S02E01 · SCENE 12/26 · 24:53
Ebb Tide · Parking garage or street
Stringer questions associates about deal

Stringer Bell questions two associates about a failed drug transaction, checking the mileage to see if they followed directions.

24:53→26:28
in the episode · 1m 35s · S02E01

What happens

24:53–26:28

Stringer Bell interrogates two associates about a failed transaction. He checks the mileage and notes they are three-tenths of a mile long, suggesting a detour. One associate insists he followed directions. Stringer remains suspicious.

WhereParking garage or street
DriverStringer Bell
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadDock union politics

Key lines

from this scene
24:56

How about the mileage?

25:41

-Yeah. -Let me see.

26:02

String, l did everything like l should, man. l swear.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
interrogation0.8
menacing0.8
tense0.7
investigation0.6
interrogation

Beats

25:08Stringer asks about the time and mileage
25:55Stringer notes they are three-tenths of a mile long

Scene in the episode

24:53–26:28
A · McNulty's investigation
C · Police department dynamics
D · Drug trade aftermath

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