Cleaning Up (The Wire)

"Cleaning Up"
The Wire episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 12
Directed byClement Virgo
Story by
Teleplay byGeorge Pelecanos
Original air dateSeptember 1, 2002 (2002-09-01)
Running time56 minutes

"Cleaning Up" is the twelfth and penultimate episode of the first season of the HBO original series The Wire. The episode was written by George Pelecanos from a story by David Simon and Ed Burns and was directed by Clement Virgo. It originally aired on September 1, 2002.