S02E10 · SCENE 25/28 · 46:56
Storm Warnings · Sobotka detail office
Valchek confronts Daniels and punches Prez

Valchek berates Daniels and orders Prez to leave, leading to Prez punching him.

46:56→52:16
in the episode · 5m 20s · S02E10

What happens

46:56–52:16

Valchek arrives at the detail office and angrily confronts Daniels for failing to build a case on Sobotka. He orders Prez to leave the detail. When Prez refuses and Valchek insults him, Prez punches Valchek. Prez then hands Daniels his gun and walks into the office.

WhereSobotka detail office
DriverMajor Valchek
Positionact3 · reveal
ThreadSobotka Detail Investigation

Key lines

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47:00

What's his face Sobotka from the drug corner?

49:24

There must be Verizon, MCl, AT&T, Sprint Shit, tin cans and a string. You got dozens of them.

50:34

Yo, Bodie, if Stringer want the Eastside up in here then why Barksdale got a man running them off?

51:25

We got everything on the phone that was text messaging from those coordinates at 04:45 p.m. today.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
investigation0.9
deadpan0.7
tense0.3
scheme0.1
rapid back and forth

Beats

48:12McNulty discusses tracing text messages with GPS.

Scene in the episode

46:56–52:16
A · Sobotka Detail Investigation
B · Ziggy's Violent Fallout
C · Barksdale Crew Turf War
D · Omar and Stringer Parley

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