S01E07 · SCENE 2/23 · 04:08
One Arrest · Major Rawls' office
Rawls pressures Santangelo

Rawls gives Santangelo an ultimatum to solve a case or inform on McNulty.

04:08→05:24
in the episode · 1m 16s · S01E07

What happens

04:08–05:24

Major Rawls pressures Detective Santangelo about his low clearance rate. He gives Santangelo a choice: solve one of his open murders by day's end or bring him information on McNulty.

WhereMajor Rawls' office
DriverWilliam Rawls
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadMcNulty and Santangelo pressure

Key lines

from this scene
04:17

l'm sitting here, watching case after case stack up, right?

04:52

lt's not my job to fuck another cop.

05:15

or bring me McNulty, there's no third choice.

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Scene DNA

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Beats

04:52Rawls tells Santangelo to bring him something on McNulty.

Scene in the episode

04:08–05:24
A · Barksdale detail investigation
B · McNulty and Santangelo pressure
C · Street crew and recovery

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Stinkum Loses the Package | The Wire: S01E07 - "One Arrest" · Merchants of Misery

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William RawlsJohn Doman60 episodes · drives 15 scenes
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Michael SantangeloMichael Salconi25 episodes · drives 24 scenes

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