S02E01 · SCENE 14/26 · 27:27
Ebb Tide · Bar
Stevedores drink and Ziggy exposes himself

Older stevedores reminisce about the past while Ziggy mocks them and exposes himself in the bar.

27:27→31:30
in the episode · 4m 03s · S02E01

What happens

27:27–31:30

At a bar, older stevedores including Moonshot, Chess, and Little Big Roy riotously discuss days gone by, talking about wooden shovels and grain ships. Ziggy organizes younger stevedores to mock them. Ziggy becomes the center of attention, standing on a table and exposing his genitals.

WhereBar
DriverZiggy Sobotka
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadDock union politics

Key lines

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29:02

Shit, they don't even push one of them no more.

29:36

Let me show you old gents some bulk cargo that none of you could ever handle.

29:46

Pretty boy is on the town tonight.

29:53

Fucking Ziggy, man.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
humiliation0.8
chaotic0.8
social rule violation0.7
absurd0.7
monologue

Beats

27:40Little Big Roy talks about wooden shovels
29:32Ziggy takes out his dick in the bar

Scene in the episode

27:27–31:30
A · McNulty's investigation
C · Police department dynamics
D · Drug trade aftermath

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ChessJ. Valenteen Gregg4 episodes
BR
Big RoyDoug Lory4 episodes

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