WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!

The long-standing friendship between Johnny and Bubbles starts to get cracks in their foundation as they no longer see eye-to-eye on performing capers that involve robbing contractors who find themselves in unsafe situations, painting buildings on rickety ladders with no supervision. Carcetti gets a crash course in how the city treats its' state witnesses. Cutty slaps a girl in his awkward return to Avon's crew. Shamrock doesn't realize that Robert's Rules of Order doesn't apply to the New Day Co-Op's protocol, which results in him getting yelled at by Stringer. McNulty discovers that Stringer is getting into the development business. Marlo refuses the invite to join the co-op and continues to go to war with Avon's crew, while also terrifying some of the knuckleheaded cops as the Hamsterdam process continues to play out with unexpected results. McNulty has sex with Carcetti's future campaign manager, Terry D'Agostino. Bunk is assigned a wild goose chase, looking for Dozerman's gun. Avon is released from prison and Stringer welcomes him home with a waterfront condo and an arranged threesome with two women he's never met before.