S03E07 · SCENE 3/39 · 03:48
Back Burners · police office
Target shifts to Marlo Stanfield

Detectives learn the bosses redirected their case from Kintel to Marlo, frustrating McNulty.

03:48→05:06
in the episode · 1m 18s · S03E07

What happens

03:48–05:06

The squad is briefed on the change in target. McNulty objects to dropping the surveillance work already done on Kintel and vents his frustration.

Wherepolice office
DriverJimmy McNulty
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadBarksdale phone network investigation

Key lines

from this scene
03:52

Bell, you recognize.

04:47

just put that in a drawer?

05:00

Just to see how the fuck they do it, you know?

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petty grievance2.0
investigation1.0
angry1.0
argument

Scene in the episode

03:48–05:06
A · Homicide weapon recovery
B · Carcetti witness protection politics
C · Western district Hamsterdam experiment
D · Barksdale phone network investigation

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Avon Thinks Marlo Gave Up - The Wire S3 E7 · jr1

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