McNulty and Daniels Clash · Back Burners

S03E07 · SCENE 2/39 · 02:07

Back Burners · police surveillance roof

McNulty and Daniels Clash

McNulty confronts his lieutenant over being pulled off Kintel Williamson for Marlo Stanfield.

02:07→03:48

in the episode · 1m 41s · S03E07

What happens

02:07–03:48

Detectives on the stakeout roof learn the target has shifted to Marlo. McNulty objects and accuses the lieutenant of going over his head, and the lieutenant insists he is following the bosses' orders.

Wherepolice surveillance roof

DriverJimmy McNulty

Positionact1 · complication

ThreadBarksdale phone network investigation

Key lines

from this scene

02:08
-Pit B from the market. -See, now you're thinking like police.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1

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angry2.0

petty grievance1.0

argument

Scene in the episode

02:07–03:48

A · Homicide weapon recovery

B · Carcetti witness protection politics

12 21

C · Western district Hamsterdam experiment

9 26 29 32

D · Barksdale phone network investigation

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← Scene 1Barksdale crew discusses Marlo and Avon Scene 3 →Target shifts to Marlo Stanfield

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