Cleaning Up

Episode aired Sep 1, 2002
TV-MA
56m

IMDb RATING

9.1/10

6.3K

YOUR RATING

Lance Reddick and Dominic West in The Wire (2002)

Crime Drama Thriller

Kima slowly recovers in the hospital. Stringer changes operations in the pit and the towers, rendering the wiretaps and clones useless, and prompting Burrell to begin dismantling the detail.... Read allKima slowly recovers in the hospital. Stringer changes operations in the pit and the towers, rendering the wiretaps and clones useless, and prompting Burrell to begin dismantling the detail. Avon and Stringer meet Levy to discuss where their organization is vulnerable. Unbeknowns... Read allKima slowly recovers in the hospital. Stringer changes operations in the pit and the towers, rendering the wiretaps and clones useless, and prompting Burrell to begin dismantling the detail. Avon and Stringer meet Levy to discuss where their organization is vulnerable. Unbeknownst to the detail, Wallace returns to the pit to resume work. When Prez starts pulling polit... Read all

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IMDb RATING

9.1/10

6.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
When Shardene emerges from the office at the club, she walks past a paper sign on the wall. The sign has been annotated, but its original text reads "The 6 inch rule is strickly ENFORCED"

Goofs
The blood squib pack is visible on the inside of Wallace's t-shirt.

Quotes
D'Angelo Barksdale: Where's Wallace at? Where's the boy, String?
Russell 'Stringer' Bell: D'Angelo, shut your mouth.
D'Angelo Barksdale: Where's Wallace? That's all I wanna know. Where the fuck is Wallace? Huh? String? String? Look at me. Look at me! Where the fuck is Wallace? Huh? I don't want this Payless wearing motherfucker representing me! Imma get my own man. Alright? So just get back in your car, and the get fuck down south.
Russell 'Stringer' Bell: Alright you stupid motherfucker. You made this decision.
D'Angelo Barksdale: Yeah, I made my decision. Where's Wallace at? Where the fuck is Wallace? Where's Wallace, String? String! Where the fuck is Wallace? Huh? Stringer!

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Saddest TV Deaths (2013)

Soundtracks
Way Down in the Hole
Written by Tom Waits
Performed by The Blind Boys of Alabama
(season 1)

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Review

Featured review

10/10

Amazing to say the least

Greetings from Lithuania.

Last two episodes of The Wire called The Hunt and Cleaning Up were simply perfect. Perfect in many ways - the pitch perfect screenplay, terrific acting, directing, editing and storytelling. One after another The Wire delivered more real episodes then you will see in any shows. And as of today, nearly 20 years after these episodes and thousands show after it is still looks, sound and feels like one of the most realistic depictions only organized crime and fight against it. It's not a war as one character puts it, because wars do end.

Overall, terrific episodes in every way.