Street talk about Batman and Robin · One Arrest

S01E07 · SCENE 23/23 · 39:09

Street talk about Batman and Robin

Dealers discuss the detectives who arrested the runner, calling them Batman and Robin.

39:09→41:20

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What happens

39:09–41:20

Street dealers discuss the detectives who arrested the runner, calling them Batman and Robin. They joke about the racial dynamics of the nicknames.

WhereThe Pit

DriverBodie Broadus

Positionact2 · complication

ThreadBarksdale detail investigation

Key lines

from this scene

39:10
l got somewhere l gotta be. Cover me with Daniels, will you?

40:04
-Batman's white. -And Robin's black?

40:26
Why don't you sign this for me there, Mr. One-day Man?

40:47
Who the fuck do we know with clean piss?

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Beats

39:44They call the detectives Batman and Robin.

Scene in the episode

39:09–41:20

A · Barksdale detail investigation

1 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 18 19 20 22 23 24

B · McNulty and Santangelo pressure

2 4 13

C · Street crew and recovery

17 21

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