S02E09 · SCENE 3/38 · 05:27
Stray Rounds · Police surveillance room
Surveillance Team Frustrated by Silence

The detail reports zero activity at the warehouse and debates why the smugglers have gone quiet.

05:27→06:56
in the episode · 1m 29s · S02E09

What happens

05:27–06:56

The team realizes the suspects have changed their procedure and may have spotted them. They agree to wait them out while seeking a new phone number. Freamon's team is assigned to monitoring wiretaps.

WherePolice surveillance room
DriverDaniels
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadSobotka smuggling investigation

Key lines

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06:01

To top it off, Sobotka hasn't used his cell phone since.

06:16

They dumped that can as a misdelivery.

06:19

-What? -They probably changed that up, too.

06:49

l, for one, am a patient motherfucker.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
investigation0.8
tense0.6
deadpan0.4
avoidance0.3
argument

Beats

05:36Squad realizes the trucks stopped

Scene in the episode

05:27–06:56
A · Sobotka smuggling investigation
C · Brothel sting and Glekas probe

Clips from this episode

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The Wire - Nickolas Andrew "Nicky" Sobotka Story 45 - Meeting with White Mike · D23
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Shots of The Wire: Season 2 Episode 9 'Stray Rounds' · EdoC
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