Detectives Stake Out Brothel Raid · Stray Rounds

S02E09 · SCENE 40/38 · 38:36

Detectives Stake Out Brothel Raid

McNulty and Freamon prepare for the sting and identify the murder victim.

38:36→56:54

in the episode · 18m 18s · S02E09

What happens

38:36–56:54

McNulty says the wire will be in a purse. Freamon asks the VICAP database about a headless man with missing hands. He plans the raid in detail.

WhereBrothel

DriverMcNulty

Positionact2 · setup

ThreadBarksdale crew corner war

Key lines

from this scene

40:42
What kind of stevedore drinks champagne?

43:17
Tonight, l'm just a dumb white boy from Locust Point.

46:32
Maybe, we could talk about this first?

53:04
We did the raid just to tickle the wire, remember?

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1

investigation0.6

tense0.5

impersonation0.4

Beats

39:07A man's purse

Scene in the episode

38:36–56:54

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

payoff → scene 25

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