S03E07 · SCENE 42/39 · 48:52
Back Burners · Police office
Detectives analyze phone network pattern

Detectives examine call records and realize the phone network is a closed drug network that changes phones frequently.

48:52→51:11
in the episode · 2m 19s · S03E07

What happens

48:52–51:11

The team reviews phone data showing a closed network of disposable phones with speed dial. They conclude a clearing house coordinates the network but the phones change too fast to tap.

WherePolice office
DriverMcNulty
Positionact2 · reveal
ThreadBarksdale phone network investigation

Key lines

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49:07

Sorry, l'm late. Woke up in the wrong town.

50:04

lt has a speed dial feature.

50:36

The whole network shuts down simultaneously.

51:03

-You didn't take a fucking shower? -l was late for work.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
investigation0.8
deadpan0.5
triumphant0.3
monologue

Beats

49:03identify user when he switches phones

Scene in the episode

48:52–51:11
A · Homicide weapon recovery
B · Carcetti witness protection politics
C · Western district Hamsterdam experiment
D · Barksdale phone network investigation

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