McNulty Tries Brothel Client Act · Stray Rounds

S02E09 · SCENE 16/38 · 17:24

McNulty Tries Brothel Client Act

McNulty poses as a traveling salesman at the brothel and the woman refuses him.

17:24→18:29

in the episode · 1m 05s · S02E09

What happens

17:24–18:29

McNulty chats with a woman and claims to be a traveling salesman. She refuses to help and sends him away. He complains to the undercover team about his poor performance.

WhereBrothel

DriverMcNulty

Positionact1 · setup

ThreadBarksdale crew corner war

Key lines

from this scene

17:25
Tilt. l like that.

17:49
No, l'm a traveling salesman. l travel and, you know -Where do you live? -l'm not gonna tell you that.

18:14
l mean, Christ, l'm just a guy looking to get laid, right?

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1

impersonation0.7

awkward0.7

investigation0.4

humiliating0.4

phone call

Beats

18:00I don't think we can help

Scene in the episode

17:24–18:29

A · Sobotka smuggling investigation

B · Barksdale crew corner war

2 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 29 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40

C · Brothel sting and Glekas probe

25 27 28 34

setup → scene 20

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