S02E02 · SCENE 4/23 · 08:57
Collateral Damage · Marine Unit Boat
McNulty and Bunk Eat Crabs

McNulty and Bunk eat crabs while discussing McNulty's scheme to dump a case on Rawls.

08:57→10:55
in the episode · 1m 58s · S02E02

What happens

08:57–10:55

Bunk and McNulty enjoy crabs on the boat. Bunk learns McNulty spent three hours calculating tides to dump a floater on Rawls' jurisdiction. Bunk chastises him for burdening Detective Cole. McNulty dismisses it as collateral damage.

WhereMarine Unit Boat
DriverJimmy McNulty
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadJane Doe Investigation

Key lines

from this scene
09:08

Except maybe the occasional emergency room nurse every now and again.

09:54

Are you gonna waste that crab gut?

09:59

You're a pussy, besides, Jimmy.

10:46

-You want love, you come and sit on my lap. -Shit.

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Scene DNA

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scheme0.8
cheerful0.6
deadpan0.4
avoidance0.2
rapid back and forth

Beats

09:32Bunk asks how long McNulty worked on tide tables
09:49McNulty calls Cole's troubles collateral damage

Scene in the episode

08:57–10:55
A · Jane Doe Investigation
B · Sobotka Union Troubles
C · Barksdale Prison Politics
D · McNulty Personal Fallout

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