S02E09 · SCENE 11/38 · 12:42
Stray Rounds · Police van
Colvin Questions Strike Operation

In the van, a detainee calls the arrests pointless and Mello asks what the strike is really for.

12:42→13:34
in the episode · 0m 52s · S02E09
Colvin Questions Strike Operation

What happens

12:42–13:34

Mello complains that the department waited too long to clamp down. Colvin pushes back, asking what they think they are accomplishing. The men exchange a tense but flat dialogue.

WherePolice van
DriverColvin
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadBarksdale crew corner war

Key lines

from this scene
12:51

This is bullshit, man. You know l ain't did nothing, man.

12:58

Everybody gets the special downtown at central booking: one baloney sandwich and one white milk.

13:30

What exactly is it that we're doing?

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
petty grievance0.5
tense0.4
deadpan0.4
rivalry0.3
argument

Beats

13:30What exactly are we doing?

Scene in the episode

12:42–13:34
A · Sobotka smuggling investigation
C · Brothel sting and Glekas probe

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