S01E07 · SCENE 4/23 · 07:29
One Arrest · Judge Phelan's chambers
Meeting with Judge Phelan

McNulty and Pearlman meet Judge Phelan, who flirts with Pearlman and belittles McNulty.

07:29→08:55
in the episode · 1m 26s · S01E07

What happens

07:29–08:55

McNulty and ASA Pearlman meet with Judge Phelan. Phelan corrects McNulty's grammar, flirts with Pearlman, and signs a 30-day extension for the wiretaps. He questions McNulty's trust after the newspaper story.

WhereJudge Phelan's chambers
DriverJimmy McNulty
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadMcNulty and Santangelo pressure

Key lines

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07:30

-Anything else you need? -What, from you?

08:03

Another 10 years of this nonsense, and l see you wearing the robes of the District Court for Baltimore City.

08:11

That or a straitjacket.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
humiliation1.0
seduction1.0
awkward1.0
tense1.0
argument

Beats

07:11Phelan says 'Rhonda is smarter than Jimmy.'

Scene in the episode

07:29–08:55
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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Jimmy McNulty38 episodes · drives 119 scenes
RP
Rhonda PearlmanDeirdre Lovejoy60 episodes · drives 8 scenes

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