S03E04 · SCENE 9/32 · 16:00
Hamsterdam · Landscaping job site
Cutty works landscaping

Cutty works a landscaping job and learns about the hard life of straight work.

16:00→17:31
in the episode · 1m 31s · S03E04

What happens

16:00–17:31

Cutty works landscaping with other parolees. The supervisor, an ex-convict, tells him that every day is hard work for little reward. Cutty reflects on his past life driving an SL.

WhereLandscaping job site
DriverCutty
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadPolice Investigation

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16:27

Sometimes it comes back on me, sometimes it works out fine.

16:32

-For how long you been uptown? -10 years.

16:48

And your back's gonna be yelling at you every day.

17:13

Prime that bitch three times. She'll start right up.

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Beats

16:01Supervisor shows Cutty how to prime the mower
17:05Supervisor says straight life has no big reward

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16:00–17:31
A · Politics and Ambition
C · Western District Reform
D · Barksdale Organization

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