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The Wire S2E4 — Hard Cases
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The Wire•Season 2•Episode 4

Hard Cases

8.0/10 · 6,259 votesJun 22, 200359 min

Ranked #11 of 12 in Season 2•−0.4 vs season avg

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'If I hear the music, I'm gonna dance.' -- Greggs Sobotka reprimands his nephew Nick for stealing the cameras and orders him to bring the cargo back--too late. McNulty is on a self-assigned moral mission to identify his floater, but his old partner, Bunk, says they

Directed byElodie Keene
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Dominic West

Dominic West

Jimmy McNulty

Lance Reddick

Lance Reddick

Cedric Daniels

Sonja Sohn

Sonja Sohn

Kima Greggs

Wood Harris

Wood Harris

Avon Barksdale

Wendell Pierce

Wendell Pierce

Bunk Moreland

Deirdre Lovejoy

Deirdre Lovejoy

Rhonda Pearlman

Idris Elba

Idris Elba

Stringer Bell

John Doman

John Doman

William Rawls

Clarke Peters

Clarke Peters

Lester Freamon

Paul Ben-Victor

Paul Ben-Victor

Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos

Amy Ryan

Amy Ryan

Beadie Russell

Chris Bauer

Chris Bauer

Frank Sobotka

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Elodie Keene

Elodie Keene

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Thom Zimny

Thom Zimny

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Uta Briesewitz

Uta Briesewitz

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David Simon

David Simon

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Joy Kecken

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Episode Summary

"Hard Cases" is episode 4 of The Wire season 2. It scored 8.0/10 from 6,259 votes, ranking #11 of 12 episodes this season (season average 8.4). Directed by Elodie Keene, it aired on June 22, 2003.

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