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Cast

role	name
Det Shakima Greggs	Sonja Sohn
Det Jimmy McNulty	Dominic West
Det William `Bunk" Moreland	Wendell Pierce
Lt Cedric Daniels	Lance Reddick
Det Ellis Carver	Seth Gilliam
Avon Barksdale	Wood Harris

Crew

role	name
Director	Joe Chapelle
Director	Clark Johnson

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