The Wire - Season 3

The third season returned the focus to an investigation of the Barksdale Organization. It also introduced new characters including the rival Stanfield Organization and local politicians. The returning starring cast consisted of Dominic West as Detective Jimmy McNulty, whose insubordinate tendencies and personal problems continued to overshadow his ability.Lance Reddick reprised his role as Lieutenant Cedric Daniels, now commanding his own unit.Sonja Sohn returned as Kima Greggs, McNulty's new partner within the unit. Clarke Peters reprised his character, veteran detective Lester Freamon, who was once again working for Daniels. Deirdre Lovejoy starred as assistant state's attorney Rhonda Pearlman, the legal liaison between the unit and the courthouse.
Wood Harris reprised his role as incarcerated drug kingpin Avon Barksdale.Idris Elba's character Stringer Bell continued to run the Barksdale Organization in Avon's absence.Andre Royo returned as Bubbles, who continued to indulge his drug addiction and act as an occasional informant.
The police were overseen by two commanding officers more concerned with politics and their own careers than the case, Deputy Commissioner of Operations William Rawls (John Doman) and Acting Commissioner Ervin Burrell (Frankie Faison).Wendell Pierce portrayed veteran homicide detective Bunk Moreland.
The new season saw several previously recurring characters assuming larger starring roles, including Seth Gilliam as Sergeant Ellis Carver, Domenick Lombardozzi as Detective Thomas "Herc" Hauk, Detective Leander Sydnor (Corey Parker Robinson),Detective Roland Pryzbylewski (Jim True-Frost),Bodie Broadus (J.D. Williams),Omar Little (Michael K. Williams),and Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin (Robert Wisdom).Colvin commanded the Western district where the Barksdale organization operated, and nearing retirement, he came up with a radical new method of dealing with the drug problem.Herc and Carver joined the Western District Drug Enforcement Unit under Colvin's command.Sydnor, a rising young star in the police department in season 1, returned to the cast as part of the major crimes unit along with Pryzbylewski.Bodie had been seen gradually rising in the Barksdale organization since the first episode; he was born to their trade and showed a fierce aptitude for it.Omar had a vendetta against the Barksdale organization and gave them all of his lethal attention.A new starring character was also introduced in the third season: Tommy Carcetti (Aidan Gillen), an ambitious city councilman.
Several members of the second season starring cast did not return for the third season with the change in focus and the termination of some characters' storylines. Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka), Paul Ben-Victor (Spiros Vondas) and Amy Ryan (Beadie Russell) all leave the starring cast with the third season.Ryan returns as a guest star for a short scene at the end of the season.

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