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The Wire Season 1 Episode 1
“… when it’s not your turn.” – McNulty.
Baltimore homicide detective Jimmy McNulty gets into hot water and winds up assigned to a detail of narcotics outcasts charged with investigating drug lord Avon Barksdale and his powerful operation in Franklin Terrace. Meanwhile, Avon’s nephew D’Angelo is fresh off beating a murder rap, but he finds himself demoted upon his return to the gang.