S01E07 · SCENE 22/23 · 37:41
One Arrest · Office
Avon worries about police

Avon worries the police should have connected Stinkum through the truck's plate number.

37:41→39:09
in the episode · 1m 28s · S01E07

What happens

37:41–39:09

Avon questions why the police didn't arrest Stinkum. He worries they should have connected him through the truck's plate number already, suggesting something is up.

WhereOffice
DriverAvon Barksdale
Positionact2 · complication
ThreadBarksdale detail investigation

Key lines

from this scene
38:14

Until this shit is straight, the Pit is dead.

38:47

-No. -What the fuck?

38:55

They don't even get the plate?

39:03

Something is definitely up.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
investigation1.0
tense1.0
rapid back and forth

Beats

38:51Avon asks why they didn't get the plate.

Scene in the episode

37:41–39:09
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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