“They can chew you up, but they gotta spit you out.” — McNulty

Major Valchek gets back at Sobotka for the church gift fiasco, and a feud begins. Valchek ups the ante by asking Deputy Commissioner Burrell for a detail to go after Sobotka. Avon Barksdale continues to run his empire from a prison cell–counseling his nephew D’Angelo and going after a guard who is harassing the organization’s convicted hit-man Wee-Bey.