S03E07 · SCENE 27/39 · 27:39
Back Burners · Butchie's bar
Omar Seeks Butchie's Counsel
Butchie tells Omar that Bunk's guilt-trip is a ploy, but Omar confesses he cannot shake his conscience.
27:39→29:53
in the episode · 2m 14s · S03E07
What happens
27:39–29:53Omar says the detective is working him with guilt and Butchie advises him not to care how others see him. Omar admits he still feels he owes something and recalls an uncle's extreme self-punishment. Butchie suggests something less dramatic.
Key lines
from this scene27:42l mean, it ain't nothing like that, is it?
27:57This one, l think.
28:51Playing to other people instead of to hisself, he gonna get dead.
29:34l remember him saying, ''The bitch wasn't worth more than a pinkie.''
Scene DNA
weights 0–1monologue
Beats
29:03Omar says he still owes something
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