S03E05 · SCENE 13/42 · 18:33
Straight and True · Police office
McNulty and Partner Discuss Stringer's Role

McNulty and his partner discuss Stringer Bell's new role as the bank, financing packages without touching the street.

18:33→20:48
in the episode · 2m 15s · S03E05

What happens

18:33–20:48

McNulty and his partner talk about Stringer Bell's new role as the bank, financing drug packages while staying insulated from the street. They realize he is hard to catch.

WherePolice office
DriverJimmy McNulty
Positionact1 · reveal
ThreadStringer and Avon

Key lines

from this scene
19:33

-Where we at on this mope? -DNRs on a couple of payphones.

20:18

Thataway l ain't got to be worrying about getting my damn head blown off -'cause you all scared and shit. -Enough.

20:30

Come over here and put some pumpkin balls in this shotgun, man. Kimmy!

20:39

Both of y'all learn to live with it, or y'all out, man.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
investigation0.8
tense0.6
deadpan0.4
scheme0.2
rapid back and forth

Beats

18:57McNulty learns Stringer has become the bank

Scene in the episode

18:33–20:48
A · Bubbles and Johnny
B · Carcetti's political gambit
C · Colvin's tolerant zone

Clips from this episode

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Includes this scene · The Wire - Stringer and McNulty Discuss Business · WireLover2
The Wire - S3E5 - Straight and True · Culture Screen
The Wire - Welcome to the New Day Co-Op · WireLover2
The Wire - Stringer Bell meets Marlo to discuss the co-op. · krazedant
The Wire - Avon's Prison Release · WireLover2

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