Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
The Sobotka detail discovers the smuggling ring has changed its procedures, and Valchek objects that the case has grown beyond Frank. Beadie spots a missing container and Herc and Carver follow it to a warehouse. McNulty goes undercover at the brothel but is found having sex with two prostitutes when the team raids it. Meanwhile, the Greek tips FBI agent Koutris about a large Colombian cocaine shipment, which the Bureau seizes.
Bodie’s crew takes a corner from a rival gang, and a shootout kills a nine-year-old boy with a stray bullet. Stringer is angry that the shooting will disrupt business and orders Bodie and Shamrock to dump their weapons; the bag lands on a barge and is recovered by police. Bodie sees through a detective’s bluff and asks for a lawyer. Stringer accepts Joe’s proposal to share product and territory, while Avon recruits Brother Mouzone to defend his corners.
Ziggy’s duck dies after drinking alcohol. He offers Glekas stolen cars from the docks and plans to make the theft look like an outside job. Vondas gives Nick a list of clean containers and connects him to White Mike for small drug orders. After the shooting, police sweep the Pit and question Bodie, but he refuses to talk. Avon brings Mouzone into the towers, putting the new alliance under pressure.