S02E02 · EP 15
Episode DNA
23 scenes · 4 threadsStory threads over runtime
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23 scenes · our breakdownBeadie Russell navigates jurisdictional disputes over 13 dead women found in a cargo container.
00:08–04:17investigation · misunderstandingFrank Sobotka angrily meets Spiros Vondas about the dead girls on his docks.
04:17–06:59investigation · threatAvon Barksdale discusses drug supply and family obligations with Brianna in prison.
06:59–08:57scheme · negotiationMcNulty and Bunk eat crabs while discussing McNulty's scheme to dump a case on Rawls.
08:57–10:55scheme · avoidanceFrank Sobotka confronts Sergeant Carver about frivolous parking tickets at the union hall.
10:55–14:07petty_grievance · escalationA prison guard tears apart D'Angelo's cell and threatens him.
14:07–14:11humiliation · threatMajor Valchek confronts Frank Sobotka over a church window donation and insults him.
14:11–16:11rivalry · humiliationMcNulty visits the cargo container and discusses the case with Beadie Russell.
16:11–19:39investigation · coincidenceMajor Valchek tells a colleague he suspects Frank Sobotka is involved in dirty dealings.
19:39–21:13scheme · investigationMcNulty and Beadie meet the coroner who agrees the air pipe was deliberately crushed.
21:13–21:59investigationMajor Valchek asks a colleague for a police detail to investigate Frank Sobotka.
21:59–23:23scheme · rivalryCedric Daniels walks with his wife Marla and agrees to hand in his resignation papers.
23:23–24:54breakup · negotiationZiggy Sobotka tries to convince his cousin Nick to invest in a drug package.
24:54–27:09scheme · negotiationRawls fights to avoid taking the 13 murders but is forced to accept them.
27:29–34:58investigation · negotiationZiggy tries to buy drugs from Mikey but is rejected due to past failures.
34:58–35:56humiliation · negotiationStringer Bell meets with Avon Barksdale in prison to discuss a guard problem and D'Angelo.
35:56–37:09scheme · negotiationFreamon, Bunk, and McNulty drink 14 shots at the bar celebrating the Jane Doe cases.
37:09–38:53humiliationFrank Sobotka learns his men were arrested in a police beef with Valchek.
38:53–39:49rivalry · escalationLandsman assigns the Jane Doe cases to Freamon and Bunk, replacing Cole.
39:49–41:08investigation · humiliationRhonda Pearlman confronts McNulty about their relationship and ends it.
41:08–44:05breakup · humiliationFreamon and Bunk meet Beadie Russell at the Port Authority police station.
44:05–45:15investigation · schemeUnion members steal cases of vodka from a container and load them onto a truck.
45:15–49:59schemeFreamon and Bunk interrogate the ship's crew about the dead girls.
49:59–57:07interrogation · violenceSame DNA
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Wikipedia · Wikidata- Aired
- 2003-06-08
- Overall
- #15
- Writers
- David Simon
- Director
- Ed Bianchi
- Viewers
- 3.5M (US)
- Pace
- 97 words/min · 224 questions





