S03E01 · SCENE 28/29 · 50:56
Time After Time · Western District precinct
Mello warns about beer cans

Lieutenant Mello tells officers to stop throwing beer cans on the precinct roof.

50:56→51:30
in the episode · 0m 34s · S03E01

What happens

50:56–51:30

Lieutenant Mello holds a shift meeting and tells officers to stop throwing beer cans on the precinct roof, as media helicopters have spotted them. He ends with his catchphrase 'don't get captured.'

WhereWestern District precinct
DriverLieutenant Mello
Positionact2 · setup
ThreadMajor Crimes Unit

Key lines

from this scene
51:11

And if you do find yourself holding a beer can don't throw it on the roof, take it home with you.

51:17

Come on, guys, the memo came down from our beloved Deputy of Operations.

51:25

Don't get captured.

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deadpan0.7
social rule violation0.6
humiliation0.4
absurd0.3
monologue

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51:17Mello warns about beer cans

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50:56–51:30
B · Western District

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