S01E12 · SCENE 3/35 · 04:06
Cleaning Up · Detail office
Stringer's Instructions

Stringer gives phones and instructions

04:06→05:49
in the episode · 1m 43s · S01E12

What happens

04:06–05:49

Stringer gives mobile phones to Bodie and D'Angelo and instructs them to use the phones to set up meetings, but to talk face to face. He tells them to learn the numbers and throw away the paper. He also tells them that pagers and pay phones are dead.

WhereDetail office
DriverStringer
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadBarksdale Investigation

Key lines

from this scene
04:23

l need your pagers. All of y'all, the whole crew.

05:13

How l'm gonna reach y'all?

05:30

-All right? -Yeah.

05:43

Why the fuck you think we changing up?

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
investigation0.8
tender0.6
tense0.4
introduction

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06:11Shardene's new look

Scene in the episode

04:06–05:49
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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