S01E12 · SCENE 1/35 · 00:14
Cleaning Up · Hospital
McNulty's Guilt

McNulty feels guilty about Kima's shooting

00:14→03:51
in the episode · 3m 37s · S01E12

What happens

00:14–03:51

McNulty visits Kima in the hospital and talks to Daniels about his guilt. Daniels tells him to focus on the case and find Kima's shooters. McNulty confesses that the case doesn't mean anything to him, but Daniels says it means something to Kima. Daniels motivates McNulty to continue the investigation.

WhereHospital
DriverDaniels
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadBarksdale Investigation

Key lines

from this scene
00:40

Now you're just gonna, what, call off your little crusade?

00:54

Just put Jimmy McNulty up on your shoulders march him around the room, break out the keg.

01:10

You think we all didn't know?

02:01

it means something. Now.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
tense0.6
sad0.4
investigation0.2
argument

Beats

00:40McNulty's confession

Scene in the episode

00:14–03:51
B · Wallace's Return
C · Police Politics
D · Wiretap Surveillance
E · Campaign Finance Probe
F · Barksdale Cleanup
G · Investigation Continues
H · Wallace in Danger
I · Wallace's Whereabouts
J · Police Surveillance
K · Wallace's Fate

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The Wire - S1E12 - Cleaning Up | The Pager to Phone Shift · Culture Screen
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