S01E03 · SCENE 1/24 · 00:07
The Buys · The Pit
Drug Dealers Debate Violence

D'Angelo, Bodie, Poot, and Wallace debate the ethics of violence in the drug trade.

00:07→03:56
in the episode · 3m 49s · S01E03
Drug Dealers Debate Violence

What happens

00:07–03:56

D'Angelo encourages his young dealers to treat addicts with more respect, while Bodie and Wallace argue about the necessity of violence. Bubbles places a red wide-brim hat on each of them as McNulty and Greggs take surveillance photos.

WhereThe Pit
DriverD'Angelo
Positionsetup
ThreadDrug Trade Ethics and Power Dynamics

Key lines

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00:23

Get the fuck out of here, man. Damn.

00:57

Why not? Why can't you?

01:45

A little bag of styles, man, a little bag of styles for you.

01:56

$5 make you a gallant motherfucker, right there, boy.

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Beats

00:08D'Angelo encourages respect for addicts

Scene in the episode

00:07–03:56
A · Drug Trade Ethics and Power Dynamics
B · Police Investigation and Corruption
C · Personal Relationships and Conflicts

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