Wiretap Exhaustion and Ziggy's Fight · Duck and Cover

S02E08 · SCENE 7/22 · 10:23

Wiretap Exhaustion and Ziggy's Fight

Pearlman asks about exhaustion for wiretaps, and the scene cuts to Ziggy fighting Maui.

10:23→10:45

in the episode · 0m 22s · S02E08

What happens

10:23–10:45

Pearlman asks about informants and surveillance exhaustion. The scene then shows Ziggy being goaded into fighting Maui, getting bested, and calling out 'bad advice' to the other stevedores.

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DriverRhonda Pearlman

Positionescalation · investigation

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Key lines

from this scene

10:27
Any of you fucks try to help him down, you'll be up there with him.

10:31
Bad advice! You motherfuckers gave me bad advice!

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Beats

08:40Pearlman discusses the vice aspect

Scene in the episode

10:23–10:45

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