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

What happens
12:42–13:34Mello 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.
Key lines
from this scene12:51This is bullshit, man. You know l ain't did nothing, man.
12:58Everybody gets the special downtown at central booking: one baloney sandwich and one white milk.
13:30What exactly is it that we're doing?
Scene DNA
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Beats
13:30What exactly are we doing?
Scene in the episode
12:42–13:34A · Sobotka smuggling investigation
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