 Freamon continues surveillance of Stanfield in his own time and is pleased to find Stanfield "dropping his guard" now that he is no longer under observation.Freamon and McNulty meet with FBI agent Terrence Fitzhugh, unsuccessfully seeking federal support against Stansfield.McNulty resorts to creating the illusion of a serial killer to draw media attention to the BPD and elicit funding for the Stansfield investigation.