Stringer Bell arrives soon afterwards with a trio of enforcers.

Stringer Bell is called to meet Proposition Joe downtown on a rainy night.

Stringer Bell meets with Shamrock at the funeral home.

Stringer Bell comes to talk to him and refuses to answer the question "where's Wallace?"

Stringer Bell continues his reform of the organization by cooperating with other drug lords, sharing with one another territory, product, and profits.

Stringer Bell meets with Cherry, the manager of his cut house.

And like his most famous character, The Wire's Stringer Bell, he looks good in a suit.

Stringer Bell grabs Brandon and tortures him to death.

Stringer Bell chairs a meeting of high level drug dealers in a hotel conference room.

That Stringer Bell barely stood out in the complex ensemble last season is a tribute to the creators of the program.