S03E01 · SCENE 2/29 · 05:28
Time After Time · Vacant building and detail office
Surveillance on Cheese

McNulty and Sydnor observe Cheese from a vacant building while the wiretap team listens in.

05:28→07:19
in the episode · 1m 51s · S03E01

What happens

05:28–07:19

McNulty and Sydnor watch Cheese from a vacant building. At the detail office, Freamon, Prez, and Massey monitor a wiretap. A dealer calls to arrange a meeting with Cheese about a bet, and Massey interprets the slang. Sydnor notes Cheese avoids phones.

WhereVacant building and detail office
DriverJimmy McNulty
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadMajor Crimes Unit

Key lines

from this scene
05:49

lt's Cheese? Can you see him?

06:31

Settle up and put another bet.

06:42

Girl, you do have an ear.

07:00

-Same thing I told him. -All right.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
investigation0.8
tense0.6
deadpan0.4
eavesdropping0.2
phone call

Beats

06:31Massey interprets slang on wiretap

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05:28–07:19
B · Western District

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Jimmy McNulty38 episodes · drives 119 scenes
LS
Leander SydnorCorey Parker Robinson45 episodes
LF
Lester FreamonClarke Peters59 episodes · drives 80 scenes
RP
Roland PryzbylewskiJim True-Frost52 episodes · drives 24 scenes
CM
Caroline MasseyJoilet F. Harris13 episodes

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