Who is Cedric Daniels in The Wire?
Lieutenant between the fires · Baltimore Police
Cedric Daniels (Lieutenant between the fires) is a character in The Wire, part of Baltimore Police. Lieutenant Cedric Daniels is handed the Barksdale detail with instructions everyone understands and no one says aloud: make it look like an effort, make some street rips, and shut it down. Ambitious, careful, married to a woman with plans for his career, Daniels has lived the department's politics long enough to know what burying a case buys. What the bosses misjudge is the part of Daniels that hates being used.
When does Cedric Daniels first appear?
Cedric Daniels first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 (“The Target”) of The Wire (2002–2008, HBO).
Who is Cedric Daniels connected to?
Relationships already established when Cedric Daniels first appears — nothing from later episodes.
- Jimmy McNulty — Lieutenant vs. loose cannon
- Kima Greggs — His best detective
- Ellis Carver — Muscle on the detail
Which group does Cedric Daniels belong to?
By the time Cedric Daniels appears, Baltimore Police also includes Jimmy McNulty, Bunk Moreland, Kima Greggs, Ellis Carver.
Who else is introduced in this episode?
- Jimmy McNulty — Natural police, unnatural everything else
- Bunk Moreland — The other half of the double act
- Kima Greggs — The detail's best detective
- 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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