S02E01 · SCENE 7/26 · 15:41
Ebb Tide · Police evidence storage basement
Bunk searches for evidence in basement

Bunk goes to the evidence room to retrieve evidence for the Gant trial but finds it missing.

15:41→17:26
in the episode · 1m 45s · S02E01

What happens

15:41–17:26

Bunk goes to the storage basement to retrieve evidence for the Bird trial. He meets Lieutenant Daniels, now in charge of the evidence room. Bunk is dismayed to learn his evidence has been lost because the submission slip references a non-existent shelf. Daniels insists the entire basement be searched.

WherePolice evidence storage basement
DriverBunk Moreland
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadDock union politics

Key lines

from this scene
15:43

Case goes to trial in a month. Got to start prepping it this week.

16:59

-Fuck me. -...that's of an entirely different breed Fuck.

17:17

But it is a sort of a warning system.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
investigation0.8
tense0.8
angry0.6
obsession0.5

Beats

16:15Bunk says he was pulling evidence on the Gant case
16:33Bunk finds the submission slip references a non-existent shelf

Scene in the episode

15:41–17:26
A · McNulty's investigation
C · Police department dynamics
D · Drug trade aftermath

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Cedric DanielsLance Reddick60 episodes · drives 36 scenes

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