Directed by Adam Davidson   Written by David Simon   Eric Ellis Overmyer   George Pelecanos   Cast Khandi Alexander ... LaDonna Batiste-Williams Rob Brown ... Delmond Lambreaux Kim Dickens ... Janette Desautel India Ennenga ... Sofia Bernette 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 Dr. John ... Self Dan Ziskie ... C.J. Liguori James Ransone ... Nick Mahershala Ali ... Anthony King (as Mahershalalhashbaz Ali) Hong Chau ... Linh John Beasley ... Don Encalade Yolonda Ross ... Dana Lyndsey Darien Sills-Evans ... Darnell Nichols Steve Earle ... Harley Watt Oliver Thomas ... Councilman Thomas Lance E. Nichols ... Larry Williams Spider Stacy ... James 'Slim Jim' Lynch (as Peter 'Spider' Stacy) David Chang ... David Chang John McConnell ... DJ Jeffy Jeff Jeffrey John Carisalez ... Arnie (as Jeffrey Carisalez) Don Bartholomew ... Self Donald Harrison Jr.   Keith Hart ... Darren Lecoeur Tre Styles ... John (as David Kency) Jaron Williams ... Robert Roy Lafargue Jr.   Terry Johnson Jr.   Indigo ... A.D.A. Brigitte Baron Lee Nguyen   Stephen Lewis   Bernard Hocke   Carlos Retana Jr.   Zaria Griffin   Michael Showers ... Captain John Guidry William G. Schilling ... (as William Schilling) Terence Rosemore ... Deputy Chief Marsden Kenneth Brown Jr. ... Officer Fulwood Jake Moran   Wild Wayne   Raion Hill ... (as Raion Y. Hill) Renell Gibbs   Tenaj L. Jackson ... Lynnette Beaulieu (as Tenaj Jackson) Dante Bidwell   Carl Allen ... Self Ron Carter ... Self Ingrid Lucia ... Self Kermit Ruffins ... Self Derrick Freeman ... Self (as Derrick A. Freeman) Altonio Jackson ... Self (as Ace B.) Kirk Joseph   Davis Rogan   Mark Levron   Andre Bohren   Tyrus Chapman   John Fohl   Lance Ellis ... Self Rene Coman   Walter Harris ... Franklin Marlon Jordan   Michael Voelker   Tim Green   Mario Abney ... Self Wanda Rouzan   Herman Jackson   Cornell Williams ... Self Thaddeus Richard ... Self The KIPP Believe Symphonic/Jazz Band ... Themselves Kermit Ruffins and The Barbeque Swingers ... Themselves Joshua Braud ... Josh Lara Grice ... (voice) Brandon Hayes ... Park Goer Kesha Bullard Lewis ... Actor (voice) (as Kesha Bullard) Stephen C. Lewis ... Bernard Lloyd Watts ... (voice) Uncredited Cast Matthew Bonneau ... Coffee Shop Patron Raymond Delaune ... Bar Patron Gregory Allen Gabroy ... Restaurant Patron Anthony A. Kung ... New Orleans Police Officer Elizabeth Rose Young ... Bar Patron Produced by Anthony Hemingway   Joe Incaprera   Jessica Levin   Nina K. Noble   Eric Ellis Overmyer   George Pelecanos   Laura A. Schweigman   David Simon   Carolyn Strauss   Karen L. Thorson   James Yoshimura

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