S02E02 · SCENE 1/23 · 00:08
Collateral Damage · Port Authority Cargo Container
Dead Girls in Container

Beadie Russell navigates jurisdictional disputes over 13 dead women found in a cargo container.

00:08→04:17
in the episode · 4m 09s · S02E02

What happens

00:08–04:17

Officer Beadie Russell deals with various agencies arguing over responsibility for the deaths. Coroner Frazier establishes suffocation from a crushed air pipe, deemed accidental. The case is handed back to Beadie as accidental deaths.

WherePort Authority Cargo Container
DriverBeadie Russell
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadJane Doe Investigation

Key lines

from this scene
00:29

But that's his call, right?

01:13

Who's the investigating agency?

01:50

All you've got right here, Officer Russell, is a lot of paperwork.

01:57

And then there was one.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
investigation0.8
tense0.7
misunderstanding0.3
deadpan0.3
argument

Beats

00:49Beadie says it's her first death investigation
01:57Agencies leave Beadie alone with the case

Scene in the episode

00:08–04:17
A · Jane Doe Investigation
B · Sobotka Union Troubles
C · Barksdale Prison Politics
D · McNulty Personal Fallout

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Randall FrazierErik Todd Dellums7 episodes

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