Susan Duvall

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.

Pearlman and Freamon continue arguing over the subpoenas, as the election draws closer. Elsewhere, Carcetti drops a bomshell on Royce during their telivised debate, while Herc makes a shocking discovery about the mayor himself.

Michael proves adept as a runner at Bodie's corner, with both Bodie and Marlo taking notice. Elsewhere, a bodega is put under surveillance by Omar and Greggs, for different reasons.

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.

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.