The Dickensian Aspect

[2] If you have a problem with this, I understand completely.As Marlo's crew searches in vain, an injured Omar hides himself in the same building where he was ambushed by Michael, O-Dog, Partlow, and Snoop.

He threatens Fat Face Rick and takes his gun, which he uses to wound a Stanfield soldier before setting fire to one of Marlo's cash pickups.

Marlo increases the bounty on Omar's head, suspends the meetings of the New Day Co-Op, and ups the wholesale drug price for its members.

At the Baltimore Sun, Templeton's reporting on the "serial killer" gets national attention, leading editors Whiting and Klebanow to ask for a follow-up article.

Templeton spends the night under the Jones Falls Expressway and interviews Terry, a homeless Iraq War veteran with PTSD.

McNulty finds that, with police now arriving on the scene immediately whenever a homeless person turns up dead, he is unable to stage more serial murders.