S02E09 · SCENE 2/38 · 00:57
Stray Rounds · Apartment and alley
Schoolboy Dodges Corner Gunfight

A mother gets her son ready for school as a gunfight erupts in the alley outside.

00:57→05:27
in the episode · 4m 30s · S02E09
Schoolboy Dodges Corner Gunfight

What happens

00:57–05:27

The mother lays out clothes and tells her son to get his gear. Gunfire breaks out in the alley and they dive for cover. When it ends, she urges him to get his bag and head to school.

WhereApartment and alley
DriverMother
Positioncold_open · setup
ThreadBarksdale crew corner war

Key lines

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01:08

You got your chrome, young one?

02:10

-Why you running? -What the fuck?

02:59

You gotta get your bags and get yourself to school.

03:23

l told you, you gotta get ready....

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
violence0.8
tense0.8
sad0.4

Beats

02:10Shooters run past, the boy freezes

Scene in the episode

00:57–05:27
A · Sobotka smuggling investigation
C · Brothel sting and Glekas probe

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