S03E07 · SCENE 16/39 · 12:43
Back Burners · police office
Detectives weigh burner phone lead

Detectives discuss a dead burner and how to link it to Stringer's organization.

12:43→13:42
in the episode · 0m 59s · S03E07

What happens

12:43–13:42

Investigators review a phone picked up from Marlo's people. They realize they need firmer surveillance and a live phone to trace the network.

Wherepolice office
DriverJimmy McNulty
Positionact2 · complication
ThreadBarksdale phone network investigation

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12:47

And a dead one, too.

13:25

And how we get a wire up on that, l haven't figured out yet.

13:30

Well, see that you do, Detective.

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12:43–13:42
A · Homicide weapon recovery
B · Carcetti witness protection politics
C · Western district Hamsterdam experiment
D · Barksdale phone network investigation

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