Who is Bunk Moreland in The Wire?
The other half of the double act · Baltimore Police
Bunk Moreland (The other half of the double act) is a character in The Wire, part of Baltimore Police. Bunk Moreland works murders with a cigar, a tailored suit, and a homicide man's weary fluency in human weakness. McNulty's partner in casework and bad decisions, he is the steadier half of the act — which is a low bar he occasionally trips over anyway. Bunk believes in the crime scene the way other men believe in scripture: the evidence, read patiently, eventually tells the truth.
When does Bunk Moreland first appear?
Bunk Moreland first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 (“The Target”) of The Wire (2002–2008, HBO).
Who is Bunk Moreland connected to?
Relationships already established when Bunk Moreland first appears — nothing from later episodes.
- Jimmy McNulty — Partners — murders and bourbon
Which group does Bunk Moreland belong to?
By the time Bunk Moreland appears, Baltimore Police also includes Jimmy McNulty, Kima Greggs, Cedric Daniels, Ellis Carver.
Who else is introduced in this episode?
- Jimmy McNulty — Natural police, unnatural everything else
- Kima Greggs — The detail's best detective
- Cedric Daniels — Lieutenant between the fires
- Avon Barksdale — The name on the towers
- Stringer Bell — The economist of the corner
- D'Angelo Barksdale — The nephew in the pit
- Bubbles — The best CI in Baltimore
- Wallace — The kid in the pit
- Ellis Carver — Narcotics muscle, slowly learning
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