The episode was written by George Pelecanos from a story by David Simon and Ed Burns and was directed by Clement Virgo.
Stringer and Avon meet with Levy, who tells them that they need to walk away from Orlando's club, as well as clean up any other 'loose ends' that might be sources of information for the police.
Burrell still assumes Freamon and Prez are the most useless detectives on his detail, unaware that they have revealed themselves to Daniels as valuable investigators.
Pearlman is distressed that the investigation is worrying her superiors, as this reflects poorly on her, and she denies any knowledge of the detail's actions.
Shardene attempts to infiltrate the office at Orlando's while wearing a wire but has little success in obtaining pertinent information.
Bunk investigates Wallace's murder the next day while Avon clears his office at Orlando's, frustrating the detail.
However, he is enraged when Stringer does not answer his questions about Wallace, accepting McNulty's story and refusing to let Levy represent him.
Meanwhile, Burrell pressures Daniels to close the case and ignore the political leads, threatening to release the FBI's report on his excess capital.
Daniels counters by stating that he is willing to go down for the sake of the Barksdale case, noting that the bad publicity is what Burrell is most afraid of.
Freamon adds a newspaper article about a downtown business revitalization project being built in an area where the Barksdales have been amassing property.
[1][2][3] The title refers to the cleaning up of loose ends performed by the Barksdale crew, as recommended by their lawyer Maurice Levy, as well as that of the police, who are forced to bring in the case in the wake of the effects of "The Hunt" that interfered with their case due to the resulting changes made by the Barksdale organization.
This is me, yo, right here.The epigraph is spoken by Wallace as he discusses his return to "the pit" with D'Angelo, explaining why he cannot stay in the countryside, and why he can't move to another part of Baltimore.
The song playing during the conversation between Bodie and Stringer Bell is "Hip Hop", from the album Black on Both Sides by Mos Def.
The Futon Critic named it the fifth best episode of 2002, saying "You'd be hard pressed to find a harder to watch sequence than this one in 2002 as Poot and Bodie have to step up and get rid of the gentle and kind-hearted Wallace.