(" Bad Dreams") The investigation ends with the fourteen homicides solved but the perpetrator already dead. (" Storm Warnings") However, the Greek learns about this through the FBI and scuppers the case against himself by having Sobotka killed. Sobotka himself is arrested for smuggling he agrees to work with the detail to help his son, finally seeing his actions as a mistake. (" Storm Warnings")Īfter a dispute over stolen goods turns violent, Sobotka's son, Ziggy is charged with the murder of one of the Greek's underlings. The Greek has contacts inside the FBI and starts severing his ties to Baltimore when he learns about the investigation.
But Valchek, upset that their focus has moved beyond Sobotka, gets the FBI involved. (" All Prologue") They again use wiretaps to infiltrate the crime ring and slowly work their way up the chain towards The Greek, the mysterious man in charge. It becomes clear to the Sobotka detail that the dead girls are related to their investigation, as they were in a container that was supposed to be smuggled through the port. (" Collateral Damage") Around him, his son and nephew also turn to crime, as they have few other opportunities to earn money. Lacking the funds needed for this kind of influence, Sobotka has become involved with a smuggling ring. As union leader, Sobotka has taken it on himself to reinvigorate the port by convincing politicians to support much-needed initiatives. Life for the blue-collar men of the port is increasingly hard and work is scarce. (" Hard Cases")Īs with the previous season, the targets of the investigations are explored and fully realized as characters. (" Collateral Damage") Daniels, having impressed the Major with his work on the Barksdale case, is assigned to lead the detail. (" Ebb Tide") Valchek demands a detail to investigate Sobotka. Meanwhile, police Major Stan Valchek gets into a feud with stevedore union leader Frank Sobotka over competing donations to their old neighborhood church. When fourteen young unidentified women are found dead in the port area, he makes a point of proving that they were murdered in his commanders' jurisdiction. McNulty harbors a vendetta against his former commanders for assigning him to the marine unit.
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