S02E04 · SCENE 14/24 · 24:36
Hard Cases · Rawls' office
Rawls scolds detectives

Colonel Rawls criticizes Bunk and Freamon for not holding the ship and threatens scapegoating.

24:36→26:58
in the episode · 2m 22s · S02E04

What happens

24:36–26:58

Bunk and Freamon meet with Colonel Rawls to discuss the case. Rawls criticizes them for not holding the ship and says they need to understand cargo movement. He threatens to make them scapegoats if the case fails.

WhereRawls' office
DriverWilliam Rawls
Positionact2 · complication
ThreadPort Investigation

Key lines

from this scene
24:56

How to do dirt. And how to hide when you're doing dirt.

25:36

Thirteen homicides, 1 4, if we connect the floater, and all of them red.

25:43

lf this case doesn't fall, we're all gonna be stepping on our dicks trying to explain what happened.

25:59

l got one to throw.

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Scene DNA

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Beats

24:37Rawls threatens scapegoats

Scene in the episode

24:36–26:58
A · Port Investigation
B · Sobotka Detail
C · Omar Search
D · Prison Deal

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Lester FreamonClarke Peters59 episodes · drives 80 scenes
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William RawlsJohn Doman60 episodes · drives 15 scenes

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