S01E07 · SCENE 1/23 · 00:08
One Arrest · Police detail office
Decoding pager messages

The detail deciphers slang to identify a drug resupply.

00:08→04:08
in the episode · 4m 00s · S01E07

What happens

00:08–04:08

Prez shows a gift for translating obscure slang from the wiretap. The team decodes a message indicating a resupply of four G-packs in the low-rise court at noon, with Stinkum as the driver.

WherePolice detail office
DriverHerc
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadBarksdale detail investigation

Key lines

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01:46

Are you sure about all that?

02:04

Turn it upside down.

02:14

-1 2 for the time. -''S'' for Stinkum.

02:28

l don't know, it's kinda fun figuring shit out.

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Scene DNA

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investigation1.0
deadpan1.0
rapid back and forth

Beats

00:47Prez explains 'low man' means low-rise pit.

Scene in the episode

00:08–04:08
A · Barksdale detail investigation
B · McNulty and Santangelo pressure
C · Street crew and recovery

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HBO’s The Wire - Bird’s Arrest (Season 1, Episode 7) · 214tputs
Stinkum Loses the Package | The Wire: S01E07 - "One Arrest" · Merchants of Misery

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Ellis CarverSeth Gilliam59 episodes · drives 6 scenes
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Leander SydnorCorey Parker Robinson45 episodes

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