S01E12 · SCENE 2/35 · 03:51
Cleaning Up · Low-rise projects
Stringer's Cleanup

Stringer collects pagers from his crew

03:51→04:06
in the episode · 0m 15s · S01E12

What happens

03:51–04:06

Stringer visits the low-rise projects and collects pagers from his crew. He gives mobile phones to Bodie and D'Angelo and instructs them to use the phones to organize meetings, but to conduct business talks face to face. Stringer is trying to clean up the crew's communication to avoid police surveillance.

WhereLow-rise projects
DriverStringer
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadBarksdale Investigation

Key lines

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03:56

Damn, we gonna tap out by noon.

04:00

Poot! What we got over there?

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
scheme0.8
tense0.6
menacing0.4
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Beats

04:23Stringer collects pagers

Scene in the episode

03:51–04:06
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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The Wire, Cleaning Up · Silver Haze

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D'Angelo BarksdaleLarry Gilliard, Jr.27 episodes · drives 18 scenes

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