S02E02 · SCENE 11/23 · 21:59
Collateral Damage · Police Office
Valchek Requests Detail

Major Valchek asks a colleague for a police detail to investigate Frank Sobotka.

21:59→23:23
in the episode · 1m 24s · S02E02

What happens

21:59–23:23

Valchek discusses the police commissioner race with a colleague. He then asks for a detail of CID people to investigate Frank Sobotka and the longshoremen. The colleague agrees to six men for six weeks.

WherePolice Office
DriverMajor Valchek
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadSobotka Union Troubles

Key lines

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22:38

And what if anything is there that l can do for you, Maj. Valchek?

23:13

-What's he to you? -To me?

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
scheme0.8
deadpan0.6
tense0.4
rivalry0.2
argument

Beats

22:56Valchek says longshoremen show a lot of money
23:18Valchek says Sobotka is an asshole

Scene in the episode

21:59–23:23
A · Jane Doe Investigation
B · Sobotka Union Troubles
C · Barksdale Prison Politics
D · McNulty Personal Fallout

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