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1 :01x01 - Gary's Blues
Writer: David Simon, David Mills
Director: Charles S. Dutton
Guest star: Brandon Troy McMickens (Lookout), Vivian Bang (Korean Lady), Delaney Williams (Scale Guy), Sylvester Lee Kirk (De'Rodd), Delon Browne (Boo), Bonita L. Cartwright (Rita Hale), Duane Chandler Rawlings (Hungry), Derren M. Fuentes (Officer Tucker), Krystal Lynn Morris (Officer Jenerette), Stanley Boyd (Neighbor), Jade Yorker (Young Gary), Angel M. Wainwright (Teenage Fran), Avery Kidd Waddell (Teenage Gary), Tasha Smith (Veronica "Ronnie" Boice), Maria Broom (Bunchie Boyd), Cyrus Farmer (Stevie), Ron Brice (Tony), Corey Parker Robinson (R.C.), R. Emery Bright (Doug), Brian M. O'Neill (Officer Bob Brown), Glenn Plummer (George "Blue" Epps), Clarke Peters (Fat Curt), Toy Connor (Tyreeka Freamon)
Thirty four year old Gary McCullough has been suffering from drug addiction for the past four years. It has taken away his money, his career and now his family. His only mission in life these days is where he will get his next fix. When he is not shooting up with his girlfriend, Ronnie, Gary searches the neighborhood for anything that will make him money to buy drugs with, including stolen appliances and scrap metal. He will do anything to get what his body believes he needs.
2 :01x02 - DeAndre's Blues
Writer: David Simon, David Mills
Director: Charles S. Dutton
Guest star: Joe Laney (House), Tootsie Duvall (Mary), Gary D'Addario (Desk Sergeant), Sylvester Lee Kirk (De'Rodd), Bonita L. Cartwright (Rita Hale), Delon Browne (Boo), Bob Brown (Officer Weiner), De'Ante McCullough (Toddler DeAndre), Fran Boyd (Detox Clerk), Willette R. Thompson (Antoinette), Louis B. Murray (Store Manager), E. Dawn Samuel (Rose Davis), John Epps (Tae), Don Wallace (Bugsy), Tasha Smith (Veronica "Ronnie" Boice), Maria Broom (Bunchie Boyd), Corey Parker Robinson (R.C.), Reg E. Cathey (Scalio), Donnell Rawlings (Bread), M. Neko Parham (Dinky), Antonio D. Charity (Cardy), Tyra Ferrell (Ella Thompson), Clarke Peters (Fat Curt), Glenn Plummer (George "Blue" Epps), Toy Connor (Tyreeka Freamon)
DeAndre has been dealing drugs since he was 13 years old. Although he's struggling just to pass 9th grade, he continues to hand out with his girlfriend Tyreeka. He ends up getting into a fight with his mother, Fran, and decides to leave home and go and live with his father, Gary.
3 :01x03 - Fran's Blues
Writer: David Mills
Director: Charles S. Dutton
Guest star: Kathryn Kelley (Adelaide), Terry Hamlin (Bryan Mathis), Jacqui Allen (Mrs. Taylor), Sheila Gaskins (Aunt Jackie), Denise Preddy (Marzell), Chantia L. Thomas (Shanelle), R. Emery Bright (Doug), Willette R. Thompson (Antoinette), Krystal Lynn Morris (Officer Jenerette), Derren M. Fuentes (Officer Tucker), Regi Davis (Officer Brailey), Eugene R. Little (Gee Money), Shenia Hatchett (Shanice), Rodney Scott (Young DeAndre), Dennis Wilson (Tee-Tee), Bob Brown (Officer Weiner), Fran Boyd (Detox Clerk), Justin Omar Smith (Little Stevie), Denise Diggs (Sherry), Ron Brice (Tony), Tyra Ferrell (Ella Thompson), E. Dawn Samuel (Rose Davis), Maria Broom (Bunchie Boyd), Cyrus Farmer (Stevie), Sylvester Lee Kirk (De'Rodd), Delon Browne (Boo), M. Neko Parham (Dinky), Corey Parker Robinson (R.C.), John Epps (Tae), Reg E. Cathey (Scalio), Donnell Rawlings (Bread), Duane Chandler Rawlings (Hungry), Larry E. Hull (Will), Clayton LeBouef (Scoogie), Clarke Peters (Fat Curt), Glenn Plummer (George "Blue" Epps), Toy Connor (Tyreeka Freamon)
Fran has drug habit that she is desperately trying to get under control and hopes her son DeAndre stays far away from the drugs himself. Fran knows that DeAndre deals cocaine on the corner, just he, his mother and younger half brother De'Rodd can survive and warns him to stop. He does not and ends up getting busted, yet again. So to teach him a lesson, Fran decides to not bail him out and he gets transferred to "Boy's Village", a youth detention center for drug users.
4 :01x04 - Dope Fiend Blues
Writer: David Simon
Director: Charles S. Dutton
Guest star: Duane Chandler Rawlings (Hungry), Kathryn Kelley (Adelaide), Joe Laney (House), Dennis Wilson (Tee-Tee), Tootsie Duvall (Mary), Chantia L. Thomas (Shanelle), Brian M. O'Neill (Officer Bob Brown), Jay Landsman (Detective Landsman), Robert Colesberry (Judge), Lorenzo Heard (Dennis), Gloria Sauve (Miss Sarah), Mia Chambers (Peaches), David John Brown, Sr. (Detective Brown), Kirk Wendell Brown (Checker's Supervisor), Tyreeka Freamon (Cashier), George "Blue" Epps (Shelter Worker), Robin Michelle McClamb (Rita), Donnell Rawlings (Bread), Reg E. Cathey (Scalio), Lance Reddick (Marvin), Tasha Smith (Veronica "Ronnie" Boice), Maria Broom (Bunchie Boyd), Clayton LeBouef (Scoogie), Cyrus Farmer (Stevie), Sylvester Lee Kirk (De'Rodd), Antonio D. Charity (Cardy), Bonita L. Cartwright (Roberta), M. Neko Parham (Dinky), Corey Parker Robinson (R.C.), John Epps (Tae), J. Valenteen Gregg (V.M.), Robert Malachi Harley (Brooks), Clarke Peters (Fat Curt), Glenn Plummer (George "Blue" Epps), Tyra Ferrell (Ella Thompson), Toy Connor (Tyreeka Freamon)
Gary attempts to get off drugs and ends up getting a seasonal job at a local crab market where he worked as a teenager. DeAndre gets himself a new girlfriend and has no idea Tyreeka is pregnant with his child. After Fran decides to play it safe and go to rehab, DeAndre has to turn to Gary for money to help feed him and his brother, De'Rodd.
5 :01x05 - Corner Boy's Blues
Writer: David Mills, David Simon
Director: Charles S. Dutton
Guest star: Gwendolyn Briley-Strand (Store Manager), Lyndon Rogers (Trench), George Mays, Jr. (N.A. Leader), Courtlon Ward (Foolish Dealer), Michael Ellerbee (D.C. Gangster), Norman Fields (Turk), Dennis Wilson (Tee-Tee), Terry Hamlin (Bryan Mathis), Joe Laney (House), Mojo Gentry (Store Security), Rhonda Overby (Obstetrician), Leeanna Saunders (Working Woman), Harold Abel, Sr. (Carowner), Delaney Williams (Scale Guy), Dave Trovato (Foreman), Tammy Alark (Pre-Natal Nurse), Herb Lynch (Referee), Mets Suber (League Chairman), William Plummer (Shoe Salesman), Donyelle Brown-Parrish (Wendy's Manager), Krystal Lynn Morris (Officer Jenerette), Brian M. O'Neill (Officer Bob Brown), Brandon Price (Young Dennis), Tyra Ferrell (Ella Thompson), Lance Reddick (Marvin), Maria Broom (Bunchie Boyd), Sylvester Lee Kirk (De'Rodd), Corey Parker Robinson (R.C.), M. Neko Parham (Dinky), John Epps (Tae), Delon Browne (Boo), Robert Malachi Harley (Brooks), Robin Michelle McClamb (Rita), Reg E. Cathey (Scalio), Ron Brice (Tony), Larry E. Hull (Will), Kathryn Kelley (Adelaide), Rodney Scott (Young DeAndre), Mia Chambers (Peaches), Tootsie Duvall (Mary), Clarke Peters (Fat Curt), Glenn Plummer (George "Blue" Epps), Toy Connor (Tyreeka Freamon)
Things are going so well for Fran that she now can move the family into a new house. The same cannot be said for Gary who ends up losing his job at the crab market when crab season ends. After DeAndre finds out about Tyreeka's pregnancy, he decides to take a real job at a fast food restaurant, but then decides that he will keep his corner job as well. Meanwhile, aging drug dealer Curt collapses and ends up in the hospital.
6 :01x06 - Everyman's Blues
Writer: David Simon, David Mills
Director: Charles S. Dutton
Guest star: Robert Crenshaw (Fat Rick), M. Neko Parham (Dinky), Corey Parker Robinson (R.C.), DeAndre McCullough (Officer Hurricane), Sylvester Lee Kirk (De'Rodd), Denise Diggs (Sherry), Cyrus Farmer (Stevie), Clayton LeBouef (Scoogie), Maria Broom (Bunchie Boyd), Tasha Smith (Veronica "Ronnie" Boice), Tyra Ferrell (Ella Thompson), Lance Reddick (Marvin), Raquel Tresvant (Paramedic), Clarke Peters (Fat Curt), Glenn Plummer (George "Blue" Epps), Toy Connor (Tyreeka Freamon)
It's Thanksgiving and the entire Boyd family gets together which ends up including the birth of DeAndre's son. Gary soon becomes overwhelmed with life and ends up asking Ronnie to get some dope for him again and ends up turning to petty crime to get extra money. Fran is shocked when she catches her boyfriend Marvin doing crack. DeAndre ends up losing control and ends up shaving his head and dealing drugs once again. He soon ends up with a very serious cocaine addiction.