new school year approaches.