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The Wire :: Transitions (05x04)

Episode Information

Title:

Transitions

Episode #:

05x04

Original Airdate:

Sunday January 27th, 2008

Special Airtime:

09:00 pm

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6/10 (5 Votes cast)

Episode Crew
Director:	Daniel Attias
Story:	David Simon Edward Burns (2)
Teleplay:	Edward Burns (2)

Episode Summary

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Omar plots his revenge for his former associates murder now that he's returned from exile. Gus stresses the need for a city-court reporter, after missing out on a grand jury probe. Carcetti finds there are strings attached in his desire to get rid of Burrell. While McNulty investigates the deaths of homeless men, Freamon needs the help of an old friend. Also, Marlo looks to the future in his dealings with the Greeks.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Anwan Glover	played	Slim Charles	Recurring (23rd appearance)
•Benjamin Busch	played	Off. Anthony Colicchio	Recurring (14th appearance)
•Bill Raymond	played	The Greek	Recurring (8th appearance)
•Bobby J. Brown (8)	played	Off. Bobby Brown	Recurring (second appearance)
•Bruce Kirkpatrick	played	Roger Twigg	Recurring (4th appearance)
•David Costabile	played	Managing Editor Thomas Klebanow	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Delaney Williams	played	Sgt. Jay Landsman	Recurring (38th appearance)
•Derrick Purvey	played	Big Guy	Recurring (second appearance)
•Dion Graham	played	District Attorney Rupert Bond	Recurring (third appearance)
•Donald Neal	played	Jay Spry	Recurring (third appearance)
•Duane Chandler Rawlings	played	Hungry Man	Recurring (second appearance)
•Edward Green	played	Spider	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Edward T. Norris (1)	played	Det. Ed Norris	Recurring (10th appearance)
•Felicia Pearson	played	Felicia "Snoop" Pearson	Recurring (15th appearance)
•Frederick Strother	played	State Delegate Odell Watkins	Recurring (13th appearance)
•Jeffrey Pratt Gordon (1)	played	John "Johnny Fifty" Spamanto	Recurring (12th appearance)
•Joey Perillo	played	Medical Examiner	Recurring (second appearance)
•Larry Andrews	played	Donnie	Recurring (first appearance)
•Marlyne N. Afflack	played	Council President Nerese Campbell	Recurring (5th appearance)
•Melanie Nicholls-King	played	Cheryl	Recurring (15th appearance)
•Method Man	played	Melvin "Cheese" Wagstaff	Recurring (10th appearance)
•Michael Salconi	played	Det. Michael Santangelo	Recurring (17th appearance)
•Mike D. Anderson (1)	played	Drug Lord (Ghost)	Recurring (5th appearance)
•Paul Ben-Victor	played	Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos	Recurring (second appearance)
•Ptolemy Slocum	played	Homeless Man	Recurring (first appearance)
•Robert F. Chew	played	Joseph "Proposition Joe" Stewart	Recurring (24th appearance)
•Roscoe Orman	played	Off. Oscar Requer	Recurring (first appearance)
•Sam Freed	played	Executive Editor James C. Whitting III	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Shamika Cotton	played	Michael's Mother	Recurring (7th appearance)
•Sho Brown	played	Philboy	Recurring (third appearance)
•Thuliso Dingwall	played	Kenard	Recurring (7th appearance)
•Todd Scofield	played	Jeff Price	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Troj Strickland	played	Ricardo "Fatface Rick" Hendrix	Recurring (4th appearance)
•William F. Zorzi Jr.	played	Bill Zorzi	Recurring (second appearance)
•Curtis L. McLarin	played	Florist
•Jayne Miller	played	TV News Journalist
•Jeff Roberts	played	Employed Homeless Man
•Jerry B. Whiddon	played	Washington Post Editor
•John Badila	played	Baltimore Sun Employee
•Nathan James Pidgeon	played	Western DEU Officer
•Tim McAdams	played	Pedestrian
•Valerie Leonard	played	Washington Post Editor