Royce and Parker suggest to Burrell that he may not keep his job as police commissioner if the city's crime rate keeps rising.
The word gets back to Omar, who catches up with the witness who identified him to Bunk and convinces him to change his story.
Bunk, enraged, talks about their shared past at Edmondson High School and says that the empathy and sense of community in their neighborhoods is all but gone.
Despite the positive effect Hamsterdam has on the wider neighborhood, Colvin notices one resident remaining in the zone.
When the resident refuses to move, Colvin approaches Foerster with the necessary paperwork, telling him the woman is a witness in a drug case.
Colvin again finds himself relying on information from the Major Case Unit, and requests their assistance in targeting both the Barksdales and the Stanfields.
However, the plan goes awry when the getaway driver, Chipper, makes his move too early and allows himself and Country to get killed by Marlo's crew.
Brianna gives her blessing for Donette to pursue her relationship with Bell, but is startled by McNulty's allegation that D'Angelo's death was not a suicide.
When Avon expresses his disappointment, Cutty admits that he couldn't shoot Fruit because "the game" is no longer part of him and that he wants no further involvement.
Despite the detectives' urging, Daniels rules that as long as Bell isn't openly violent, they have no call to investigate him.