Officer Anthony Colicchio and his partner observe the scene from their patrol car nearby and decide to move in.
Once Colicchio has handcuffed the crew and called in back-up, he puts his hand in the bag expecting to find drugs.
The following day, Carver informs Colicchio that his victim was a school teacher and that the incident is being looked into by Internal Affairs.
Sydnor is frustrated when he discovers that an $80,000 withdrawal from Senator Davis' account was used to pay back his mother-in-law for a loan.
Speaking alone with Pearlman, Bond believes that with a ten-year penalty for each of the four lesser counts of theft, a conviction on local charges will be sufficient.
Davis visits the courthouse for a secret grand jury hearing, where he denounces the enquiry and refuses to answer further questions.
Meanwhile, Mayor Carcetti holds a meeting in his office with his senior staff and is forced to make concessions to the ministers to smooth Daniels' transition to commissioner.
Burrell reminds Daniels that he once called his bluff about exposing his past and claims that he no longer remembers the details of the FBI file as it was so long ago.
During his interview, Templeton is introduced to a senior Post editor named Ed, who critiques his "wrought" prose.
Alma learns about Burrell's rumored departure from a source, which others on the Sun's metro team are unable to confirm.
As the newsroom watches the press conference, Gus expresses disappointment that Twigg's departure, caused by the recent cutbacks, will cut them off from the department sources.
Cutbacks are also blamed when the Sun misses the story of Davis' grand jury hearing, as the paper has recently lost its city court reporter.
McNulty visits the medical examiner's office and researches the locations where unclaimed homeless deaths have occurred, seeing that an overwhelming number of bodies are found in the Southern District at night.
Landsman recites the story from the paper about Burrell's forced retirement and the plan for Rawls to take over temporarily while Daniels is groomed for the job.
Bunk Moreland arrives with a report about the vacant murders and Landsman places it straight into his desk drawer.
Bunk angrily asserts that he is forced to repeat his requests as he is still waiting for the crime lab to process evidence on 14 of the 22 vacant murder scenes.
As Bunk leaves Landsman's office, McNulty facetiously shows him that he is working on finding links between the homeless murders.
Freamon believes that it is still worth doing the work even on their false case as it will make their office reports seem true and verifiable and protect them from the potential consequences of their plan.
Joseph "Proposition Joe" Stewart and Slim Charles visit Pearson's florist to arrange for flowers to be sent to the funeral of Butchie.
Outside Slim Charles worries that the flowers and card will not deter Butchie's friend Omar Little from seeking revenge.
Slim Charles next asks about Marlo Stanfield, who was responsible for Butchie's murder as a ploy to lure Omar back to Baltimore.
Prop Joe correctly suggests that his nephew Melvin "Cheese" Wagstaff is responsible but tells Slim Charles that he will not act without confirmation.
He tells Stanfield that he can see that he is an honorable man but that he does not want to make new street level contacts in Baltimore or undermine their relationship with Prop Joe.
In attendance are Stanfield, Slim Charles, Cheese and drug kingpins Philboy, Ghost, Hungry Man and Ricardo "Fatface Rick" Hendrix.
Hendrix tells the other drug dealers about his property deals with the city council and how he expects to clear a million dollars for relocating his club.
Hungry Man interjects that Milton is pursuing a similar scheme and using a prisoner reentry program to repair houses.
Slim Charles offers the floor to Hungry Man who describes a grievance involving Cheese and the division of new territory in Baltimore County.
Prop Joe tells Stanfield that Levy is the attorney of many Co-Op members (including himself, Fatface Rick and Philboy).
Joe suggests that killing him would mean losing the connection to his traffickers but Stanfield tells him the Greeks have accepted the idea.
Inside Big Guy is recovering from his leg wound after being left alive as a witness to Butchie's torture and murder.