S03E01 · SCENE 4/29 · 10:28
Time After Time · Barksdale meeting room
Barksdale crew meeting

Stringer Bell lectures his crew on focusing on product over territory.

10:28→15:20
in the episode · 4m 52s · S03E01

What happens

10:28–15:20

Stringer Bell leads a meeting with his crew, arguing that product quality is more important than territory. Slim Charles and others debate the strategy. Stringer asserts they must think like businessmen, not gangsters.

WhereBarksdale meeting room
DriverStringer Bell
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadMajor Crimes Unit

Key lines

from this scene
10:44

Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man?

11:43

'Cause you do not get to win, shitbird. We do!

14:45

This nigga too ignorant to have the fucking floor.

14:59

Not some niggas off the fucking corner. You heard me?

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
tense0.7
negotiation0.5
scheme0.5
angry0.3
argument

Beats

14:29Stringer talks about businessmen

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10:28–15:20
B · Western District

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