Part One

"**Part One**" of *We Own This City* aired on HBO on Monday April 25th 2022. The episode was written by David Simon and George Pelecanos and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. It was followed by "Part Two" on Monday May 2nd, 2022.

## Plot

### Summary

Sgt. Wayne Jenkins gives a lecture to cadets, while investigators Erika Jensen and John Sieracki question Momodu Gondo about his connection to a known drug dealer. Attorney Nicole Steele looks into complaints against notorious cop Daniel Hersl. Then, after an overdose death in Hartford County, David McDougall tracks the source of the drugs to Baltimore.

## Credits

### Opening Credits

#### Starring Cast

* Jon Bernthal as Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, Gun Trace Taskforce
* Wunmi Mosaku as Nicole Steele, Department of Justice Civil Rights Attorney
* Jamie Hector as Detective Sean M. Suiter, Homicide
* Josh Charles as Officer Daniel Hersl, Eastern District
* McKinley Belcher III as Detective Momodu Gondo, Gun Trace Taskforce
* Darrell Britt-Gibson as Detective Jemell Rayam, Gun Trace Taskforce
* Rob Brown as Detective Maurice Ward, Gun Trace Taskforce
* David Corenswet as Detective David McDougall, Harford County Narcotics
* Dagmara Dominczyk as Special Agent Erika Jensen, Federal Taskforce
* Don Harvey as Sergeant John Sieracki, Federal Taskforce
* Larry Mitchell as Detective Scott Kilpatrick, Baltimore County Narcotics

#### Crew

* Alexa L. Fogel, CSA - Casting Director
* Valerie De Felice - Production Designer
* Joshua Raymond Lee - Editor
* Yaron Orbach - Director of Photography
* Heather Levenstone - Line Producer
* Reena Rexrode - Producer
* William F. Zorzi - Co-Executive Producer
* Ed Burns - Executive Producer
* Kary Antholis - Executive Producer
* Reinaldo Marcus Green - Executive Producer
* Nina K. Noble - Executive Producer
* George Pelecanos & David Simon - Developers
* Justin Fenton - Based on the book by
* George Pelecanos & David Simon - Teleplay
* Reinaldo Marcus Green - Director

### Closing Credits

#### Supporting Cast

* Gabrielle Carteris as Assistant US Attorney Andrea Smith, Federal Prosecutor
* Ian Duff as Ahmed Jackson, attorney new to Department of Justice Civil Rights team
* Tray Chaney as Detective Gordon Hawk, Harford County Narcotics
* Delaney Williams as Commissioner Kevin Davis, Baltimore Police Department
* Ham Mukasa as Detective Evodio Hendrix, Gun Trace Taskforce
* Robert Harley as Detective Marcus Taylor, Gun Trace Taskforce
* Curt Morlaye as Antonio "Brill" Shropshire, drug distributor
* Celeste Oliva as Lieutenant Marjorie German, Jenkins' supervisor
* Chris Clanton as Officer Brian Hairston, Eastern District
* Bobby J. Brown as Sergeant Thomas Allers, former Gun Trace Taskforce supervisor
* Susan Rome as Mayor Rawlings-Blake's aide
* Ken Arnold as Charlie Gibson, DoJ Patterns and Practices Team Supervisor
* Anwan Glover as David Baker, man stopped by Hersl
* Joe Medina as Mayor's staff member
* Victor Dobro as Detective John Clewell, former Gun Trace Taskforce member
* Sylvester Kirk as Glyn Kyle Wells, Brill's enforcer
* Chris Anderson as Deputy Commissioner Dean "DC" Palmere, Baltimore Police Department
* James Lewis as Judge Franklin Moore, Steele's contact
* Paige Carter as Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
* Jesse Milliner as Ed Zoller, Bereaved Drug Addict
* Dwayne Alistair Thomas as Kevin Haughton, Steele's contact at the Public Defender's Office
* Terri O'Neill as Linda Nelson, IAD
* Dave Johnson as Brad Rosenthal, DOJ Attorney introducing Ahmed
* Donnell Johnson as Hersl beatdown victim
* Lorenzo D. Mathis as Driver, Gondo's stop
* Maurice Philogene as R. Robinson, Central District Commander
* Marcellus Shepard as SAC Gordon Johnson
* Nick Scalise as Plain Clothes Officer #1 at Jenkins's stash house raid
* Levar Lewis Jr. as Man #1, Jenkins' stash house raid and Hersl brutality complaint photo
* Scott Kilpatrick as a Baltimore County Detective
* Dawn A. Douglas as Woman, Jenkins' stash house raid
* David McDougall as Steve, BPD Patrol Officer greeting Jenkins outside the IAD offices
* Chris Toland as a Officer D. Moons, BPD Patrolman "Police yourselves"
* Louis E. Davis as Filming Man #1, Steele's video incident
* Brandon Bolt as Man successfully resisting arrest, Steele's video incident
* Dominic Jackson as Filming Man #2, Steele's video incident
* Daniel Martin as County SWAT Team Commander
* Lyon Beckwith as Officer J. Booth, BPD patrolman at Steele's video incident
* Andres Severino as FBI Tactical Team #1
* Mark M. Neptune as FBI Tactical Team #2
* Steven Jamal Williams as FBI Tactical Team #3

#### Crew

* George Pelecanos - Executive Producer
* David Simon - Executive Producer
* Robbie Smith - Stunt Coordinator
* Heather Levenstone - Unit Production Manager
* Nina K. Noble - Unit Production Manager
* Maggie Murphy - First AD
* Lisa Mall - Key Second AD
* Dona Adrian Gibson - Costume Designer
* Mara Goodman - Associate Producer
* John Mabry - Producer
* Karen Thorson - Consulting Producer
* Blake Leyh - Music Supervisor
* Kris Bowers - Music
* Nick Pelecanos - Second Second AD
* Jason Booth - Second Second AD
* Matt O'Shea - Second Second AD
* Narielys Marquez Carrasquullo - Script Supervisor
* Matthew Lewis - Script Coordinator
* Justin Fenton - Consultant
* Sgt. Bill Janu - Tech Advisor
* Det. Andres Severino - Tech Advisor
* Pat Moran - Baltimore Casting

## Uncredited Appearances

* Melvin T. Russell as Anthony "Black" Anderson, drug dealer
* Shalet Monique Jefferson as Te'Ana, Anderson's girlfriend
* Sam Lukowski as Plain Clothes Officer #2 at Collington Square