S03E07 · SCENE 41/39 · 47:59
Back Burners · Street corner
Stringer and Marlo Discuss Lookouts

Stringer compliments Marlo's young lookouts and advises stepping back from direct sales while police leave the corners.

47:59→48:52
in the episode · 0m 53s · S03E07

What happens

47:59–48:52

Stringer praises the lookouts keeping the corners and says the police are leaving. He advises keeping a low profile to avoid looking weak to Barksdale.

WhereStreet corner
DriverStringer
Positionact2 · escalation
ThreadBarksdale phone network investigation

Key lines

from this scene
48:00

You got squeakers nesting squabs.

48:30

Barksdale gonna think we weak, not coming out to claim what's ours.

48:46

-Your turn, girl. -lt's about time. For real.

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Scene in the episode

47:59–48:52
A · Homicide weapon recovery
B · Carcetti witness protection politics
C · Western district Hamsterdam experiment
D · Barksdale phone network investigation

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