S03E05 · SCENE 4/42 · 07:37
Straight and True · Western District station
Colvin rejects Carver's plan

Colvin rejects Carver's flex squad plan as more of the same.

07:37→08:54
in the episode · 1m 17s · S03E05

What happens

07:37–08:54

Colvin's subordinates offer sympathy for his failed tolerant zone initiative. Carver proposes a modified zebra operation with a flex squad, but Colvin dismisses it as more of the same ineffective approach.

WhereWestern District station
DriverMajor Colvin
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadStringer and Avon

Key lines

from this scene
07:38

Truthfully, l don't know what more you could have done.

08:07

that you have some thoughts on where we should go from here.

08:30

Better than nothing.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
deadpan0.7
escalation0.6
tense0.5
negotiation0.4
argument

Beats

07:38Colvin rejects Carver's flex squad plan

Scene in the episode

07:37–08:54
A · Bubbles and Johnny
B · Carcetti's political gambit
C · Colvin's tolerant zone

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