S02E04 · SCENE 5/24 · 10:20
Hard Cases · Prison yard
Prisoners discuss tainted dope

Inmates discuss the strychnine-laced heroin that killed several prisoners.

10:20→11:37
in the episode · 1m 17s · S02E04

What happens

10:20–11:37

Inmates in the prison yard discuss the overdose deaths. They speculate that the heroin was laced with rat poison and that the person who loaded it didn't know what they were doing.

WherePrison yard
DriverAvon Barksdale
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadPort Investigation

Key lines

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10:33

They tossing shit Tae had in his cell, man.

10:42

My boy down the infirmary say the shit was more rat poison than it was dope.

11:16

Jane Doe, number five.

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Beats

10:21Inmates discuss tainted heroin

Scene in the episode

10:20–11:37
A · Port Investigation
B · Sobotka Detail
C · Omar Search
D · Prison Deal

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