Columns: No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code
78 | 1 | " Blood Ties (Part 1)" | Alan Taylor | Anya Epstein | October17,1997 | 601 | 79 | 2 | " Blood Ties (Part 2)" | Nick Gomez | David Simon | October24,1997 | 602 | 80 | 3 | " Blood Ties (Part 3)" | Mark Pellington | David Simon & Anya Epstein | October31,1997 | 603 | 81 | 4 | " Subway " | Gary Fleder | James Yoshimura | December5,1997 | 604 | 82 | 5 | "Baby, It's You" | Ed Sherin | Jorge Zamacona | November14,1997 | 605 | 83 | 6 | "Birthday" | Alison Maclean | Julie Martin | November7,1997 | 606 | 84 | 7 | "Saigon Rose" | Nick Gomez | Eric Overmeyer | November21,1997 | 607 | 85 | 8 | "All Is Bright" | Matt Reeves | Rafael Alvarez | December12,1997 | 608 | 86 | 9 | "Closet Cases" | Leslie Libman & Larry Williams | Christopher Kyle | January2,1998 | 609 | 87 | 10 | "Sins of the Father" | Mary Harron | Darryl LeMont Wharton | January9,1998 | 610 | 88 | 11 | "Shaggy Dog, City Goat" | Kyle Secor | Eric Overmeyer | January16,1998 | 611 | 89 | 12 | "Something Sacred (Part 1)" | Uli Edel | Anya Epstein | January30,1998 | 612 | 90 | 13 | "Something Sacred (Part 2)" | Uli Edel | David Simon | January30,1998 | 613 | 91 | 14 | "Lies and Other Truths" | Nick Gomez | Noel Behn | March6,1998 | 614 | 92 | 15 | "Pit Bull Sessions" | Barbara Kopple | Sean Whitesell | March13,1998 | 615 | 93 | 16 | "Mercy" | Alan Taylor | Eric Overmeyer | March20,1998 | 616 | 94 | 17 | "Abduction" | Kenneth Fink | Julie Martin | March27,1998 | 617 | 95 | 18 | "Full Court Press" | Clark Johnson | Phillip B. Epstein | April3,1998 | 618 | 96 | 19 | "Strangled, Not Stirred" | Jay Tobias | Linda McGibney | April10,1998 | 619 | 97 | 20 | "Secrets" | Ed Bianchi | Yaphet Kotto | April17,1998 | 620 | 98 | 21 | " Finnegan's Wake " | Steve Buscemi | David Mills | April24,1998 | 621 | 99 | 22 | " Fallen Heroes (Part 1)" | Kathryn Bigelow | Lois Johnson | May1,1998 | 622