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The Wire :: More With Less (05x01)

Episode Information

Title:

More With Less

Episode #:

05x01

Original Airdate:

Sunday January 06th, 2008

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Episode Crew
Director:	Joe Chappelle
Story:	David Simon Edward Burns (2)
Teleplay:	David Simon

Episode Summary

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McNulty and the detail continue to stake out Marlo and his crew. Recently promoted Sergeant Carver is met with complaints concerning unpaid overtime. Meanwhile, Haynes deals with cutbacks, but is still able to expose a politician's connection to a drug dealer; and Joe, Marlo, Fatface Rick meet to divide up the drug trade across Baltimore.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Amy Ryan	played	Off. Beatrice "Beadie" Russell	Recurring (second appearance)
•Anwan Glover	played	Slim Charles	Recurring (21st appearance)
•Benjamin Busch	played	Off. Anthony Colicchio	Recurring (13th appearance)
•Brandon Young	played	Mike Fletcher	Recurring (first appearance)
•Bruce Kirkpatrick	played	Roger Twigg	Recurring (first appearance)
•Darrell Britt Gibson	played	O-Dog	Recurring (first appearance)
•David Costabile	played	Managing Editor Thomas Klebanow	Recurring (first appearance)
•Delaney Williams	played	Sgt. Jay Landsman	Recurring (35th appearance)
•Dennis Hill	played	Homicide Detective	Recurring (first appearance)
•Dion Graham	played	District Attorney Rupert Bond	Recurring (second appearance)
•Donald Neal	played	Jay Spry	Recurring (first appearance)
•Duane Chandler Rawlings	played	Hungry Man	Recurring (first appearance)
•Edward Green	played	Spider	Recurring (second appearance)
•Edward T. Norris (1)	played	Det. Ed Norris	Recurring (9th appearance)
•Felicia Pearson	played	Felicia "Snoop" Pearson	Recurring (12th appearance)
•Gil Deeble	played	Hucklebuck	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Gregory Alan Williams	played	Det. Michael Crutchfield	Recurring (third appearance)
•Jay Landsman	played	Maj. Dennis Mello	Recurring (third appearance)
•Joe Urla	played	Deputy US Attorney	Recurring (first appearance)
•Kara Quick	played	Regional Affairs Desk Editor Rebecca	Recurring (first appearance)
•Keenon Brice	played	Bug	Recurring (first appearance)
•Lee E. Cox	played	Off. Aaron Castor	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Marlyne N. Afflack	played	Council President Nerese Campbell	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Method Man	played	Melvin "Cheese" Wagstaff	Recurring (8th appearance)
•Mike D. Anderson (1)	played	Drug Lord (Ghost)	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Rick Otto	played	Off. Kenneth Dozerman	Recurring (11th appearance)
•Robert F. Chew	played	Joe "Proposition Joe" Stewart	Recurring (22nd appearance)
•Robert Poletick	played	Metro Editor Steven Luxenberg	Recurring (first appearance)
•Ryan Sands	played	Lloyd "Truck" Garrick	Recurring (8th appearance)
•Sam Freed	played	Executive Editor James C. Whitting III	Recurring (first appearance)
•Thomas McCarthy (1)	played	State Editor Tim Phelps	Recurring (first appearance)
•Thuliso Dingwall	played	Kenard	Recurring (5th appearance)
•Todd Scofield	played	Jeff Price	Recurring (first appearance)
•Troj Strickland	played	Ricardo "Fatface Rick" Hendrix	Recurring (third appearance)
•William F. Zorzi Jr.	played	Bill Zorzi	Recurring (first appearance)
•Corbin Smith	played	Monnel
•Gene Terinoni	played	Lt. Jimmy Asher
•Laura Lippman	played	Reporter
•Michael Olesker	played	Columnist
•Mike D. Andersen	played	Ghost
•Peter Linari	played	Bartender