History Recap / TheWireS05E07Took

* BellyDancer: Dukie thinks maybe he could be the male equivalent of this.

** Clay tells reporters before the trial he's been reading Creator/{{Aeschylus}}' ''Theatre/PrometheusBound'' for comfort.

** Omar says "[[Series/{{Batman}} Riddle me that]]" to Savino.

* Malaproper: Clay Davis butchers the names of both Aeschylus and Prometheus when talking to reporters outside the courthouse.

* RefugeInAudacity: When Clay says he's short on the money Murphy wants up front, he adds Murphy should actually be paying him, given how much his profile will increase after the case is over. [[GenreSavvy Murphy isn't fooled]], and tells him to save it for the witness stand.

** Dukie is [[Recap/TheWireS05E01MoreWithLess still trying to find something to do with his life off the corner]], and [[Recap/TheWireS05E05ReactQuotes Spider makes fun of him for this, Michael threatens him until he backs off]].

Clay's case finally goes to trial, and while Lester does his usual thorough job on the stand, Clay's defense attorney blows holes through the testimony of Day-Day. Not only that, but when Clay takes the stand, he justifies taking the money for his own personal account by saying he gave it back to all of his constituents when they needed money for their own problems. He does such a good job convincing the jury that, to the astonishment of Bond and Rhonda, they find Clay not guilty.

* ChewbaccaDefense: Clay's entire defense.

* SelfPlagiarism: Richard Price co-wrote the episode, and the ending scene of Kima and Elijah paraphrasing ''Literature/GoodnightMoon'' came from his novel ''Film/{{Clockers}}''.

* ShoutOut: Clay tells reporters before the trial he's been reading Creator/{{Aeschylus}}' ''Theatre/PrometheusBound'' for comfort.

Scott, meanwhile, is shaken up by having heard from the killer for real [[Recap/TheWireS05E05ReactQuotes this time]], but writes a story about it anyway. Gus objects to the fact the story is overwritten, making Scott more inside the story than he really is, but Klebanow and Whiting okay it. Gus decides to start checking around on the story [[Recap/TheWireS05E06TheDickensianAspect Scott was accused of fabricating]], and sure enough, learns from Mello Scott's denial doesn't ring true. Meanwhile, Fletcher ends up going to the same soup kitchen Scott went to earlier to do stories on the homeless, and he ends up striking up a friendship with Bubbles.

* AsHimself: Lawyer Bill Murphy as the lawyer Bill Murphy defending Clay Davis.

* {{Epigraph}}: "They don't teach it in law school," said by Rhonda in response to Bond after he loses the trial and asks, "What the fuck just happened?"

* ShoutOut: Clay tells reporters before the trial he's been reading Creator/{{Aeschylus}}' ''Theatre/PrometheusBound'' ([[FridgeBrilliance a work whose authorship has been called into question]]) for comfort.

Scott, meanwhile, is shaken up by having heard from the killer for real [[Recap/TheWireS05E05ReactQuotes this time]], but writes a story about it anyway. Gus objects to the fact the story is not only written, but that Scott's writing a story about how he's become the story, but Klebanow and Whiting okay it. Gus decides to start checking around on the story [[Recap/TheWireS05E06TheDickensianAspect Scott was accused of fabricating]], and sure enough, learns from Mello Scott's denial doesn't ring true. Meanwhile, Fletcher ends up going to the same soup kitchen Scott went to earlier to do stories on the homeless, and he ends up striking up a friendship with Bubbles.

Elsewhere, Bunk presses Michael on [[Recap/TheWireS04E10Misgivings the murder of his stepfather]], Omar continues his guerrilla war on Marlo's crew, and Dukie continues to worry about what he's suited for.

Scott, meanwhile, is shaken up by having heard from the killer for real [[Recap/TheWireS05E05ReactQuotes this time]], but writes a story about it anyway. Gus objects to the fact the story is not only written, but that Scott's writing a story about how he's become the story, but Klebanow and Whiting okay it. Gus decides to start checking around on the story [[Recap/TheWireS05E07TheDickensianAspect Scott was accused of fabricating]], and sure enough, learns from Mello Scott's denial doesn't ring true. Meanwhile, Fletcher ends up going to the same soup kitchen Scott went to earlier to do stories on the homeless, and he ends up striking up a friendship with Bubbles.

Scott, meanwhile, is shaken up by having heard from the killer for real [[Recap/TheWireS05E05ReactQuotes this time], but writes a story about it anyway. Gus objects to the fact the story is not only written, but that Scott's writing a story about how he's become the story, but Klebanow and Whiting okay it. Gus decides to start checking around on the story [[Recap/TheWireS05E07TheDickensianAspect Scott was accused of fabricating]], and sure enough, learns from Mello Scott's denial doesn't ring true. Meanwhile, Fletcher ends up going to the same soup kitchen Scott went to earlier to do stories on the homeless, and he ends up striking up a friendship with Bubbles.