S03E07 · SCENE 25/39 · 24:03
Back Burners · Home bedroom
McNulty and Woman at Bar

McNulty orders a drink and encounters a woman he is seeing; they exchange awkward words.

24:03→25:55
in the episode · 1m 52s · S03E07

What happens

24:03–25:55

McNulty orders a whiskey and brushes off a rival brand. He spots a woman he has been meeting and they exchange awkward words before he decides to leave.

WhereHome bedroom
DriverUnnamed spouse
Positionact3 · complication
ThreadBarksdale phone network investigation

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24:12

-l went out after work to unwind. -Yeah, you look unwound.

25:10

l just.... l didn't want to disappoint you on it.

25:19

Well, l don't think l could be more disappointed than l am right now.

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betrayal0.5
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Scene in the episode

24:03–25:55
A · Homicide weapon recovery
B · Carcetti witness protection politics
C · Western district Hamsterdam experiment
D · Barksdale phone network investigation

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