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- Original Title :
- Middle Ground
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Crime / Drama / Thriller
- Year :
- 2002–2008
- Directror :
- Joe Chappelle
- Cast :
- Dominic West,John Doman,Idris Elba
- Writer :
- David Simon,George Pelecanos
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 59min
- Rating :
- 8.9/10
The wire begins to yield information about the Barksdale organization. Stringer and Avon reminisce on how far they have come. McNulty finds the way to a key piece of the puzzle in an unlikely place. Awaiting his fate, Colvin works behind the scenes to shape the outcome of Amsterdam, while protecting his men from possible repercussions. Bubbles considers a new partner.
| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Dominic West | - | Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty |
 | John Doman | - | Dep. Comm. for Operations William A. Rawls |
 | Idris Elba | - | Russell 'Stringer' Bell |
 | Frankie Faison | - | Acting Commissioner Ervin H. Burrell |
 | Aidan Gillen | - | Councilman Thomas 'Tommy' Carcetti |
 | Wood Harris | - | Avon Barksdale |
 | Deirdre Lovejoy | - | Asst. State's Atty. Rhonda Pearlman |
 | Clarke Peters | - | Det. Lester Freamon |
 | Wendell Pierce | - | Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland (credit only) |
 | Lance Reddick | - | Lt. Cedric Daniels |
 | Andre Royo | - | Reginald 'Bubbles' Cousins |
 | Sonja Sohn | - | Det. Shakima 'Kima' Greggs |
 | Jim True-Frost | - | Det. Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski (credit only) |
 | Robert Wisdom | - | Maj. Howard 'Bunny' Colvin |
 | Seth Gilliam | - | Sgt. Ellis Carver (credit only) |
Former real-life Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke appears in a meeting with fictional Baltimore Mayor Royce.
This episode features a cameo by crime writer Dennis Lehane, who has also written three episodes on the show. He plays Sullivan, the officer McNulty meets in the storage room.
When Omar asks if Brother Mouzine killed Dante, Mouzone responds "He's resting." This is very similar to the exchange between Mouzone and Omar in "Bad Dreams" (S2E11) when Mouzone, after Omar has shot him, asked if Omar killed his man, Lamar. Omar responded with "Nah, he's just resting."
George Pelecanos the writer of "Middle Ground" claimed that Idris Elba was so upset over finding out about Stringer Bell's demise that he refused to come out of his trailer when it came time to film his death scene. He became further incensed when he found out that Omar was going to urinate over his dead body after being killed. In the end, Idris Elba refused to do the scene as originally scripted.
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