The BEST episodes of The Wire season 2
Every episode of The Wire season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Wire season 2!
Follows one single drug and homicide investigation throughout the length of an entire season. Centered on the drug culture of inner-city Baltimore, the series' storyline unfolds from the points of view of both the criminals lording the streets and the police officers determined to bring them down.
#1 - Bad Dreams
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/17/2003
With the clock ticking, the Detail makes a desperate move. Daniels reams out Landsman for dropping the ball.
#2 - Port in a Storm
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/24/2003
The Detail suffers a setback, while Russell and Bunk revisit Philly to look for evidence.
#3 - Stray Rounds
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/3/2003
Bodie's effort to improve sales ends disastrously, forcing Bell to rethink his strategy.
#4 - Backwash
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/13/2003
Russell tells Sobotka the investigation is over, but a computer is cloned, and when a container goes missing, the cops follow.
#5 - Undertow
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/29/2003
Ziggy loses his prized Camaro to drug dealers who aren't buying his alibis about not paying up.
#6 - All Prologue
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/6/2003
Trying to let go of police work and return to his marriage, McNulty gives up on identifying his Jane Doe.
#7 - Duck and Cover
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/27/2003
McNulty is back to his old self, on a drunken binge of legendary proportions.
#8 - Storm Warnings
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/10/2003
Bodie is unhappy that Proposition Joe's people are slinging on his turf.
#9 - Hot Shots
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/15/2003
Bunk and Freamon chase their crime scene, a container ship, to Philly.
#10 - Hard Cases
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/22/2003
Sobotka reprimands his nephew Nick for stealing the cameras and orders him to bring the cargo back.
#11 - Collateral Damage
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/8/2003
Major Valchek gets back at Sobotka for the church gift fiasco and a feud begins.
#12 - Ebb Tide
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/2003
Det. McNulty—exiled to police-boat duty—makes a shocking discovery in the Baltimore harbor.