"Game Day" is the ninth episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David H. Melnick & Shamit Choksey from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Milcho Manchevski. It originally aired on August 4, 2002.
The title refers to the Eastside/Westside basketball game (pictured).
Herc says this to Carver when they can not find anyone in the Baltimore ghettos, who are all at the East Side vs...
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"Game Day" is the ninth episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David H. Melnick & Shamit Choksey from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Milcho Manchevski. It originally aired on August 4, 2002.
The title refers to the Eastside/Westside basketball game (pictured).
Herc says this to Carver when they can not find anyone in the Baltimore ghettos, who are all at the East Side vs. West Side basketball game, in reference to the War on Drugs which Carver stated in The Target will never end.
Although credited, John Doman, Frankie Faison, Deirdre Lovejoy, and Wendell Pierce do not appear in this episode.
Stringer Bell and Avon Barksdale visit a gym to arrange a junior college athlete to play for them at an upcoming Eastside/Westside basketball game. After their negotiations, they discuss the hunt for Omar Little. Stringer wants to let it lie until Omar re-emerges, but Avon is adamant that they need to kill Omar for their...
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