Homecoming (The Wire)

"Homecoming"
The Wire episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 6
Directed byLeslie Libman
Story by
Teleplay byRafael Alvarez
Original air dateOctober 31, 2004 (2004-10-31)
Running time57 minutes

"Homecoming" is the 31st episode of American crime drama The Wire, also the sixth episode of the show's third season. The episode was written by Rafael Alvarez from a story by David Simon & Rafael Alvarez and was directed by Leslie Libman. It originally aired on October 31, 2004, on HBO in the U.S. In the episode, the Baltimore police take action after seeing negative outcomes from their designated drug dealing zones, Stringer Bell encounters difficulties in entering the real estate business, and Omar Little tampers with a witness to the murder of Tosha.

The episode had nearly 1.4 million viewers and had positive reviews from The Guardian and HitFix.