S01E12 · SCENE 29/35 · 34:05
Cleaning Up · the pit
Confrontation

Bodie confronts Wallace

34:05→38:20
in the episode · 4m 15s · S01E12

What happens

34:05–38:20

Bodie and others confront Wallace, who has returned. They tease him and call him a weak-ass nigger. Wallace is humiliated and tries to stand up for himself.

Wherethe pit
DriverBodie
Positionact3 · payoff
ThreadBarksdale Investigation

Key lines

from this scene
34:59

Check this, Poot. Little Man left his player and shit.

35:46

-Stand up straight! -That's us, man.

37:04

You run into him, you call me.

38:11

Just say there's been an animal hurt inside the house and then you hang up.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
tense0.9
humiliation0.7
violence0.2
menacing0.1
argumentrapid back and forth

Beats

35:18Bodie teases Wallace

Scene in the episode

34:05–38:20
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
The Wire - Avon and Stringer Change Up · Brandan Hicks
The Wire - Where's Wallace? · Brissles
The Wire - Lt. Daniels meets Clay Davis · yellowfolder
The Wire, Cleaning Up · Silver Haze

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