Directed by Roxann Dawson   Written by David Simon   Eric Ellis Overmyer   George Pelecanos   Jordan Hirsch   Cast Khandi Alexander ... LaDonna Batiste-Williams Rob Brown ... Delmond Lambreaux Chris Coy ... L.P. Everett Kim Dickens ... Janette Desautel India Ennenga ... Sofia Bernette (credit only) Michiel Huisman ... Sonny Melissa Leo ... Toni Bernette Lucia Micarelli ... Annie David Morse ... Lt. Terry Colson Clarke Peters ... Albert Lambreaux Wendell Pierce ... Antoine Batiste Jon Seda ... Nelson Hidalgo Steve Zahn ... Davis McAlary Anthony Anderson ... Derek Watson Yul Vazquez ... Detective Anthony Nikolich Paul Fitzgerald ... Paul Keyes Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine ... Jacques Jhoni Dan Ziskie ... C.J. Liguori Hong Chau ... Linh Candy Buckley ... Karen Gadbois Jim True-Frost ... James Woodrow Davi Jay ... Robinette Lee Nguyen   Lance E. Nichols ... Larry Williams Phyllis Montana LeBlanc ... Desiree (as Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc) Lionel Ferbos ... Self Rosa Lee Hawkins ... Self (as Rosa L. Hawkins) Barbara Ann Hawkins ... Self (as Barbara Hawkins) Al Johnson ... Self (as Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson) Jay Huguley ... Will Branson Colin Walker ... Agent Collington Irvin Mayfield ... Self Robert Parker ... Self Jazz Henry ... Jennifer Henry Griffin ... Simply Jaron Williams ... Robert Camryn A. Jackson ... Cherise (as Camryn Jackson) Lawrence LeJohn ... Andrew Parker Dee-1 ... Percy Mackie Craig Tate ... Lamar Brown Dam Nguyen   JD Evermore ... Det. Thomas Silby (as J.D. Evermore) Tony Molina Jr. ... Captain Errol Hardesty (as Anthony Molina Jr.) Jesse Moore ... Preston Mooney Miles Doleac ... Producer Ladson Deyne ... Bobby Don Baxter Jessica Caraveo   Chauncey Slack   Stephen Lewis   Frankie Smith   Rolexis Delaney   Michael Fletcher   Christopher Ferris   Willo Jean-Baptiste ... (as Willo Jean Baptiste) Adonis Rose ... Self David Pulphus ... Self Michael Watson ... Self Ronald Markham ... Self Red Stick Ramblers ... Themselves Pinettes Brass Band ... Themselves Lionel Ferbos & The Palm Court Band ... Themselves Tyler Nowell Felix ... Kid 3 (as Tyler Felix) Rebecca Lee Fox ... Shopper Chris Marroy ... (voice) Uncredited Cast Joshua Braud ... Josh J. Omar Castro ... Detective Luis Calderon Sarah Eilts ... November 18,2012 Zach Hartman ... Waiter Jessy Hughes ... Bar Tender Stephen C. Lewis ... Bernard Heady Pardew ... Hot Texas Woman Brian Stapf ... PIO Seargent Tre Styles ... John Joseph Uzzell ... Upscale Diner Produced by Mick Aniceto   Anthony Hemingway   Joe Incaprera   Jessica Levin   Nina K. Noble   Eric Ellis Overmyer   George Pelecanos   Laura A. Schweigman   David Simon   Carolyn Strauss   Karen L. Thorson

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